Tim Blumenthal

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Tim Blumenthal is president of Peopleforbikes.org, the nation's largest unified bicycling movement, and is an expert at biking related issues. Blumenthal began his cycling career as a journalist, serving as an editor for VeloNews, managing editor of Mountain Bike magazine and racing editor of Bicycling magazine. He has been a TV commentator for more than 35 ESPN and OLN/Versus mountain bike programs, and served as scriptwriter and consultant for network TV cycling coverage of the last seven Summer Olympic Games.

Blumenthal is also the president of the Bikes Belong coalition, the U.S. cycling industry association dedicated to putting more people on bicycles more often. He is an executive board member of the Safe Routes to School National Partnership and an executive board member of the America Bikes Coalition.

Blog Entries by Tim Blumenthal

Bike Fever

(1) Comments | Posted May 2, 2012 | 10:06 AM

Long days and warm temperatures make May the best month for bicycling in most of the United States. Appropriately, it's the designated National Bike Month. Independent of all weather trends, this May and this summer should be an amazing time for bicycling in America. Let me offer a...

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Pedal to a Healthier Future

(2) Comments | Posted September 23, 2011 | 1:11 PM

Are American children healthy? The consensus is no, and the statistical analyses are troubling -- to say the least. The rate of U.S. childhood obesity has tripled since the 1970s, and a third of American children are now overweight or obese. With this crisis in mind, President Obama...

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National Bike Month Might Last All Year

Comments | Posted May 25, 2011 | 10:17 AM

May is National Bike Month -- the perfect time to celebrate bicycling's many benefits for individuals, communities, our nation and our world. More hours of daylight, warmer temperatures and the approach of summer will inspire at least 11 million Americans to pedal each day.

Some will ride on pavement, others...

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