BikeTown is coming to Long Island!

MetLife and Jamis Bicycles are partnering with Adventure Cycles & Sports to give
30
people on Long Island a new Jamis bicycle, as well as Lazer helmets and OnGuard
locks, September 3, 2009. Bicycling Magazine's BikeTown project started as a
tiny idea...could having a bike change someone's life? BikeTown has
resulted in thousands of wonderful stories about people who have lost weight
or re-connected with their families or overcome depression or saved money by
riding to work or lived a healthier lifestyle.

Has bicycling changed your life?

Bicycling Magazine and BikeTown are changing people's lives by giving away
bicycles in communities around the country. This year, Long Island has been
selected to be a BikeTown! Submit an essay on behalf of yourself, a friend,
family member, co-worker or neighbor and explain how a bicycle could change
someone's life. The bicycles will be given away at lunchtime Thursday September
3 at Eisenhower Park in Westbury. Submit essays at www.bicycling.com/biketown.

BikeTowners whose essays are selected are required to either be at the
giveaway event or have someone there authorized to pick up the bike for
them. If someone doesn't show up, we have a raffle system set up to give
the bicycle to someone in the crowd.