July 16 Ride to Work Day
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July 16 Ride to Work Day
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The International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) has announced its support for the 2008 International Ride to Work Day, July 16.
The event originated as a grassroots event in the United States in 1992 after an editorial by motorcycle magazine editor Fred Rau calling for a national Ride to Work day. Andy Goldfine, the creator of the Aerostitch riding suit, was one of the driving forces behind Ride to Work Day which became a non-profit organization in 2000.
The FIM is encouraging riders in its nearly 100 member federations to participate by riding their bikes to work on July 16 to demonstrate that motorcycles are both a legitimate form of transportation and a source of recreation. Several federations have already held their Ride to Work Days in June to fit their members’ summer holiday schedules.
First established in 1992, the annual Ride to Work Day is held on the third Wednesday of July.[/align]
The FIM says that Ride to Work Day will demonstrate how motorcycle use can reduce traffic and parking congestion while also being more fuel efficient than automobiles.
“In these days of soaring fuel prices, commuting to work by motorcycle makes great sense,” says Greg Harrison, president of the FIM’s Commission for Leisure Motorcycling. “While fuel-efficient motorcycles and scooters have been a primary source of transportation for decades in many countries affiliated with the FIM, more and more people around the world are turning to them because they are not only efficient transportation, but fun, too.”
According to the organization’s website, American riders alone will consume 60,000 fewer gallons of fuel by choosing to leave their cars at home and use their bikes to commute on Ride to Work Day
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The International Motorcycling Federation (FIM) has announced its support for the 2008 International Ride to Work Day, July 16.
The event originated as a grassroots event in the United States in 1992 after an editorial by motorcycle magazine editor Fred Rau calling for a national Ride to Work day. Andy Goldfine, the creator of the Aerostitch riding suit, was one of the driving forces behind Ride to Work Day which became a non-profit organization in 2000.
The FIM is encouraging riders in its nearly 100 member federations to participate by riding their bikes to work on July 16 to demonstrate that motorcycles are both a legitimate form of transportation and a source of recreation. Several federations have already held their Ride to Work Days in June to fit their members’ summer holiday schedules.
First established in 1992, the annual Ride to Work Day is held on the third Wednesday of July.[/align]
The FIM says that Ride to Work Day will demonstrate how motorcycle use can reduce traffic and parking congestion while also being more fuel efficient than automobiles.
“In these days of soaring fuel prices, commuting to work by motorcycle makes great sense,” says Greg Harrison, president of the FIM’s Commission for Leisure Motorcycling. “While fuel-efficient motorcycles and scooters have been a primary source of transportation for decades in many countries affiliated with the FIM, more and more people around the world are turning to them because they are not only efficient transportation, but fun, too.”
According to the organization’s website, American riders alone will consume 60,000 fewer gallons of fuel by choosing to leave their cars at home and use their bikes to commute on Ride to Work Day
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RE: July 16 Ride to Work Day
It's really been raining a lot here in Pittsburgh in the last month, so I haven't been riding to work as often as I would like...couldn't ride today either cause it's golf league day and I needed my clubs. Typically I ride 4 days of the week, which is 160 miles a week less for my car.
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RE: July 16 Ride to Work Day
I've ridden in three days out of four this week. Yesterday I took the train because I knew I'd be going out after work, and I won't drink and ride.
But when I see how many bikes are out on the weekend, compared to how few I see on my way in to work, and all these seven-year-old bikes for sale with less than 10,000 miles on them, I know that for a lot of people their bikes are strictly toys, not transportation.
Too many cagers see asportbike and automatically assume it's some idiot out playing in traffic. I think an event like this could help change that perception.
But when I see how many bikes are out on the weekend, compared to how few I see on my way in to work, and all these seven-year-old bikes for sale with less than 10,000 miles on them, I know that for a lot of people their bikes are strictly toys, not transportation.
Too many cagers see asportbike and automatically assume it's some idiot out playing in traffic. I think an event like this could help change that perception.
