Bike to Work Week 2008
For the past few years I have been helping to organize the local Bike to Work Week events. It has been fun, there is a lot of work and months of meetings but when the events happen it is always a good time to be there and the folks that participate always love it. Here are a few pictures I took of the breakfasts that kick off the week, Monday at College Green Park and today at Kinnick Stadium.
The events were very well attended both days with 100+ people being served over the 2 hour period, groups would come in and go out while some of us spent almost the whole time there. It is amazing to think of the space requirements to do a breakfast for automotive commuters, this is such a tiny area to serve so many and the grass does not even get trampled. Its good living!
Here our local USCF rep shows off his hot Italian fold up bike.
I rode my 1 SPEED FUJI and brought along my own table and chair. This set up worked well on the way there but on the way back not so much. I don’t know why. I took this stuff along to sell Iowa Bike Coalition Raffle tickets. It was just like the good old days when I used to sell meat raffle tickets (doesn’t that sound enticing!) for the boy scouts so I could go to summer camp. I had my own handmade sign that was all red white and blue and I would sit at my table in front of Jewel for hours asking folks if they wanted to buy a ticket for a chance to win a side of beef or a turkey. I digress…
Tomorrow night is the big event, the Mayor’s ride! Meet at Chauncy Swan Park (across from city hall) starting at 5:15, we will roll to the Coralville New Pi at around 5:45. Free bike lights to the first 150 people, free food at the Coop. Always a good ride and the weather looks great so I do hope to see you there.
