New 'Umbrella' Website for All Bike News in Michiana

[Passing this along from Jeff Nixa, one of Michiana's premier bike activists and regular contributor to WVPE's "Michiana Chronicles" -- KJH]

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Bike People:

We now have a wonderful "umbrella" website to promote all things bike-related in the Michiana area at http://bikemichiana.org.

Henry Scott and Adam Bee have upgraded the original SouthBendBikes/ Wordpress blog created by Jerry Hinnefeld in 2006 for the bike lanes advocacy group. The BikeMichiana site now includes:

* An interactive blog/ discussion board on area bike events and issues
* Information on the bike groups affiliated under the Michiana Bike Coalition
* Bike facilities
* Area group rides and races: special events and weekly rides
* News and photos (e.g. new North Shore Blvd. bike lanes)
* Bike Routes
* Archives of past posts to the bulletin board
* Local, state and National bike organizations
* Local bike shops
* Online bike resources
* Links to subscribe to bike news

Visitors to the site may read and reply to bulletin board posts. If you would like access to be able to create new posts, just follow the links under "About This Site" to the discussion board through Google Groups called Bike Michiana. The group is free to join.

Need a simple web location to post things like your bike group mission statement and contact information? We're happy to add a page listing your details. The web site managers can be reached by email at bikemichiana@gmail.com.

We are still talking about the best way to establish a listserve/ mailing list, and are considering the Bike Michiana Google Group that Adam Bee has created.

The www.BikeMichiana.org format was chosen as the best balance between features, user-friendliness, and adaptability over the long run.

A huge thanks to Henry and Adam for their hours of skilled volunteer work on this new site.

Jeff Nixa, member
Michiana Bike Coalition