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Board Meetings Next Board Meeting NEW LOCATION. Board Meetings are normally at 6:30 pm on the third Monday of each month. Members are welcome and encouraged at all board meetings. On occasion, Board Meetings will change when there is an event conflict. Please check here to confirm dates, times and location. |
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Click here to see month by month calendar SCBC Spring 2008 Newsletter is now availale.  SCBC E-Update July 28, 2008 Santa Rosa has once again been chosen as a host city for the Tour of California. San Jose and Sausalito are the only other cities chosen to host the Tour every year of its existence. $150,000 in private donations was raised (including donations from SCBC members) in order for Santa Rosa to continue being a host city for the Tour. To see the Press Democrat article on the return of the Tour see: http://tiny.cc/FTWp0 -------------------------------------------- SCBC NEWS AND EVENTS --------------------------------------------
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SCBC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TESTIFIES BEFORE MTC
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SCBC COSPONSORS “KISS YOUR GAS GOODBYE” EVENT—AUG. 2
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SCBC OFFICE WARMING EVENT—AUGUST 1
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BICYCLE SANTA ROSA—BICYCLE AND PED. SAFETY ZONE
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STREET SKILLS CLASSES— AUGUST 2 and SEPTEMBER 7
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JULY RODEOS TEACH BIKE SKILLS TO OVER 125 KIDS -------------------------------------------- BIKE ADVOCACY ALERTS, VICTORIES, VOLUNTEER AND DONATION APPEALS
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HUMBOLDT ST. BICYCLE BOULEVARD PUBLIC MEETING—AUGUST 6
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DONATIONS/VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR SCBC VELOPALOOZA BIKE PARTY
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BIKE RALLY TO CELEBRATE/EDUCATE SONOMA/SPRINGS AREA CYCLISTS
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO HELP TEACH THE NEXT GENERATION OF CYCLISTS
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BIKE PARKERS NEEDED FOR UPCOMING EVENTS -------------------------------------------- COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND NEWS --------------------------------------------
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SMART TRAIN TO BE ON NOVEMBER BALLOT
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YOU CAN HELP MAKE SMART HAPPEN; FUNDRAISER THUR., AUG. 14
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YWCA RIDE '08 BREAK THE CYCLE AUGUST 23
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TANDEM BIKE RIDE PLANNED FOR AUGUST 23
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CARBON FIBER BIKE RAFFLE TO BENEFIT WOMEN’S RECOVERY SERVICES
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SECOND ANNUAL CHILENO VALLEY CYCLING CLASSIC—SEPT. 28
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COMMUNITY BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MEETINGS
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SANTA ROSA CYCLING CLUB MEETINGS
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SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT SCBC! --------------------------------------------
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Housekeeping --------------------------------------------
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SCBC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TESTIFIES BEFORE MTC Last Wednesday SCBC’s Christine Culver joined10 other bicycle advocates from all parts of the Bay Area including Bay Area Bicycle Coalition Advocacy Director Sabrina Merlo to speak to the MTC commissioners about the need to expand regional funding for bike projects. The bicycle advocates worked closely with the Transportation and Land Use Coalition (TALC) to present an organized front. Carli Paine, TALC’s Transportation Program Director, writes: Yesterday was a big day and we won on so many of our asks. Thanks to all the good work of our partners and advocates, the Bay Area can now look forward to new investments that will help drive down climate emissions and provide great transportation choices. Our wins include: Fully funding the Regional Bicycle Network, with the exception of the bridges, at $1 billion! (This from $200 million). Massive growth to the Safe Routes to Transit program-- MTC committed and additional $10 million/year (over and above the current $2 million/year from RM2) NEW Safe Routes to School funding, with $10 million/year Great transit projects including 7 Bus Rapid Transit projects in 3 counties! Doubling funding for MTC's land use program-- the TLC program will grow from $27million/year to $60 million/year Doubling funding for Lifeline, MTC's program that provides access to mobility for low-income communities from $300 million to $700 million --------------------------------------------
