Do you LOVE to VELO?

After postponing our February 13 bike event due to the huge pile of snow stashed on the MIT Student Center Steps, we decided to move our event indoors and push back the date to Feb 27.

If you've been to any of our previous events, you'll know that we don't just talk about bike safety or awareness - we want every person leaving our event to be tangibly safer than when they arrived. So what does this mean?  This past Friday, it meant ~60 cyclists receiving free bicycle repairs and tune-ups from Bike Boom and free bike valve lights (for added side visibility) from our MIT PN2K chapter.

This was the first time we took our event to the MIT Z-Center (Johnson) Lobby -- A shout-out of appreciation to Amy Heinl for supporting us in reserving this space! At first, we weren't sure if you guys would be able to find us, but after the first hour or so, while we had 27 cyclists in line, it became apparent that no matter where we take our event, there will be followers.

We take your feedback seriously, and we're always looking for ways to improve our events. We've noticed a jumble of cyclists waiting in line most of the time, so on Friday, we handed out "tickets" to free up attendees, so you guys could co-mingle, play cards, converse, sit on the benches, grab food, and simply relax. We hope you enjoyed the free food and hot chocolate!

Of course, what's a bike event without the proper gear? We had helmets and bike lights available for $20 and $15 donations. Keep an eye out as we explore a bike-safety collaboration with the MIT COOP in W20; pretty soon, you might be picking up helmets from the same place you pick up your E/C2 Sqrt(-1) PV/NR shirts!*

For those who came by to register their bikes with MIT Parking & Transportation - we apologize! Last minute changes out of our control and they were unable to make it. In the future, we can direct you to the MIT PTO office in the basement of W20, or go to this PTO bike registration website and fill out the form -- we can help you do this at our future bike events.

Many cyclists came by and asked if we had the pressure-washer (we didn’t due to the freezing temperatures) but lots of bikes were covered in salt and snow residue and needed serious cleaning, so we will be busting out the pressure-washer in our March/April events.

Full photo album can be found on our facebook page: http://bit.ly/lovetovelo-pn2k

* E/C2 = M (because E=MC^2)
Sqrt(-1) = I (the imaginary number, i)
PV/NR = T (derived from the ideal gas law)