Events

National Bike Summit – Save Cycling March 20-22, 2012 Grand Hyatt|Metro Center|D.C. Look for Bike Delaware if you’re in DC for the Summit today, tomorrow and/or Thursday.

Two years ago, Michael Gropp was killed at the intersection of Rt. 273 and Brownleaf Road east of Newark.  Michael and his girlfriend lived on opposite sides of Rt. 273, an 82 foot wide, 4 lane arterial road near Michael’s home. Michael was walking her home at 10PM on April 6, 2010 when he was struck [...]

Saturday, March 17: 2nd Annual Newark Bike Swap 410 Ogletown Road, Newark, DE (intersection of Rt. 273 and Kirkwood Highway, across from the Newark Post Office and the new Wawa). The event features individuals and commercial (bike shops, etc.) vendors selling new and used bikes of all kinds, parts, accessories, clothing and more. Full details [...]

The 2nd Annual Trail Spinners NEWARK BIKE SWAP is coming! Saturday March 17th from 10am to 2pm at Aetna Fire Hall – 410 Ogletown Road, Newark, DE (intersection of Rt. 273 and Kirkwood Highway, across from the Newark Post Office and the new Wawa). The event features individuals and commercial (bike shops, etc.) vendors selling [...]

A Gran Fondo is defined as Part Bike Ride, Part Cycling Race, All Fun! Bicycling Magazine — You’re riding against the clock, but it’s not really a race. It’s as long as a century—but may feel even longer. Confused? Don’t worry. Once you set off on the 100-mile-plus rolling party known as a Gran Fondo, [...]

Two outstanding courses will be held in March for aspiring bike commuters: Urban Bike Project in Wilmington is offering a cycling commuter class on Monday, March 19 from 7-9 pm at the bike shop, 1908 N. Market St Wilmington, DE 19802.  The class will cover what to ride, how to pick a route, what to [...]

Newark Bike Project held their inaugural Critical Mass ride on Friday evening, March 2nd. Despite the dreary weather, 9 riders took to the streets of Newark, ringing their bells and spreading bicycle cheer. Everyone adhered to traffic laws and made no attempt to impede or disrupt traffic. In Newark, as in most other cities, the [...]

Our Final Winterfest event at Little Saigon (Newark) wrapped up this year’s membership drive. If you are a founding member as of March 22 of last year, and still haven’t renewed into 2013, you can visit our “Join Now” page and do so on-line. We sincerely thank all of you who came out. Additional membership [...]

The White Clay Bicycle Club’s annual banquet this year could not have picked finer keynote than Katie Compton. Katie was interviewed by Katrina Dowdichuk, who recently won the 2012 UCI Masters Cyclocross World Championships. Katie grew up in Newark, Delaware in an athletically inclined family. Her father, Tom, has served as the ride chairman of [...]

About 3 dozen current and new members participated in Bike Delaware’s 2nd Annual “Winterfest”, held on February 17 at Orilla’s Tapas Bar on Market Street in downtown Wilmington. Enjoy the event in pictures, with captions below: The city of Wilmington’s brain trust Looking back at 2011 and looking forward to big new projects in 2012. [...]

Winterfest You are invited to Bike Delaware’s 2nd Annual membership winterfest***. This year, we’re offering two events, to cover both the Wilmington (on 2/17) and Newark (on 3/1) areas. Next year, we hope to expand by having additional events in Kent and Sussex Counties – stay tuned! Enjoy good food (tapas in Wilmington, Vietnamese in [...]

Calling all Cyclists! For riders who wish to formally learn the skills of a bike mechanic the Newark Bike Project is offering a Basic Maintenance Class this February at their temp shop location in Newark!  A skilled mechanic will walk you through the steps of how to identify a problem with your bikes, the tools necessary [...]

