Sarah at Acme Bicycle Company notes that several KC cyclists who are also artists have exhibits opening this month at First Fridays in the Crossroads Arts District.
Photographer Chris Thomas has an exhibit called Barfly at Mo-Mo Gallery, 1830 Locust (check out Chris’ web site, MySpace, or Flickr).
Painter John Carroll has some work at Pi Gallery, [...]

The Tour of Missouri route will be announced on February 8th. The event is 2:00 p.m. at the InterContinental Hotel on the Plaza. 401 Ward Parkway, KCMO 64112. (Wornall Road at Brush Creek, formerly the Fairmount and the Ritz-Carlton)

June is shaping up to be a busy month for cycling here in the Heartland. I already mentioned that registration is now open for Bike Across Kansas June 9-16.  A few other big rides are also on tap for that month:

June 10-15 – Cycle Across Missouri, Bushwhackers Tour: Follow in Jese James’ footsteps in KC, [...]

KCK is developing a city-wide master plan to guide its future development. Right now the ‘Dotte lags behind most of the metro area in bike/ped issues, so this is a great opportunity for folks that live or work in KCK to ask for things like a bike/ped plan, bike lanes, better crosswalks, pedesrian-friendly urban planning, [...]

[ February 8, 2007; 2:00 pm; ] InterContinental Hotel on the Plaza
401 Ward Parkway
Kansas City, MO 64112

That’s how Lt. Governor Pete Kinder described the Tour of Missouri at today’s press conference announcing the host cities. Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to be here in September, more than any Superbowl, World Series, Final Four, or other sporting event ever held in Missouri.
It all starts here in KC and travels [...]

[ February 10, 2007; 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] Help maintain local mountain bike trails during this work day at Landalh Park in Eastern Jackson County.

[ February 10, 2007; 6:30 pm; ] Cinzettis
7201 W. 91st Street (91st & Metcalf)
Overland Park, Kansas 66212
913-642-0101

$18/person, members and non-members
RSVP by February 2nd

Contact: Rich Davis, richdavis@rich-davis.com
More Info and Registration (PDF)

The upcoming election for Mayor and City Council could be pivotal for bike/ped issues. It’s critical that cyclists make an effort to elect bike-friendly candidates. Here are some opportunities to meet the candidates this week. You can also read about the issues.
Monday February 12th – Northland forum
Northland Neighborhoods will host 1st and [...]

Last year mayoral canddiate John Fairfield reached out to cyclists to include us in an ad for his campaign, and that ad is now on the airwaves. About halfway through the montage you can catch a brief glimpse of John talking with a group a cyclists in front of The Roasterie Cafe in Brookside.  [...]