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SCBC COSPONSORS “KISS YOUR GAS GOODBYE” EVENT—AUG. 2 SCBC is proud to cosponsor this event by the Sebastopol-based Post Carbon Institute. We'll be providing our free valet bike parking service -- so if you ride, we'll keep it safe for you in our secure bike parking lot! Read on... Richard Heinberg speaks in Sebastopol Saturday, August 2, 2008 Sebastopol Veterans Memorial Hall 282 S. High St., Sebastopol Appetizers, wine and music at 6pm, lecture at 7pm. Curious why our gas prices are going crazy, and what you can do about it? Wondering how gas prices will affect you or your family, job, farm, and business in the years ahead? Interested in alternative energy and local responses to rising gas prices? Join us on Saturday, August 2, 2008 and find out the latest energy facts and what you can expect in the future from the world’s leading energy experts. Post Carbon Institute announces our first local lecture and community networking event; “Kiss Your Gas Goodbye! Peak Oil, Gas Prices & the Future of Energy” featuring Richard Heinberg and Julian Darley. Richard Heinberg is Senior Fellow of Post Carbon Institute and is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost Peak Oil educators. He is the author of eight books including The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies (New Society, 2003, 2005), Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World (New Society, 2004), The Oil Depletion Protocol (New Society, 2006), and Peak Everything (New Society, 2007). Julian Darley is founder and director of Post Carbon Institute, which conducts research, develops technical tools, educates the public, and informs leaders to help communities around the world understand and respond to the challenges of fossil fuel depletion and climate change. He is the author of High Noon for Natural Gas: the New Energy Crisis (2004). Post Carbon Institute is proud to offer free Secure Bicycle Parking for those attending Kiss Your Gas Goodbye! The Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition (SCBC) promotes cycling for transportation and recreation, and will provide free valet bicycle parking. This is a perfect opportunity to literally Kiss Your Gas Goodbye, at least for one evening. Pull your two (or three!) wheels up to the SCBC bike parking lot and come on inside -- you can relax and enjoy the event knowing your bike is safe and secure. So, get out of your cars and out into the air, and enjoy this great event. Sponsors Catering Sponsor Peter Lowells Organic Produce Sponsor First Light Farms Bike Valet Sponsor Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition (SCBC) Gold Sponsor Elephant Ear Systems Ticket prices: Child care provided with RSVP. Tickets may be purchased online at http://postcarbon.eventbrite.com Tickets may also be purchased at Post Carbon Institute, 6971 Sebastopol Ave, Sebastopol, CA, from 10am-5pm, Monday through Friday, or at the door. For more info, contact events@postcarbon.org, 707-823-8700 x110 --------------------------------------------
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SCBC OFFICE WARMING EVENT—AUGUST 1 The SCBC along with Solar Sonoma County and the Climate Protection Campaign are hosting a “building warming” event to celebrate our new offices at 31 D Street (on the corner northwest corner of First and D Streets across from the city hall parking lot) in downtown Santa Rosa. This pot luck event is on the second floor, starts at 5 PM and ends at 7 PM. Please bring something to share such as a bottle of wine or some type of finger food. No RSVP is necessary and all are welcome. ---------------------------------------------
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BICYCLE SANTA ROSA—BICYCLE AND PED. SAFETY ZONE In the last e-update, we inadvertently left out one of the Bicycle Santa Rosa festival partners. In addition to the other fabulous BSR activities, The Santa Rosa Police Department Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Outreach Program sponsored a “Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Zone”, which featured free helmet fittings and distribution (over 65 helmets distributed/fitted), helmet safety education demonstrations (the “egg-drop” experiment), and a bicycle safety skills course. Tom Maunder, with help from Tina Panza, set up the skills course, and several SCBC members volunteered on the course. A special thanks to Linda Picton and Tim Gonzalez for helping out for almost the entire event. Over 50 kids participated in the skills course, learning “rules of the road” and strengthening their street skills, such as hand-signaling, yielding, and riding in a straight line while looking over their shoulder. --------------------------------------------
