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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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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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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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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Samara is a GEARS member and part of a group that rode the Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway. She did the ride on a Bike Friday and said she “loved every minute of it”.  Join Samara and the rest of her group in celebrating this great adventure in our own backyard. As they say “if we can [...]

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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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Bicycle Touring: What is touring all about?  What to take on a tour and how to pack it. June 21; 6:00pm-8:00pm at the Hilyard Community Center Are you considering a bicycle tour?  Do you need some guidance on what to take and how to pack it?  Do you pack differently if you are carrying your own bags [...]

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posted by Anya Dobrowolski, Advocacy Committee Chair Riding the success of our spring advocacy efforts, the GEARs Advocacy Committee (AC) will be meeting in June to discuss to start putting together a local advocacy strategy.  The June meeting will cover two important actions that will help us move forward to make bicycling in our community [...]

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May 10, 6:30 to 8pm. Hilyard Community Center. Are you trying to find out if riding a bike might be right for you? Or are you just getting started and need some great tips and safety guidance from some experienced helpful people? If yes is the answer to either of the above, you will not [...]

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Don’t miss the January GEARs General Meeting: Bob & Linda’s Tour Presentation Tuesday, January 18th, 6-8 p.m. Countryside Pizza & Grill (645 River Road) Have you ever contemplated a long distance cross-country bicycle tour? Did you ever wonder what gear was necessary and if you had the mental and physical stamina to succeed? Bob and Linda Metzger share “dos and don’ts” [...]

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