Local bicycle shops offering helmet deals throughout the entire month of May!

Here's a really exciting bit of safety-related news I just heard from Austin's own safe cycling goddess, Eileen Schaubert. For the entire month of may about 20 local bike shops will be offering discounts on helmets, all you need to do is bring them the attached coupon. Read on for full details:

Hey Jason,
a bunch of the local bike shops are working together on a bike month promotion - can you help get the word out? It's listed as an event on the Bike Month Austin 2010 facebook page called Putting a Lid on Austin. Jana Sturdevant had the original idea at the Mariel benefit at Shangri-La and I expect we'll have 20 shops on board for the month. Long term we may get a local shop alliance out of this which would be great for the cycling community. I've attached the generic coupon some shops are using - details might vary a bit at each shop - and the city has a flyer on their site http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/rideyourbike/ You'll hear more about it as the month progresses and each shop does some promo.

Here's who's on board as of this morning:

AJ's Cyclery http://www.ajcyclery.com

Austinbikes http://www.austinbikes.com

Bicycle Sport Shop http://www.bicyclesportshop.com

Castle Hill Cycles http://www.castlehillcycles.com

East Side Pedal Pushers http://www.eastsidepedalpushers.com

Easy Street Recumbents http://www.easystreetrecumbents.com

Fast Folks Cyclery http://www.fastfolks.com

Freewheeling Bicycles http://www.freewheelingbicycles.com

Hammerhead Bicycles http://www.hammerheadbikes.com

Jack and Adam’s Bicycles http://www.jackandadams.com

Longhorn Bikes http://www.longhornbikes.com

Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop http://www.mellowjohnnys.com

Music City Cycles http://www.musiccitycycles.com

Nelo’s Cycles http://www.neloscycles.com

The Peddler Bike Shop http://www.peddlerbike.com

Southwest CycleSport http://www.southwestcyclesport.com

Tsunami Cycles http://www.tsunamicycles.com

University Cyclery http://www.universitycyclery.com

VO2 Triathlon & Cycles http://www.vo2tc.com

Waterloo Cycles http://www.waterloocycles.com

Aaaaaaaand the coupon:

Click image for printable coupon

You can print this out and bring it to any of the above shops on or before May 31st for various deals and discounts on brain buckets. Get yours TOMORROW! Thanks for the heads-up Eileen! This is some great news for people who have been wanting a helmet but for whom dropping a bill on something nice wasn't a viable option. With that excuse removed, why don't YOU own a helmet?