Bike Roanoke, RIDE Solutions, Roanoke Public Libraries, and chocolatepaper want to recogonize you and your sweet ride by giving you something sweet, for free: a chocolatepaper truffle and a chance at an amazing chocolatepaper gift basket. All you need to do is what we hope you're doing everyday: riding your bike for fun and transportation. Our man on the street, River Laker, is scouting for cool folks making their bikes part of their everyday lives - riding to work, to the store, to a friend's house, with your kids or on a first date. We're not looking for lycra-clad road warriors, but everyday folks using their bikes for everyday reasons.

So, if River spots you and asks to take your picture and get a quick story about your experience using your bike for transportation, say "yes." You'll be featured in the Sweet Ride gallery, below, on the Bike Roanoke and chocolatepaper Facebook Pages, and you'll receive a coupon for a free truffle at chocolatepaper's downtown Roanoke or Cave Spring locations.

	Name: River Laker Caught: Everywhere Sweet story: As well as having gone carless in 2008, River is our first Sweet Ride ambassador.		Name: Huong Fralin Caught: 1/22/11, Kirk Ave., Downtown Roanoke Sweet story: "I haven't ridden since I was a kid and decided to buy a used well loved little-rusty bike."
	Name: Michael Meiser Caught: 1/22/11, Kirk Ave., Downtown Roanoke Sweet story: "Biking in the cold - do it! whether you are riding around the block or longer distances, you just have to give yourself permission to do it - the hardest part is stepping out the door and doing it."		Name: James Forbes Caught: 1/17/11, 5th St. and Mountain Ave. Sweet story: "Great exercise, gives me a sense of relaxation, and I love it."
	Name: Clyde Hall Caught: 1/13/11, Kirk Ave. Sweet story: "I enjoy riding the trails and seeing all the people on the trails. I use my bike to take metals for recycling & to get groceries. Everything I need to carry I use my bike for. I just love riding my bike period."		Name: Chad Lovings Caught: 12/20/10, Luck Avenue at First Baptist Church Sweet story: "I enjoy biking just as much in the cold as in the spring & summer." P.S.: Winter biking tip from Chad: lower the pressure on tyres to have them grip better in the snow."
	Name: Charles McGhee Caught: 12/20/10, Highland Avenue and 4th St. Sweet story: "I enjoy riding the bicycle in the cold, it's kinda exciting in the snow."		Name: Nick Lafferty Caught: 12/20/10, Luck Avenue and 5th Street Sweet story: "Biking is a way to make money, it gets me to Talecris to donate plasma. it gets me around everywhere and walking is way slower. the cold weather doesn't bother me."
	Name: Robert Lee Jones Caught: 12/20/10, Salem Turnpike. Sweet story: "I like biking, I like to ride, been riding one year."		Name: Robert Saxon Caught: 12/20/10, Cyclo-Ward, Downtown Roanoke Sweet story: "Brrrrr."
	Name: Jared Wilburn Caught: 12/17/10, Market Square, Downtown Roanoke Sweet story: "Best thing in the world to do, I ride 4-500 miles a week!"		Name: Chris Robitaille Caught: 12/16/10, Peters Creek Road Sweet story: "I love biking, it keeps me in shape year round. it can be cold to start with, but as long as I have my music I'm good. I've had no car in 4 years."
	Name: Aaron Dykstra Caught: 12/13/10, Bike Polo, Highland Park Sweet story: "Biking in the cold, once you get warmed up, with warm toes, is fine!"		Name: Matt Clark Caught: 12/13/10, Bike Polo, Highland Park Sweet story: "Yeh boi, river riv, if you can walk you can bike."
	Name: Rebecca Clark Caught: 12/13/10, Bike Polo, Highland Park Sweet story: "It's fun!"		Name: Miles Hylton Caught: 12/06/10, Roanoke Main Libraries, Downtown Sweet story: "Good exercise and fun."
	Name: John Johnson Caught: 11/16/10, Downtown Roanoke Sweet story: Caught at Tune-Up Tuesdays. "Ladies love a man who rides a bike."		Name: James Rosar Caught: 11/16/10, Downtown Roanoke Sweet story: Caught at Tune-Up Tuesdays. "Our roads are great for cycling as long as we drive our bikes like vehicles."
	Name: Douglas Brooks Caught: 11/16/10, Downtown Roanoke Sweet story: Caught at Mill Mountain Coffee, Downtown Roanoke. "Its a daily commute to work and back and anywhere else I have to go. I don't have a car."		Name: Nick Mason Caught: 11/21/10, 10th St. bridge Sweet story: "A bike's reliable transportation and beats walking, and downhill is ok!"
	Name: Mark Goad Caught: 11/21/10, Franklin & 2nd St. Sweet story: "Biking is giving me newfound freedom from fossil fuels."		Name: Kaydee "Pickle" Caught: 11/22/10, Downtown Roanoke, Noah C. Taylor Municipal Building Sweet story: "I sold my car 2 years ago to be a part of the downtown life."
	Name: Jenny Garnett Caught: 11/24/10, Downtown Roanoke, Alexander's Restaurant Sweet story: "That's my bike."		Name: Terrance Caught: 11/24/10, Woods Ave., Old Southwest Sweet story: "Great exercise for me & I just love it."
	Name: Melanie Sparks Caught: 11/24/10, Downtown Roanoke Sweet story: "Roanoke is a great place to ride a bike, it truly is. I ride to work sometimes, and often around downtown."		Name: Matt Ames Caught: 11/24/10, Downtown Roanoke, Flanary's Pub Sweet story: "I enjoy biking."
	Name: Frank Buford Caught: 11/25/10, Memorial Bridge Sweet story: "Good exercise, tightens muscles you didn't think that you had. I like it."		Name: John Wilson Caught: 11/25/10, Grandin Village, Grandin Theater Sweet story: "I'm on my iron horse tonight!"
	Name: Brian, aka "Integrity" Caught: 11/22/10, Mountain Ave. and 5th St. Sweet story: "Biking is free, biking is a form of expression, biking makes me feel free."