Update…. Registration extended to January 11th.
Take a break from the winter riding to enjoy the company of fellow cyclists at the Kansas City Bicycle Club’s annual Winter Banquet.  Enjoy a great some great Italian food, prizes, and a preview of the upcoming ride calendar. Register by January 11th.
KCBC Winter Banquet
January 16th, 6:00 p.m.
Finnegan’s Banquet Hall
503 [...]

Family Bicycles in Waldo is bringing back their winter film festival with many more movies.  Every other Monday through March will feature a great bike-themed movie like The Bicycle Thief; The Triplets of Belleville; Blood, Sweat, and Gears; and more.  Just bring your own chair.
Go to familybicycleskc.com for the full schedule and details.

Sunday’s Grote Prijs Shawnee is the last race of the local Cyclocross season, and it looks like the weather might warm up to a respectable temperature just in time for it.
Details at www.series60cx.com

Sunday’s Grojte Pris Cyclocross race got a bit of TV news love on NBC station KSHB-TV, including a star turn by localcycling.com’s Mark Thomas.

A vital and long-awaited piece of the Riverfront Heritage Trail is finally opening this week.  The ASB underpass carries the trail under the ASB Bridge and its railroad tracks, finally uniting Berkley Park on the east with the Town of Kansas Bridge and River Market neighborhood on the west.
The official opening on Friday at 10:00 [...]

KDOT is conducting a major transportation study on the future of transportation on the Kansas side of the metro area.  This is a critical opportunity to ask for KDOT to better integrate bicycling, walking, and transit into the transportation system.

On January 21st KDOT will hold public meetings in each county and online.  Check out www.5countystudy.org to [...]

Photos by Missouri Bicycle & Pedestrian Federation.
MoBikeFed has some photos of yesterday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new ASB Underpass on the Riverfront Heritage Trail.  There was a huge turnout despite the sketchy weather.  In addition to dozens of cyclists, there were lots of politicos like former mayor Dick Berkley and Councilmembers Terry Riley, Deb [...]

Local bike commuter Noah has a cool review of the Swobo Baxter for Bikecommuters.com, and it appears to be a great vehicle for transporting bottles of Boulevard’s Smokestack Series.

February 16th is the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation’s annual Capitol Day.  It is MBF’s biggest advocacy event, and an excellent opportunity to meet your legislators and talk about how pedestrian and bicycle issues relate to sustainable transportation, health and fitness, recreation, economic development, access to jobs, etc.
Visit www.mobikefed.org/capitolday to learn more about the issues [...]

Head down to the West Bottoms tomorrow for the Urban Cyclocross Challenge, Stage 3 of the Street Cred series. High Noon at Hickory Street and St. Louis Avenue.
Get all the details at tricycletrackstands.blogspot.com.