Happy May Day! After a long winter, May is finally here, with its promise of warmer weather and better biking conditions. If you and your kids haven’t been out on your bikes yet, now is the time to ride. May is the month for all things bicycle.
First of all, May is National Bike Month, promoted by the League of American Bicyclists. On its website (bikeleague.org), it is “celebrated in communities from coast to coast. Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling — and encourage more folks to give biking a try.” That’s 66 years of promoting cycling,
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