Did you know that arguments about bikes, and bike paths, go back more than 100 years? For a brief moment at the end of the 1890s bicycle boom, a “sidepath” movement imagined cities and towns connected not only by roads but also by a separate, bicycle-specific network of improved paths. But within a few years, most…
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The 2015 Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit will be held this year on May 7 in Dover. ***REGISTRATION IS CLOSED*** To add your name to the waiting list, please email wbd [at] bikede.org with your name, city and zip code. The 2015 summit will be hosted by the American Heart Association, the Delaware Department of Transportation, the…
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White Clay Bicycle Club is again offering the Shorefire Century ride with its scenic routes (35, 65, and 100 miles) on Saturday, August 16, taking you through flat to gently rolling farmland in central Delaware. All routes will be marked and provided with sag support (until 5 pm.). A wide array of bicycle friendly food…
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Join nearly 2,000 cyclists for the largest bike ride in Delaware (and one of the largest on the east coast), the 28th annual Amish Country Bike Tour on September 6. Organized by Kent County Tourism, over 500 Delawareans will ride in September, with the rest coming from all over the country (and even a few international…
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Many bicycle rides cross states that are measured in hundreds of miles and many days. On Sunday, July 6, the White Clay Bicycle Club offers an alternative that is modest in time, effort and stamina (a bicycle ride nearly anyone can do) that crosses and “doublecrosses” an entire state in only 31 total miles over…
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Like the Castle Trail near Delaware City and the Pomeroy Trail in Newark, Delaware is about to finally open another long-awaited trail. This time, it’s the Gordons Pond Trail near Lewes! The new trail, part of Governor Markell’s First State Trails and Pathways Plan, will extend from the observation platform at Gordons Pond to the…
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Representative Valerie Longhurst, Senator Nicole Poore and Governor Jack Markell invite you to join them and the students of Wilbur and Southern Elementary Schools for a morning bike ride and signing ceremony of Delaware House Bill 235, making bicycling the official state sport of Delaware. WHEN: 8:30AM, Saturday, June 14 (Ride starts at 9AM) WHERE: Wilbur…
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Starting at Killens Pond on Saturday, June 14, the Delaware Leap Frog Tour leaps from pond to pond in central and southern Delaware. The Leap Frog Tour provides a choice between two rides: A 1/2 metric century, a challenge for beginners and intermediate riders, or A full metric century for the more experienced rider The course is…
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On Wednesday evening, May 21, bicyclists around the world will ride in silence, in memory of those cyclists who have been injured or killed on roadways. Three rides are scheduled in Delaware: Wilmington (White Clay Bicycle Club) Newark (White Clay Bicycle Club) Lewes-Rehoboth Beach (Sussex Cyclists ) As stated at the Ride of Silence website, the…
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DOVER – May 2, 2014 – At yesterday’s Walkable Bikeable Delaware Summit, the president of the League of American Bicyclists (LAB) announced that Delaware had moved up in the Bicycle Friendly State rankings among all states to #4 in the U.S. Along with the new ranking, LAB also issues Bicycle Friendly State “Report Cards” to…
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