Annual Bike Ride

On Sat, Jun 8, join us for a quick bike ride around Logan to view different libraries! Ride begins and ends at Lucky Slice Pizza at 64 Federal Ave in Logan. We will start our ride at 9:30 and non-riders can join us for pizza (buy your own) at noon. Hope to see you there!

Bikes to Books 2023

You're invited to join our annual bike ride! Bring yourself, your bike, a helmet, water, sunscreen, and a road snack.

Saturday, June 24
Ride starts at 9:30 am - please arrive by 9:15 am.

Begins and ends at Lucky Slice Pizza (64 Federal Ave, Logan).

This is not a race. All riders are welcome. Riders stop often and can walk bikes up any hills.

Non-riders are welcome to join afterwards for lunch and socializing at Lucky Slice (food not provided). We anticipate cyclists will return there at about 12:30 PM.

This event is free & open to the public.

Bikes to Books Ride

CVLA Bikes to Books 2022

Saturday, September 17

9:10 a.m. gather; 9:30 a.m. ride start

Start and end at Lucky Slice Pizza in Logan

The ride will be about 12 miles with stops at libraries in Logan and North Logan

Bring: yourself!, your bike, a helmet, water, sunscreen, a road snack

Optional RSVP to anne.hedrich@usu.edu by end of day Wed. Sept. 14th (not necessary but would be helpful)

Non-riders are welcome to join for lunch at Lucky Slice! We anticipate cyclists will get there at about noon.

5th Annual Bikes to Books Libraries Ride!

4th Annual Bikes to Books Ride

Join your CVLA friends for a bike ride, a picnic, or both!

Our RIDE this year will start at the Mendon Library and end at the Hyrum Library, with a PICNIC in Wellsville in the middle.

Details:
Saturday, June 10, 2017
• 10:00 – 10:15 meet at Mendon Library: time for a look around, fill your water bottle, and a bathroom stop before heading out
• 10:15 – 11:00 RIDE from Mendon Library to Wellsville Tabernacle parking lot
• 11:00 – 12:00 PICNIC at Wellsville Bookmobile stop (church parking lot at 30 South Center Street)
• 12:00 – 12:30 RIDE from Wellsville Bookmobile stop to Hyrum Library
• 12:30 – 12: 45 Hyrum Library: look around, bathroom break, drink more water!

What to bring if riding: your bike, a helmet, water bottle, sun protection, something to share for the picnic (can be carried in the support vehicle if needed)
What to bring if picnic-ing: something yummy to share! and a drink for yourself

Distances: Mendon to Wellsville 6.25 miles, Wellsville to Hyrum 5 miles
Terrain: Fairly flat with a slight elevation gain overall

CVLA will provide a support vehicle during the ride.
Click HERE for a link to route map.
Let Anne (anne.hedrich@usu.edu) know if you want to carpool to the event, or if you have any questions.

Bikes to Books 2016

From BicycleBettie.com, used with permission

Inspired by the great Little Free Libraries CVLA program earlier this year, your Bikes to Books

planners have chosen a Cache Valley Little Free Libraries tour as our Bikes to Books route for 2016.

When: Saturday July 16, 10:30 a.m. start, ride time estimated between 2.5 and 3 hours
Where: City of Logan area (this will be much shorter than last year’s ride). See below for route details.
Stops: Little Free Libraries

Start: Just East of Hillcrest Elementary (Fourhig Little Free Library) 10:30 a.m.
Stop 2: 357 Boulevard (CS Little Free Library) 10:55 a.m.
Stop 3: 361 E 300 N (East 3rd North LL) 11:15 a.m.
Stop 4: 100 west block of 500 North 11:45 a.m.
Stop 5: 300 west block of 200 North (Ma’s Little Free Library) 12:00 noon
Stop 6: east end of Rainbow Drive (End of the Rainbow LL) 12:30 p.m.
End at Willow Park to meet for our annual summer family event! 1:00 p.m.

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Things to note: the route is downhill and flat – total distance of about 7.5 miles! Times listed are approximate. The Little Free Libraries are really clever and cute! Some of the owners will be able to come out and talk to us briefly about their libraries. Feel free to ride with the group or on your own. We can work out carpooling or take the CVTD buses to get back to the start to get vehicles.

Please bring:
Yourself! | Your bike | A helmet | Water | (optional) snacks for the ride, lunch for the picnic | sunscreen or other sun protection | You also might want to bring a book to donate to a Little Free Library (very optional)

Questions? Contact anne.hedrich@usu.edu or dory.cochran@usu.edu

2014 Ride

2015 Ride

Bike Tour 2015

We're holding our 2nd annual bike tour ("Bikes to Books") on Saturday, June 13. Feel free to join us for the entire route or only a part of it. You'll definitely want to meet up with the riders around 3:30 PM when they roll into Casper's Ice Cream in Richmond and stop for a break! You can find a route map here.

The schedule:

9:00 - 9:30 At Richmond Library (38 W Main St, Richmond)
9:30 - 11:00 Bike to Smithfield Library (Google says 56 minutes, 12 miles)
11:00 - 11:30 At Smithfield Library (25 N Main St, Smithfield)
11:30 - 12:30 Bike to Newton Library (Google says 48 minutes, 10 miles)
12:30 - 1:00 At Newton Library (51 S Center St, Newton)
1:00 - 2:30 Bike to Lewiston Library (Google says 1 hour and 20 minutes, 16 miles)
2:30 - 3:00 At Lewiston Library (29 S Main St, Lewiston)
3:00 - 3:30 Bike to Casper's (Google says 20 minutes, 4 miles)
3:30 - 4:15 At Casper's (11805 North 200 East, Richmond)
4:15 - 4:55 Bike to Richmond Library (Google says 35 minutes, 3 miles)

Snacks and drinks will be provided at each library. Don't forget to bring your own lunch, water, helmet, and sunscreen. There will be a support van & bike available.