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Stop…Shop…Drop! The 22nd Annual Subaru Denver VeloSwap is a fantastic celebration of everything in the world of bicycling. VeloSwap features new and used bicycles and equipment, cycling and sports clinics, family events, cycling celebrities, product sampling, an expanded EcoVillage, and much, much more. Reaching over 10,000 people, VeloSwap is the place to see, swap, buy, and sell every imaginable bike, part, and accessory. It’s a not-to-be-missed cycling culture happening, so come on out, feel the pulse of the bike community, and rub elbows with like minded individuals in the pursuit of cycling happiness! BikeDenver will be there to aid your adventure, so stop by and let us park your bike, shop at all the best booths, then drop your purchases at our bag-check station so you can enjoy the the show unimpeded!

When: Saturday, October 23, 2010, 9am – 4pm. Bike parking opens at 8am.

Where: National Western Complex, 4655 Humboldt St, Denver, CO 80216. See Map

Tickets: $8 at the door, $6 in advance at Front Range REI and Performance Bicycle stores or online. Buy Tickets

BikeDenver at VeloSwap:

  • Ride to VeloSwap! We’re providing free, secure bike parking. For directions by bike, click here: Biking Directions
  • Shop and Drop: We’re providing bike and bag-check services in the exhibit hall. Buy stuff and check it in with us! Look for our booth along the back wall near the cafeteria.
  • Event Membership Special: Become a new BikeDenver member at Veloswap for $25 ($10 savings).  Help support our advocacy efforts in the City and County of Denver: Priceless!
  • Volunteer! We’re always delighted to welcome new BikeDenverites willing to give a hand to assist in our bike parking operations and outreach efforts

Sign up to help out: www.bikedenver.org/bike-parking/

Support the cause! If 100,000 people follow 42Ride, 42BELOW will donate 42k to the Alliance for Biking and Walking

According to Justin Frumkes, mile high kiwi correspondent:
“We have 42 riders biking from NY to LA this summer, and 21 of them are stopping in Denver on Sunday July 26, 2009. We have just recently added a local ride to help support not only the 21 riders, but also to generate buzz about the Alliance for Biking and Walking. If we can get 100,000 followers on twitter.com/welikebike42, we will donate $42,000 to the Alliance.

We are recruiting as many people as possible to join us on Sunday, July 26 at 12pm/noon to bike out 21 miles to greet the incoming riders and escort them 21 miles back to BETA Nightclub, where we will host a Sunday Funday event. Each rider who signs up, upon registration, will receive a custom 42BELOW Biking Jersey, T-Shirt, Cap and wristband for a complimentary 42BELOW cocktail. We are not looking for financial contribution, but merely as many people who want to ride on our 42-mile loop for our incoming riders.

The Denver Green Festival tapped BikeDenver’s Bicycle Fashion Show as a top 3 attraction - over 30 carbon-neutral models will be on the catwalk on Saturday, May 2 at 3pm in Room 207 of the Denver Convention Center!

 

 

 

10 Great Ways to Experience Green Festival!

Denver Green Festival
Saturday and Sunday, May 2 & 3
Colorado Convention Center
www.greenfestivals.org

Just 10 of the many ways to make the most of Green Festival:

  1. Get here first thing Saturday morning for an inspiring Opening Ceremony that includes our very own Mayor John Hickenlooper as well as the incredibly talented dancers from Fiesta Colorado.
  2. Sample tasty natural treats and decadent organic Fair Trade chocolate and coffee—that’ll keep you going all day.
  3. See what’s hip, hot and happening on wheels at  Bike Denver’s Bicycle Fashion Show.
  4. Dance with a Big Green Rabbit—yep, you read correctly.
  5. Give your teenagers a little R&R: take ‘em to the green spa for mini-facials and makeup applications at the Green Teen Pavilion.
  6. Get the inside scoop on what’s happening right here in Colorado to move our economy forward with Governor Bill Ritter and Dr. David Orr, and John Powers, hosted by the Alliance for Sustainable Colorado.
  7. Stop by the Organic Beer & Wine Garden for happy hour.
  8. Kick back and listen to some of the best local live music around on the Music Stage all weekend.
  9. Enjoy scrumptious local, organic cuisine at the Natural Foods Dining Area.
  10. Come back Sunday to check out all the great exhibits, presentations and workshops you missed Saturday.

Youths 18 and younger get in FREE!

Visionary Speakers also include . . .
The Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, Laura Flanders, Alan Weisman, Amy Goodman, Greg Palast, Hunter Lovins, John Perkins, Mike Farrell, Sharif Abdullah, Gunter Pauli, Caroline Casey, Tom DeWolf, Belvie Rooks, Jeffrey Smith, Paul Stamets, Thom Hartmann, Jonny5 of the Flobots, stic.man of Dead Prez, and many more

PLUS…
Looking for that special something for that special someone? You’ll find exceptional deals on great gifts! Peruse our unique green marketplace for thousands of eco-friendly products and services screened for their commitment to people and the planet—everything from natural body products and organic cotton clothing to Fair Trade gifts and sustainable home remodeling materials.

Also available for you to get the most of your Green Festival experience: Green Festival Bookstore and Author Signings – ASL Interpretation – Electronics Recycling 

All at a nearly zero-waste event!

Your all-inclusive 2-day pass: $15

Only $10 (at the door) for seniors, public transit and bike riders, union members, students

FREE – Youths 18 and younger, volunteers, Green America and Global Exchange members

All Green Festival passes and registration: www.greenfestivals.org

Green Festival is a joint project of Global Exchange and Green America.
Since 2002.

