Bike Week, Next Week

The league of american cyclists bike week is next week (May 11-15) and there is a ton of stuff going on in and around the beat, check out the schedule of events:

May 11, 630-830 AM Bike to Work, Farmington, UConn Health Center across from the Hellipad (Raindate = Wednesday, May 13, Same time and location)

May 12 (Tuesday) 5:30 PM, Bike to Supper, Wooden Tap, 99 Sisson Ave. Hartford (Corner of Capitol Ave.). RSVP to webmaster@connbikes.org so we can get a head count. Bring a good lock in case we end up eating indoors. If you want to ride in from downtown Hartford, meet at the Bushnell Park Carousel between 5-5:15.

May 12 (Tuesday), 630-9 AM Bike to Work, Pratt and Whitney, East Hartford, HealthTime® Employee Wellness at P&W Medical, Healthtrax Fitness & Wellness and HealthyGears will sponsor the event.

May 13, 2009, Wednesday, 12:15 to 1:15 PM: Bike Rallyat the Capitol: Join with your friends and fellow cyclists on the eastside of the Capitol. Bike over, walk over, but be sure to help us to showour numbers! Several legislators will be invited to speak (at 1PM). We will want to demonstrate to them the importance of CompleteStreets OR thank them for passing the Complete Streets Bill.

May 15 (Friday), 7-9 AM - Bike to Work, Old State House, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection will Sponsor the event

May 15 (Friday), 5-7 PM - Bike Week Happy Hour, Corner Pug in West Hartford

Come one, come all!!! These events are open to any cyclist in the area. Great chance to meet fellow velocipede enthusiasts and get some free food, drink and other goodies.

Also, tomorrow night is our Bike Everywhere Committee meeting at Lenas in Hartford, 6 pm. if you have ideas or just want to know what is going on come on out.