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HiWheels, NBG & Mayors to Showcase Bicycle Heaven
For Immediate Release Contact: Martin Krieg 415-240-4712
What: The 2006 Mayors' Ride for the National Bicycle Greenway Whe Folsom Powerhouse - Lower Sunrise - State Capitol - West Sacramento Civic Center When: Sunday, July 23: | 9AM Folsom | 10:30 Rancho Cordova | 2:45 PM Sacramento | 3:30 PM West Sacramento Why: Four Parkway Mayors proclaim Sunday, July 23 National Bicycle Greenway Day To be able to safely and pleasurably ride a bicycle from Boston to San Francisco is one of the main goals of the National Bicycle Greenway (NBG). Folsom Mayor Andy Morin, city officials and local bike and American River Parkway (ARP) advocates will meet NBG riders and scouts at the world's first long distance power plant, the Folsom Powerhouse, to send this vision to American River communities as far as West Sacramento. Making sure former bike store owner, Scott Campbell (54), who left Boston Mayor Tom Menino's send off on April 28 tells the world that his city is on the inaugural route will be W Sacramento Mayor Chris Cabaldon who is biking the whole day's relay. Because of the historical precedent set by the Lincoln Highway of 1914 that passed through this region, Campbell also thinks his group's Greenway can reverse the downward spiral of unabated car sprawl that many experts agree the Lincoln brought to America. Riding a show stopping 19th Century bike and making sure they make all their receptions on time will be famed HiWheel cyclist and Rancho Cordova resident Jacques Graber. Graber will also be leading other HiWheel cyclists including San Diego celebrity, Marty Wilson, Sacramento bike coordinator, Ed Cox, HiWheel replica manufacturers, Greg and Adam Barron, and NBG Director and "Awake Again" author Martin Krieg. Other local cyclists will join in the fun, including Wai Chong from the Folsom Area Bike Advocates and Jack Martin, aka Captain Hydrate, of Folsom based Gomber Hydration Systems. Like he's done annually for the last two years now, Jack will be towing a massive trailer filled with ice and cold drinks for the riders. As Scott spreads the NBG word, he feels he will also be "helping the American River communities to become a cycling Mecca the likes of which are unknown in the world". He says that "As more and more cyclists and their families discover the unparalleled biking found on the APR; as the word gets out about a bikeway without the cars and buildings and noise of the city that lies just beyond, the ARP two wheel heaven will prove the NBG notion that a bicycle based economy can rule the world". More info bikeroute.com |
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