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STREET SKILLS CLASSES— AUGUST 2 and SEPTEMBER 7 Don’t forget to register early, these classes fill up fast! Tired of losing all your hard earned cash at the pump? Not comfortable riding on the street? Think you know all there is to riding a bike? Then you should not miss Street Skills for Cyclists (for ALL levels, even you hot shot bike racers!) Come learn the tricks and methods of dealing with traffic and other road users, you'll be surprised at how much more peaceful (and safer) your commute or ride out of town is after you take this class, I sure was! This is for ALL levels, it doesn't matter if you have been racing or commuting by bike for the past 30+ years, or you are rolling your bike out of the garage for the first time since turning 16. Please don't let your ego get in the way of taking this class. August 2 and September 7 --------------------------------------------
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JULY RODEOS TEACH BIKE SKILLS TO OVER 125 KIDS During the month of July, SCBC partnered with the Santa Rosa Police Department to coordinate two full-fledged bicycle rodeos, reaching over 125 children. The first event took place on July 10th at the Santa Rosa Park and Recreation Summer Recreation Program at Lincoln Elementary School. The 2nd rodeo took place on July 22nd at the Rincon Valley Unified School District Summer daycare program at Madrone Elementary School. Tom Maunder set-up and supervised both courses, Tim Gonzalez gave educational presentations, and the SRPD also provided bicycle and pedestrian safety instruction, provided helmet fittings, and distributed free helmets to kids who needed them. At the Lincoln Rodeo, Nor Cal Bike-Sport provided volunteers for bicycle safety inspections/repairs, and at the Madrone Rodeo, Sonoma Bicycle Company did the same. We were fortunate to have a large number of volunteers from the requesting organizations at both rodeos! Santa Rosa Park and Recreation staff helped Tom with Lincoln Elementary course set-up and volunteered on the course itself, giving bike skill safety instruction and encouragement to the kids as they cycled through. Children also took bicycle safety quizzes and received SRPD “bicycle licenses” to acknowledge their efforts. At the Madrone Rodeo, there were volunteers from the RVUSD Daycare Staff, as well as the Rincon Valley community. Thank-you to Linda Warden for inviting all those Rincon Valley volunteers and exceeding our expectations! Special thanks to RVUSD PE Teacher and SCBC member Sam P. manning the start of the course, making sure all the kids knew what to expect, and reinforcing hand signals with his unique brand of humor, and to Heather Cafferata, from the NorCalVelo women’s cycling team, who we could hear encouraging kids from halfway across the course! All the kids had a fantastic time and were very appreciative. The volunteers had a great time as well! --------------------------------------------
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HUMBOLDT ST. BICYCLE BOULEVARD PUBLIC MEETING—AUGUST 6TH Your support needed at a public meeting for the first Santa Rosa Bike Blvd. This is a fantastic bike corridor that has been in the planning stages for years. What perfect timing. So many folks are getting out of their cars now and want safe and convenient bike access. Please plan on attending this important meeting and let the City of Santa Rosa Public Works know that a bike boulevard IS what we need! The details are: Wednesday, August 6 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Odd Fellows Hall 545 Pacific Avenue, Santa Rosa -------------------------------------------
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DONATIONS/VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR SCBC VELOPALOOZA BIKE PARTY Velopalooza needs you! SCBC's annual Velopalooza gala is coming up on October 18th, and we need you! At this point, we are seeking the following: Volunteers who would like to help SCBC line up amazing auction items. Auction items! If you or someone you know would like to donate an item for the auction, please let us know. Here are some ideas: Bikes; Bike-related items Gift Certificates for services (bike repairs, dance lessons, massage, spa, landscaping, cleaning, plumbing, pruning -- you name it!) Gift Certificates for inn stays/other vacation-related stuff Home-made jams or baked goods... Jewelry Handmade clothing An offer to do something -- for example, "I, Joan Smith, will come to your event, bring my bicycle blender, and make 20 smoothies for event attendees. You provide the fruit, juice, and ice, and I'll provide the equipment and pedal power." Wine (always a popular item!) There are so many possibilities! Please get in touch with your ideas! We're looking for a venue. We are exploring some