Want free bike lights?

If you do head down to the downtown bus station between 4:30 - 6:30 pm tonight.  Bright Reno Lights will be installing lights.  The only criteria is that you must show up with a bike.  This way we know you aren't just grabbing a set to sell on ebay this weekend!

Shorter days mean night riding...whether you like it or not.

Yep, I bet you noticed the time change.  And that your commute home is flirting with twilight or even outright darkness.  So it's time to talk night riding and bike ninjas.

Yehuda Moon from Kickstand Comics (by Rick Smith and Bryan Griggs)

 Yep, those guys (and gals) who bike at night and wear dark colors and don't have any lights.  Like I said "Bike Ninjas"! 

So here's a little teaser on how not to be one....BPAC is giving away free lights through the "Bright Reno Lights" program.  We'll be announcing locations for these giveaways in the near future.  But I'll be carrying several sets so if you need a set let me know and I'll happily deliver.  The only criteria is that you must show me the bike they are going on.  We're not trying to help anyone's sales on ebay after all!

Please note...the lights in the giveaway are to make sure you can be seen. You still should have a higher quality light up front to see where you're going if you ride at night on a regular basis.  That will be a topic for another post however!

Commuting these days / nights....

If you don't have a good light and you're still out there riding, it's probably past time!

Bad picture...but you get the idea. 

Once you are equipped, you'll find out riding in the city at night is actually a pretty experience.  Not too many towns are lit up like ours!

BPAC Meeting tonight and free bike lights!

Yep, another month has passed and BPAC (Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee) is back in action.  The meeting will take place at the RTC building that's under 395 (exit at plumb and cut back to  2050 Villanova Drive).  I've posted the agenda below:

One of the topics tonight will be the "Bright Reno Nights" program we've been working on.  Basically, if you need bike lights and / or helmets we are making them available to you for free!  Both NDOT and some of the local NAB (Neighborhood Advisory Boards) have donated money ($4000 to date) and we'll be using this money to buy lights and put together educational information to remind bicyclists and pedestrians they too are subject to the rules of the road! 

So come on out and see what it's all about.