SABR - March 2026 E-news
- Grace Lessner
- Mar 21
- 3 min read
Warming Up For Cycling Season
Ready To Spring
READ ON for bike news, advocacy updates, events to add to your calendar & volunteer opportunities!
NEW! Donate at the $100 level (or higher!) and choose a SABR tee shirt or safety vest as a thank-you gift.
RIDES & EVENTS
Ride Details: seacoastbikes.org/events
3/21 at 10 AM - Coffee Outside at Hilton Park, Dover Brew your own, bring from home, or bring a mug! |  |
4/10 from 4:30-7 PM - Bike on over to the Portsmouth Sustainability Fair to catch up with SABR and many other organizations | |
4/18 (rain date 4/19) - NH Seacoast Greenway Trail Clean Up | |
4/18-19 from 11 AM - 4 PM - Papa Wheelies Bike Swap. (Select bikes from SPIF available for sale) | |
4/25 - Bring your kids to the Cat Trax Durham Kids Ride to benefit SABR - details coming! |  |
4/26 - Hampton Community Bike Ride Details coming! | |
5/17 from 2-4 PM - Join SABR, city staff, and your neighbors on the Portsmouth Mayor’s Ride (new route!) | |
5/31 from 1-3 PM - Portsmouth Bike Rodeo at Dondero Elementary (bring some kids, or volunteer with SABR!) |
Seacoast Pedal It Forward is Accepting Bike Donations!
Did you know...we have refurbished and passed along more than 600 bikes since SPIF began in 2024?
Do you have a bike to donate? Are you looking for a vDo you have a bike to donate? Are you looking for a volunteer opportunity and to be part of a team of bike-loving people?
SPIF is here for you! We work on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at Port City Makerspace, and accept bicycle donations at that time.
We have several roles available, and are in special need of an outreach coordinator to help with bike distribution and pairing bikes with people and agencies. Detailed volunteer roles are listed here, and you can email us to sign up for an orientation.
At Papa Wheelies' Bike Swap April 18-19, we'll have select bikes for sale to support the SPIF program.
We are looking for local storage for completed bikes that will go out in the spring-- let us know if you have any leads! Contact us at SPIF@seacoastbikes.org
Seacoast Pedal It Forward (SPIF) refurbishes donated bikes and offers them to those in need of transportation, along with a helmet, bike light, and lock. Learn more about SPIF. |
SABR Advocacy Efforts
Portsmouth to create a new Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee. Thanks to City Councilor Annie Hopkins and many community members, a new Blue Ribbon Committee is being created! They will work to advance the goals of the City's new Bike/Ped Plan and Complete Streets Policy. Want to get involved? Let us know!
Eliot, ME, Active Transportation news. Jeff Brubaker, Eliot's town planner, provided an update on the town's activities for our blog.
Dover is kicking off a review and update of the Transportation Chapter of its Master Plan (v. 2016). This is once-in-a-decade opportunity to influence the transportation vision for the city. Please reach out to see how you can get involved and speak up for active transportation.
Also, SABR thanks Strong Towns Seacoast for their efforts to shovel sections of the Dover Community Trail this winter!
NH Legislation. In February, a bill was proposed to put a $50 registration fee on bicycles. More than 14,000 people spoke out against it and the bill did not advance. To stay engaged in state-level bike advocacy visit our friends at the Bike-Walk Alliance of NH.
If you'd like to speak up for biking at the national level, take a look at this campaign from the League of American Bicyclists.
Want to learn more about our efforts or to help SABR advocate?
Please reach out to us at info@seacoastbikes.org
Ride to a Bicycle Benefits business & show your Bicycle Benefits sticker & get your BB discount!
Click here to see all the Seacoast businesses that participate in our Bicycle Benefits program. This SABR donor benefit program is part of a national program that encourages bike riding. Participating businesses provide discounts or rewards to cyclists who display a BB sticker on their bike helmet.
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