Show Producers

Green Festival, a joint project of Global Exchange and Green America, is the nation’s largest, most successful green living event since 2002.

Green America, formerly Coop America, is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1982, providing the economic strategies, organizing power and practicing tools for businesses and individuals to address today’s social and environmental problems. Its Green Business Network is the largest national network of green businesses. All businesses that exhibit at the Green Festival are screened for their commitment to sustainability, ecological balance and social justice using Green America’s green business standards.

Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. Since its founding in 1988, Global Exchange has successfully increased public awareness of root causes of injustice while building international partnerships and mobilizing for change.

Upcoming Festivals

Denver
May 2nd & 3rd, 2009

Chicago
May 16th and 17th, 2009

SPECIAL GREEN FESTIVAL OFFER!

Show the box office your ticket stub to Disneynature’s Earth (in theaters NOW) for free admission to Denver Green Festival, May 2 & 3.

 

Get inspired with the best environmental films of today!

Join Earth Cinema Circle, the only DVD club increasing environmental awareness through entertaining, informative films. You’ll receive 4 films on DVD every other month to watch and keep. Start now for only $17.95 every other month.


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Join Spiritual Cinema Circle, the only DVD club delivery 4 thought-provoking films each month to your home. Handpicked from film festivals around the world, these movies will inspire you with their stories of love and compassion. Sign up for your FREE TRIAL today!

 

 

 

 

Green Festivals, 1-800-58-GREEN

 

BikeDenver says:  Come to Room 207 to check out our hot, urban (carbon-neutral) models.. from crazy cruisers, to custom bikes like The Big Dummy, the Pennyfarthing, a Silver Rickshaw with white fur seatcovers to the new Trek B-Cycle bike!  We’ve got bikes dating to the 1860′s, the indominable Dutch Cargo Bike, Denver Parks & Recreation branded bikes, Norwegian commuters, Trike Bikes, Folding Bikes, and a host of great social and commuting bikes from Peugot to Gary Fisher and Bianchi.  Our youngest rider-escorts are four years old!  Brody from Alice 105.9 will MC the program.

Bike themed artwork available from more than 40 of Denver’s most active artists… all priced under $40!

ARTCRANK Denver

Opening Night Party
Saturday, April 11th 8pm
The Shoppe · The Fabric Lab
Plastic Chapel · Neopolitan
3105 East Colfax Ave, Denver CO

After the show: A group bike through beautiful Downtown Denver following the show that is being coordinated by Broox Pulford.

The ride will welcome people with bikes of all shapes, sizes, and colors. Participate or spectate: in a series of flatland based bike competitions.

Your bike misses you.

Join us for a ride to celebrate the beginning of spring. We’ll be starting in City Park and cruising down to the Wash Park area. Afterwards, we’ll hang out at Handlebar & Grill for a little something called “Awesome Sprints!”

Here’s a map of the Vernal Equinox Ride

Download the flyer for the Vernal Equinox Ride

Helmets and lights are required.

The BikeDenver Ride Guide

No one gets dropped.

Helmets are required.

Clothing is required. This is a casual ride and there is no penalty for wearing sneakers or riding with flat pedals. Wear lycra at your own risk.

We’ll follow the law. If you think you don’t know about the legal responsibilities of bicyclists you can review Colorado Cycling Laws. In particular we’ll stop for stop signs and red lights; ride no more than two abreast; and, signal for turns and slowing down. If the group is divided by a traffic signal, front riders will wait for the rear group to join them after the next green light. We’ll ride with the traffic flow, which sometimes means in the traffic flow.

Ride any bike you want as long as it’s safe. As in: make sure your brakes work. If we might be out after dark have lights. No bike snobbery will be allowed. We want all bicyclists to feel welcome.

Notes For All BikeDenver Rides

Riders will be asked to sign a waiver and wear a helmet to participate.

Check out our comprehensive Ride Guide for some more rules of the road and trail…

Contact Gary Rossmiller at bikerossmiller@earthlink.net with questions.

Each month the Downtown Denver Partnership organizes panels and presentations to keep you up to speed on the topics that affect Downtown residents, business people, and visitors alike. These breakfasts are free for all Partnership members, and $50 for non-members.

This month:

Buses, Bicycles and Budgets: The Correlation Between Increased Transportation Options and Your Bottom Line – How do major transportation projects and initiatives impact local businesses and their employees? What benefits can your business expect when Denver’s bike-share program opens or when Denver Union Station’s Transit District is thriving? Join panelists Nate Kvamme with B-Cycle, Bill Vidal with the City & County of Denver, and Tom Gougeon with Union Station Neighborhood Company to find out how these projects will impact your bottom line in the months and years to come.

Buses, Bicycles and Budgets: The Correlation Between Increased Transportation Options and Your Bottom Line

March 19, 2009, 7:30-9:00am

Hyatt Regency at Colorado Convention Center, 650 15th Street

Panelists:

Tom Gougeon, Union Station Neighborhood Company

Nate Kvamme, B-Cycle

Bill Vidal, City & County of Denver

Learn more at the source: Downtown Denver Partnership

How much easier can supporting bike advocacy be than eating delicious food? We’ll be kicking off our Bicycle-Friendly Business program on Monday, Feb 25 at Watercourse Foods, which is generously donating a percentage of the day’s sales to BD. Ride your bike to 17th Ave & Emerson and we’ll see you there! Information table and Bicycle-Friendly Business award presentation at dinner.

The first meeting in BikeDenver’s new space at The Alliance Building

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