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Bike Ypsi Spring Ride 2018

by bikeypsi on Mar 19, 2018 • 11:52 am No Comments

Bike Ypsi Spring Ride

Recreation Park, 1015 North Congress Street

Sunday, May 6th

You know it is spring when the Bike Ypsi Spring Ride is here! Always the first Sunday in May.

Free community event. Rides, bicycle check ups, food, and games.

3 mile family fun ride (check-in by 10:45 a.m.)

15, 30, and 40 mile rides (check-in by 9:45 a.m.)

We encourage helmets (mandatory for under 16-years-old). Minors must be with an adult. The Spring Ride is on road or paved path.

Interested in volunteering? We need help with set up, clean up, registration, and ride guides. If you’d like to learn more, please email [email protected]

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	1	2	3 Advocacy Opportunity Advocacy Opportunity Starts: 7:00 pm Ends: October 3, 2019 - 8:00 pm Location: Downtown Ypsilanti Library, Michigan Avenue Description: Advocacy Opportunity 1st Thursday of every month, 7pm, Downtown Ypsilanti Library, Michigan Avenue Interested in making Ypsilanti a better place to bike and walk in? Attend the City’s Non-Motorized Advisory Committee meetings. More details... •	4 Friday Morning Ride to Work Friday Morning Ride to Work Starts: 8:00 am Ends: October 4, 2019 - 9:00 am Location: Beezy's cafe, 20 North Washington Street Description: Friday Morning Ride to Work – Every Friday, 8 AM, Beezy's cafe, 20 North Washington Street . Ride leaves around 8am so arrive earlier for a great breakfast. Some riders bike to work in Ann Arbor, St. Joes hospital, or Washtenaw Community College. Other riders, perhaps off for the morning, will take a 30-45 minute jaunt around the Border To Border Trail to the west of Ypsi then returning to town. It's a great way to start your morning or try commuting for the first time with a group. More details... •	5	6
7	8	9	10 WBWC meeting WBWC meeting Starts: 7:00 pm Ends: October 10, 2019 - 9:00 pm Location: The Ecology Center, 117 N. Division Street, ,Ann Arbor Description: Monthly meeting of the Washtenaw Bicycling and Walking Coalition. All are welcome. More details... •	11 Friday Morning Ride to Work Friday Morning Ride to Work Starts: 8:00 am Ends: October 11, 2019 - 9:00 am Location: Beezy's cafe, 20 North Washington Street Description: Friday Morning Ride to Work – Every Friday, 8 AM, Beezy's cafe, 20 North Washington Street . Ride leaves around 8am so arrive earlier for a great breakfast. Some riders bike to work in Ann Arbor, St. Joes hospital, or Washtenaw Community College. Other riders, perhaps off for the morning, will take a 30-45 minute jaunt around the Border To Border Trail to the west of Ypsi then returning to town. It's a great way to start your morning or try commuting for the first time with a group. More details... •	12	13
14	15	16	17	18 Friday Morning Ride to Work Friday Morning Ride to Work Starts: 8:00 am Ends: October 18, 2019 - 9:00 am Location: Beezy's cafe, 20 North Washington Street Description: Friday Morning Ride to Work – Every Friday, 8 AM, Beezy's cafe, 20 North Washington Street . Ride leaves around 8am so arrive earlier for a great breakfast. Some riders bike to work in Ann Arbor, St. Joes hospital, or Washtenaw Community College. Other riders, perhaps off for the morning, will take a 30-45 minute jaunt around the Border To Border Trail to the west of Ypsi then returning to town. It's a great way to start your morning or try commuting for the first time with a group. More details... •	19	20
21	22	23	24	25 Friday Morning Ride to Work Friday Morning Ride to Work Starts: 8:00 am Ends: October 25, 2019 - 9:00 am Location: Beezy's cafe, 20 North Washington Street Description: Friday Morning Ride to Work – Every Friday, 8 AM, Beezy's cafe, 20 North Washington Street . Ride leaves around 8am so arrive earlier for a great breakfast. Some riders bike to work in Ann Arbor, St. Joes hospital, or Washtenaw Community College. Other riders, perhaps off for the morning, will take a 30-45 minute jaunt around the Border To Border Trail to the west of Ypsi then returning to town. It's a great way to start your morning or try commuting for the first time with a group. More details... •	26	27
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Border To Border Trail Update Meeting – Wednesday, November 6th

The Friends of the Border To Border Trail will be providing an update session on the cross-county Border To Border bicycling and walking trail at its annual meeting, Wednesday, November 6th, 7pm, at the Ann Arbor REI store Community Room, 970 West Eisenhower Parkway in Ann Arbor (map at goo.gl/maps/4RsS7j4UZzxyE1kr6).

The featured speaker will be by Peter Sanderson of the Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission who will give updates on the progress of the Trail such as steps being taken to take the Trail off-road from Dexter to Ann Arbor and north to meet up with the Lakeland Trail. Also speaking will be Susan Faulkner of the Huron Waterloo Pathways Initiative, giving an update on that organizations Border To Border Trail work. The evening will conclude with a short business meeting for Friends Of The Border To Border Trail members.

The meeting is free and open to the public (you do not have to be a Friends Of The Border To Border Trail to attend). For more information on the Friends of the Border To Border Trail visit www.bordertoborder.org.

Background Information…

Friends Of The Border To Border Trail – www.bordertoborder.org

Washtenaw County Parks & Recreation Commission Border To Border Trail page – www.washtenaw.org/334/Border-to-Border-Trail

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Friends of the Border To Border Trail – Board Meeting – October 14th

The next Friends of the Border To Border Trail Board of Directors meeting will be Monday, October 14th, 7pm at the Ann Arbor REI Community Room (in the back of the store), 970 W Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor. The meeting agenda is available at friendsofthebtob.wixsite.com/bordertoborder/meeting-records. Anyone interested in working to help complete, maintain and promote the Border To Border Trail is welcome to attend. … See MoreSee Less

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I’m sure we’ve all got a few more bike rides left in us for the year (even those of us who aren’t year round cyclists!) but just to put a bug in your brain, here’s some good ideas about how to store your bike when you’re not riding it so that the next time you do, it’s more likely in proper shape to hop on (with a little air in the tires) and go!!! … See MoreSee Less

Proper bicycle storage reduces maintenance

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With winter coming, most road bicycles are set to be stored away for the season. While some will switch to fatter tires to gain traction in the snow, that’s not for everyone. This is an important…

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Newly Installed… Another Bike Repair Station Along The B2B Trail

Now open is a new Dero bicycle repair stand along the B2B Trail just south of the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center (map of location at goo.gl/maps/FUAg6f56wPD7mGjF6). The repair stand, courtesy of grant from the REI Co-Op (www.rei.com), features a set of tools, an air pump with pressure gauge, a QR code that takes you to videos over your phone that cover common bike repairs, and a repair stand (using two metal “arms” where you can locate your bike as you work on it. This repair stand also features a “pump-stop” that you can roll a bike tire into to make it stable when you use the air pump. Also a big "thank you" to the EMU Physical Plant for donating a mounting pad for the stand as well as doing the installation. … See MoreSee Less

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