Features

With this March/ April issue, we have lots to celebrate. It’s our 50th issue (the two of us have been working on Momentum since Issue 30), we are sharpening our brand and launching our new design, we have expanded distribution in New York City and Montreal and we are working with a newly-formed and strong team.

We are excited to take Momentum to the next level, broadening our focus, growing our web/ digital online presence and providing even more free magazines at coffees shops, grocery stores and retail outlets in urban centers where the bike curious can discover them.

Momentum turns a new page this spring. Before we move forward, we would like to recognize and pay tribute to the people that have helped shaped the magazine into what it is today. To Amy Walker, Terry Lowe, Chris Bentzen, Wendell Challenger, Ulrike Rodrigues, Ron Richings and all of our volunteer contributors, early-adopting advertisers, volunteer distributors and supporters: Thank you!

Moving forward, we will focus on families, how tos, style, travel, beginners, bikes, accessories, advocacy and controversial issues that affect how people ride bikes, such as helmet laws, bike parking, outdated laws and more.

We are incredibly excited about the path ahead, and we feel lucky to have such a strong team moving forward: Sarah, David, Lindsey, Jim and SW!TCH Studio, our wonderful contributors and our forward-thinking advertisers. We are taking the lane! (And enjoying the ease and sensibility of the separated bike path.)

The most important question now is: Why are we doing this? The answer, in brief: Because we see a real need for a shift in the transportation culture in North America from car-centricity to a balance of public transportation, appropriate car use, walking and bicycling. We need this shift to be adopted by everyone. Riding a bicycle is a choice.

It’s smart living by bike.

Mia Kohout & Tania Lo

Publishers

Momentum Magazine

mia@momentumplanet.com

tania@momentumplanet.com