May is Bike Month

National Bike Month is an opportunity to celebrate the unique power of the bicycle and the many reasons we ride. Whether you bike to work or school; to save money or time; to preserve your health or the environment; to explore your community or get to your destination, get involved in Bike Month in your city or state — and help get more people in your community out riding too!

 Bike Month Feature: 31 Days, 31 Reasons

This year the theme for National Bike Month is One Ride, Many Reasons. To highlight and celebrate the many benefits of bicycling, every day in May we’re bringing you the personal reflections and inspirations of a diverse collections of bicyclists from coast to coast with our 31 Days, 31 Reasons blog feature. Subscribe to the League of American Bicyclists blog so you don’t miss a single story!

The Bike Fed has been working VERY hard to help protect the rights of cyclist, to make cycling safer and more accessible.

They have:

• Passed a law that defined the bicycle as a legal vehicle on our roadways

·         Passed a law requiring automobiles provide at least 3-feet when passing

·         Created a $5,000,000 fund in the state budget to fund bike lanes and bike trails

·         Passed one of the country’s first Complete Streets Laws which requires bike lanes on rebuilt roadways

·         Passed an Anti-Dooring law

·         Restored $2,000,000 to the state budget after it had been cut to zero

They’ve done all this with the support of only 3,500 members.  The Bike Fed will become stronger with more members, but getting members takes time.  Every day you talk to customers who are interested in riding a bike and who are interested in having safe places to ride their bike.  So we are going to help make the Bike Fed stronger by asking your customers to become members.