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May is Bike
Month 2010 |
1 Pedal the Parkway
Free! No Cars for eight miles on the Colonial Parkway! The Parkway will be closed to motor vehicles from 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM. Rain or shine. One starting location this year! Start at the Newport Avenue entrance to the Parkway in Williamsburg. Parking available in the lot at the corner of Newport Ave. and Nassau Street. Free helmets while they last for children who participate in the Bicycle Skills Rodeo. |
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Bicycling 101 Interested in tips on how to safely navigate roads, turns, and traffic on your bike? Experienced riders from the local bike club will demonstrate the safe way to ride on our roads and bike paths. They will offer tips they use to ensure as safe a ride as possible. A 5-mile ride will follow the demonstrations. (Must be 12 years old or older to ride with the group.) Meet at Room D at the James City/Williamsburg Community Center at 2:00 PM. Call Mary at 229-4046. |
3 Evening Ride Join the Reddings at 6:00 PM
at Barnes & Noble Bookstore on Merchants Square for a 12-15 mile
casual ride in the Queens Lake area. Call 220-8236. |
4 Yorktown Battlefield Ride. Mary and Jim Osborn will lead a casual 14 mile ride on the Tour Roads. Meet at 10 AM behind York Hall at the corner of Ballard and Main in Yorktown. An optional lunch will follow at the Carrot Tree. Call or e-mail by noon on May 3. 229-0655 or osbornva@cox.net. |
5 Ride to Chickahominy Haven -- 26 miles. C pace |
6
“Work at home” Bikers Ride
Casual ride. Meet across from Jamestown Settlement parking lot at 2 PM. No one left behind. 10 to 15
miles. Call Pat with questions or to |
7 New Town Ride Starting at New Town behind
SunTrust Bank at 6:00 PM, ride 20 miles through James City County &
Williamsburg at a moderate pace. No one left behind! Optional dinner
after the ride at the Corner Pocket. Call Neal at 258-5101. |
8 Cap2Cap Century, Half
Century, Quarter Century & Family Ride Start at the Chickahominy Riverfront Park & choose your distance. Family Ride ($25) is on the completed portion of the Virginia Capital Trail. The centuries are on scenic Route 5 and adjacent back roads. $40 pre-registration by April 15 includes lunch & rest stops. (see opposite page for additional information) Go to www.virginiacapitaltrail.org. Ride benefits the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation. |
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Mother’s Day Ride In celebration of all of our
mothers, ride with Pat at 2:00 PM for a 10-mile casual ride starting
at Jamestown Settlement. Call 220-5464. |
10 Evening Ride Join the Reddings at 6:00 PM near the Target entrance at Monticello Marketplace for a 12-15 mile casual ride in the Jamestown area. Call 220-8236. |
11 Williamsburg Area Bicyclists
Monthly Meeting The public is invited to attend a hands-on bike maintenance workshop at 7:15 PM at the Williamsburg Jamestown Airport. FREE! (Call 229-4907 to reserve optional $6 dinner at 6:00 PM.) Pre-Meeting Ride 10-mile casual ride will start at 5:15 PM. Everyone welcome! Call Tony at 903-6100. |
12 New Town Ride Starting at New Town behind SunTrust Bank at 6:00 PM, ride 20 miles through James City County & Williamsburg at a moderate pace. No one left behind! Optional dinner after the ride at the Corner Pocket. Call Neal at 258-5101. |
13 Civil War Ride
Join Nancy Carter at 2 PM. Start at Merchants Square to bicycle the local Civil War sites and earthworks. Casual pace. Distance to be determined by the group’s interest. No emails, no ride. Email Nancy at njcarter@starpower.net. |
14 Birthday Ride Julie Pieretti will lead her birthday ride: 25 miles. 5:30pm call Julie at 757-592-9595. |
15 Tour de Chesapeake Join riders from all over the state for a variety of rides from 15 – 62 miles in flat Mathews County. Self-paced. Adult - $60, Teen (13-17) - $40, Youth (7-12) - $25 which includes t-shirt, lunch, rest stops, & signed routes. Call 229-0507 or go to Pedal the Peninsula
Start and end at Williamsburg Christian Retreat Center in Toano.
Route distances: 10-, 21-, 32-, 48-miles, and Metric Century.
