It’s no secret that I’m a bike nut.  I’d ride for hours every day if I had the time.  I don’t so I can’t…:(  I’m serious about biking.  I raise thousands of dollars a year for diabetes, Alzheimers and MS by riding and I love it.  If I thought I could make a living on the bike, I’d do it.  Sadly, I’m too busy with the Council and running my business (in addition to being too old and fat to pull off such a feat) but I can always wonder “what if?”

The Problem

What I’d also love is if my home town was more bike-centric.  We clearly have some fellow bike-nuts here as we have a bike plan that was done almost entirely by the citizens.  My problem is that my time is extremely limited as I’m currently consumed with the Neighborhood Conservation initiative, Education Forward and the budget all while running my business and being a part of my family.  I’m a notorious “me against the world” thinker and I’m trying to admit and address that here…:)

The Proposition

So, I need some help getting this done.  The opportunities are huge, the costs minimal and the ROI would be nice.  Sure, there’s the obvious stuff like bike lanes but why couldn’t we work to put a mtn bike path around the Airport?  We own all of that land and the Airport folks are receptive to the idea.  Many of the surrounding mtn bike paths are maintained by volunteers (Conway Robinson just had a big cleanup effort).  It just takes time.  It’s something I want to help do but I fear if it waits for me, it’ll never happen.  I’m trying to address a self-admitted shortcoming here…:)  So, how about it?  Let’s setup a volunteer group to get Manassas more bike-friendly and get some work done.

Can we setup Bike Manassas ?  I’ve got an email setup, created a twitter account and have registered the website url……I will climb down in the bunker by myself again but would rather not…:)