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Ride of Silence

May 14th, 2012 · No Comments

The annual ride to honor those killed or injured on our streets, to raise awareness that cyclists are here and to ask that we all share the road. Please join us this Wednesday (May 16th). Starting point will be “The Educational Memorial Plaza” on Bailey Hill Road (nearest intersection is Westleigh St.). Ending point is “The David [...]

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Tags: Advocacy · Education · Event · Ride

A Cycling Filled Thursday Night

April 23rd, 2012 · 1 Comment

This Thursday night you should be at a cycling event. With an evening packed with fun & interesting bike happenings there’s sure to be something that everyone will find interesting. Besides our GEARs General Meeting that will include some great sharing of knowledge there is also the inagural Cycling for Veterans Ride, Bike Touring 101 [...]

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Tags: Event · Fun · Meeting · Ride · UO

Willie Weir Returns to Eugene

April 10th, 2012 · 1 Comment

Come join us, the Outdoor Program as we host Willie Weir and Any Port in a Storm: Cycling & Wild Camping Through Portugal. Willie Weir will tell us stories of amazing, scenic, low-trafficked roads and vineyards as far as the eye can see. Wild, dramatic coastline, glacial valleys, as well as ancient cities paved in [...]

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Tags: Event · LiveMove · UO

Tree Planting by Bike

April 2nd, 2012 · No Comments

Celebrate Oregon Arbor Week on bikes! Join Friends of Trees Eugene and plant native trees in Jefferson Park along the bike path through the Lane County Fairgrounds, and street and yard trees in nearby neighborhoods. Join us this Saturday, April 7, 10am-1pm, Amazon Path, near the Fairgrounds. Event begins at 10am with a speech by Mayor [...]

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Tags: Event · Fun · Ride · Volunteer

Celebrate St. Patty’s Day At Evviva

February 27th, 2012 · No Comments

GEARs General Meeting: March 17, 6-8pm Evviva Training: 960 Charnelton, next door to Hutch’s Luke DeMoe, Evviva’s manager, has invited GEARs members to an interactive evening that will be sure to make this St. Patty’s Day one of the most memorable!  We are invited to learn about and take part in several activities along with [...]

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Tags: Event · Meeting

Upcoming Events This Week

February 24th, 2012 · No Comments

Besides the usual weekly rides there are some other items of interest coming up over the next week. As usual all these, and more, can be found on the Community Bike Calendar. Bike Willamette Campaign Friday, February 24th, 6:00 – 8:00 pm, Agate Alley Laboratory Restaurant banquet room, 2645 Willamette Street After three steering group meetings (join these [...]

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Tags: Advocacy · Event · Fun · Ped/Bike Master Plan

All Comer’s Mountain Bike Meetup

January 6th, 2012 · No Comments

The announcement below comes from Disciples of Dirt and sounds like a great day of mountain biking (and more).  The All Comer’s Meet is the biggest open-to-everybody mountain bike event in the local area and the WhyPass trails are awesome You will be able to “break into ride groups depending on pace/skill level. ACM is [...]

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Tags: Event · Fun · Recreational

General Meeting & Elections PLUS a Bike Swap

November 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment

GEARS will hold its annual meeting and Bike Swap on Monday November 28th from 6 to 8 pm at Hilyard Community Center, 2580 Hilyard St.  All GEARS members are invited to join for free Pizza and a soft drink ($5 for non members)!  We will vote on a By-Law change, have a presentation about the [...]

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Tags: Event · Fun · Meeting · Membership · Recreational

“If We Build It…” Photo Exhibit

November 1st, 2011 · No Comments

Eugene undertook a step toward becoming more bicycle friendly when it installed a two-way bike lane on Alder Street this summer, separating bicycles from moving cars. While the Alder Street cycle track was under construction, 11 University of Oregon students were exploring the home of numerous such cycle tracks – The Netherlands – on a [...]

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Tags: Advocacy · Event · Fun · Infrastructure · LiveMove · UO

Learning and Sharing With the Dutch

October 13th, 2011 · No Comments

Join us for the start of another great LiveMove Speaker Series. They will be kicking off the year with a social hour and presentation on “Creating a Balanced Transportation System” from Ronald Tamse of the Netherlands. Tamse is an engineer and city planner for the City of Utrecht. He specializes in traffic education and safety and [...]

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Tags: Event · UO