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
That sounds really cool. Thanks for sharing!
On Thu, Sep 3, 2026, 9:42 a.m. Thierry Coudray via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> 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 -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, 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/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/... To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-leave@lists.wikimedia.org
I love the idea. I won't be cycling in Paris any time soon, but I primarily get around Denver on a bike. It seems a no brainer that Wikimedia events should include a secure place to park a bike.
Todd
On Thu, Sep 3, 2026 at 9:42 AM Thierry Coudray via Wikimedia-l < wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org> 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.
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