See coverage of the Cleveland Bicycle Week Conference; links at bottom of this page.
Northern Ohio’s bicycle groups are coming together to produce the first ever Cleveland Bicycle Week, May 12 – 16, 2008.
The idea is to promote cycling during National Bike Month by hosting fun and educational activities. On Thursday, May 15th attend a one-day conference for government officials, health and wellness agencies, the media and other interested parties. Friday is the Cleveland Bicycle Expo at Cleveland City Hall. Other events include:
- Week-long, Bike-to-Work rides with fun and educational activities
- Entertainment and social activities, including movies and bike art, for cyclists and the whole family
- Information sessions for planners and engineers
- Gathering information to identify priorities and a cycling agenda
- Highlighting and promoting interesting cycling and relates activities in Northeast Ohio (could include pedestrian and other green initiatives)
- Awarding and acknowledging progress in the region
- An address by Andy Clarke, executive director of the League of American Bicyclists
For the full schedule and information, visit clevelandbikeweek.org
To volunteer, participate or to become a sponsor, email: Lois Moss of Walk+Roll Cleveland, Kevin Cronin of ClevelandBikes or Jim Sheehan of Ohio City Bicycle Co-op.
National information about Bike Week from League of American Bicyclists.
Well, you start in Lakewood...
asc12 Says:Start at Sweetwater Landing, go south on Metro Parkway around the airport to Brecksville Reservation. Go down the hill to Riverview Rd., take a right. Take Riverview down to about Bath, then make another right and work your way on small back roads through Hinkley to Valley City, then go up Columbia/West River Road through Olmstead Falls, and back to Metro Parkway, then North back to finish-- on top, at Detroit.
Go up and down the valley a few times, maybe, to add a few hills. That'll get you about 80 miles, which is a touch long, but something to think about.
The advantage of a road race is that it's a rolling closure-- you don't have to block intersections for more than a few minutes.
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