You are invited to Bike Delaware’s Newark membership winterfest***. Enjoy good food and and the company of fellow bicyclists, while we feature guest speakers, an awards ceremony, and our 2011 advocacy year in review presentation. $10 at the door for all Bike Delaware members with memberships renewed through the end of 2012. To renew your [...]

Newark Bike Project volunteers have inspected and tuned-up dozens of community-donated bicycles, which will be for sale at affordable prices on Super Bowl Sunday, February 5, from noon until 6 pm at our temporary location, 318 S. College Ave in Newark (at the corner of Park Place). A wide variety of mountain-bikes, road bikes, touring [...]

If you never attended a Summit before, and you could only attend once, make it this one. Federal programs used to leverage state and local bike/ped funding are in serious danger, and we need more bicyclists on Capitol Hill than ever before. As has been the case since 2009, Bike Delaware will be there. Taken [...]

Newark Bike Project goes live! Click on the image left to listen to Niki Suto make the case for NBP’s bike drive on the air with University of Delaware’s WVUD Radio! Newark is long overdue for a bicycle cooperative, one that can serve the needs of residents, students and faculty wishing to leave the car [...]

By Dusty Burchnall – Bikes ‘n Brews is a casual gathering of cyclists of all shapes, sizes and disciplines in Northern Delaware. Come out to talk bikes, drink beer and have a grand ‘ole time with great friends new and old. The event is BYO, so mark your calendar, grab your favorite adult beverage and [...]

Help NBP build its inventory! By Chris Schultz — First State Velo Sport is organizing a bike and parts donation drive to support the Newark Bike Project. Please get the word out and gather up your extra bikes and parts for a good cause. This bike project initiative centers around a community repair shop with [...]

Newark Bike Project Update – meeting scheduled for Jan 6 at new location (details below). By Niki Suto, Chair, NBP Startup Team – The Newark Bike Project has some fantastic news we would like to share with you: we have a shop! Thanks to the work of our dedicated volunteers, Lang Development Group has donated a temporary shop space [...]

Join Delaware State Parks in celebrating the first day of the New Year with a refreshing hike in the park! Parks statewide will host a First State, First Day, First Hike program to celebrate the national movement through America’s State Parks to have all 50 states offer First Day Hikes. Delaware State Parks is a [...]

Bike to Build 2012 is set for June 23 at Bellvue State Park to benefit Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County. Calling all bikers, runners and walkers!  Participate in the 5th annual Habitat for Humanity Habitat in Motion Walk, Run & Bike event. This event features something for everyone, especially the cyclists, offering three [...]

By Amy Wilburn, Chair, Delaware Bicycle Council ~ Do you like to bike, sing, and spread holiday joy?  Then this might be the event for you.  On the morning of Saturday 12/17 (rain date 12/18), we will be riding around Newark and stopping at designated locations to carol and collect donations for Pearce Q Foundation.  [...]

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 [...]

The White Clay Bicycle Club presents a classroom instruction and night ride for aspiring bicycle commuters. This course will include route selection, bicycle safety, lights, clothing selection, how to carry gear, etc. COST: $10.00 for WCBC Members, $15.00 for non-members WHERE: Bellevue Corporate Center, Bldg. 200, Suite 250 (Ameriprise Financial) WHEN: Wednesday, March 21, 2012, [...]

White Clay Bicycle Club Meeting Mon., Dec. 5, 2011 7:00 pm (open to the public) Special Program: A Contrarian View of Bicyclists and Advocacy —a presentation by John Schubert plus free pizza & beverages! In keeping with WCBC tradition, we have arranged a first class guest speaker for our club’s December meeting on Monday, December [...]

A wonderful time was had by all who attended Urban Bike Project’s Volunteer Appreciation dinner party on November 20. After another busy and productive year at UBP, volunteers are still the most important part of their success. As the cycling season shifts into low gear, and the holiday season takes the lead, time was taken [...]

November 8: Bicycle Advocacy for the Busy Majority There are a lot of worthy things that Bike Delaware could work on in 2012 (see the enormous list below).  But we learned this year that if you want to get big things done, you have to be smart, strategic and focused. So please help us out by [...]

