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Bike culture and community: Veer to screen in Reno Tuesday June 23rd

Bike culture and community: Veer to screen in Reno Tuesday June 23rd

By David LaPlante • on June 21, 2009

On the heels of National Bike Month, the Tour De Nez and the Reno Film Festival, Reno’s cycling culture gets a special pre-release screening of Veer. This award-winning, feature length documentary film explores America’s fast-growing bicycling culture by profiling five people whose lives are inextricably tied to bicycling and the bike-centric social

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An Ode to Helmet Hair and the Vanity of the Fools. Don’t be a dumbass, wear a helmet.

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By David LaPlante • on March 19, 2009

Despite only being a family of four, as of last count we own 24 helmets. Maybe more. There’s probably a ‘couple old ‘dain-duckets hanging out in the basement somewhere. That’s an average of six helmets per family member. Ridiculous? I’m the last of the generation that grew

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Former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson to Keynote 2008 City of Reno Green Summit; props to Jason Geddes!

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Reno Bike Project gets $1,000 for Bike Corral

Reno Bike Project gets $1,000 for Bike Corral

By davelaplante • on June 29, 2008

Props to the Reno City Council for granting $1,000 to the Sierra Arts Foundation. The funds will go toward supporting the Reno Bike Project’s Bike Corral. The corral is a fenced in, valet-operated

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Flavor and Fun Announced for Reno’s West Street Market this summer

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By David LaPlante • on May 16, 2008

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Donate your bikes to the Reno Bike Project

Donate your bikes to the Reno Bike Project

By David LaPlante • on October 4, 2007

RGJ.com: Community bike shop wants your old bike The Bike Project is a growing nonprofit group that provides low-cost bikes and help maintaining or fixing bikes at its

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