Found Online May 2011
Filed under: Advocacy, Bike Lanes, Bike Paths, Commuting, DRBC, Lifestyle
Found Online is a collection of links to interesting articles and items we come across online. Most of these are also posted to our Facebook page throughout the month (be sure to like our page) as we find them and are put here about once a month.
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myemail.constantcontact.com The best biking cities of the East race toward Gold: Boston, New York City and Washington, D.C. all receive Silver-level designations
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Good Bicycle Related Reads
As some of you may know, by day I am a librarian, really I am. This means, in a very stereotypical way, I love reading as much as I love riding my bikes. When I can sit down in the evening after a nice long ride and read a book about bicycling pretty much all is right with my world. With that in mind I thought I would share a few of the titles I have read recently or my favorites, just in case you need something to read yourself.
The Lost Cyclist: The Epic Tale of an American Adventurer and His Mysterious Disappearance
By David Herihy, 2010
I really enjoyed this book. It is full of the romance of the bicycle that was at its height during the Victorian period. Frank Lenz sets out on a journey to bike around the world, this book recounts what is known of his journey and the search, although belated, to find him after he disappears in the Middle East.
Winding Rivers Library System Catalog
Local Cyclists Pedal for the Affordable Housing Crisis
By Carolyn Dvorak – DRBC Member
Ramon Martinez, a Sociology student at Viterbo University, is joining a group of 32 bicyclists riding from Charleston, S.C. to Santa Cruz, CA. They are part of a non-profit organization called Bike and Build, an organization located in Philadelphia, PA. The staff of three includes two program directors and an executive director. Their mission is to raise money and awareness for affordable housing and also to create a life time of service in young adults by using cross country cycling trips as the vehicle.
Ramon, who grew up in Firebaugh, CA, came to La Crosse from Sacramento University. He has participated in many community service projects as part of his scholarship program. AmeriCorps has been instrumental in providing him with opportunities to work with non-profit organizations, building the groundwork for service work, and connecting him with energetic people. These experiences have given him the background to take on a new kind of commitment. Read more
Found Online April 2011
Filed under: Advocacy, DRBC, Education, Events, Issues, Lifestyle, Outreach
Found Online is a collection of links to interesting articles and items we come across online. Most of these are also posted to our Facebook page throughout the month (be sure to like our page) as we find them and are put here about once a month.
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 Aveiro Lifecycle
Lifecycle – Aveiro bicicleta é vida um filme de miguel gonçalves mendes there is neither wrong nor right neither good nor evil there’s only what you choose to do life is about choice you choose the road and the destination but only in the end will you know where you are and how you got there a Read more
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Mother Nature Loves a Bike Basket
Bird Nest in Bike Basket
This photo was taken at the Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center where I’m a biologist. I rode my bike in on Tuesday through the rain and got to work at about 7am. I went out to make sure my saddle wasn’t getting rained on at about noon and it looked like somebody found an old bird nest and put it in my basket. I figured somebody was playing a joke on me. But then when I came out at 3:30 to go home, the nest was complete. It was actually woven into the weave of my basket! Anyways, I spooked the robin, took some pictures and moved the nest to a tree hoping it would use it.
Nick Schloesser
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