Recent sightings: Bike to Work Week

As a bicycle wheel spins, students Ken Huxtable (center) and Diane O’Brien (right) watch UW–Madison’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Chuck Strawser (left) perform maintenance on O’Brien’s bike during a Bike to Work Week tune-up event hosted on Library Mall on June 8, 2009.

Bike to Work Week, an annual promotion sponsored by the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin, encourages commuters to try a two-wheeled alternative to driving and features events including morning snacks, bike tune-ups and an end-of-week celebration of cycling at Vilas Park.

Photo: Bryce Richter