Adventure Cycling Presentation This Friday, the 24th from 6-8 pm!
_Please help Toledo Bikes in welcoming Jim Sayer, Executive Director of Adventure
Cycling, to Toledo on Friday February 24 from 6pm to 8pm. Jim will be in town
promoting the new Underground Railroad Detroit Alternate, which passes through
Toledo in route to Ontario. As many of you know, Adventure Cycling was
established in 1973 as Bikecentennial and has it's roots here in Ohio!
In 1970, Dan and Lys Burden came to Missoula, Montana, from Columbus, Ohio, to attend the University of Montana. In 1972, they were joined by another Ohio couple, Greg and June Siple. The four had been planning for a number of years to launch a cycling expedition that summer that would carry them 18,000 miles from Alaska to the southern tip of Argentina. The trek was dubbed Hemistour.
They left Anchorage in June of 1972 and over the next year bicycled to a point in southern Mexico and wrote and photographed an article about the trip that appeared in National Geographic magazine (May 1973).
En route, they conceived the idea for a bicycle tour across the United States to celebrate the nation's bicentennial in 1976, naming the event Bikecentennial. Unfortunately, Dan contracted hepatitis when the group was nearing the Mexico/Guatemala border and he and Lys had to discontinue Hemistour. Greg and June continued south and completed the journey in Tierra del Fuego in February of 1975. Dan and Lys returned to Missoula and began working on making Bikecentennial a reality. By the fall of 1975, more than a dozen full-time staff members (including Greg and June back from South America) were busy creating the TransAmerica Trail and what eventually blossomed into Adventure Cycling. More than 4,000 cyclists took part in the 1976 inaugural tours.
Adventure Cycling is now the premier bicycle travel organization in North America with 43,500 members nationwide. They are headquartered in Missoula, Montana.
This event will also coincide with Toledo Bikes, Toledo City Bike Co-op, move into their new location at 1114 Washington Street and feature live music from our very own Mike Faehnle, a 40 minute presentation about the new Detroit Alternate route, tours of Toledo Bikes new home, food, drink and the opportunity to meet some new friends!
Place: Toledo Bikes - 1114 Washington Street, Toledo, Ohio
Date: Friday, February 24
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Please bring a dish and/or drink to share and plan on a fun filled educational evening!!
Any questions regarding this event can be directed to Mark Armstrong at dsarmstrong59@gmail.com or 419.344.5634
www.adventurecycling.org
In 1970, Dan and Lys Burden came to Missoula, Montana, from Columbus, Ohio, to attend the University of Montana. In 1972, they were joined by another Ohio couple, Greg and June Siple. The four had been planning for a number of years to launch a cycling expedition that summer that would carry them 18,000 miles from Alaska to the southern tip of Argentina. The trek was dubbed Hemistour.
They left Anchorage in June of 1972 and over the next year bicycled to a point in southern Mexico and wrote and photographed an article about the trip that appeared in National Geographic magazine (May 1973).
En route, they conceived the idea for a bicycle tour across the United States to celebrate the nation's bicentennial in 1976, naming the event Bikecentennial. Unfortunately, Dan contracted hepatitis when the group was nearing the Mexico/Guatemala border and he and Lys had to discontinue Hemistour. Greg and June continued south and completed the journey in Tierra del Fuego in February of 1975. Dan and Lys returned to Missoula and began working on making Bikecentennial a reality. By the fall of 1975, more than a dozen full-time staff members (including Greg and June back from South America) were busy creating the TransAmerica Trail and what eventually blossomed into Adventure Cycling. More than 4,000 cyclists took part in the 1976 inaugural tours.
Adventure Cycling is now the premier bicycle travel organization in North America with 43,500 members nationwide. They are headquartered in Missoula, Montana.
This event will also coincide with Toledo Bikes, Toledo City Bike Co-op, move into their new location at 1114 Washington Street and feature live music from our very own Mike Faehnle, a 40 minute presentation about the new Detroit Alternate route, tours of Toledo Bikes new home, food, drink and the opportunity to meet some new friends!
Place: Toledo Bikes - 1114 Washington Street, Toledo, Ohio
Date: Friday, February 24
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Please bring a dish and/or drink to share and plan on a fun filled educational evening!!
Any questions regarding this event can be directed to Mark Armstrong at dsarmstrong59@gmail.com or 419.344.5634
www.adventurecycling.org
The Toledo City Bicycle Cooperative is a community bicycle collective that started in 2007 and will transition into a new group in 2012. The new group, Toledo Bikes, Inc. will be similar in many ways and more able to serve a larger community. The group began as a part of the Old West End Association in the great Toledo neighborhood. Being just about the only such outfit in the area, we are growing as the region's primary community bicycle collective.
We are in winter mode, so our regular open-to-the-public hours are closed for the season. We will be working regularly and having a good time moving and preparing our new space!
Classes continue. Receive FREE mechanic instruction in December by signing up to help us rehab bikes for adopt-a-family-for-Christmas-gift-giving families.
We are in winter mode, so our regular open-to-the-public hours are closed for the season. We will be working regularly and having a good time moving and preparing our new space!
Classes continue. Receive FREE mechanic instruction in December by signing up to help us rehab bikes for adopt-a-family-for-Christmas-gift-giving families.
We moved! (Well, we will be moving during the winter that is)
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Do-it-ourselves attitude
Do-it-yourself bike repair If you can break it, we probably have the tools to fix it. Our shop is available for your use:
- We have lots of specialty tools for bicycle repair.
- Consult our head mechanics for advice.
- Although we use our spare parts to refurbish the bicycles that are donated to us, we usually have a surplus of most parts for purchase.
- And please remember our fabulous deal: for every hour you help us with our bikes you get a free hour to work on your own!
- Dress appropriately, you will get dirty! We do have a few shop coats; however, when things get busy at the shop there may not be enough for everyone.
- We are happy to provide the tools - please leave yours at home to avoid confusion.
- We do suffer tool damage - if you are not sure how to use them please ask a volunteer mechanic!
- Please THINK SAFETY while you are working.
Alternative payment method
A unique offering at the bike co-op is that of short
term work agreements for any person seeking work. Our workers who cooperate with us in this way
are managed in such a way to provide great value for the co-op. Therefore we are able to pay out for workers
earnings in the form of bicycle sales and service.
Interested people are interviewed to place them in a worker category of either: mechanic or non-mechanic. Those who would like to accumulate mechanic work hours would need to take a bike mechanic’s training. Interested workers would schedule their hours in person during our regular hours or by phone by leaving a message and answering return phone calls or texts from the Open-Hours Manager. The intention for the mechanic workers is to assist with the repair jobs, serve clientele during our public hours, and serve the community at "bike grab" events. The intention for the non-mechanics is to contribute cleaning/upkeep services to our host church in appreciation for the space we occupy.
Interested people are interviewed to place them in a worker category of either: mechanic or non-mechanic. Those who would like to accumulate mechanic work hours would need to take a bike mechanic’s training. Interested workers would schedule their hours in person during our regular hours or by phone by leaving a message and answering return phone calls or texts from the Open-Hours Manager. The intention for the mechanic workers is to assist with the repair jobs, serve clientele during our public hours, and serve the community at "bike grab" events. The intention for the non-mechanics is to contribute cleaning/upkeep services to our host church in appreciation for the space we occupy.
