Get in the saddle for 30 Days of Biking in April

Come over to Facebook and do the 'like' thing http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/30daysofbikingUK/191968464178238 Use it to find out what others are up to, and put a call out to organise your own events/group rides - regular updates here and on the twitter hashtag #30daysofbiking

Enjoy it, April is going to be a lot of fun!

Thanks

M

I was quite tickled with the idea of having a crack at Rapha's 'Festive 500' - I didn't manage to complete it. Had great fun trying though! I'm equally taken with the thought of riding the 30 days of April. Sitting here now, of course I've convinced myself I'm going to do it all. Whether I do or I don't I know I'll have fun, as will all the others who use it as a focus to try to get out even more regularly. I doubt that I'll write about it, but I'll enjoy reading the stories of other people that do. I think it's a splendid initiative.

Like Simon MacMichael, I love cycling but don't ride every day because work's too far away, life/family takes up time etc. Anything to motivate me to get out more is a good thing

More power to the 30DaysofBiking guys, and a happiness transplant for the haters

One last note. Check out our ongoing Twitter stream here: http://bit.ly/30Stream

What a sad lot we are when something comes along to encourage those none regular cycle users to try cycling on a regular basis, we get these trumpet blowing weezes who like to blow loud and clear abut how they are so great and regular on a bike in all weathers but can't seem to understand a simple concept of trying to promote the bike to more people. have these people not realised that the more cyclists there are the better is for all of us. Cycling should not be this elitist like these trumpet blowing weezes wish it was.

Haha, I can't deny you your February 30 fun! I love me some Holler and J. Orwell.

As a copy editor, I also have to address this:

"Riding 30 straight days in April is easy. Riding 30 days in February, now that's hard."

It's not hard; it's impossible. February has only 28 days.

Thanks for the mention!

I cocreated 30 Days of Biking, with my friend Zachariah Schaap, and want to get as many people biking as possible! The event's about helping people really and truly integrate bicycling into their lives. Every 30 Days of Biking participant means one more car off the road, if only for one trip. That alone makes a difference.

Here's what one lady who had never considered biking a viable form of transportation said: "My life changed when I did 30 days of biking last year. I started riding on April 1st and rode every friggin day until July 9th! 99 days. I became a biker. My husband and I started doing bike rides for dates, I biked for errands, I biked to work, we biked to dinner, we biked to the beach. It transformed me. It has been a long winter, I did some of my first winter biking, although not much, and can't wait to get back out there on a more regular basis. @patiomensch and @zachamon rule!"

P.S. As far as hard men go, I'd like to see if handlebarcam could survive a Minnesota February, which is what I just biked through.

If 30 consecutive days of riding in the spring is too easy, there's always the Cent Cols or the Race Across America. Everyone should have a goal...

"Riding 30 days in February, now that's hard"

Get a life.

Maybe we should ban people from talking about climbing Snowdon until they have managed the Eiger. Do you have gears on your bike ? If so, I suggest you get a fixie and follow the 1910 TDF route, then come back and talk about hard. The internet is a wonderful way of sharing experiences small and great, and for a lot of people 30 days of cycling will feel epic. Dont mock or disparage them, your own achievements are surely nothing in comparison to someone else's - it doesn't matter, they still have value. Belittling initiatives like this is small minded and only highlights your own inadequacies.

Pants. That was my second post. The first was a schwag entry...

Man, this is what I hate about "cyclists" Not want anyone else to join your little tribe, do we? I ride most days too, but if tweeting about it gets someone else to consider giving it a go, then that's great.

Have it in February and everyone else (on the 99% of journeys not made by bike) will continue to think that riding's for freaks and masochists. Let's sell the joys of spring air and fluffy lambs, not keep cycling for the few hard men.

PS Where's the missing E? Or do you think it's 30 days of Bikeing?

Thanks. I feel much better now. I'll try not to make my second post here a rant.

Yeah that's the way I see it too, surely the point is to show people that don't ride a bike that often that riding a bike every day for 30 days is pretty easy, and better still really enjoyable too. Then maybe at the end of 30 days they'll feel inclined to keep on riding

Obviously a lot of us regular bike riders know that anyway, but that doesn't mean to say we all do it, so this is a way for even experienced cyclists to challenge themselves to to a bit more cycling. On both levels it seems like a good idea to me.

I somehow think the idea may not be aimed at compulsive bike-botherers. Count bum spots, change your tyres every trip, snort energy drinks, pull a lorry driver. It will be fine.

I somehow think the idea may not be aimed at compulsive bike-botherers. Count bum spots, change your tyres every trip, snort energy drinks, pull a lorry driver. It will be fine.

Rode to the train station and locked up my bike, unlocked it and rode back again. Rode to the train station, rode back again. Rode to the train station and had to avoid a big dog, rode back again.

Nope, don't think anyone wants to read that.

Nice endo by the way Morgan.

You're missing the point here I think... good to share your achievements (however small), and hopefully inspire others to get out there too!

Pah, what a load of ridiculous Freds. Somehow I have managed to ride every day in most months for most of my life, with the need to boast about it on web sites with missing 'e's in their names.

Riding 30 straight days in April is easy. Riding 30 days in February, now that's hard.