Lincoln chosen as 1 of 5 'Biketown USA' cities
Bicycling magazine has selected Lincoln as one of five cities for its sixth annual BikeTown USA program.
Designed to show how a bicycle can change lives, the three-month program will enable 30 area residents to experience how a brand-new bike — that they will be able to keep and call their own — can improve the quality of their lives.
Anyone interested in participating simply needs to tell Bicycling, in 50 words or less, how they would use their new bike by answering the question: “How will a new bike set you free?”
Entries can be submitted at: www.bicycling.com/biketown.
Selected participants will receive a bike along with a new helmet, all of which will be presented at the BikeTown Lincoln giveaway ceremony on June 5 at the MoPac Trail, near 28th and Apple streets.
From weight loss, to dodging skyrocketing gasoline prices, to going green, Bicycling’s editors will evaluate the submissions to identify the most compelling ways entrants claim they'll put a new bike to use. Selected participants will receive a brand new Trek Lime Coasting bike.
Coasting bikes, using technology created by Shimano, are easy-to-ride, automatic shifting bikes designed for casual, fun-spirited riding.
“In this sixth year of our BikeTown USA program, the message rings clear; spending time on a bicycle dramatically changes lives for the better,” Steve Madden, editor-in-chief of Bicycling and founder of BikeTown USA, said in a news release.
BikeTown partners, Trek and K2 have created bikes using the Coasting technology and have partnered with Shimano and Bicycling magazine to give away the bikes in the five BikeTown cities.
In addition to Lincoln, 2008 BikeTown USA will also take place in: Columbus, Ohio; San Francisco; Portland, Ore.; and Seattle.
A key component of the BikeTown USA program is the monitoring of participants’ progress for three months to gain a real a sense of the impact the bike is having on the recipients’ lives. The resulting stories are featured in Bicycling magazine and on Bicycling.com.
BikeTown USA has given away more than 2,500 bikes in towns all over the country in the past five years.
Designed to show how a bicycle can change lives, the three-month program will enable 30 area residents to experience how a brand-new bike — that they will be able to keep and call their own — can improve the quality of their lives.
Anyone interested in participating simply needs to tell Bicycling, in 50 words or less, how they would use their new bike by answering the question: “How will a new bike set you free?”
Entries can be submitted at: www.bicycling.com/biketown.
Selected participants will receive a bike along with a new helmet, all of which will be presented at the BikeTown Lincoln giveaway ceremony on June 5 at the MoPac Trail, near 28th and Apple streets.
From weight loss, to dodging skyrocketing gasoline prices, to going green, Bicycling’s editors will evaluate the submissions to identify the most compelling ways entrants claim they'll put a new bike to use. Selected participants will receive a brand new Trek Lime Coasting bike.
Coasting bikes, using technology created by Shimano, are easy-to-ride, automatic shifting bikes designed for casual, fun-spirited riding.
“In this sixth year of our BikeTown USA program, the message rings clear; spending time on a bicycle dramatically changes lives for the better,” Steve Madden, editor-in-chief of Bicycling and founder of BikeTown USA, said in a news release.
BikeTown partners, Trek and K2 have created bikes using the Coasting technology and have partnered with Shimano and Bicycling magazine to give away the bikes in the five BikeTown cities.
In addition to Lincoln, 2008 BikeTown USA will also take place in: Columbus, Ohio; San Francisco; Portland, Ore.; and Seattle.
A key component of the BikeTown USA program is the monitoring of participants’ progress for three months to gain a real a sense of the impact the bike is having on the recipients’ lives. The resulting stories are featured in Bicycling magazine and on Bicycling.com.
BikeTown USA has given away more than 2,500 bikes in towns all over the country in the past five years.
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