Bike Easy Blog
New Orleans Bike Shop Hours
With more people biking than ever, and with bike shops are busier than ever. We want to make sure people are up to date on our local bike shops’ changing hours. We’ll keep regularly updating this page so stay tuned! If you’re a bike shop and would like your hours updated, please email info@bikeeasy.org. More people are biking in New…
Smart Biking Basics Virtual Workshop May 27 & 28
Get in gear for riding on the city’s improved bikeway network with this two-session online class Next week, join Bike Easy’s safety instructors to learn how to feel safe and confident on the road in any traffic situation. Wednesday, 5/27 Session 1: Bike selection, bike & helmet fit, bike handling, and basic mechanics – ABC Quick Check RSVP for Session…
Leveling Up: A Friendly Guide to Distance Biking in New Orleans
To help with your exploring of distance bike rides, Kyler Blodgett put together a list of some middle-to-long-distance routes with a few technical details and tips he wish he’d known before embarking. Remember that during COVID-related park closures, access to these trails could change. This is a guest blog post written by a member of the New Orleans biking community,…
Membership is . . .
Executive Director, Dan Favre, reflects on Bike Easy Membership & what biking means to him Today, Bike Easy kicks off Membership Month. As with most things of spring 2020, it feels a bit strange. Your Membership support is more important than ever, but with the covid crisis, it doesn’t feel right to celebrate this month as we normally would…
Membership is Community
Bike Easy works hard to build and foster the community of people who ride bikes in Greater New Orleans. This year, our approach has had to change, as has our entire world, but the need for a strong and vibrant bicycling community remains greater than ever. In these uncertain times, your Membership support ensures that we can keep supporting the expanding bike…
Bike Easy Receives Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Grant
The grant from RTC’s Doppelt Family Fund will support organizing work to help create the Louisiana Bootlace Trail Network Bike Easy is proud to receive support from the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy Doppelt Fund to help promote the Louisiana Bootlace Trail Network. We’re thrilled to be one of six grantees chosen from over 170 applicants, and we’re proud to be in…
Guest Blog Post from League Cycling Instructor, Les Leatham
AHA! Moments On A Police Bike Ride At the end of January, several LCIs/ride leaders met with officers from New Orleans Police Department’s First District for a bike ride. The inspiration for the ride came when Clark Thompson spoke with Captain LeJon Roberts at a neighborhood association meeting. To Capt. Robert’s statement , “We should go for a bike…
Thoughts on New Blue Bikes
Executive Director Shares Reflection on Major Update to New Orleans Bike Share System Bike Easy has supported the idea of bike share in New Orleans since roughly 2008. Back then, as bike share became a possibility, our local supporters and Members made it clear they wanted it, and that position still totally makes sense. Bike share helps more people…
Our Vision Includes You
Since 2003, Bike Easy has taken the lead in the Greater New Orleans region to make biking easy, safe, and fun for everyone. With the support of Bike Easy Members, we have accomplished so much and continue to push our city towards being a role model of bike-friendly policies and infrastructure. Every person who lives, works, and visits here should have…
Championing the Bike Easy Challenge
Challenge Champions help more people get riding and build a strong community! Thank you for being a champion for the Bike Easy Challenge the past! April is coming up and I’m hoping you’ll once again Champion your team or workplace. The Challenge is all about helping more people get riding and building a strong community around the joys of biking, and Champions…
