Clean Commute Week 2011

Clean Commute Week is an effort by the City of Durango to encourage a shift in the way Durango citizens think about transportation. The goal is to promote the use of alternative modes of transportation to benefit people’s health, the health of our community and the environment.

By promoting bicycling, walking, carpooling, and public transportation as environmentally responsible and practical options, the City of Durango hopes to excite people about the benefits of clean commuting and get them to take a break from their single occupancy vehicles. They hope that through these events, people will learn that commuting cleanly can be easy, cost effective, and fun. Check out this Week of Fun Events!

COMMUTER OF THE DAY

Nominate someone who has made the shift towards clean commuting or is an exceptionally dedicated clean commuter. Fame and Glory await them!

COMMUTER BENEFITS CARD

Register Here and The City of Durango will send you a Benefit Card that will get you Sweet Discounts at local businesses. The Commuter Benefits Card is good only during Clean Commute Week (June 18th to June 24th). So register, get your card, and use it!

COMMUNITY COMMUTING CHALLENGES AND CHANGES A PUBLIC MEETING

Wednesday, June 22 (5pm -7pm)

The City of Durango would like to tell you what we have done to improve commuting safety. We would also love to hear what you think works and what we could improve upon. Let's get together and discuss what makes commuting around town great and what could be better.

Free Beer from Carver Brewing and SKA Brewing!

D&SNGRR Train Museum

Please RSVP if you are planning on attending.

PEDAL VS METAL

Wednesday, June 22 (noon - 1pm)

An in-town errand run that pits bike riders vs solo drivers vs carpoolers vs fast walkers.

Choose your Mode: Bike or Drive

Durango Transit Center (250 W 8th Avenue)

CLEAN COMMUTE DAY

Friday, June 24 (6am to 10am).

Enjoy a free snack and refreshments from local businesses.

T-shirts will be available on a first come first served basis.

Stop by one of these breakfast stations during your morning commute:

• Durango Transit Center (250 W 8th Avenue)

• Main Ave and 9th Street

• Mercy Regional Medical Center

To register and for more information, go to:

GetAroundDurango.com

Giro d'Italia Viewers Guide

1. GazzettaTV for Live Stream

2. Eurosport Audio with Sean Kelly

3. CyclingNews.com Ticker to tell you what happened during the 10-minutes you walked your son to school.

4. Stage 11 Winner - John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale

Escobaria in Bloom

Oft hidden, these low-growing pincushion cacti survive low temperatures and bloom in early Spring - which in Durango is otherwise known as mid-May. Well distributed in prairie and desert grasslands, they are found throughout the Great Plains from Texas north into Canada, and west from Texas into the desert Southwest. The subspecies

navajoensis is native to our Southwest region

. The two specimen pictured here are survivors of numerous cold, wet winters in our Durango landscape.

Missouri Foxtail Cactus

Escobaria missouriensis

Escobaria missouriensis ssp. navajoensis

Early Bloomers

A few of the first natives blooming in our Durango garden.

Mountain Ball Cactus

Pediocactus simpsonii

Evening Primrose

Oenothera caespitosa

DWC Criterium Cancelled

Sunday, May 1, 2011

DWC Critters,

I really I don’t like to do this. But the National Weather Service forecast is just too grim...
Sincerely,
Spencer

Today: Snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 41. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming north northeast. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT.

* TIMING…A BURST OF HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING…FOLLOWED BY NUMEROUS SNOW SHOWERS LASTING INTO THE EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATION…TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

* VISIBILITY…FREQUENTLY LESS THAN ONE MILE IN MODERATE SNOW AND FOG. DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE IN HEAVY SNOW SHOWERS.

* IMPACTS…EXPECT SLICK AND SLUSHY CONDITIONS ON ROADS AS HEAVY WET SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE ON THE PAVEMENT.

ANIMAS RIVER BASIN-SAN JUAN RIVER BASIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF… DURANGO… BAYFIELD… IGNACIO… PAGOSA SPRINGS AND VICINITY
456 AM MDT SUN MAY 1 2011

La Plata County Bike Map

A big round of applause for Bouré's Wade Moore and the Staff of La Plata County who collaborated to create the first ever La Plata County Bike Map. The maps are fresh off the presses and will available starting tomorrow (Friday, April 22nd). You can get one from the at the City of Durango Transit Center, the La Plata County Courthouse Information Desk, at local bike shops, or right here at Boure Bicycle Clothing's World HQ. We'd be happy to include one with any order... just let us know.

This map is designed to showcase the many beautiful and quiet rural roads of La Plata County, and the best ways to get in and around Durango on a bike. The map highlights six great rides, features the trail systems around Durango, and even has a few safety tips. And hopefully, the map will help Durango's many cycling visitors find more pleasurable cycling routes than Main Avenue and the US Highways in and around Durango.

Special thanks to La Plata County's Jim Davis, Jason Meininger, Shawn Nau, Robbie Overfield and Rob Bergstrom who toiled to make the map a reality. More thanks go to local cycling advocacy groups; the Safe Roads Coalition, Healthy Lifestyles La Plata, Trails 2000 and the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic for their generous contributions. Additional information was provided by the City of Durango's Amber Blake and Kevin Hall, and Basin Printing generously donated their expert, Eran Schoelhorn, to make it a first-class map.

Click HERE to see the map in all 16mb of glorious detail.

The Old Man & The Sea Otter

Ol' Ned Overend was at it last weekend, as usual. Despite his much ballyhooed retirement back in the 90's, we've never known him not to be in race shape and ready to throw it down. And at age 55, here he is doing just that in the Elite Men's Cross Country MTB Race at the Sea Otter Classic. As you tell by the expression on his face, now he's just doing it for fun.

In case you've forgotten, Ned's worn those World Championships stripes on his sleeves since earning them in Durango in 1990.

Ned raced the event on an as-yet-unreleased 29in-wheeled alloy hardtail called Carve. So not only did he finish the race respectively (definitely the first over-50 racer), he was doing R&D at the same time!

Oh BTW, our friend, kid-neighbor, and Ned's Specialized teammate Todd Wells won the race.

Photos from CyclingNews.com

Amstel Gold & Lance

Tune into the Amstel Gold Race Live on the the Interweb Sunday morning.

Often a part of Lance Armstrong's early season build-up to the Tour de France, he always performed exceptionally well... but came up tantalizingly short.

Lance on the attack in Amstel Gold

2nd by an inch to Michael Boogerd in 1999

2nd to Erik Dekker in 2001

4th to Michele Bartoli in 2002

Poloships Update

Bike Polo is in Durango this weekend!

12 Men's Teams, 4 Women's Teams

Saturday, April 16

FLC Softball Fields, 10am-3pm - Round Robin Play

Buckley Park, 5:30-10pm - Championship Brackets

8:00pm - All-Star Game

8:30pm - Womens Final

9:00pm - Mens Final

There will be food vendors at Buckley and the lights will come on at 7:30pm, with announcers and tons of bike action for you spectation delight. Free admission and bleachers to sit upon, so come cheer on your favorite Malletheads!

Mallethead

A Bicycle Polo Documentary

An action segment of the soon to be released bicycle polo film.