This web site is sponsored by The West Hartford Bicycle Advisory Committee. If you are a cyclist and have experienced difficulty navigating the streets of West Hartford with its lack of bike lanes, and islands which impede cycling, please join our grass roots effort to change the culture and make West Hartford more bicycle friendly. The committee meets every second Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at Room 314 (Town Council Chambers) in the West Hartford Town Hall.
Come to the West Hartford Family Bicycle Festival Sunday, May 19, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM - WheelFun Day
Fun for the entire family. Come by bike. Come by foot. Come by car. The Festival will start at 8:00 AM with a group ride starting at the Marshall's Plaza in Bishop's Corner, with coffee and danish courtesy of the Eden's Company, and continue down Main Street to the West Hartford Town Hall Parking Lot. Festivities will include booths by local bicycle shops and bicycle accessory vendors, free blood pressure screening courtesy of Urgent Care, outdoor spinning demonstrations, a bicycle maintenance program, helmet fitting program, tire changing program and more. BMX national champion stunt rider, Chris Poulos will perform from 11:00 AM to Noon. In addition, there will be face painting, a unicycle juggler, a scavenger hunt for children, a bicycle art exhibit, a bicycle decorating station and a big wheels time trial race. There will also be a bike drive to collect bicycles for needy children and musical performances by B # from Conard High School, Travis Busch, a Conard student and The Shoes, a Hall High School band. In addition, there will be two in-town bike rides with cue sheets, one for approximately 4 miles and one for approximately 20 miles. At the end of the day there will be six town bike ride with cue sheets starting and ending at the West Hartford Hall Parking Lot and going through Farmington, Avon, Bloomfield, Simsbury, Hartford and West Hartford. The West Hartford Bicycle Festival is brought to you by the West Hartford Bicycle Advisory Committee, a town appointed committee and by Bike West Hartford, Inc. a Connecticut not for profit corporation. For more information, please contact Mary Collins at wheelfun@bikewesthartford.org, log ontowww.bikewesthartford.org or check out our Facebook page at Make West Hartford Bicycle Friendly. We look forward to seeing you there. (this from Scott Franklin)
Come to the West Hartford Family Bicycle Festival Sunday, May 19, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM - WheelFun Day
Fun for the entire family. Come by bike. Come by foot. Come by car. The Festival will start at 8:00 AM with a group ride starting at the Marshall's Plaza in Bishop's Corner, with coffee and danish courtesy of the Eden's Company, and continue down Main Street to the West Hartford Town Hall Parking Lot. Festivities will include booths by local bicycle shops and bicycle accessory vendors, free blood pressure screening courtesy of Urgent Care, outdoor spinning demonstrations, a bicycle maintenance program, helmet fitting program, tire changing program and more. BMX national champion stunt rider, Chris Poulos will perform from 11:00 AM to Noon. In addition, there will be face painting, a unicycle juggler, a scavenger hunt for children, a bicycle art exhibit, a bicycle decorating station and a big wheels time trial race. There will also be a bike drive to collect bicycles for needy children and musical performances by B # from Conard High School, Travis Busch, a Conard student and The Shoes, a Hall High School band. In addition, there will be two in-town bike rides with cue sheets, one for approximately 4 miles and one for approximately 20 miles. At the end of the day there will be six town bike ride with cue sheets starting and ending at the West Hartford Hall Parking Lot and going through Farmington, Avon, Bloomfield, Simsbury, Hartford and West Hartford. The West Hartford Bicycle Festival is brought to you by the West Hartford Bicycle Advisory Committee, a town appointed committee and by Bike West Hartford, Inc. a Connecticut not for profit corporation. For more information, please contact Mary Collins at wheelfun@bikewesthartford.org, log ontowww.bikewesthartford.org or check out our Facebook page at Make West Hartford Bicycle Friendly. We look forward to seeing you there. (this from Scott Franklin)
Donate to make West Hartford more bicycle friendly.
Bike West Hartford,Inc. has applied for non-profit status ( 501(c)3). Approval by the IRS will be effective as of the date that the application was made. Your donations are needed to support our efforts. Click Here to donate
West Hartford’s First Annual Bicycle Festival
“WHEEL FUN” DAY
Sunday, May 19, 2013
8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Town Hall Parking Lot
Sunday May 19 will be the first official “Wheel Fun” Day in West Hartford, which will celebrate the joys of bicycling and pedestrian-friendly streets. click here for more information
If you would like a booth for your Business or Non-Profit, click here.
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National BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY is Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
West Hartford is celebrating!
Join us in biking to school!
Wear a helmet!
Bring a bike lock!
It's healthy & fun!
