Car Less Brit

Wonder-Filled Grand Openings Wed July 1, 6 - 8 pm

Car Less Brit Museum and Virginia Museum of Transportation announce wonder-filled grand openings of 3 new bike culture events at the very same time! Wednesday July 1, 6 - 8 p.m.

**The Wonder-Filled Grand Opening of the Car Less Brit Museum

* bike culture art
* a virtual roanoke bike gang ride
* interactive bike activities for all types/ages
* bike lane for kiddies to ride on
* pedal-powered blender smoothies —u gotta pedal for it
* flat tire repair competition —old school style
* bike culture exhibits —tonnes of stuff touched on. ‘except 4 lycra shorts, no, they’re mentioned too just not shown, hehe!
* more fun stuff than this!

**2 wonder-filled new exhibits at the Virginia Museum of Transportation

** A Bicycle Obsession: David Saville’s bike collection
* chronicling a century of cycling
* Tour de France memorabilia
* unique items signed by cycling celebrities
* & more!

**Remembering Artie Levin
* bike and artifacts belonging to Roanoke’s own “Mr.
Fitness” & founder of Blue Ridge Bicycle Club (BRBC)
* visit the automobiles & historic locomotives at the
Virginia Museum of Transportation while here
* & more!

**FREE ADMISSION to Virginia Museum Tranportation Museum during these opening events, usually about $8, but it’s not after them!
**ADMISSION IS ALSO FREE AT the Car Less Brit Museum wonder-filled grand opening, but for this museum it will be free afterwards as well —he’s got far more money than he knows what to lose it on —the tough thing will be finding a time after the grand opening when the museum’s actually open for viewing!
*u can bike between locations,
or enjoy free vintage transit ride provided by the Commonwealth Coach & Trolley Museum

and for food…
*custom-made British cuisine at Car Less Brit Museum
* Maggie Moo’s ice cream at VA Museum of Transportation.

* food kindly bought, picked up, cooked by RIDE Solutions —who’re becoming close to obsessive, even creepy, with their endless cash handouts!

and everything’s free

Facebook event page

28 June 2009 • Artie Levin Blue Ridge Bicycle Club Car Less Brit Museum David Saville Virginia Museum of Transportation brbc car less brit river laker roanoke Commonwealth Coach & Trolley Museum maggie moo's

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Bike Month in Roanoke, MAYOR’S RIDE part 2 - the ride!

Saturday May 2 2009

‘follow the bikers as they ride in this key Bike Month in Roanoke event. Includes exclusive interview with Mayor Bowers as he bike rides!

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Bike Month in Roanoke, MAYOR’S RIDE part 1
Saturday May 2 2009

dignitaries, proclamations, Virginia Bicycling Federation (VBF) “Bicycle Friendly” awards, news… not as dry as it sounds!

2 May 2009 • bicycle bike bike month biking carlessbrit ride solutions river laker roanoke vbf virginia bicycling federation blue ridge bicycle club bikewalk virginia mayor bowers

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carlessbrit’s carlessroanoke party 1

Folks from the Tuesday Night Lowlanders Ride, hosted by Blue Ridge Bicycle Club, visit CarLessBrit’s CarLessRoanoke Party!

more short videos of how folks got to the party at vimeo

15 April 2009 • carlessbrit carlessbrit's carlessroanoke party roanoke river laker roanoke public libraries blue ridge bicycle club lowlanders ride

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the tuesday night lycra beer ride!

‘just back from the “Tuesday Night Lycra Beer Ride” hosted by Blue Ridge Bicycle Club, Roanoke, VA. It was a really great ride, very enjoyable.

We rode up Mill Mountain and then along the top of the mountains on the Blue Ridge Parkway for about 1.5 hours, covering about 25 miles.

It was the first time I have been able to ride all the way up Mill Mountain without stopping for a rest!

Come join us for the ride next week. We meet Tuesday 5:30 pm Transportation Museum parking lot, Salem Ave, downtown. All types and levels are welcome!

p.s. no, it’s not really called the Tuesday Night Lycra Beer Ride it’s just the “Tuesday Night Beer Ride”! The thing is, of about the 40 riders taking part, only me and a buddy, John W, were wearing baggy style bike shorts, all the others were in lycra style gear, hence my distorted title for the event! Unfortunately, I got all muddle headed being surrounded by so much lycra and promised for next weeks ride to be brave and bold and come geared up in form hugging lycra! John W did not make the same promise!

10 March 2009 • BRBC blue ridge bicycle club roanoke bike lycra biking bicycle carlessbrit river laker tuesday night beer ride

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carlessbrit thursday feb 12 2009

‘chatting with a Roanoke biker about the flatlander ride for older folks, hosted by Blue Ridge Bicycle Club. Also, chat about Bike Virginia, Roanoke Valley Greenways and toe clips!

12 February 2009 • Roanoke bicycle bike biking blue ridge bicycle club brbc carlessbrit river laker roanoke public libraries roanoke valley greenways bike virginia toe clips

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I salute you for your car-less effort in this bike-unfriendly city. I am from Edinburgh, went to college in Bristol and rode a bike all through college and first jobs in the UK. When I came to the US 15 years ago, getting a bike was high on my list of things to do, but it quickly became clear there were no consideration for cyclists in Roanoke. I still have a bike and ride it occasionally for exercise, you have me thinking maybe I should try commuting - when it gets warmer!!

I would like to learn more about cycling in Roanoke and perhaps to join in some of the events you mention - please keep me posted.
Bettina

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an email I received today.

my reply:

Thanks for your email, Bettina. I appreciate you taking the time to write and for your encouragement of CarLessBrit!

I do feel Roanoke, including both city government and citizens, is making a lot progress with becoming more bike and on-foot friendly, especially with the ongoing development of the greenway system, the recent addition of the trolley service, and such organizations as Roanoke Ride Solutions and Sharebike. But yeh, still a good way to go!

I hear that there is going to be a critical mass on Feb. 20 in Roanoke. The nature of a critical mass is that there are no leaders and little pre-organization, so keep your eyes and ears out for more details on it. I hope you will take part!

Some Roanoke bike orgs include Blue Ridge Bicycle Club (BRBC), Roanoke Cycling Organization and Star City Grits (Girls Riding in the Streets). I couldn’t get the link to work for the Grits website so the link goes to a Roanoke Times article about this club.

I’ll keep in touch!

30 January 2009 • Roanoke ride solutions roanoke ride solutions river laker roanoke public libraries roanoke times carlessbrit bicycle bike biking sharebike blue ridge bicycle club brbc r roanoke valley greenway critical mass grits star line trolley roanoke cycling org star city grits