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Press Release: May 27, 2011 (Honors)


2011 BIKE TO SCHOOL CHALLENGE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Photos available via email upon request.

Media Contacts:
Tracey Bradnan, Century Cycles
Phone: 440-781-7690
Email: tracey@centurycycles.com

Karen Derby-Lovell, Bay Village Schools
Phone: 440-617-7307
Email: Karen.Derby-Lovell@bayschoolsohio.org

Bay Schools' Jason Martin and Sean McAndrews honored for youth
bicycling efforts

ROCKY RIVER, Ohio (May 27, 2011) - Bicycle manufacturer Raleigh Bicycles has honored Jason Martin, Assistant Principal of Bay High School, and Sean McAndrews, Principal of Bay Middle School, for their commitment to youth bicycling and their leadership of the Bike to School Challenge program in Bay Village.

Both men were presented with new 2011 Raleigh Revenio 3.0 bicycles at today's closing ceremonies of Bay Bike to School Challenge by Chris Speyer, vice president of product development and marketing for Raleigh Bicycles in Seattle, Washington, and president of the Bicycle Product Suppliers Association, a leading bicycle industry trade association.

"Raleigh Bicycles wants to honor Jason and Sean for their visionary commitment to youth bicycling. Their Bay Bike to School Challenge is one of the best programs of its kind in the nation, inspiring us and others to support and emulate it as we look to encourage young riders to cycle for fitness, utility and fun" said Speyer. "We hope both men use these bicycles to ride many more miles with their students, friends and families."

In addition to presenting students who won Raleigh bicycles in the Bike to School Challenge grand prize drawing, Speyer also announced at the assemblies that Raleigh Bicycles will once again be sponsoring the program in 2012, along with its local independent bike dealer, Century Cycles. Raleigh also plans to use Bay Bike to School Challenge as the template to help its bike dealers throughout the United States launch their own bike-to-school initiatives.

 

About Bike To School Challenge

Bike to School Challenge sponsored by Century Cycles, Raleigh Bicycles and Chipotle is a three-week program in May in which students at Bay Middle School, Bay High School and Rocky River Middle School commit to ride their bicycles to school to help the environment, improve their health and beat high gas prices - plus win great prizes and have fun. In 2011, students bicycled a total of 32,034 miles to school from May 9 through May 27 - enough miles to circle the globe and then some - which saved the environment 35,237 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions and saved $5,795.92 in gasoline expenditures.

At Rocky River Middle School, the three-week initiative nearly quadrupled the average number of bicyclists to school per day, from 49 to 193. At Bay Middle School, sixteen percent of the school - 130 students - bicycled every day of the challenge despite rainy, chilly weather on many days. The highest overall ride day was Wednesday, May 11, on which a total of 1,070 students biked to all three schools. Bay schools marked its fourth Bike to School Challenge by hitting a major milestone - its students have now bicycled a total of 102,803 miles since the program began in 2008.

National bicycle manufacturer Raleigh Bicycles joined Century Cycles, Chipotle, Honey Hut, and Bay Lanes as corporate sponsors of 2011 Bike to School Challenge. In Bay Village, the Bay Village Kiwanis, Bay Schools Parent Teacher Student Association, Project Earth Environmental Club and the Bay Skate and Bike Park Foundation are also sponsors. In Rocky River, Fuel Up to Play 60 and the Rocky River PTA are also sponsors.

For regular updates about Rocky River Bike to School Challenge and Bay Bike to School Challenge, visit www.centurycycles.com/to/bts.

Bike To School Challenge Organizers

About Bay Schools

The schools in Bay Village, Ohio, are award-winning and consistently earn the state’s highest ratings for student achievement. Newsweek ranked Bay High School in the top 5% of high schools in the nation and it was named a National Blue Ribbon School in 2010 by the U.S. Department of Education. www.bayvillageschools.com

About Rocky River Schools

With an enrollment of just over 2,700 in grades K-12, the Rocky River School District provides students with the benefits of a small-school setting and all the resources of a larger school district. Long known for its tradition of academic quality and support of physical activity, Rocky River received an “Excellent with Distinction” rating on the latest State Report Card showing that Rocky River students have continued to excel academically. Last year nearly 90 percent of River students continued on to college or universities across the country. The Rocky River Schools were ranked 5th in the prestigious Top Ten List of Cleveland Area Schools in the June, 2010 issue of Cleveland Magazine. www.rrcs.org

About Century Cycles

Century Cycles is an award-winning, locally-owned chain of independent bicycle stores in Medina, Peninsula, and Rocky River, providing all types of bicycles and friendly, expert service to northeast Ohio bicyclists and their families. Founded in 1992, Century Cycles is an authorized dealer of Raleigh, Giant, Electra, Surly and Haro bicycles, as well as Santana tandems. The Peninsula store also rents bicycles year-round for riding on the Towpath Trail in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

For nine consecutive years, Century Cycles has been voted a Top 100 Bike Retailer in the United States by Bicycle Retailer & Industry News magazine, a trade publication that honors the top 2% of the nation’s independent bike stores. In 2010, Century Cycles was voted “Cleveland’s Best Bike Shop” by the readers of Cleveland Magazine. www.centurycycles.com