"There is no question that conditions for bicycling and walking need to be improved in every community in the United States; it is no longer acceptable...that two desirable and efficient modes of travel have been made difficult and uncomfortable." --FHWA's…
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Team CSP-SBI’s Michael Ort goes bikepacking
Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race. — H.G. Wells Professor Michael Ort from the School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Sustainability spent his winter break bikepacking. Over…
SBI attending transportation conference
Mark Aasmundstad, Founder of the Southwest Bike Initiative, is attending the 54th Paving and Transportation Conference January 4th and 5th, 2017, thanks to sponsorship by Lee Engineering. The conference theme is sustainability and resiliency of transportation infrastructure. Mark is looking…
SBI receives grant from foundation
The Southwest Bike Initiative received a $5000 grant in December of 2016. The gift came from the SB Foundation, a New Mexico Nonprofit Corporation, in support of SBI's work "organizing citizens for health, recreation, transportation, and environmental education". The SB…
Cycling from Home
For the Lakota, mountains, lakes, rivers, springs, valleys, and woods were all finished beauty. --Luther Standing Bear, "Land of the Spotted Eagle" I'm amazed at the beautiful places I can reach cycling from home. Albuquerque is big enough that it has everything…
The Cycling Life in Japan
received an email from my friend Stephen who recently moved from Albuquerque to Japan. He said I could post. Thanks Stephen! --------- We leave this weekend for a cycling tour of the Shimanami Kaido: http://www.go-shimanami.jp/global/english/bicycle/ It is a 70km route…
Taking the High Road with Team CSP-SBI
2016 has been a big year for us. The highlight for me was when our new cycling team, Team CSP-SBI, won the inaugural USA Cycling National Hill Climb Championships in the master's men 40-49 category at Pikes Peak in Colorado this July. I…
Climbing for Conservation
"Good morale in cycling comes from good legs" Sean Yates from cycling quotes at UC Santa Cruz SCIPP I dove in and registered for the Mt. Evans hill climb this Saturday. How hard can it be...it's only 24 miles? It…
Bike Safety Table at Family Health Fair
I staffed Albuquerque's bike safety table at a family health fair today. Talking bikes and healthy hearts to motivated people was a good way to start Saturday morning. The fair was hosted by the New Mexico Heart Institute on Johnson Field at the University of…
Cycling in the National Parks
The Tour of Utah starts in Zion National Park this August to celebrate the National Park Service Centennial, and to promote cycling as a healthy way of recreating outdoors. This race draws top cyclists from around the world. In 700 plus…
