Hayward, California Critical Mass Tonight

Richard Masoner -- The East Bay city of Hayward, California joins several other San Francisco Bay Area cities in having a Critical Mass. The alleged non-organizers of this CM have organized the start time and place of this spontaneous, non-planned gathering to be at the Hayward City Library at 6 p.m., July 21, 2006. Directions from Hayward BART: Get on to B Street and go east until you reach Watkins St. Turn Left On Watkins For One Block and The Library Will Be On Your Left.

Critical-Mass.Org.

From Boulder to Africa: A Bicycle's Journey
The Commons @ The Boulder Co-Op Market
1904 Pearl Street, Boulder, CO 80302.
7:30pm on Tuesday July 25th.

Spokes Community Bicycle Project and Community Cycles is proud to sponsor an evening with, "The Village Bicycle Project" and it's Leader, Dave Peckham. Come and learn about, Poverty Reduction, Rural Development, Empowerment, and Sustainable Affordable Transportation for Africa. In 2005, the Village Bicycle Project served nearly 1000 rural Ghanaians with bicycles and basic repair skills. Learn how Boulder County can make a difference in Africa.

Spokes and Community Cycles has collected over 300 bicycles thus far and we are very close to out goal of 400-450 bicycles for Africa. Join us on Tuesday evening and learn of the bikes journey from Boulder, CO to Africa. Donations will be excepted and a fantastic Cruiser Bicycle will be auctioned as a Fund Raiser to help offset bicycle transport to Africa!

Spokes Community Bicycle Project
Community Cycles.
Village Bicycle Project.

More bicycle news

Lost in Tour de France news is the announcement that the AMGEN Tour of California has announced the 2007 host cities. Here they are:

Prologue: Sun., Feb. 18, San Francisco
Stage 1: Mon., Feb. 19, Sausalito to Santa Rosa
Stage 2: Tue., Feb. 20, Santa Rosa to Sacramento**
Stage 3: Wed., Feb. 21, Stockton** to San Jose
Stage 4: Thu., Feb. 22, Seaside** to San Luis Obispo
Stage 5: Fri., Feb. 23, Solvang** Individual Time Trial
Stage 6: Sat., Feb. 24, Santa Barbara to Santa Clarita**
Stage 7: Sun., Feb. 25, Long Beach** Circuit Race

AMGEN Tour of California website.

BroadbandRacer.com is a new site bringing video highlights of bicycle racing action. Via Blue Collar MTB.

The UK Bike For All project selected six demonstration cities to showcase cycling in the United Kingdom and increase levels of cycling in those cities. The demonstration city project is a bit like the League of American Bicyclists Bicycle Friendly Community program, with cities selected based on cyclist-friendliness, receptive city councils, and so forth. The video showcasing this project features interviews with people who don't bike for transportation, with followups after instructions. Pretty good stuff for cycling advocates everywhere.

San Francisco Chronicle: Bike touring easier than it looks.

Have a great weekend! Allez Floyd!