VeloSprints resumed last night at Eastern Mountain Sports in Cranston. It was great! Some folks who have been kind of checking it out, but weren’t sure tried it and learned that sprinting 500m is a whole different – and engaging challenge – from what they thought. And EMS is a great place for VeloSprints in… read more
News Archive
Public Hearing – East Providence Wastewater Facility Upgrades
We just received notification from the City of East Providence of a public hearing tomorrow (January 20th) @ 7pm, to: present the City of East Providence’s proposed wastewater improvement project to eliminate sewage overflows. The project involves the installation of a new sewer force main pipe along the East Bay Bike Path… You can read… read more
RI VeloSprints Fundraising Series Resumes Wednesday Evening in Cranston!
It has been a couple of weeks(Old Man Winter and all) but RI VeloSprints will be in its non-pub venue of Eastern Mountain Sports on Sockanosset Cross Road in Cranston tomorrow night beginning at 7:00pm. If you love to ride and want to turn that passion into a force for good in your community, but you’d… read more
CANCELLED – RIVeloSprints Session 3 Tonight @ Fat Belly’s in Wakefield.
Unfinished renovation at Fat Belly’s, Wakefield forces us to cancel tonights VeloSprints session. We’ll be back next Tuesday night to see if anyone south of Providence can spin 500metres faster than Ned Connelly. See you all then. More information about RI VeloSprints at RIVeloSprints.com.
Public Hearing on Canonchet Farm
For those who value the South County Bike Path, there is an important public hearing coming up, on January 18th @ 8pm, to discuss the possible use of Canonchet Farm. This land could play an integral role in one of the final sections of the bike path. The Town Council is having a public hearing… read more
Critical Mass
I think you’d be hard pressed to find any cyclists who doesn’t agree more bikes on the roads means safer cycling conditions for all cyclists. How we go about achieving this volume of cyclists, however, is far more critical. For those who didn’t make last months meeting, we had a pretty lively discussion prior to… read more
Please Clear Those Cars
I’m sure I won’t be the only person who has ever seen a car like the one pictured to the left traveling down the road. It’s also likely I’m not alone in having seen such a car dump it’s load while underway. Certainly those of us who drive have, at some point, experienced such a… read more
I want to bike and walk but…
I’m not sure how we missed this last year. For Earth Day 2010, CTC member Audubon Society of RI challenged students grades 3 – 12 to respond to the lead-in “I want to bike and walk but…” The students addressed their essays, poems or raps to their town’s mayor and submitted their work individually or… read more
VeloSprints Winter Series Session 2 @ EMS in Cranston is cancelled for tonight!!!
See you next week in Crantson at EMS at 7:00 pm.
VeloSprints Winter Series Session 2 at Fat Belly’s in Wakefield is a Blast! …and brings a “suggestion.”
Cyclists from around South County gathered on Tuesday night to participate in session 2 of the 2011 VeloSprints Winter Tournament at Fat Belly’s. The tournament – which runs in four venues through March – raises money to help the U.S. Open Cycling Foundation battle overweight and obesity by helping kids – of all ages –… read more
Make Your Own Bike “Chains”
Does snow on the roads have you off the bike? Are you interested in trying to ride in the snow, but don’t want to shell out the money for studded tires? I came across an interesting read where someone uses zip ties to make “chains” for their bike. I don’t think I’d use this method… read more
South Coast Regional Bikeway Summit
We received an invitation to attend The South Coast Regional Bike Summit to be held on February 15th to discuss connecting South Coast communities through a Regional Bikeway. In particular: With oil prices rising and health concerns mounting a voice is growing in the South Coast—calling for healthy, safe, and sustainable alternative modes of transportation.… read more