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National Bicycle Greenway Riders Welcomed by Sausalito
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: John Doidge
Sausalito, California Breezer June 8, 2004 415-339-8917 National Bicycle Greenway Riders Welcomed by Sausalito On Tuesday, June 8 at noon at Sausalito City Hall, Joe Breeze, one of the inventors of the mountain bike and founder of Sausalito-based Breezer Transportation Bicycles, will be a part of the 2004 Mayor¹s Ride, a 41-city celebration of the National Bicycle Greenway (NBG). Accompanied by Suzanne Banfield, a Breezer rider completing the Napa to Sausalito segment, Joe will meet others who will have ridden from Napa as part of the Mayor¹s Ride. In the Mayor¹s Ride, mayors, former mayors and councilpersons throughout the country join other cyclists who ride relay legs along the Greenway. The event promotes bicycle transportation for touring, commuting, and everyday errands. At this year's event, sponsored in part by Breezer, Sausalito Mayor Paul Albritton will be on hand to greet the arriving cyclists and present the 2004 Sausalito National Bicycle Greenway Day proclamation. ³The National Bicycle Greenway 2004 Mayor¹s Ride reminds us that the bicycle offers us a daily, healthful transportation choice,² said Breeze. ³As we ride, we improve our own health and create stronger communities. It is most fitting that Sausalito and Mayor Albritton be recognized as leaders in the promotion of day-to-day cycling in Marin County. Sausalito¹s addition of Class II bike lanes on Bridgeway made this key link in the West Coast National Bicycle Greenway safer and more accessible.² On Friday, June 10 at 10 a.m., Breeze, others from Breezer and additional riders will gather at Dunphy Park in Sausalito for the ride across the Golden Gate Bridge to San Francisco City Hall. At noon in San Francisco they will meet Arcata Mayor Bob Ornelas, who will have ridden from Arcata to Berkeley and four other Bay Area cities. The National Bicycle Greenway is envisioned as a nationwide network of interconnected bike-friendly roads and bicycle pathways that will connect major cities throughout the US. An important goal for the project is to develop a standard for cycle-safe throughways, to enhance the travel experience of the transportation cyclist. The Mayor's Ride was initiated four years ago by "Awake Again" author Martin Krieg of San Francisco, who used bicycling‹including two cross-country cycling trips‹to recover from a car wreck (not involving a bicycle) that had put him in a two-month-long coma and caused paralysis and clinical death. He has been working on the National Bicycle Greenway project since his last bike ride across America in 1986. The 2004 Mayors' Ride will visit 24 West Coast cities, and 41 cities in all. In Chicago, teams will meet riders arriving from eight major cities east of Chicago. Before the San Francisco riders head east, a fleet of antique high-wheel bikes will accompany the band C.A.M. Engine, which will play music in towns along the route, preparing for the riders' arrival. Riders will travel from Davis and follow the American River though Sacramento to Folsom, collecting four Mayoral endorsements along the way. More info can be found at BikeRoute.com. |
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