via: Jim Wilcox of BikeLane: The Lane Arts Council and Saturday Market will offer attended bike parking for this Friday’s Eugene ArtWalk on Kesey Square in Downtown Eugene. About 20 bike spaces are available. There is no fee, but users must bring their own lock. Bike parking is available from 5:00 PM to 8:15. The ArtWalk [...]

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For our September general meeting GEARs is pleased to present Joe Biel and Elly Blue in their Travelling Bikestravaganza!  Please join us on Thursday, September 9th from 6pm to 8pm for a traveling road show of bicycle talk, movies, zines, and transportation activism and advocacy. Elly Blue and Joe Biel will present short videos and [...]

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Please join us in a community bike ride to honor Former Mayor Ruth Bascom, who died last week at the age of 84: Wednesday, Sept. 1      6 p.m. EWEB Plaza 500 East 4th Avenue, Eugene Ruth Bascom served as mayor of Eugene from 1993 to 1997. She was the inspiration and driving force [...]

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There are a lot of great events happening this weekend! Come join the bikecentric fun: Mountain Bike Oregon- This event is sold out but if you’ve already registered it looks like a fun weekend of Mountain Biking up in Oakridge.  Registration for 2011 will open in 2011 so if this sounds fun be sure and [...]

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Every day is a great day to be a cyclists but this Friday is National Bike to Work Day and the City of Eugene, the Business Commute Challenge, GEARs, and BikeLane will be celebrating throughout the day. To kick it off there  will be free coffee from 7 AM to 6 PM at Gary’s Coffee (525 High) [...]

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The GEARs Nominating Committee has come up with our Executive Board Nominations for 2010. We are very excited to have the volunteer effort and commitment of these folks to help in reaching toward our mission. Here they are. Their bio’s are included below and the election will take place at the General Meeting on November [...]

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Greater Eugene Areas Riders (GEARs), Eugene Celebration, and the City of Eugene present the 3rd Annual Bike Lights Parade on Saturday September 5th. This year is also the 111th Anniversary of the first “Illuminated Parade” held on July 4, 1898 in which 300 bicyclists (or ‘wheelmen’ in those days) decorated and lit their bikes with [...]

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Sunday, July 19 from 1 PM to 5 PM will be a slightly different kind of Prom. Its the Riverbank Path Promenade. This exciting Sunday occasion will be a unique event along the River Bike Path and Greenway in River Road and Whiteaker Neighborhoods. The popular bike path will become a three mile long mix [...]

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The GEARs table was hopping at Bike Day with the main focus being the Flat Tire Fix-Off. Folks stopped by to see how fast they could change a flat. The top three finishers took the stage at the end of the day and to make it more exciting they competed blind folded! Paul (GEARs President) [...]

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Last night at the Bicycle Transportation Alliance’s Alice Awards our local award nominee brought home the hardware and was recognized as a leader in bike advocacy this past year. Shane Rhodes was the final recipient of the Alice Awards last night in Portland, where four other recipients were recognized. We had a table of 10 [...]

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