- Bike Philly
Bike Philly is a bicycle tour of
Philadelphia ,Pennsylvania , on a closed route cleared of motorized vehicular traffic. cite news | first=Steven| last=Rea| url= http://www.philly.com/inquirer/weekend/20070907_Make_way_for_the_bicycles.html|title= Make Way For The Bicycles| publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer | date=2007-09-07 ] The tour occurs on the second Sunday of September. The inaugural event for Bike Philly was held on September 9, 2007, and consisted of two 10 mile loops, a Center City route, and aFairmount Park route. cite news | first=Lesley | last=Van Arsdall| url= http://cbs3.com/local/local_story_252224727.html | title= Cyclists Ride For Healthier Travel In Philadelphia | publisher=CBS 3 | date=2007-09-09 ] The ride attracted 2,500 riders [Bike Philly 2007 Blog http://bikephilly.blogspot.com/]Bike Philly 08 is scheduled for September 14, 2008.
Route
The starting point for the tour is at the front of the
Philadelphia Museum of Art , with rider registration and check-in held at the base of theRocky Steps . The tour begins at theEakins Oval and travels down theBenjamin Franklin Parkway into the streets of downtown where riders snake their way past city landmarks such asReading Terminal Market thePhiladelphia Mint , Penns Landing, City Hall and South Street, while passing through the neighborhoods of Old City, Society Hill, and Chinatown before returning back to Fairmount Park. Once in the park riders have a choice to return to the museum area for a festival, or continue for another 10 miles touring through the extensive roadways of Fairmount Park before returning to the end of tour festival.For experienced riders the tour organizers also provide additional open road low-traffic routes of 10 and 30 miles with marked route signage, stocked rest stops, and mechanical support (
SAG ). cite news | first=Steven| last=Rea| url= http://www.philly.com/inquirer/weekend/20070907_Make_way_for_the_bicycles.html|title= Make Way For The Bicycles| publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer | date=2007-09-07 ]References
External links
* [http://www.bicyclecoalition.org/ The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia] - Tour organizer
* [http://www.bikephilly2007.com/ Bike Philly] Website
*One [http://geocities.com/womgene/BikePhilly/BikePhilly.htm riders experience ]
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