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Article originally appearing on the Muscle Powered Blog by Jeff Potter
I hope everyone had a great time at Bike Habitat’s 6 Annual Tour of Carson! Here’s what Muscle Powered Board member Kelly Clark had to say about the ride:

Local art gallery Artsy Fartsy is getting in on the Bike Month festivities with a display of tricycle art. Created by northern Nevada artists, these trikes will be for sale starting Saturday, May 4th from 12-5PM during the downtown Wine Walk. A portion of the sales will go to benefit Muscle Powered, Citizens for a Bikeable and Walkable Carson City. Here’s a look at what was parked out front of the Gallery on Friday.

(Story originally appearing on MusclePowered.org by Anne Macquarie)
Next month is Bike Month and there are plenty of activities planned in Carson City. We kick off on April 24 with Nevada Moves Day at the State Legislature.
Muscle Powered is organizing exhibits in the front foyer of the legislative building highlighting Nevada groups working for better walking and biking. Participants include the Reno Bike Project, Safe Routes to Schools, the Carson Valley Trails Association and more.

It’s turning out to be one of those winters that isn’t very mountain bike friendly. Freezing temperatures are keeping the roads icy in town, and there is bicycle-stopping deep snow in the nearby mountains. Thankfully there is another way to enjoy our local trails if you’re willing to let go of the handlebars and grab some poles.

With the great restaurants, brewery, and almost nightly entertainment downtown, bicycle parking is in high demand along Curry Street in Carson City. It’s not uncommon to see bikes locked to lamp posts, trash cans, and anything else solid people can find. To help alleviate the bike parking problem, Muscle Powered has installed a bike rack at Curry and Proctor Streets.

by Jeff Potter, originally appearing on the Muscle Powered blog.

What: Trash Mob
When: Saturday August 11th 8 a.m.
Where: Foothill Dr. at Winnie Lane
Why: This is the second in our series of quick trash pick up events. This area attracts a lot of walkers and bicyclists, and dogs. For all of you who walk or bike this area please come out for just 1 hour and help us clean up. If you have a pooper scooper please bring it.
We’re asking for only 1 hour of your time, not a lot, but it can make such a difference.
Carson City Parks and Recreation has promised to put up a Mutt Mitt station, so if we can get it cleaned up maybe it’ll stay cleaned up.

Muscle Powered will be hosting a talk by Boris Mordkovich and Anna Mostovetsky who have been transecting the country riding their electric bicycles.

The Trans-American Electric Bike Tour is a 4,000 mile journey from New York to San Francisco. The entire trip is self-supported, just two electric bicycles, and all the equipment and gear needed for the two-month journey. The purpose of the trip is to promote bicycle commuting, recreational cycling, and alternative transportation. www.transamericanelectricbiketour.com

JUNE 14, 2012
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Mills Park, Carson City

Muscle Powered and BikeCarson.com would like to thank our 2012 Carson City Bike to Work Week sponsors for their support! Generous donations by our sponsors helped us put on successful events, gave incentives to the challengers, and helped Muscle Powered raise money for future projects in Carson City.

The first annual Carson City Family Bike Festival, co-sponsored by Muscle Powered with Carson City Health and Human Services and Carson City Parks and Recreation, will be held on Sunday, May 20th, from 1-4 pm at Riverview Park.

On Friday, May 18th, from the hours of 7am – 8:30am, Comma Coffee is offering one complementary cup of coffee to individuals who are commuting to work by bicycle. Keep an eye out for the special Muscle Powered scones to go with your coffee! Comma Coffee is located at 312 S Carson Street.

It’s great to see the bicycle miles and trips rack up from our Corporate Challengers! If you haven’t been keeping track, go check out the daily totals posted on the Muscle Powered blog. We’re going to have a big party at the Firkin and Fox on Friday night the 18th to celebrate everyone’s hard work this week. In addition to announcing the winners of the Corporate Challenge, we’re going to have live music from Notch 8, and a raffle with prizes you don’t want to miss out on.

Today is May 14th, the First day of Bike to Work Week 2012. The weather looks fantastic all week, so we will most definitely see the bicycle commuter corporate challengers rack of the miles and trips! There are a lot of teams signed up, and with the new rules, we should have a great competition. For a look at the Corporate Challenge teams and daily results, visit the Muscle Powered Blog.

A combination of great weather and growing enthusiasm for cycling in Carson City is getting getting people out there on their bikes, and the ride with Carson City’s Leaders on May 7th was no exception.

Carson City and Muscle Powered (a community group dedicated to making Carson City a better community for bicycling and walking) have been working with the US Forest Service and the public for many years to develop a trail system along the foothills of the Carson Range with connectivity to Carson City.

Carson City's annual Bike to Work Week is underway. Follow the latest news, updates and the Carson City Corporate Challenge at www.BikeCarson.com. To learn more about Muscle Powered, a community group dedicated to making Carson City a better community for bicycling and walking click here.

5th Annual Walk/Run/Bike

Sponsored by Casa of Carson City, Muscle Powered and "We Can" (Way's to Enhance Children's Activity and Nutrition)

Bring the family for a 5k walk, run or bike. Also a kids/family fun run/walk will be about 1 1/4 miles through the park.

Lot's of goodies and information for everyone!
Come out and enjoy a fun day!

Donations are welcomed!

Muscle Powered is once again leading a series of road bike rides along some of the most scenic routes in the area. The rides will start out easy and gradually pick up speed as the season progres...

Looks like there’s finally an opening date set for Roop Street. They’ve been rebuilding the stretch of Roop between Washington Street and the Lone Mountain Cemetery ever since the early summer. This has caused big headaches for traffic around town, since that is one of the major north-south routes through that part of town. Although, they wisely waited until the Stewart Street extension was done, so at least there was an easy detour to get around all the construction. But it will still be good to get all the cones and detour signs down and be able to sail through.

Join us for a meander around the west side. Ride about 5 miles in about 45 minutes. Helmets and membership required (signup forms will be available). For further info, call 775-241-4793 or view the Muscle Powered website at http://www.musclepowered.org

by Scott Schrantz Source: http://aroundcarson.com/2010/06/08/hwy_395_widening