May is National Bike Month
Since 2001, Trailnet has celebrated National Bike Month in May by encouraging citizens to use their bicycles for transportation. Bike Month activities are listed below.

One-hundred and sixty bike commuters participated in our 2008 Drive Your Bike Challenge. They saved 21,619 car miles in May and estimated saving 99,257 car miles for the year!
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Drive Your Bike Challenge
May 1 – May 31, 2009
Keep track of your bike commuting miles for May - use your bicycle instead of your car for errands and short trips and register to win from Big Shark Bicycle Company and REI:

• Grand Prize: Commuter Kit which includes Panniers, Fenders, Rack, Lights, Shower Pass Jacket and Pants provided by Big Shark
• Other prizes: Join Big Shark for a series of repair classes and go from Beginner to Intermediate to Advanced; win a cool Novara Commuter Backpack from REI

Bike to Work Day
May 15, 2009, Friday 6:30 – 9:00 AM
Join Trailnet for a continental breakfast during your bike commute to work! Three refueling stations:

• Missouri History Museum is located at Lindell Blvd. and DeBaliviere Ave. on the north edge of Forest Park. Look for the tents at the north entrance to the museum.
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• Missouri Botanical Garden is located at 4344 Shaw Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63110. View Google Map
• Memorial Park in Clayton is located on S. Meramec Ave., between Forsyth Blvd. and Bonhomme Ave., in downtown Clayton. View Google Map
• Baked Goods provided by Companion Baking
• Big Shark Bicycle Company is offering Big Shark to Work Certificates to all of the riders at all 3 refueling stations “while supplies last”. These are worth $5 in shark bucks.
• Lone Wolf Coffee Company is donating one pound bags of coffee to the first bike commuter at each of our refueling stations

HOK Bike To Work Day Challenge
May 15, 2009, Friday 7:15 AM
HOK is sponsoring a Corporate Challenge for the employer with the largest number of bikers on Bike to Work Day:

• Must be a group affiliated with a single corporate entity
• “Winner” will receive lunch (for up to 20) provided by HOK at HOK’s offices or the “winners” facility (catered by Local Harvest) date TBD
• HOK will sponsor a $250 donation in the winner’s name to a sustainable non-profit
• Trailnet will provide a “I Am Alternative Energy” t-shirt to the organizer of each team (while supplies last)
• Preferred meeting place is at the Bike to Work Day event at the Missouri History Museum on the morning of May 15 for a final headcount at 7:15 am by Trailnet officials. If this location is a hardship for a contending organization, please contact Trailnet to negotiate a substitute.

In Partnership with: Bike St. Louis, City of Clayton, Companion Baking, the Great Rivers Greenway District, HOK, Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri History Museum, City of St. Louis, St. Louis County Parks