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Beer, bikes and offbeat films.

New Belgium Brewing Company has the good life all figured out.

The Colorado-based, eco-focused beer-maker is taking its Clips of Faith show on the road this summer and fall and helping a bunch of Alliance member organizations along the way.

The tour, which kicked off in Madison, Wisconsin, last week, showcases a variety of amateur film shorts, displaying the DIY creativity of New Belgium beer drinkers. From kayaking adventures to love affairs with bicycling, the mini-movies compliment the new, innovative suds from the makers of Fat Tire.

“The goal of the event is to introduce our guests to the creativity of our brewers, highlight awesome bike advocacy organizations, and keep working towards having one of the most sustainable events possible,” says New Belgium’s Christie Catania.

At each event, participants will kick back on their blankets and sip the popular brewer’s new line: Lips of Faith. And company reps hope folks arrive on two wheels. In fact, proceeds from the shows in many of the 14 cities are going to local bike-ped advocacy groups, like the Missouri Bicycle and Pedestrian Federation.

“Bike advocacy fundraising is definitely intentional,” says Meredith Giske, the tour’s event director. “From the inception of the brewery, bikes and sustainability have been a passion of ours. The brewery itself was conceived of on the seat of a bike, and the NBB culture is ripe with bike culture.”

“Bikes make people happy,” Giske adds. “They are better for the world. They give us sexier legs, slow us down, and make the air nicer to breath for everyone. So yes. We want to do all we can to further getting more people out of their cars and onto bikes. Bikes rule.”

Rock on, New Belgium.

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The Missouri Bicycle Federation wrapped up their 2009 legislative season with some successes, and some issues to come back to. Among the successes is a Sen. Bill Stouffer’s Dead Red bill which allows bicyclists & motorcyclists to proceed through a red light if the actuator failed to detect the vehicle. The Dead Red bill was signed by Missouri Governor Jay Nixon and became law on August 28th.  Another controversial bill to allow much greater equestrian access to trails and public lands was strongly opposed by mountain biking and trails groups because of technical details about the way it was written. Thanks to opposition voiced by MoBikeFed and other groups and MoBikeFed’s testimony at two key hearings, the bill was re-written to remove the problematic portions. The improved version was passed and signed by Governor Nixon.

For more related news from Missouri’s 2009 legislative season, visit here…

The Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin is working with the Door County Silent Sports Alliance towards better bicycle planning and facilities throughout the Door County, a popular Midwest vacation area. According to the Bike Fed, they are “developing the first Comprehensive Bicycle Plan for Door County’s Town of Gibraltar. This plan will steer the development of bicycle facilities throughout the area and will help make Gibraltar safer and more accessible to cyclists for recreation and transportation.”

For more information on the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin, click here.

For more information on the bicycle plan, click here.