Two Wheelers Rally at the Roundhouse: Saturday, Feb. 1st. Save the Date

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The annual Roundhouse Bike Day at the Capitol rally sponsored by the New Mexico Motorcyclists Rights Organization will be on Saturday February 1st. The event goes from 1 to 2 p.m.  Once again, the bicycling community has been invited to share center stage. Jennifer Buntz (Duke City Wheelmen) and I have been invited to represent cycling concerns.

Once again, Tony Farrar at New Mexico Bike N Sport has volunteered to host the get together, so plans are now being formed to take advantage of his hospitality. Folks will be coming up from Albuquerque, likely most of them on the Rail Runner although some are known to ride up.

Lots to talk about and make sure our legislators see us. Last year, a promising five foot passing bill was damaged badly by last minute language that police could have treated as equivalent to a mandatory sidepath provision. Gov Lujan-Grisham vetoed it so we need to make sure future bills are not poison-pilled. In Texas, a motorcyclist and distinguised military veteran who joined a motorcycle club was labelled a gang member and put in a statewide gang database because the TX Dept. of Public Safety can't discriminate lawful motorcycle clubs from gangs. That is headed to court.

So although its a thirty day session and not too much is on the agenda as far as bills, plenty is on the agenda as far as rights and the need to be engaged and visible. Be there if you can.

I'll update this post as more details become available.

As an NMMRO member, sometimes I'm not pedaling