By Niki Suto, University of Delaware – Calling all bicyclists and advocates! I am a resident of Newark and will be starting my graduate studies in January at the University of Delaware.  I would like to start a bicycle collective in Newark so that we as a community can enjoy the benefits of a “learn to [...]

By Wally Hertler, WCBC ride leader – Seven  riders participated in WCBC’s Saturday (11/5) ride to Green Lane on the Perkiomen Rail Trail in Montgomery County, PA. As an added treat we took a five-mile loop through the woods on well-paved roads just prior to lunch at Chiaro’s Ristorante Italiano in Green Lane. The scenery [...]

November 8: Bicycle Advocacy for the Busy Majority If you could get one important thing done for bicycling next year, what would it be? This is not an idle question.  We learned this year that it is an extraordinarily urgent one as moving government in a new direction requires energy, patience, intelligence…and, most importantly, focus.  The list [...]

Vote on Bike Delaware’s 2012 Advocacy Goals To paraphrase a great contemporary political philosopher, you may have a life and a family and a job (or may be be looking for a job) and be too busy for bicycle advocacy.  That’s fine.  But, even if you are part of the great Busy Majority, you should [...]

By Angela Cunneely, Bike Delaware Membership Director – On Monday Oct  31, representing Bike Delaware, I  attended a Transportation Fair at Delaware Technical and Community College’s Stanton Campus. This four hour event was held to increase awareness and encourage green alternative travel modes by the student population, such as mass transit and bicycling. In addition [...]

By Andy Clark, President, League of American Bicyclists – Timing is everything. Today, registration for the National Bike Summit officially opens – and Senator Rand Paul is out there making the case for attending the Summit more eloquently than we ever could. Tomorrow’s likely Senate vote on eliminating the enhancements program (yes, they’re trying again) [...]

By Randi Novakoff, WILMAPCO – Each of the previous Bike Summits held have concretely helped to move Delaware forward toward becoming a more bicycle friendly state, and this year’s Summit proved to be no exception. This year we had many excellent speakers who informed attendees about a variety of topics including how bicycling may fair [...]

Bike Delaware 2012 Priorities and Strategic Vision Discussion and Vote Location: Wilmapco Offices, 850 Library Ave, Newark Date: Tuesday, Nov. 8. Time: 6 pm. Interactive map to start location HERE. All Bike Delaware members, as well as any other interested parties, are invited to this meeting to help Bike Delaware set its strategic vision for improving [...]

The Delaware Trail Spinners 2011 Mountain Bike Jamboree was greeted with perfect weather and excellent attendance on October 23rd. It was held at Fair Hill Natural Resources and Recreation Area, just off Telegraph Road (Rt.273) in Fair Hill, Maryland. This park is known for having some of the Mid-Atlantic region’s finest single track trails, and [...]

 DelDOT Secretary Shailen Bhatt at the Delaware Bike Summit: “Our goal is to create a world-class destination for people who want to bike.“

The 3rd annual, 2011 Delaware Bike Summit on October 14 was an enormous success. 16 distinguished speakers addressed a standing room-only crowd at the University of Delaware’s Virden Center in Lewes. Among the attendees were scores of advocates and government officials working in unison to achieve the League of American Bicyclist’s highest possible BFS (Bicycle [...]

Unlike the National Bike Summit and many other state Bike Summits, there is no cost to attend the Delaware Bike Summit in Lewes on Friday.  That is solely due to the generous and gracious support of our Summit sponsors.  We are grateful for their support of the Summit and of bicycling in Delaware.       TITANIUM [...]

The Delaware Bike Summit is almost here! This year’s Summit is so popular that registration was closed early and we now have a waiting list.  If you registered early but now cannot attend, please email the Summit organizing committee and let them know so that your space can be given to someone else! For those [...]