Mid Coast NEMBA will be hosting the Ragged Mountain Fat Tire Festival this weekend. Adrenaline fueled down hill, lift rides at the snow bowl camping and fat tire fun to be had over two days.
There will be a film screening at 8pm of Pedal Driven and Life Cycles at the Camden Opera House.
Pedal-Driven: The Official Trailer from Howell at the Moon Productions on Vimeo.
Life Cycles OFFICIAL Trailer from Life Cycles on Vimeo.
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This cyclist in Britain wears a helmet cam to record incidents with drivers. It looks a bit scary. He claims to have been knocked from his bicycle before.
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Mountain bikes are designed to meet very different criteria from a street racer. A bike with steep head angle and shorter wheelbase handles more quickly than one with larger angles and a longer wheelbase. Wide tires and long travel suspension are designed to take rougher terrain.
Combine all those characteristics with your desired type of riding and you can arrive at the mountain bike you want.
Ever wonder where you can ride your bike and take in the sights around Maine? Well, look no further. The State of Maine has put 25 suggested bike routes on it’s website. Many of the routes have options for short, medium and long rides. For instance, the Freeport/Brunswick tour has options for a 17 mile, 20 mile and 35 mile loop. They list out sites along the way, road conditions, locations of bike shops along the route, special cautions and offer PDF files of the route for you to print out. The PDF includes all the information listed for the route along with phone numbers and the turn by turn directions. There is a place to also print a map of the route you have chosen. The website is easy to use and has useful information that includes bike events around the state as well as a section for feedback.
For more information: http://www.exploremaine.org/bike/index.html
If you find this site helpful and take one of these tours, please post a comment and tell us how it was.
Got a Bike? Commute another way the last Friday of each month. Portland Green Streets has started an initiative to have people use alternative forms of commuting and is encouraging local businesses to help spread the word by offering items for raffle, discounts and freebies. Each time you participate you can send Portland Green Streets your pics and stories of what you did to share in the celebration.
Many local businesses offer some really good incentives. Long Fellow books offers 25% off all used books, Portland Dog Wash offers $2 off a self-serve wash as well as a free Greenie dog treat, the Maine Audubon offers 1/2 off a membership, 20% off a Nature Store Purchase for members, a “green gift” and a free-return ticket if you travel by bus, many area businesses offer free coffee or teas, and you can even get a free coloring book at the St. Lawrence Arts & Community Center.
The website encourages people to use the easy and fast sign up sheet each time they participate in Green Streets Day. Then you simply wear something with the color green, and take off on your alternate means of transportation for the day. Alternate transportation can be the bus, car sharing, biking, etc. The website offers many helpful hints in how to start a car share, bike commuting check list and events around town.
The group encourages involvement from the community by signing up to be a coordinator in your area or workplace, as well as your business offering incentives to participants. The funding provided for the group is mainly from grants and donations. Many other non-monetary gifts are given in the form of time and supplies.
More information can be found at www.portlandgreenstreets.org
