I was riding with Zach up Gutierrez Canyon and he said, "If cycling was a pill, everybody would be taking it." That's a neat saying, but after pondering it for a while, I thought cycling is way more fun than…
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Bike-In Coffee hosts Semper Porro cycling team
Our motto at Old Town Farm is pedalers welcome. We would like for that to be the motto of every city in America. --Lanny and Linda, owners of Bike-In Coffee at Old Town Farm On Saturday, April 27, two great…
Bike-IN landscapes: Bikepacking NM and the wild US
"Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe?" --Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature Unique in the New Mexico 2019 legislative session is House Memorial 10, which recognizes the contributions of bikepacking for outdoor recreation. Bikepacking is a combination…
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New Mexico a leader in great outdoors
If passed by legislators, the Outdoor Equity Fund would also be created--the only fund of its kind in the nation that would be designed to spur the development of New Mexico's next generation of conservationists. --Angelica Rubio and Stephanie Garcia…
Bicycles at the Super Bowl
"With our goal being to get to a person as quickly as possible, these bikes are essential". --Atlanta's Mobile Medic Response Team "I'm not going to say I mastered it, but I did conquer it!" --ATL's Mobile Medic Response Team…
Expanding the cycling movement
The bike movement, which was accustomed to being a little movement, hasn't necessarily figured out how to be a part of the broader landscape of social change. --"Bike Advocacy's Blind Spot" Southwest Bike Initiative is about increasing and expanding the…
Protecting people on our streets
...pedestrians are 2-3 times more likely to suffer a fatality when struck by an SUV or pickup truck than when struck by a passenger car...The higher risk of fatality associated with being struck by an SUV or pickup also applies…
Creating a national bicycling policy
Here is my superstition: When you focus on creating more good things, you get more good things; When you focus on solving problems, you get more problems. --Jing Zhang, May ITE Journal, "member to member" As we develop a national…
Catching the spirit of the Iron Horse
"the biking circle and community is great". --Howard Grotts, 2018 Iron Horse Men's Champion Durango, Colorado is a beautiful Western town. This year's 47th Annual Iron Horse Bicycle Classic celebrated Durango's cycling heritage, and expanded the fun by weaving in…
Team CSP-SBI kits available
Southwest Bike Initiative invites you to join our team of cycling ambassadors, Team CSP-SBI, on this bike to work month 2018! Clothing is available through Wednesday May 22 on our online store. Take a look and enjoy the ride! Sizing…
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