{"id":11620,"date":"2015-01-22T11:55:59","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T19:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/?p=11620"},"modified":"2015-02-07T10:07:44","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T18:07:44","slug":"winter-bike-work-day-feb-13-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/index.php\/2015\/01\/22\/winter-bike-work-day-feb-13-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Bike to Work Day Feb. 13, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11622\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"Winter-Ride-Ephrata_from-Twitter_forweb\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Winter-Ride-Ephrata_from-Twitter_forweb-300x400.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Winter-Ride-Ephrata_from-Twitter_forweb-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Winter-Ride-Ephrata_from-Twitter_forweb.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In a state with such enormous participation in <a title=\"Bike Month Challenges in Washington State\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/growing-bicycling\/resources\/bike-month-challenges-in-washington-state\/\">Commute Challenges<\/a>, we&#8217;re sure lots of folks will jump at the chance to prove your winter bike-commuting hardiness.\u00a0<strong>Friday Feb. 13, 2015 is Winter Bike to Work Day.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re proving you&#8217;re up for this every day: lots of winter-riding posts in the <a title=\"GASUP - Get Around Spokane Using Pedals -- public Facebook group\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/466320126830126\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook group GASUP (Getting Around Spokane Using Pedals)<\/a>, photos of #Festive500 miles shared on Twitter by riders in Ephrata, Instagram pictures tagged #WAbikes that show frost and snow, and the many responses we got when we asked for <a title=\"Wet Weather Riding Tips #IBikeInRain\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2014\/12\/13\/wet-weather-riding-tips-ibikeinrain\/\">tips on gear for riding in rain<\/a> and <a title=\"Cold Weather Riding Tips\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2014\/12\/04\/cold-weather-riding-tips\/\">cold weather biking gear<\/a>. There&#8217;s a closed Facebook group called <a title=\"Icy Bike Winter Commuting Challenge (closed Facebook group)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/IBWCC\/\" target=\"_blank\">Icy Bike Winter Commuting Challenge<\/a>, too (not specific to Washington but has quite a few WA bike folk members).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign up at the <a title=\"Winter Bike to Work Day\" href=\"http:\/\/winterbiketoworkday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Winter Bike to Work Day<\/a>\u00a0site<\/strong> to put\u00a0<strong>your<\/strong> hometown on the map as a place for hardy, dedicated bike commuters.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign up with us<\/strong> and we&#8217;ll send you some snazzy &#8220;I Arrived by Bike&#8221; business cards that you can leave behind when you make a stop along your commute for that all-important hot beverage to warm up before finishing the ride.<\/p>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;I&#8217;m #BraverThanTheElements riding #WinterBike2Work 2\/13\/15. Join me! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WinterBike2Work\">@WinterBike2Work<\/a>&#8220;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9436\" alt=\"BikesMeanBusiness_backlogo7\" src=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BikesMeanBusiness_backlogo7-300x171.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BikesMeanBusiness_backlogo7-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BikesMeanBusiness_backlogo7-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wabikes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/BikesMeanBusiness_backlogo7.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The cards, developed by <a title=\"Cascade Bicycle Club\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cascade.org\" target=\"_blank\">Cascade Bicycle Club<\/a> and sporting our logo and theirs, provide a brief message illustrating why bikes mean business and help inspire business owners to be bike-friendly. If you don&#8217;t want to wait for the mail and you&#8217;re in the Seattle area, stop by our Pioneer Square bike gift shop\/offices at 314 1st Ave. South, sign up for our e-news, and we&#8217;ll give them to you on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>When you sign up you can also request our <a title=\"Washington Bicycle Law Pocket Reference: Don\u2019t leave home without it!\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2013\/01\/10\/washington-bicycle-law-pocket-reference-dont-leave-home-without-it\/\">pocket guide to Washington state bike laws<\/a>, our <a title=\"Drive Aware: Tips for sharing the road with people on foot or bike\" href=\"http:\/\/wabikes.org\/2015\/01\/13\/drive-aware-tips-sharing-road-people-foot-bike\/\">&#8220;Drive Aware&#8221; brochure <\/a>(great to share with a non-bicycling friend or co-worker), and our &#8220;Go By Bike&#8221; tips on bike commuting.<\/p>\n<p>[Tweet &#8220;I want my town to be #1 in WA for #WinterBike2Work Day 2\/13\/15. 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