Trails Equal Sales

Why Bicycle Advocacy is Good for Your Business• Pete Taylor, Bluedog Cycles, WI• Chris McNeese, AB Cycles, MO• Phil Cohen, Chain Reaction Bicycles, GA• Dan Thornton, Free-Flight Bicycles, GA• Gary Sjoquist, QBP, Moderator

National Advocacy Organizations• Bikes Belong, Bikes Belong Foundation• America Bikes• National Interscholastic Cycling Association

(NICA)

Bikes Belong• Grants Program – industry funds to build places

our products will be used• Partnerships – leveraging non-endemics• Government Relations – BikesPAC, Bikes Mean

Business• People For Bikes Campaign – approaching

200,000 people in the U.S. who have signed the pledge

• www.bikesbelong.org for more info

Bikes Belong Foundation• Safe Routes to School Partnerships

• Deb Hubsmith oversees this project

• Velo-City Scholarships• Bicycling Design Best Practices Project

• Taking electeds and influential community leaders to Europe

• Bicycle Friendly Communities

America Bikes• Funded by Bikes Belong• AMB a coalition of the following:

Adventure Cycling LAB Rails to Trails

Bikes Belong IMBA Alliance for Bicycling and Walking

Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals

National Center for Bicycling and Walking

• Fulltime ED and staff in Washington, DC• Monitors federal transportation bill developments• www.americabikes.org

NICA• National Interscholastic Cycling Association

• Founded in 2009, excellent article Feb. Mountain Bike Action

• Governing body for high school mountain bike racing

• Operating leagues - NorCal, SoCal, Colorado• New Leagues for 2011 - Washington, Texas• League Debut in 2012 - Minnesota• Goal to have nationwide leagues by 2020• www.nationalmtb.org for more info