It’s may sound copiously corny, but BikeInShapes is thankful for you! Let’s meet at the Cornucopia at 5th Street next Thursday at 7:45pm. A Frog’s Wart or two will follow. Thanks to Becky for the delicious design and mapping!
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September 3rd – The “Be Noble” Ribbon Ride
BikeInShapes is bubbling in anticipation to honor and continue celebrating the life of Erin Noble. We’re calling it the “Be Noble” ribbon ride. We will begin where many Noble mornings began, the Martin’s Trailhead off W. Amazon (See map). We’ll trot our bikes down the Amazon Creek running trail, looping Erin’s ribbon through town over to the Whitaker. The ride will conclude with fundraiser pints at Ninkasi.
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s been change from August 30th to Monday, September 3rd to accommodate a generous gesture from Ninkasi Brewing. Their tasting room is donating a portion of the beer proceeds all day Labor Day to Erin Noble’s Fund to Save the Amazon Creek Headwaters.
So to recap:
Date: Labor Day Monday, September 3rd.
Start: Martin’s Trailhead, 6:30pm.
Finish: Ninkasi Tasting Room, 7-9pm.
Ninkasi Brewing is donating 25% their tasting room beer proceeds all day Labor Day to Erin Noble’s Fund to Save the Amazon Creek Headwaters. Thank you Ninkasi for this generous gesture.
May 17th – Prancing Piggy
This little piggy went to the market. This little piggy stayed home. This little piggy went weeeeeeee as it pranced throughout Eugene! Let’s meet this Thursday, May 17th at Falling Sky Brewery at 7:45pm and ride the Prancing Pig. This is a 7 miler, so we will leave at 7:50pm to enjoy the beautiful sunset along the river!
April 28th – Bonzi Tree
Tree-t yourself to an Earth Week finale! BikeInShapes is supplanting your weekend plans with a 6pm Saturday ride, leaving from Cornucopia (Downtown) this Saturday. A bite/beer will follow.
March 28th (not 21st) – Periodic Table
Due to the weather, we’ll meet same time, same place, next Wednesday for the Periodic Table. Enjoy the snow! See you at the Bier Stein at 7:45pm on the 28th.
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“Fe” your lab coat and “O” your tires as we geek out to the Periodic Table shape. We’ll start from The Bier Stein this Wednesday at 7:45pm. If it’s too crowded afterward, we’ll migrate over to The High St. Cafe. Be there or be [an element] square!
October 27th – The Brain
Listen up and be cognizant: come exercise those peddles and noggin as we cycle the BikeInShapes Brain. We’ll leave this Thursday from Cornucopia (on Fifth Street) at 7:45pm and head to Alton Baker to Occupy the Frontal Lobe. Thanks to Dave R. for the design. Neuro excuses, see you there!
February 10th: Mexico
All this wonderful weather means it’s time for….BikeInShapes Mexico. (upside down exclamation mark) Vamanos con nosotros! Hasta this Thursday, 7:30pm at the Humble Beagle (24th y Hilyard).
November 9th – Rubberducky
Rubberducky, you’re the one. In honor of our other number one Duckies, this month it’s time to swish and swash with good old Rubberducky (embedded map). But this plastic variety is a fibbing feathered alternative with a bill as long as our favorite wooden marionette’s nose. So don’t trust everything you hear as we bikeinshapes, Tuesday, November 9th. We’ll depart from Ninkasi Brewing Company at 7:30pm, returning for pint at the tail end. Friends and newcomers welcome!
FYI: We’ll be taking December off for the holidays, but be ready to bikeinshapes around Eugene in 2011!
October 26th – Shadow the Red Ghost
Fall has come, and it’s time to see who the true rain or shine bikeinshapers are. Let’s joystick around the most ubiquitously dangerous villain of arcade history to kick off Halloween week. We’ll meet outside the Jackalope Lounge (on Willamette St. adjacent to the Amtrak station) at 7pm. Micros are $2.50 on Tuesdays.
Bike Access in Developing Countries
We stumbled upon this piece on the World Bicycle Relief by NYTimes columnist Nicholas Kristof. It’s easy to forget what a relative luxury biking in shapes and other casual biking activities can be. WBR asserts “Bicycles make individuals and economies ‘go.'” Indeed, the positive role bicycle access can contribute to factors of economic development is significant, and dare we say, under publicized. Here are a few other organizations working for this need:
- Cycling Out of Poverty
- Bicycle Empowerment Network
- Bikes Not Bombs
- Bikes for the World
- Bikes without Borders
- Bicycles for Humanity
- First African Bicycle Information Organization
- Peddles for Progress
- Two Wheeled Foundation
If you know of other organizations and NGO’s working to promote bicycle access in developing countries, please let us know at bikeinshapes [at] gmail. We will continue to add to this list.
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