Registration: $35/person; family cap $70. Registration includes
route/cue sheets, rest stops, snacks, lunch. Register by April
23 to receive a T-shirt. For more info, visit www.wcrc.info; email wcrc@wcrc.info or phone 757-566-2256. |
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Children’s Bike Ride All children welcome with their
parents. Ride 1-12 miles on the Virginia Capital Trail with riders from
the local bike club. Meet at Jamestown HS parking lot at 2:00 PM. FREE
helmets while they last! Refreshments will be served after the ride. Email Stephanie Smith at Stephanie@activewilliamsburg. |
17 Evening Ride Join the Reddings at 6:00 PM at Barnes & Noble Bookstore on Merchants Square for a 12-15 mile casual ride in the Queens Lake area. Call 220-8236. |
18
James River Ride
Join Reed & Karen Nester for a scenic ride along the James River. This 21 mile moderate paced ride will start at 5:30pm at the fountain, Williamsburg Library. Ride the Colonial Parkway to Neck-O-Land Road, the Capital Trail and Monticello Avenue. R.S.V.P. to reed-cycle@verizon.net. |
19 New Town Ride Starting at New Town behind
SunTrust Bank at 6:00 PM, ride 20 miles through James City County &
Williamsburg at a moderate pace. No one left behind! Optional dinner
after the ride at the Corner Pocket. Call Neal at 258-5101. |
20 Monticello-Brickbat
Loop Ride
Join Mike for a 12 mile C pace ride. Meet in the Monticello Marketplace parking lot by Bikebeat. Optional stop at Starbucks at the end. Call or email Mike Shushan at 757-746-0367 or mike@mikerosenberg.info. |
21 National
Bike to Work Day [LOGO] And if not working, try to do some of your errands by bike – just avoid your car as much as possible today! Green is good! |
22 High Bridge Trail Ride Meet Nancy Carter and other WABers at the trailhead in Farmville, VA at 10am. Virginia’s newest rail trail, the High Bridge Trail is mostly level. 22 miles of paved trail through beautiful Virginia countryside. Optional lunch afterwards. Contact Nancy at 757-229-4907 or njcarter@starpower.net. |
| 23 Adopt-a-Highway Ride
Meet with a group of bicyclists
at 4557 Ware Creek Road at 1:00 PM for an official VDOT clean-up of
a portion of Ware Creek Road. A bike ride will follow the clean-up.
Call Bob at 566-3769. Spring Mountain Bike Festival Join Eastern Virginia Mountain Bike Assoc. for a fun day of mountain biking, contests, and food. See www.evma.org for details. |
24 Evening Ride Join the Reddings at 6:00 PM near the Target entrance at Monticello Marketplace for a 15-18 mile casual ride in the Chickahominy Riverfront Park area. Call 220-8236. |
25 Charles City County
ride
Ride the Virginia Capital Trail at 2 PM. Meet at Charles City Courthouse in the parking lot across from the Charles City Grille. Email Nancy at njcarter@starpower.net |
26 New Town Ride Starting at New Town behind
SunTrust Bank at 6:00 PM, ride 20 miles through James City County &
Williamsburg at a moderate pace. No one left behind! Optional dinner
after the ride at the Corner Pocket. Call Neal at 258-5101. VA Cross State Ride details coming… |
27 Jamestown Ride
Start at Jamestown Settlement at 2:00 PM and bike 15 miles at a casual pace. Call Tony at 903-6100. Also, Birthday Ride:
Top Busetti will lead his birthday ride, 53 miles. Call Top at
757-345-2491 |
28 Winery Ride Starting at the Williamsburg
Winery at 6:00 PM, join the Ted Moreland for a 10-15 mile ride
to Jamestown followed by dinner at the Williamsburg Winery at ~7:30
PM. Call 880-3212to make reservations. |
29 Williamsburg Weenie
Rides 12 to 64 miles starting at Upper County Park. Pre-registration $15 ($5 late fee after May 12) includes maps/cue sheets, snacks and lunch. Registration opens at 7:45 AM. Weenie roast from 11:00 AM - 2:30 PM. Call 757-356-1451 or email hbeizer@aol.com or go to |
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Chippokes Ride Start at 9am from the Settlement Parking lot We’ll take the bikes on the ferry. Ride followed by a pot luck picnic with grills available at a shelter at Chippokes Park starting at 1pm. Call Ted at 757-880-3212 or Nancy at 757-229-4907. |
31 Memorial Day Ride
Join the Reddings at 10am at Waller Mill Park for an 18 mile casual ride through Upper James City County. Optional lunch stop after the ride at Pierce’s Pit Bar-B-Que. Call 220-8236. |
Mark Your Calendars! Saturday, July 10, Park to Park Bicycle Tour, 8am-2pm Upper County Park
This bicycle tour starts at Upper County Park with visits to Little Creek Reservoir Park, Chickahominy Riverfront Park and Freedom Park! Ride options of 15, 25 and 52 miles. Cool off after your ride with a dip in the pool at Upper County Park. The registration fee is $15 onsite OR $10 if you pre-register. Children ages 10 and younger are FREE, but must ride on a trailer bike, tandem or in a trailer. Registration fee includes refreshments at rest stops, admittance to the Upper County Park pool, canoe rentals at Little Creek Reservoir, highlighted maps, support vehicles to help out tired riders, plus LUNCH after the ride at Upper County Park! Pre-registration forms will be available at local bike shops and at the James City/Williamsburg Community Center. Sponsored by JCC Parks and Recreation and Williamsburg Area Bicyclists.