Free water bottles to the first 25 riders at Aiken, Braeburn, Bugbee, Webster Hill, and King Philip Middle schools
FLYER
sponsored by the West Hartford Bicycle Advisory Committee 2013
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Bike to School Day in West Hartford on Wednesday May 8th. Free water bottles to the first 25 riders at Aiken, Braeburn, Bugbee, Webster Hill, and King Philip Middle schools. Flyer
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What: National Bike to Work Day
When: Friday, May, 17, 2013, 7am
Where: REI parking lot, Raymond Road, West Hartford (Blue Back Square)
The Bicycle Advisory Committee to the West Hartford Town Council is organizing local participation in Bike to Work Day. Commissioner Daniel Esty (CT Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection) and Commissioner Catherine Smith (CT Dept. of Economic and Community Development) will be cycling from Cheshire to West Hartford for the planned 7:00am event. Short presentations will be made between 7am and 715am. At 7:30am, the group will ride to the Old State House in Hartford where we will join other Bike to Work participants at 8am. There will be brief ceremonies and refreshments at both locations
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West Hartford Bike Routes
David Kozak has created two rides in west hartford and are shown on the "download" page. Please take a look and if you can, ride the route and get back to David on any changes that you feel would improve the overall experience
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To find out what is going on in and around West Hartford, click on the 'NEWS/Blog' navigation link on the left.
To sign up for one of the committees, click on the Committees navigation link on the left
Communicate using Google Groups: Communicate with committee members and advocates using google groups. Provides email threading which makes it easier to follow then standard email. Click Here or click on the "Our Google Group" navigation link on the left.
May Monthly Meeting:
West Hartford Bicycle Advisory Committee
Rescheduled the May meeting to this Monday, May 6, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 308 of the West Hartford Town Hall.
Secure Hot link to donation page on paypal.
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=LZ6WA4QGJ9Y86
Bike West Hartford now using Google Groups. Great way to capture important info and communicate with committee leaders/members. Click on "Our Google Group" navigation link on the left or Click here to access our google groups page.
Bike West Hartford,Inc. has applied for non-profit status ( 501(c)3). Approval by the IRS will be effective as of the date that the application was made. Your donations are needed to support our efforts. Click Here to donate
West Hartford’s First Annual Bicycle Festival
“WHEEL FUN” DAY
Sunday, May 19, 2013
8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Town Hall Parking Lot
Sunday May 19 will be the first official “Wheel Fun” Day in West Hartford, which will celebrate the joys of bicycling and pedestrian-friendly streets. click here for more information
If you would like a booth for your Business or Non-Profit, click here.
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National BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY is Wednesday, May 8th, 2013
West Hartford is celebrating!
Join us in biking to school!
Wear a helmet!
Bring a bike lock!
It's healthy & fun!
Free water bottles to the first 25 riders at Aiken, Braeburn, Bugbee, Webster Hill, and King Philip Middle schools
FLYER
sponsored by the West Hartford Bicycle Advisory Committee 2013
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Bike to School Day in West Hartford on Wednesday May 8th. Free water bottles to the first 25 riders at Aiken, Braeburn, Bugbee, Webster Hill, and King Philip Middle schools. Flyer
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What: National Bike to Work Day
When: Friday, May, 17, 2013, 7am
Where: REI parking lot, Raymond Road, West Hartford (Blue Back Square)
The Bicycle Advisory Committee to the West Hartford Town Council is organizing local participation in Bike to Work Day. Commissioner Daniel Esty (CT Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection) and Commissioner Catherine Smith (CT Dept. of Economic and Community Development) will be cycling from Cheshire to West Hartford for the planned 7:00am event. Short presentations will be made between 7am and 715am. At 7:30am, the group will ride to the Old State House in Hartford where we will join other Bike to Work participants at 8am. There will be brief ceremonies and refreshments at both locations
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West Hartford Bike Routes
David Kozak has created two rides in west hartford and are shown on the "download" page. Please take a look and if you can, ride the route and get back to David on any changes that you feel would improve the overall experience
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To find out what is going on in and around West Hartford, click on the 'NEWS/Blog' navigation link on the left.
To sign up for one of the committees, click on the Committees navigation link on the left
Communicate using Google Groups: Communicate with committee members and advocates using google groups. Provides email threading which makes it easier to follow then standard email. Click Here or click on the "Our Google Group" navigation link on the left.
May Monthly Meeting:
West Hartford Bicycle Advisory Committee
Rescheduled the May meeting to this Monday, May 6, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 308 of the West Hartford Town Hall.
Secure Hot link to donation page on paypal.
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=LZ6WA4QGJ9Y86
Bike West Hartford now using Google Groups. Great way to capture important info and communicate with committee leaders/members. Click on "Our Google Group" navigation link on the left or Click here to access our google groups page.
