Month: November 2007

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Alert – Help get bike racks on buses

[Senator Gladden’s response: https://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=20071121162452981]
Please help us get all Baltimore City busses outfitted with bike racks.
A fact sheet provided by Richard Chambers of One Less Car. https://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=2007110114263080

I have included the email and some snail mail addresses of the officials we need to influence.

Please, address the letter (or email) to your State representatives and, if applicable, to your City council representative, then copy the other officials.
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How I lost 100 pounds

Wade Wingler lost 100 pounds through diet and exercise. What impressed me was how quickly he went from 15 miles to 50 miles and then a 100 miles on his bike. One key element… cycling is fun! Few forms of exercise are as motivating (fun) and practical (you can actually go to useful places) as cycling.
"At this point, I ride almost every day and I average between 100 and 150 miles per week. I recently told my dad that I’d rather be riding my bike than sitting in a recliner watching TV. It’s the first time in my life that I’ve found a sport that I really enjoy and I’m pretty good at too."
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