407800-A UCP Sat 8am-2pm
7/10 $10 / person (pre-registration)
14th Annual Pedal the Parkway Saturday, May 1 - (details of text to be clarified and cleaned up)
Free to the public! No cars on eight miles of the Colonial Parkway! Join over 1000 other cyclists of all ages and abilities as they bike the Colonial Parkway which will be closed to motorized vehicles from the Newport Avenue exit in Williamsburg to the Jamestown Information Station (one mile east of Jamestown on the Colonial Parkway) from 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM, rain or shine. One starting location this year! Start at the Newport Avenue entrance to the Parkway in Williamsburg. Free helmets while they last for children who participate in the Bicycle Skills Rodeo. A rest stop with free refreshments will be located at the College Creek pull-off near Jamestown. Call 229-0096 for additional information.
Free helmets will be available for children who participate in the Bicycle Skills Rodeo at one of the pull-offs on the Colonial Parkway. Helmets will be fitted by members of the Active Williamsburg Alliance and the Williamsburg Area Bicyclists.
Parking will be available in the lot at the corner of Newport Ave. and Nassau Street.
7th Annual Cap2Cap Century, Half Century, Quarter Century, and Family Ride Saturday, May 8
Pick one of two simultaneous
starting locations, either the Chickahominy Riverfront Park here in
Williamsburg, or Rocketts Landing in downtown Richmond for this year's
Cap2Cap ride. Choose your distance (100, 50 or 25 miles) and enjoy
well-designed and well-supported routes that will bring you back to
your starting location. Routes will take you through the back
roads of Charles City County, as well as along portions of the Virginia
Capital Trail currently under construction. When completed, the
Virginia Capital Trail will be a shared-use scenic, interpretive, bike-pedestrian
trail that will showcase the many historic and natural amenities within
the corridor.
The 15 mile Family Ride ($25 per family) will be on the completed portion of the Virginia Capital Trail in James City County and runs from 8:00 AM - Noon. Mass start times for the other distances: Century Ride 7:30 AM, Half Century Ride 8:30 AM, Quarter Century Ride 9:00 AM. The routes close at 4:30 PM. The $40 registration fee (increases begin April 15, pre-registration closes May 5) includes vehicular support service along the route, rest stops, lunch and of course, schwag. Proceeds benefit the Virginia Capital Trail Foundation. For more ride and registration information, go to www.virginiacapitaltrail.org.
Roll or Stroll to
Work on National Bike to Work Day in the City of Williamsburg Friday,
May 21
The City of Williamsburg is promoting the use of alternative transportation on National Bike to Work Day. The City’s program is designed to encourage people working in the City of Williamsburg to ride a bike or walk to work. Many local businesses and organizations are sponsoring the event. If you can’t bike or walk, the City encourages carpooling or the use of public transportation.
To encourage biking or walking
to work, Energizing Stations located throughout the City, will be handing
out bottled water and granola bars to all commuters between 7 AM and
9 AM. And while you are there, you can register for prizes from local
merchants.
Children’s Bike
Ride
Sunday, May 16
FREE to the public!
All children are welcome with their parents. Ride 1-12 miles on the
Virginia Capital Trail with riders from the Williamsburg Area Bicyclists
Club who will demonstrate safe biking skills. Meet at Jamestown High
School parking lot at 2:00 PM. FREE helmets (while they last) will be
distributed by the Williamsburg Area Bicyclists. Refreshments will be
served after the ride. Email
Stephanie Smith at steph4100@cox.net.
Organizations Working to Promote Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities, Safety, and Transportation Improvements in the Greater Williamsburg Area
Historic Triangle Bicycle Advisory Committee (HTBAC)
Established in 1993, the purpose
of HTBAC is to help plan bicycle facilities, promote bicycle safety,
and recommend transportation improvements to enhance bicycling opportunities
in James City County, Williamsburg, and York County. The committee meets
quarterly (3rd Mondays in January, April, July, and October
at 6:00 PM) and encourages input from citizens. Meetings for 2009 are
in Yorktown. Contact Amy Parker, Senior Planner for York County at 890-3404.
(See rides on May 14 & 26)
Active Williamsburg Alliance (AWA)
Formed in 2005, AWA is a community advocacy group dedicated to making the Williamsburg area a safer and easier place to bike, walk, or run. With its natural beauty and unique historical heritage, Williamsburg can become a national model for active living. To help celebrate May Is Bike Month, AWA members will be fitting helmets for children on Pedal the Parkway. AWA is a membership organization and a Chapter of BikeWalk Virginia Trails. Your membership is invited at www.bikewalkvirginia.org.
Many thanks to the sponsors of May Is Bike Month!
We appreciate your support.