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May is National Bicycle Month!
This is an excellant time to dust off your bike and take it for a ride. If you do not have a bike or are unable to ride you can read a good story about a bicycle.
Below is a list of books about bicycles and their riders. Contact Barberton Public Library , or R-D Bike Shop for their availability for check out or purchase:
Bicycle Rider, by Mary Scioscia, is the story of champion bicyclist Marshall Taylor. Marshall Taylor was the first African-American to participate in integrated national bicycle raciing and become a champion. Barberton Public Library
The Haynes Bicycle Book, by Haynes, has everything you need to know to help you enjoy and maintain your bicycle. R-D Bike Shop
The Mountain Bikers Cookbook, by Jill Smith -Gould. You don't have to own a mountain bike to enjoy reading and using this cookbook. This 152 page paperback is full of recipes, facts about mountain bike racing, nutrition, traveling, and did I mention it was enjoyable reading? R-D Bike Shop
Summer Wheels, by Eve Bunting. This is an illustrated story about the Bicycle Man who fixes up old bikes and lends them to neighborhood kids for free as long as they follow two rules, but one boy does not fullow the rules. Barberton Public Library
Share the Road Plates
Do you drive a car? Do you ride a bicycle on the road? Do you have friends or employees that are cyclists? The state of Ohio offers a special license plate for cyclists and friends of cycling. This license plate can be a unique gift idea for a friend, an employee or yourself!
On Wednesday, December 22, 2004, Governor Bob Taft signed the Share the Road license plate into law as part of House Bill 406. This law culminates five years of efforts by the Ohio Bicycle Federation to create an auto license plate which will publicize the importance of motorists sharing Ohio's roads with bicyclists.
Get your SHARE THE ROAD plates before it is too late...
Goal: To sell 1000 plates each calendar year. Why this goal? Because the State of Ohio will cease issuing the license plates unless 1,000 are sold each calendar year, January 1 through December 31. Thus, to insure future availability, the Ohio Bicycle Federation has set this annual goal. The funds generated by the sale of this plates are used for publication of the valuable bicycling safety pamphlet, Ohio Bicycling Street Smarts, currently out of print. So it's important for all of us to buy or renew the special plates, and encourage others to do likewise.
As it is a special plate there is an additional cost over the standard renewal fee, however please consider supporting bicyclist/motorist education by purchasing this license plate. The Ohio Bicycle Federation reports there were 1576 Share the Road plates sold in 2006! Let's get started on 2007, there have been 561 plates sold as of April 27, 2007!
For more information, please visit: www.oplates.org or www.ohiobike.org
Or pedal to your local deputy registrar.
Or call 1-800-589-8247.
How to obtain your plates
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