Mesilla Valley Bicycle Coalition

The Mesilla Valley Bicycle Coalition is a grassroots organization made up of the individuals from Las Cruces and Mesilla, New Mexico.  Members are students, retirees, Bike and Chowder Club riders, NMSU faculty and staff, avid bicycle commuters, racers and recreational riders. 

Mission

The mission of the MVBC is to make the Las Cruces/Mesilla area an ideal place for bicycling.

Goals

• Improve bicycle safety through development of better/standardized facilities in existing areas and areas of new growth.
• Promote bicycling as an alternative form of transportation.
• Promote the recreational use of bicycling.

Events

Open Bike Race, September 1, 2006, 7PM, El Paso Speedway Park

Mailing List

MVBC had its own mailing list.  To subscribe, send a message to mvbc-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. You must be approved by the list owner since we have had spam problems on the list.  Go to http://groups.yahoo.com/list/mvbc to visit the mailing list home page to view past messages or post new messages.  Messages sent to mvbc@yahoogroups.com will be distributed to all the list members.  Only list members can post to the list.

Links

Lots of people have lots of pages with lots of links to various bicycling resources on the Internet.  Rather than trying to add another list of general purpose links, here are links to the Bicycle Federation of America's Internet Resource Center, the League of American Bicyclists, and CHAINGUARD Bicycle Advocacy Online.  Find the Links section at each location as a starting point for finding bicycling information on the Internet.

This section will concentrate on finding links to bicycling information specific to New Mexico. 

• State of New Mexico Driver's Manual with a link to Sharing the Road
• New Mexico Cycling - "dedicated to promoting cycling in New Mexico."  Emphasis on bicycle racing.
• New Mexico Touring Society - a League of American Bicyclists affiliated bicycle club consisting of cyclists of all ages and abilities, both road and mountain biking.
• Southwest Velo Cycling Team - a racing team.
• Chile Peddlers Tandem Club - a New Mexico club for tandem bicyclists.
• Two Wheel Drive - an interesting web page from a bike store in Albuquerque.  It has some very good info. on bike advocacy, rides in the states, how to's on riding more comfortably, fixing your bike, etc.
• GASP! - Greater Albuquerque Spokes People - Albuquerque group formed to lobby for and educate about bicycling and to promote the formation of more bicycle commuter groups at area employers.
• New Mexico Alternative Transit - a non-profit organization that advocates increased bicycle use, access, safety, education and policy change by promoting the bicycle as an everyday means of transportation and recreation. NMAT also promotes bicycling for safer streets, cleaner air, and energy independence.
• Santa Fe Critical Mass - "We're not blocking traffic, We ARE traffic!"
• New Mexico State University Cycling Team
• University of New Mexico Lobo Cycling Team
• The University of New Mexico Bicycle Club
• Las Cruces Bicycle Facilities and System Master Plan - The policy plan for bicycle facilities in Las Cruces and the surrounding Metropolitan Planning area.
• Bike and Chowder Club - Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday rides in the Mesilla Valley area.
• Borderland Mountain Bike Association - Mountain bike activities in the Las Cruces/El Paso border area. Lists area rides for riders of varying level of experience, beginner to advanced.
• El Paso Bicycle Club - for El Paso area cyclists and organizer of the annual Chile Pepper Challenge.

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Last modified 08/15/2006