* * * UPCOMING EVENTS AT THE NEWARK BIKE PROJECT * * * OPEN SHOP– Every Tuesday, 6 to 9pm MECHANICS CLASSES – Taught during the month of August on Thursday nights. If you or anyone you know is interested, click HERE or please contact us through info@newarkbikeproject.org and we will reply with more details.…
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By Angela Cunneely, Membership Director — On Friday night, January 6, Niki Suto and members of the Newark Bike Project welcomed volunteers and guests to their new home at 318 South College Avenue in Newark! The bike shown above, lit with lights, was parked in the front of the facility and made it easy to…
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By Niki Suto ~ As you can see, our organization has found a name – the Newark Bike Project! Please visit our website at NewarkBikeProject.org and save as your home page. At this website you can examine the final score of our naming survey and find out more about what members of our team have…
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Taken directly from NBP’s “About Us” page — Inspired by the wonderful Urban Bike Project of Wilmington, some Newark-area UBP volunteers wished to spread the benefits of a UBP-style shop to Newark. In November 2011, Niki Suto, a graduate student at UD, started to formalize this interest by gathering various Newark biking advocates to brainstorm ideas…
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Bike Delaware has been in close contact with most of Delaware’s independent bike shops during the COVID-19 emergency and we are hearing the same thing from all of them: they want to be part of the solution. We know for a fact that all of these shops remain open: 302 Bicycles (Milton) • (302) 745-8338Bike…
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by Mark Deshon, Newark Bicycle Committee Chair This is the week we all get together with families and loved ones to reflect on how blessed we are in this country. Eighteen months ago during National Bike-to-Work Day, we celebrated the retention of the city’s “bronze” status as a Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC), as judged by…
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Outdoor Food…Beer from 3rd Wave Brewing…Kayaking on the Broad Creek…Music…Ice cream from Vanderwende Farm Creamery…How can you top all that? How about an opportunity to buy a refurbished bike, pick up some cheap gear and swap stories with other cyclists? The Laurel Ramble is a one day celebration and event on Saturday, September 26 to highlight a riverfront…
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***UPDATE: MONDAY, AUGUST 25: “Newark City Council Agenda for August 25” *** (see “6B”) ***UPDATE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20: “Cycle track continues to gain city’s support” (Newark Post)*** Just missing recognition as a Silver-Level Bicycle Friendly Community, Newark has again been recognized as a Bronze-Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists: • Newark…
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By Jennifer Barnes This April 25-27 the State of Delaware will be well represented at the 2014 Face of America ride by the Blue Hen Veterans and Friends Cycling Team. The ride is a 2-day, 110 mile, cycling event organized by World Team Sports to honor disabled military veterans and first responders. It is an…
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Registered voters in Newark head to the polls today (Tuesday) to elect their next mayor. If you are a registered voter in Newark, you can find your local polling place HERE. We wondered what the next mayor of Newark (which is one of only two communities in Delaware rated as “bicycle-friendly”) thinks about cycling. So…
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