{"id":4046,"date":"2016-03-03T00:00:48","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T05:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/?p=4046"},"modified":"2016-03-03T14:26:06","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T19:26:06","slug":"motion-asheville-bikes-ride-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/archives\/motion-asheville-bikes-ride-city\/","title":{"rendered":"In Motion: Asheville on Bikes: Ride Your City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Story by Leah Shapiro | Photos by Paul M. Howey<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-1-copy_V.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4048\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4048\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-1-copy_V.jpg\" alt=\"In Motion Asheville on Bikes \" width=\"436\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-1-copy_V.jpg 436w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-1-copy_V-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/a>During the Asheville Holiday Parade in 2006, a swarm of cyclists in wacky costumes pedaled past festive onlookers. Following the parade, the group was awarded $250 for best use of the parade\u2019s theme, \u201cholidays in the mountains.\u201d Their idea was, <i>Every day is a holiday on a bicycle<\/i>. \u201cWe all dressed as different holiday characters,\u201d says Mike Sule. \u201cWe even had the groundhog. The tooth fairy was also there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mike and his friends Rachel Reeser, Marty Gallagher, and Michael Mooney had come up with the idea. They thought it would be fun to get a group of cyclists together to participate in the parade, so they passed out flyers and sent some emails. While filling out the application, which asked for the organization\u2019s name, Mike wrote down the first thing that popped in his head: Asheville on Bikes. The name stuck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-2-copy_F.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4049\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4049\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-2-copy_F.jpg\" alt=\"In Motion Asheville on Bikes \" width=\"800\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-2-copy_F.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-2-copy_F-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-2-copy_F-768x400.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-2-copy_F-375x195.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>Beginning as a loose affiliation among cyclists nearly a decade ago, Asheville on Bikes (AoB) has grown into a 501c3 nonprofit organization that cultivates bike culture through celebration, education, and advocacy. Mike has served as director since 2014. From organizing community rides to affecting transportation policy, AoB has significantly enhanced the lives of urban and commuter cyclists in the Asheville area and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>Noting the popularity of this first event, the organizers knew they were onto something. \u201cFrom there, the concept and the idea caught like wild fire in the cycling community,\u201d says Mike, who calls the $250 award AoB\u2019s \u201cseed money\u201d to help it grow. At the time, several people wanted the City of Asheville to install bike lockers in downtown parking decks. This initiative inspired the first Bike Love fundraising event in February 2007. AoB helped raised money for the city and bike lockers were installed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-3-copy_V.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4050\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4050\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-3-copy_V.jpg\" alt=\"In Motion Asheville on Bikes \" width=\"436\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-3-copy_V.jpg 436w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-3-copy_V-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/a>In keeping with the holiday theme, AoB next hosted the Bike of the Irish, which is its longest-standing community ride. For three years, it ran in the style of a pub crawl before organizers changed directions. Mike says that, although it began as a \u201cfun and frolic\u201d group, he and others began to agree on a vision: There are real needs in our community and a lot of people on bikes, but we\u2019re not a biking city.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, the Bike of the Irish took an active role in a community conversation about what was then known as the Waller Tract, a privately owned wooded area of land that would be important in connecting greenways from Shelburne Road to the greenways at Carrier Park. The new route of the ride would direct about 400 cyclists across this tract of land, highlighting its importance for transportation. Following the event\u2019s success, Blue Ridge Bicycle Club, RiverLink, AoB, private donors, and the City of Asheville and Buncombe County were able to purchase the land that would become the Hominy Creek Greenway in 2011.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-4-copy_V.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4051\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4051\" src=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-4-copy_V.jpg\" alt=\"In Motion Asheville on Bikes \" width=\"436\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-4-copy_V.jpg 436w, https:\/\/thelaurelofasheville.com\/updatestage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/In_Motion-Asheville_on_Bikes-4-copy_V-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 436px) 100vw, 436px\" \/><\/a>\u201cIt\u2019s not all costumes and parades,\u201d says Mike with a smile. When it comes to affecting policy, there is no shortage of meetings to attend. In February of 2008, the City of Asheville completed the Comprehensive Bicycle Plan. AoB and Blue Ridge Bicycle Club sat down with Council members and discussed the value of it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShortly after that was passed, South French Broad Avenue received shared lane markings (road markings that remind motorists they share the lane with cyclists). After that, Coxe Avenue got bicycle lanes. Hilliard has bicycle lanes. Martin Luther King Drive has bicycle lanes,\u201d says Mike. \u201cThe bulk of the bicycle infrastructure that you see after 2008\u2014the stuff that you see downtown\u2014is a result of that plan passing and becoming policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Part of the long-term plan is to address the needs of Haywood Road, which has the highest level of cyclist traffic in the city but has the least amount of bicycle infrastructure. This May, on-street bicycle parking will become available with a 15-bike corral in front of West Village Market on Haywood Road.<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Mike was working two jobs in addition to his role with AoB. He decided that if the organization was to move in the direction of true change, he would have to change things up. Soon after, he became the full-time director of AoB. \u201cVolunteers are still essential to what we\u2019re doing,\u201d he says, \u201cbut unless there is someone who is waking up in the morning and going to work with bicycle advocacy, then things would stagnate. And once they stagnated, they\u2019d begin to deteriorate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Education is a huge part of AoB\u2019s mission. \u201cWe think about driver\u2019s education, but we don\u2019t think necessarily in terms of transportation education, but that\u2019s where we need to go,\u201d says Mike. A partnership between AoB and Asheville City Schools Foundation, After School Bike Club takes place at Asheville Middle School in the fall and spring. \u201cThe students learn everything they need to know about urban riding,\u201d says Mike. \u201cWe supply the students with everything they need: helmets, water bottles, lights, quality bicycles.\u201d Students learn basic maneuvering and safety measures, and then have the opportunity to go on group rides through the city.<\/p>\n<p><i>Bike of the Irish is Sunday, March 20. Participants will gather at Pack Square in downtown Asheville at 1 p.m., and begin the ride at 1:30 p.m. For more, including sign-up, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/ashevilleonbikes.com\" target=\"_blank\">ashevilleonbikes.com<\/a> or their Facebook page.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story by Leah Shapiro | Photos by Paul M. Howey During the Asheville Holiday Parade in 2006, a swarm of cyclists in wacky costumes pedaled past festive onlookers. 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