The end of the road for this blog

I started Bike Greenville back in 2007 when I was serving on the Greenville Spinners board as the as the advocacy chairperson. The idea was to be able to communicate with local cyclists interested in participating in bike advocacy efforts, and at the time it was easier for me to use this blog than to post updates on the Spinners website. 

These days, I am still involved with bicycle advocacy efforts in Greenville, both with Bikeville and through the Spinners, but I am definitely not as “in the loop” as I once was. For that reason, I am going to call it quits on updating this blog. Current Spinners advocacy chairperson Frank Mansbach has been doing an outstanding job of posting monthly updates on the Spinners advocacy page, so I encourage you to visit that site often to find out what is happening on the cycling advocacy front in Greenville. I also encourage you to keep tabs on the Bikeville page and subscribe to the monthly newsletter if you don’t already.  There are many other great sources for local advocacy news too; the PCC Blog, Biking in the Upstate,  and the “Slow Bike Upstate” section of Carolina Cycling News just to name a few.  See the “local links” dropdown on the right side of this blog for many more great resources.

Despite a few of the normal setbacks that are to be expected, good things are happening here in Greenville. I hope that those of you who have been reading this blog over the years will continue to be involved with making this area a better a place to live and ride a bike. I think we have made great progress in the last five years or so, but there is still much work to be done by everyone who wants to see Greenville become a more bike friendly town.

Update: I should add that the Bike Greenville Facebook page will remain active as a place to share and discuss local bike advocacy issues.