<b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><font color="#008000"><font size="4">Perhaps someone you know has been talking about starting a bike commute? Send 'em to JP TONIGHT! <br>Get them in the streets with confidence, proper lights, and keen pannier fashion sense (optional)! <br>
<br>BIKES NOT BOMBS BIKE SHOP: 18 Bartlett Sq - <a href="http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/bikeshop">www.bikesnotbombs.org/bikeshop</a><br></font></font><div><div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">
<font face="Helvetica" size="3">-On <b>Thursday, May 7 from 8-9:30 PM</b> <font color="#0000ff">we'll kick off our </font><b><font color="#0000ff">new series of free clinics </font></b><font color="#0000ff"> with a talk about </font><b><font color="#0000ff">Bike Commuting</font></b> (just
in time for the MA Commuter Challenge!). We'll discuss clothing
choices, bags and panniers, fenders and lights, security, maintenance
and other tips. This class is geared toward those who want to start
riding their bike to work or school and are wondering how best to do,
as well as those who've been doing it for a while and want to share
ideas. See <a href="http://bikesnotbombs.org/bikeshop-classes" target="_blank"><font style="color: rgb(25, 7, 241);" color="#1907f1"><u>http://bikesnotbombs.org/bikeshop-classes</u></font></a> for
more info and a list of upcoming clinics. The curriculum for all free
clinics will be available for download on our website.</font></div><font size="3"><font face="Helvetica"><br><br><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ALSO OF NOTE:</span><br></font></font><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"><br>
</font></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3"><font color="#0000ff"><b>Carlos Sastre's Yellow Jersey</b></font> is now on display at the bike shop. The '08 Tour champion donated his jersey to BNB last year. Read about it here: <a href="http://bikesnotbombs.org/node/449" target="_blank"><font style="color: rgb(25, 7, 241);" color="#1907f1"><u>http://bikesnotbombs.org/node/449</u></font></a>, and come see this piece of the 2008 Tour de France for yourself!</font></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><font face="Helvetica" size="3">For all the latest BNB Bike Shop news, check out the Bike Shop Blog at <a href="http://bnbbikeshop.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><font style="color: rgb(25, 7, 241);" color="#1907f1"><u>http://bnbbikeshop.blogspot.com/</u></font></a> Check it often or add it to your Google reader!<br>
<br>And I know some of y'all aren't registered for the Bike-A-Thon YET!<br><a href="http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/bat09">www.bikesnotbombs.org/bat09</a><br></font></div></div></div></span></b><br>-- <br>Jasmine Laietmark<br>
Director of Grassroots Fundraising and Events<br><br><a href="http://www.bikesnotbombs.org">www.bikesnotbombs.org</a><br>617-522-0222 x106<br><b style="color: rgb(255, 153, 102);"><br>BIKES NOT BOMBS WON "BEST LOCAL CAUSE" IN THE BOSTON PHOENIX POLL!</b><br>
<br><a href="http://thephoenix.com/theBest/Boston/Life/LocalCause/#TOPCONTENT">http://thephoenix.com/theBest/Boston/Life/LocalCause/#TOPCONTENT</a><br><br>---------------------<br><br><font size="4"><b style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">BILL MCKIBBEN TO SPEAK FOR BIKES NOT BOMBS</b></font><br>
Thurs, May 28 - English High School<br><a href="http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/mckibben">www.bikesnotbombs.org/mckibben</a><br><br><br>---------------------<br><br>Bikes Not Bombs promotes bicycle technology as a concrete alternative to war and environmental destruction. For 25 years, BNB has been a nexus of bike recycling and community empowerment both in lower income neighborhoods of Boston and in the nations of the Global South. BNB's programs involve young people and adults in mutually respectful leadership development and environmental stewardship, while recycling 6,000 bicycles annually. <br>