BIKES NOT BOMBS JOINS ADAM MYERSON AND CYCLE-SMART

For Immediate Release


BIKES NOT BOMBS JOINS ADAM MYERSON AND CYCLE-SMART

Pro road and cyclo-cross racer Adam Myerson and Cycle-Smart have added
an unusual name to their jerseys - Bikes Not Bombs. Adam has granted
this Boston-based nonprofit a free sponsorship to promote the
organization's local youth bicycle programs and international
development work.

In a meeting with Bikes Not Bombs staff, Adam explains: "Cycling as a
sport was a way for me to get out of the situation I grew up in and
improve my life. I want my success to mean more than just me getting
to play on a bicycle, and I have a platform I can employ to effect
some kind of difference. Bikes Not Bombs is using bikes to change the
lives of kids here in Boston and around the world. It’s amazing work,
I support the political message for peace that is behind it, and I
want to get the word out so that more people will pitch in to support
what BNB does."

In 1984, Carl Kurz was on a flight from Boston to Nicaragua with two
bicycles, brought south to support health workers, labor unions and
teachers working to rebuild a land ravaged by war. From this simple
action sprung a movement that became the organization Bikes Not Bombs,
now built on the simple actions of tens of thousands of individuals,
touching lives of many more. Over 40,000 bicycles have been shipped to
Latin America, the Caribbean, and Africa since 1984. Thousands of
local youth have been empowered by BNB’s Boston youth programs since
1990. And the momentum is growing.

Arik Grier, BNB's Outreach Coordinator, explains, “The philosophy
really is to do concrete, hands-on work on a grassroots level,
bringing bikes and bike knowledge to individual people and groups in
other countries, and also here in the US. We're building
micro-enterprises to help economies, we're educating and employing
teens, we're running a bike shop in Boston, and all of this is done on
principles of local ownership and empowerment, environmental
sustainability, and respect, to work towards a more just and peaceful
world."

Look for the Bikes Not Bombs logo on the Cycle-Smart elite and
grassroots cyclo-cross riders this fall. For more information about
Bikes Not Bombs, you can visit their web site at
http://bikesnotbombs.org. For more information about Cycle-Smart and
the team, visit http://cycle-smart.com.