Bibleburg’s bicycle advocacy got a much-needed assist on Friday as SRAM Cycling Fund director Randy Neufeld presented a $10,000 grant to Bicycle Colorado Springs at the Experience Colorado Springs offices.
The grip-and-grin drew a full house, with representatives from Medicine Wheel, Criterium Bicycles, Left Side Spin, Ground Up Designs, Bicycle Village, Angletech, Colorado Springs Cycling Club, the Trails and Open Space Program and the Bibleburg Metro Rides program. No representatives of the local media were on hand, alas, barring Your Humble Narrator.
Also in the house was Jim Sayer, executive director of the 45,000-member Adventure Cycling Association, who gave a brief rundown on his organization and its mission — “to inspire people of all ages to travel by bicycle.” Jim made a similar presentation later in the evening at Old Town Bike Shop, a show I had to skip as Herself required care and feeding.
Chapeau to longtime local velo-advocate Al Brody, Chamber of Commerce chief Terry Sullivan and everyone else who made this happen.
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Congrats.
The SRAM folks are also big into World Bicycle Relief, a charity we wholeheartedly support. Although the kind folks at Campagnolo North American are our “official suppliers” we’re happy to contribute to World Bicycle Relief efforts along with the efforts of Bikes Belong, Bikes Not Bombs and Oxfam America.
I used to be a Srammie a dozen or so years ago. Started the Chi town factory- since moved to Mexico, then China. Alas. Nice folks, great company culture- real bike people, through and through.
Too bad the local media didn’t show. More proof of their williness to support the status quo.
I used to think that part of their responsibility was to educated and inform……