Thank you to everyone for coming to visit the Kids on Bikes booth at all the local events this summer!  We are so excited to finally have a Kids on Bikes signature cycling jersey and to give away a free jersey to our jelly bean winner.  We had a Kids on Bikes water bottle full of jelly beans and had people guess how many were in the water bottle.  We had guesses everywhere from 200 to 6,900.

So, the grand winner of the jelly bean challenge is….

Drumroll please…

Katie Flaherty with 482 jelly beans.

Congratulations!!!!

When:

Saturday, September 18

Registration at 5:00 pm with Ride Start at 5:30 pm sharp.  Make sure you’re there before 6:00 pm when the AFA gates close to outside visitors.

Where:

Air Force Academy- Falcon Stadium

Who:

Kids of all ability levels are invited to participate for the 24 minute race.  Kids must bring their own bike and helmets are required to participate.  Parents are welcome to ride along with small children.

What:

Kids on Bikes has the opportunity to partner with 2010 Inaugural 24 Hours of Colorado Springs Mountain Bike Race to host a kids fun mountain bike ride.  In honor of the adult 24 hours event, the kids will be doing a modified version of the race for 24 minutes.  The ride will be led by race volunteers on the north side of the AFA stadium doing laps for 24 minutes.  Bring a picnic to enjoy with the family after the kids ride and stick around to watch the adults race!

Cost:

The event is FREE and requires a parent signature on a release for the event.

In addition, a Kids Zone will start at 2:00 pm with a 3 legged race, soccer ball relay, potato race races, fun ride, and face painting!

For more information about the 24 Hours of Colorado Springs Event, click here.

Join Kids on Bikes at the Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site for the Pikes Peak EcoFestival.  We will be hosting a Kids’ Bike Rodeo from 11:00 am – 1:00 pm.  Bring your kids’ bikes and helmets to learn bike safety and handling skills.  We encourage the entire family to ride to the event as Metro Rides will be sponsoring a bike valet to park and watch you bike while you attend the event.  Hope to see everyone there to support this great cause!

Click Here for the Pikes Peak EcoFestival Flyer

1. Make half your grains whole.  Choose whole-grain foods, such as whole-wheat bread, oatmeal, brown rice, and low-fat popcorn, more often.

2. Vary your veggies.  Go dark green and orange with your vegetables- eat spinach, broccoli, carrots, and sweet potatoes.

3. Focus on fruits.  Eat them at meals, and at snack time, too. Choose fresh, frozen, canned, or dried, and go easy of the fruit juice.

4. Get your calcium-rich foods.   To build strong bones serve low-fat and fat-free milk and other milk products several times a day.

5. Go lean with protein. Eat lean beef and pork, skinless chicken and turkey, and fish.  Also, change your tune with more dry beans and peas.  Add chick peas, nuts or seeds to a salad; pinto bean to a burrito; or kidney beans to soup.

6. Change your oil.  We all need oil.  Get yours from fish, nuts, and liquid oils such as corn, soybean, canola and olive oil.

7. Don’t sugarcoat it.  Choose foods and beverages that do not have sugar and caloric sweeteners as one of the first ingredients.  Added sugars contribute calories with few, if any, nutrients.

Exercise

1. Set a good example. Be active and get your family to join you.  Have fun together.  Play with the kids or pets.  Go for a walk, tumble in the leaves, or play catch.  Join the KOB Bikes for Schools Ride on September 25 and enjoy riding your bike together as a family! Click here for more information.

2. Establish a routine.  Set aside a time each day as activity time- walk, jog, skate, cycle, or swim.  Adults need at least 30 minutes of physical activity most days or the week; children 60 minutes every day or most days.

3. Have an activity party.  Make the next birthday party centered on physical activity.  Try backyard Olympics, or relay races.  Have a bowling or skating party.

4. Set up a home gym.  Use household items, such as canned foods, as wights. Stairs can substitute for stair machines.

5. Move it! Instead of sitting through TV commercials, get up and move. When you talk on the phone, life weights or walk around.  Remember to limit TV watching and computer time.

6. Give activity gifts.  Give fits that encourage physical activity- active games or sports equipment.

A BIG thank you to StarFit Kids for the great tips!

KOB Signature Jersey

The KOB Signature Cycling Jersey is finally here and you’re going to want one of these!  Jersey’s are only $40 each and all proceeds benefit KOB.  Check below for the sizing chart and email your order to info@kidsonbikes.net.  Jersey’s will be shipped in six weeks from when you place the order.  A big thank you to Rocky Mountain Rags for their support and helping make our dreams of having a signature jersey into a reality!

Sizing Chart and Order Form

Click Here to Register On-line

Come ride with Kids on Bikes for our first annual fundraising ride!  We are excited to utilize the Air Force Academy for the event headquarters and ride the most beautiful section of the Santa Fe Trail.  There will be three mountain bike ride options utilizing the trail system.  After the rides, there will be a family picnic and lots of fun activities for the kids.  All proceeds from the ride will benefit Kids on Bikes in bringing joy one bike at a time to children in the Pikes Peak Region.  Pledges collected will help sponsor fifth grade students in low income school districts to earn bikes by reaching academic, behavior, and character development goals in our ABC’s program.

