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
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