That sounds really cool. Thanks for sharing! On Thu, Sep 3, 2026, 9:42 a.m. Thierry Coudray via Wikimedia-l < [email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > If you’re a cyclist and a Wikimedian—or better yet, if you use your bike > for Wikimedia activities—this email is for you. > > During Wikimania in Paris, an informal group of cycling Wikimedians > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedian_cyclists_group> was formed. > And a key request immediately emerged: to provide *a secure place at > every Wikimedia event (Wikimania, WikiCon, etc.) to park the bikes of > participants* who made the effort to ride there et encourage the > participants to came with their bikes (this will help reduce the carbon > footprint for such events). For Paris, among the longest trips, one > participant came from Germany and two from Denmark. > > We also seek to encourage and discuss Biki-expeditions (a biki-expedition > is a sort of Wikipedia takes your city > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Takes_Your_City> but > in villages or to points of interest (POI) in the countryside/outdoors with > bicycles). Ehrlich91 <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ehrlich91> shared > such an experience during a talk at Wikimania. > More generally, the group wants to promote Wikimedia activities by bike. > For example, you can check out the great work Dirk Schmidt has done > documenting > Germany's greenways > <https://de.wikivoyage.org/wiki/D-Route_11:_Ostsee%E2%80%93Oberbayern> on > german Wikivoyage. > > If you're interested, want to share an experience or ideas, or want to > start or join a bike expedition in your area, this group is here for > you. > > On Meta : *Wikimedian cyclists group > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedian_cyclists_group>* > > Regards. > > Thierry / TCY > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list -- [email protected], guidelines > at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > Public archives at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/message/V7EGYPDRJ55ABBIU4MSTZANTCL4NN7IU/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
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