Choose from the following rides:

• 24-mile Challenge – This out-and-back ride begins at the South Entrance of the Air Force Academy and travels North on the Santa Fe Trail to the town of Monument.  Heading north the trail is slightly uphill with an enjoyable return route to take in the views of the Front Range.
• 16-mile Route – This ride is a better option for beginner to intermediate riders to tour the most scenic part of the Santa Fe Trail through the Air Force Academy.  The ride will head north from the South Entrance of the Air Force Academy with the turn-around point at the North Gate.  There are a few steep sections and thrilling descents to make for a wonderful ride.
• 4-mile Family Ride – The ride will begin at the South Entrance of the Air Force Academy and head south to a turn-around point at Woodmen Road.  This is a perfect section of trail for families to enjoy a scenic ride for all ages and abilities.

KOB Bikes for Schools Route Map

Registration fee is $25 per person or $50 per family for the 4-mile Family Ride.

(Sign-up before September 11 when the price increases to $35 per person and $60 for the family ride!)

Make checks payable to Kids on Bikes.  All participants will receive a free Kids on Bikes water bottle and goodie bag.

Registration fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.

Pledges

This event benefits Kids on Bikes and all tax deductible donations will be directly applied to bringing joy one bike at a time to children in Colorado Springs.  By collecting pledges you are helping to support bikes for fifth grade students in low income schools who set academic, behavior, and character goals to earn bikes in our ABC’s program.  A minimum of $25 in pre-collected pledges must be received prior to riding in addition to the registration fee.

(4-mile Family Ride has the option to collect pledges to qualify for prizes, but is not required to collect pledges)

Pledge Prizes:

$25 KOB cycling socks ~ $50 KOB baseball hat ~ $75 KOB t-shirt ~ $100 KOB signature cycling jersey ~ over $100 enters you into drawings for fabulous prizes including a new bike and Lance Armstrong signed jersey

Contact

Lindsey Arkfeld, 719-355-3573 or lindsey@kidsonbikes.net for more information

Click here to register online

Send registration form and payment to: Kids on Bikes, 600 South 21^st Street, Suite 100, Colorado Springs, CO 80904

Click Here to Print the Registration Form

WONDERFUL items — all donated, many brand new, and to be sold SATURDAY JULY 10 from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm at 3240 Wade Court (see directions below) in Greencrest which is having a HUGE neighborhood garage sale on this weekend. LOW PRICES — everything goes!

ALL PROCEEDS GO DIRECTLY TO KIDS ON BIKES IN BRINGING JOY ONE BIKE AT A TIME TO CHILDREN IN COLORADO SPRINGS.

All items must go and prices will be DECREASED every hour until everything is gone.

Items include:

raspberry bushes
linen and glassware from Germany,
new 2-person hammock, new telescope
several desks, china, holiday decorations,
like-new weight bench (complete),
small kitchen appliances (including new crock pot),
never-been-used-made-especially-for-this-sale baby blanket, and many other baby items
cookware, complete dinner set of china, decorating items, pillows,
copper birdfeeder and teapot, …. lots lots more items donated just for this cause.

Directions to 3240 Wade Court: from Austin Bluffs just east of Union turn south onto Brenner into the Greencrest Subdivision which is have a neighborhood garage sale on this weekend. Go up Brenner and turn right onto WEST WADE. Go up West Wade and turn right onto Wade Ct and go DOWN into the cul-de-sace. LOOK FOR SIGNS for the CHARITY YARD SALE in the neighborhood.

Paste the link into your browser for MapQuest directions:

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Colorado+Springs&state=CO&address=3240+Wade+Ct&zipcode=80917-5832&country=US&latitude=38.8847&longitude=-104.76816&geocode=ADDRESS

The Kids Bike Rodeo, presented by Freedom Financial Services and sponsored in conjunction with Metro Bikes, Kids on Bikes, the Academy Optimist Club, Memorial Children’s Hospital, Chick-Fil-A, and Marian House, will provide several age appropriate courses, free helmets with fitting from Memorial Children’s Hospital, a Safety House to show children how to prevent injuries by Safe Kids Coalition.  Representatives from the Colorado Springs Police Departments Bicycle & Motorcycle divisions will be on hand to speak with the children on safety issues.

Kids will have the opportunity to decorate their bikes and helmets and participate in a Kids Bike Parade around America the Beautiful Park at the end of the Bike Rodeo.  In addition, the Colorado Springs Cycling Club will be leading a family fun ride.

The event will take place in the south parking lot of the USOC building that backs up to America the Beautiful Park.   You can park at the Cottonwood Academy building or at America the Beautiful Park.  There will also be directional signs to lead you to the event.  The event is free and open to the public.  Come join Kids on Bikes at this wonderful community event!

THE GAZETTE