Tomorrow is National Bike To Work Day. Should have posted this earlier. So much going on it’s hard to keep track of it all. Thanks to Kristen fir the reminder.

From BikeWichita.com

Tomorrow is Bike to Work Day. The weather is shaping up to be a great day, so you?ll have no excuse to miss this opportunity to ride in style. Tell your boss you might be a little late in the morning because you are making an effort to lift the stigma that Wichita is one of the worst cities to commute by bicycle.

Read more here.

From the Community Affairs Lieutenant with the Wichita Police Department…

We have scheduled a public comment session regarding the proposed bicycle ordinance revisions and amendments and I wanted to let you know about it. It is scheduled for Tuesday, May 18, from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Water Center, 101 W. Pawnee. Representatives from the Planning, Law and Police Departments will be there to answer questions and take comments regarding the proposed revisions.

Sometime later this week the proposed ordinances and current state law will be noted on the front page of the WPD?s web site at www.wichitapolice.com along with a notice regarding the public comment session.

The Ride of Silence. The ride is sponsored by the Oz Bicycle Club of Wichita. The ride will start at 7:00 PM on May 19th at 13213 W. 21st St N. Ct (Wichita Clinic) just East of Eberly Farm on West 21st. The names of those injured or killed will be remembered at this time. If you know of someone whose name was not mentioned, please let us know at this time. The ride will start after the reading. Please park at the South end of the parking lot. Contact: Don Kramer, sagstop@sbcglobal.net, (316) 722-1705.
Please visit rideofsilence.org for information.
The ride will be 8 miles in length at a slow pace. Please join us to help promote bicycle safety on the streets of Wichita.

From the Wichita Eagle…

Pedaling a bicycle down the street isn’t quite the free-wheeling adventure one might presume ? at least not if you read the city’s bicycle laws.

Read story here.

From the Wichita Eagle…

One sunny weekday last May, while people went about their midmorning business downtown, Keith rode off wearing his thong. He pedaled along for a few minutes until Thomasson pulled him over on Main just past City Hall.

Read full story here.

May is Wichita (and National) Bike Month.

Click here for a flier listing all of the bicycle events going on in Wichita in May.

Print a few fliers and help spread the word!

Wichita Million Mile Month Challenge
Help Wichita Log One Million Miles in May
1. Register for free at www.mycyclinglog.com – Click sign up on the Login page
2. Join the group ?Wichita Million Mile Month? – Once you?ve signed up, go to Groups/Select Join an Existing Group/ type
?Wichita Million Mile Month?/Join Group.
3. Adding Your Miles – Select Add/ Fill in Distance/Click ADD/repeat as often as you ride!

From the Wichita Eagle…

WICHITA ? A thief stole a boy’s bike in west Wichita Wednesday afternoon, police said.

The theft occurred at about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday in the 3600 block of West 13th, police said. The 13-year-old boy was pushing his bicycle toward the front of the apartment building in which he lived when a man ran up, pushed him aside, grabbed the bike and threw it in the back of his pickup.

Read full story here.

From the Wichita Eagle…

WICHITA ? Police are looking for someone who stole a bunch of loose change from a cash register at the Taste of Thai downtown late Wednesday night.

The owner of the restaurant at 447 N. St. Francis noticed the coins missing from a register at about 11:30 p.m., then saw a man riding north from the restaurant on a red bike.

About $15 in coins was stolen, the owner told police

I was just made aware via Kansas Cyclist that Google has added bicycling directions to Google Maps.

Click here to see Wichita and surrounding area bike paths on Google Maps or use the form below to plan a route by bicycle.

A police chase early Saturday morning came to an abrupt end inside Tom Sawyer Bicycle Shop at the corner of Broadway and Mt Vernon. The building suffered some damage but they were still open for business via the back door.

Edit 03-01-2010: Link to Kansas.com article.