Bike Cleveland’s Own takes home the gold at GG9

Just a Kid from Parma… With the Gay Games in town Cleveland is seeing one of the largest surges in tourism in the past decade.  The games have brought visitors from all over the globe to compete, cheer, and dance while advocating equal human rights.  We have reached the halfway point of this exciting week…

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BIke Cleveland is a proud Community sponsor of the Gay Games 9

Bike Cleveland is extremely proud to be a community sponsor of Gay Games 9.  We wish all of the events participants, volunteers, organizers, and spectators the best of luck and our members and our staff are doing what they can to make their experience in Northeast Ohio amazing and unforgettable. Being presented with the opportunity…

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Forest City Fundo and NEOCycle Festival

NEOCycle

The Midwest’s first urban cycling festival taking place September 26th-28th NEOCycle combines five unique races and rides with live music and an action-filled festival at The Hub at Edgewater Park on the beautiful shores of Lake Erie. NEOCycle rides and races include the NEOCycle Night Ride, Forest City Fundo, Edgewater Cyclocross, Wade Oval Criterium and…

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Broadway Bridge Reconstruction – Bike Lanes?

  The Broadway Slavic Village community has been working on the Downtown Bike Connector Trail (DBCT), and with the reconstruction of the Broadway Bridge over I-77 we have the opportunity to make not only the Bridge accommodate bicycles,  but also complete the DBCT all the way to Broadway Avenue. Broadway Bridge Reconstruction Stakeholder Meeting Wednesday, July…

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Celebrating Cleveland’s Latest Bike Lanes

This summer the City of Cleveland made true on their promise to add bike lanes to Detroit Avenue, the latest in their commitment to add 80+ miles of bike lanes by 2017. Being one of the most often bike commuted corridors in the city the new bike lane makes Detroit Avenue a safer street for all users…

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8 Bike Crashes Since June 1st- Bike Cleveland Response

Over the past two weeks at least eight bike-car crashes  have been brought to Bike Cleveland’s attention.  They have been recorded throughout Greater Cleveland. As an organization which advocates  for safer streets for people on bicycles, we are alarmed and saddened to hear about such a high concentration of recent  crashes. To facilitate our advocacy…

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Maple Highlands Trail Will be Connected Through Chardon

We received word today from the Chardon City Manager that the Geauga County Commissioners voted 2-1 to transfer the needed parcels of land to the city to connect the Maple Highlands Trail. Commissioner Spidalieri cast the opposing vote.  This transfer includes the property needed to extend the bike path from Advanced Auto on Center Street…

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VeloSano: Bike to Cure

VeloSano is a movement that will unite an entire community to help one another in the fight against cancer through biking. It doesn’t matter if you’re an avid cyclist or a casual biker, VeloSano will have a ride option for you. VeloSano features One-Day Rides of 25-miles, 48-miles, 62-miles (metric century) and 100-miles, or Two-Day Ride options…

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Bike Cleveland at the 3rd annual Bike for Beck and Beckfest!

Bike Cleveland was honored to be invited to attend with Bike for Beck and Beckfest 2014, with our World renown blender bike, yesterday. With the help of our awesome volunteers Cara McManus and Raquan Moore-Thompson, we served up delicious Fruit smoothies and information about the Work Bike Cleveland does to improve Bicycling in Greater Cleveland. About…

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Cleveland’s First Buffered Bike Lane: E. 72nd Street

The City of Cleveland is putting the finishing touches on the city’s first ever buffered bike lane! Located on E. 72nd Street between St. Clair Avenue and the Lake Erie shore (see mape below), the buffered bike lane connects the St. Clair Superior Neighborhood safely to Gordon Park and the Cleveland Metropark Lakefront Park. Giving residents safe…

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Take Action: Ohio House Voting on 3FT Passing Law

UPDATE June 5th The Ohio House of representatives has gone on summer recess without passing HB145. The bill will see some action in the fall (probably after the election in November). Don’e let this time go to waste, keep contacting your state representatives over the summer telling them why it is important for Ohio to…

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