Performance Bicycle® to sponsor the 4th annual NC Bike Summit

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Oct. 13, 2015 - PRLog -- Performance Bicycle, the No. 1 choice for people who love to ride, will be sponsoring the 2015 NC Bike Summit. The event will be held from Oct. 15-17 at the UNCC Center City Building in Uptown Charlotte, NC.

The mission of the summit is to foster collaboration between North Carolina’s various bicycle movements, efforts and endeavors; educate local government staff and policy leaders, promote bicycling as a valid form of transportation and as an economic driver; and highlight North Carolina’s dedication to becoming a premier bicycle friendly state.

The Summit will provide information relevant to bicycle advocates, transportation planners, business owners, elected officials, tactical urbanists, public health practitioners, and livability and sustainability professionals. The NC Bike Summit will offer informative talks by a number of guest speakers; on-bike mobile classrooms; social rides and other end of day activities; and sessions related to bicycle education and safety, earn-a-bike programs, bicycling and children, bike share programs, economics of bicycling, bicycling and health and much more.

Performance Bicycle associates will attend the Summit to collaborate with cycling advocates, transportation planners and policy makers to improve cycling in North Carolina.

The keynote speakers include: Gil Penalosa, Executive Director of 8-80 Cities; John Pucher, Ph.D., Urban Transportation Researcher; Nick Tennyson, NCDOT Transportation Secretary. For more information on speakers and the NC Bike Summit, please visit http://www.bikewalknc.org/nc-bicycle-summit/

Follow NC Bike Summit on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/465778710258350/ and on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ncbikesummit.

About Performance Bicycle®

Performance Bicycle® is the No. 1 specialty bicycle retailer in the U.S. and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Performance Inc. Performance provides an omni-channel cycling experience that spans more than 100 stores nationwide, and www.PerformanceBike.com, catering to both the avid cycling enthusiast and the recreational rider. Performance Inc. is majority owned by North Castle Partners of Greenwich, Conn. For more information about Performance Bicycle, please visit www.PerformanceBike.com.

About NC Bike Summit

The NC Bike Summit is an annual event, put on by a committee within BikeWalk NC, that brings together keynote speakers, informative sessions and after hour activities to discuss and promote bicycling in the community. BikeWalk NC is a membership-based, statewide advocacy organization promoting non-motorized transportation choices for residents and visitors to NC. The mission is to provide high quality information that is relevant to local conditions in North Carolina. To learn more about BikeWalk NC visit http://www.bikewalknc.org/learn/.