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face="Times New Roman">MassBike Festival: Register Now to Save; Event is Sat.,
Aug. 27 in Concord<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman">MassBike’s Summer Bike Festival is back and better than
ever. Register online by this Saturday, August 13 to save money and secure your
space for this fun day of cycling in Concord. If you register by August 13,
you’ll get a free t-shirt! Rides include a challenging metric century; our
famous ice cream ride; a trip to a cool lake; and the new pie race, sponsored by
NEBC/Cycle Loft, which features three slices of pie en route and is already
generating buzz among pie race strategists. Sponsored by Seven Cycles,
Renaissance Health, Redbones, and Ameriprise.
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size=3>MassBike Volunteer Night: Please Join Us Next Wednesday, August
17</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>Pizza, friends, and envelope stuffing! We really
need your help with our monthly membership mailing. Please join us from
5:00-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, August 17 for our monthly MassBike Volunteer Night.
It’s a great way to have fun and help the cause. You can find us at 20 Park
Plaza, Ste. 528, Boston (Arlington T stop). Please RSVP to </FONT><A
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size=3>Help the MBTA with Abandoned Bikes</FONT></P>
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size=3>Are you bothered by abandoned bikes at T stations, taking up valuable
bike parking spots? The MBTA has been working to develop a policy on abandoned
bikes, and they are ready to go—but they need your help in identifying abandoned
bikes. If you’d like to help with identifying and tagging these bikes in the
next few weeks, please email </FONT></SPAN><A
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size=3> and we’ll fill you in on how you can help.
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face="Times New Roman">New MassBike Bicycling Skills Courses Added—Easthampton,
Somerville and Arlington<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Would you like to take your bicycling to the next level?
Whether you’re a beginning bicyclist who wants to get more comfortable riding in
traffic, or an intermediate/advanced rider looking to practice emergency
maneuvers, mechanics, and ways to increase your pedaling efficiency, MassBike
has a course for you. Please click the link below to learn more about our
upcoming courses in the next two months, including Bicycling 101 (Basic Road
Riding) in Easthampton, Somerville, and Arlington; and Bicycling 201
(Intermediate/Advanced Road Riding) in Easthampton and
Somerville.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman">The regular cost of the course is $50, and there is a
special $40 discounted rate for members of MassBike, Charles River Wheelmen,
participants in the Mass Red Ribbon Ride and the MS rides, and members of
MassCommute companies. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman">Click here for more information and to
register<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3>Your Chance to Comment on State 20 Year Transportation Plan: Monday, Aug.
15</FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The
state Executive Office of Transportation (EOT) released a 20 year draft
transportation plan in March, and they have recently reached out to MassBike to
host a meeting for the bicycling community to provide comments and feedback.
This is a crucial time for bicycle advocates to help shape the next generation
of transportation projects in the state. <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>MassBike
has scheduled a meeting with EOT to be held on Monday, August 15 at 6:00
p.m. in Concord, and all are invited to attend. Please RSVP to </FONT><A
href="mailto:bikexec@massbike.org"><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000
size=3>bikexec@massbike.org</FONT></A><FONT size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">
so we can get an approximate headcount; we will provide you with directions.
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20 year draft plan is available online here:
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size=3>Bike Festival Volunteers Wanted—Saturday, August 27 (rain date: Sunday,
August 28)</FONT></P>
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size=3>Would you like to help MassBike pull together a fun day of cycling? We
still need volunteers for a variety of tasks; your help will entitle you to free
or discounted admission, in addition to knowing that you’re helping to advance
bicycling advocacy!<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
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or other bike paths? Commute to work by bike? Take your bike on the T? And
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