10 Possible New Year's Resolutions for Cyclists

Can you believe we will turn the calendars over to 2010 next weekend? Before we do, I thought I'd continue here with the holiday theme I started last week by wracking my brain to come up with 10 possible New Year’s Resolutions for cyclists. Some of them are Adventure Cycling-related and others are not; some are aimed at self-improvement and some at helping others. Here goes:

I resolve to ...

1. Share the bicycle travel spirit by giving an Adventure Cycling gift membership to a friend or relative.

2. (For bike-commuting neophytes) Dip my toes in the water by replacing one errand of a mile or less per week by adopting the One Mile Solution.

3. Ride my bike to work or school at least one day this winter.

4. Introduce a friend or colleague to bicycle travel by taking him or her on a Sub-24 Hour Overnight (S24O).

5. Nominate a deserving person or bike shop for a 2010 Bicycle Travel Award (nominations accepted after July 1).

6. (For mountain bikers) Give back to my sport by signing up for a trail-building class through the International Mountain Bicycling Association.

7. (For the non-mechanical) Find out if there's a course in bicycle maintenance and repair that I can sign up for.

8. Train for and tackle a century ride.

9. Do something to help make my community more bicycle friendly.

10. Sign up for Adventure Cycling's free Bike Bits e-newsletter to get a serious shot of inspiration twice each month.

Have you got any good ones to add?

Thanks, and Happy New Year!

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BIKING WITHOUT BORDERS is posted every Monday by Michael McCoy, Adventure Cycling’s field editor, and highlights a little bit of this or a little bit of that — just about anything, as long as it’s related to traveling by bicycle.