options, and would also like your ideas. If you know of an event space or maybe not a regular event space but a space that is neat and spacious (can accommodate 150 or so people eating dinner, plus a DJ, and a lot of auction items, please let us know. We are also looking for (and this is a need that's not just for Velopalooza, but for SCBC's new space in general) -- many 8' long folding tables (preferably the lightweight plastic kind) and many, many, many folding chairs. If you (most heroically) are able to donate these items, or have a lead for a place where we can get them on the cheap (we're a non-profit!), please let us know. Velopalooza is always a wonderful event, and with your help, this will be the best one yet! Contact Sandra Lupien to help in any of the ways mentioned above, or to help in other ways: SandraL@BikeSonoma.org; 545-0153. Thank you! -----------------------------------------
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BIKE RALLY TO CELEBRATE/EDUCATE SONOMA/SPRINGS AREA CYCLISTS It started with a spark of interest from an SCBC member, and has grown in to a full-fledged blaze (the good kind) of planning enthusiasm... Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the Sonoma/Springs Bicycle Festival. The event is aimed at celebrating cycling in the Sonoma/Boyes Hot Springs Region (though word is spreading and neighboring communities are getting involved), and educating residents in how to ride in a safe, law-abiding manner. The City of Sonoma, and Sonoma Valley Cyclists are among the other event sponsors. The festival will be on Saturday, September 6th at Depot Park in Sonoma. 1-5 p.m. for the festival; 11:00 a.m. for a public ride (details TBA). The rally will feature: --A Cycling Safety tips booth featuring SCBC Street Skills instructor, Martin Clinton --A kids' helmet giveaway (helmets provided by Sonoma County Safe Kids) --A bus so you can practice putting your bike on the bus rack --A bike light giveaway --Inspiring speakers -- Games and contests for kids and adults --Live music --Local food vendors --Booths by local bike and bike-friendly groups --Free valet bike parking (provided by SCBC, of course) --A public ride around the Sonoma/Springs area, also led by Martin Clinton SCBC is delighted to be working with a committed, enthusiastic, and highly-capable group of local volunteers to organize the event, which also enjoys the enthusiastic support of the City of Sonoma. We are looking for volunteers to take on many tasks: --Help with kids' games/contests --Spanish language support (both for pre-event outreach, and for day-of translation needs) --Graphic design assistance (for flyers) --Valet bike parking --Set-up & Tear-down --and more! If you're interested in helping, please contact SCBC Events Coordinator Sandra Lupien at SandraL@BikeSonoma.org or at 707-545-0153. And, if you know of -- or own -- a local business that would like to learn about sponsoring the Bicycle Festival, please get in touch with Sandra, too. As always, it will be the combined efforts of many incredible volunteers that make this event a hit! Looking forward to hearing from you. --------------------------------------------
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO HELP TEACH THE NEXT GENERATION OF BIKE RIDERS Tina Panza, SCBC Safe Routes to School Director, is seeking volunteers for upcoming bike rodeos which will help children learn how to be safe and confident bike riders. Please consider volunteering. Here are the details from Tina: I am currently seeking volunteers to help with two Santa Rosa Police Department Bicycle Safety/Skill Rodeo events: Event 1: Mini-Bicycle Skills Course at National Night Out at the Finley Community Center in Santa Rosa. Skills course will be in the back area of Finley Park. There is space for a figure eight, and for kids to go back and forth and practice turning left and right. The space is U shaped and has a divider in the middle. When: Tuesday August 5. National Night Out runs from 3-7, but we plan to run the skills course from 4-6:30. Volunteers Needs: I will need about 6 volunteers on the skills course at all times. Ideally, volunteers will sign up for the whole time (3 hours), arriving by 3:30 pm for training – but I am also open to working out “shifts” for folks that are unable to commit that much time. I can also use a couple of folks to help with laying out/chalking/setting up the course, beginning at about 2pm. What volunteers would be doing: Volunteers would be on the skills course, instructing, directing, and encouraging kids. This course will be similar to what we set up at Bicycle Santa Rosa, for those of you that were there! Event 2: Full-Fledged “Back to School” Bicycle Rodeo event at the YMCA on College Ave in Santa Rosa. Rodeo will include full bicycle skills course (staffed by volunteers), helmet fitting/distribution (provided by SRPD), bike safety inspections/adjustments (by a local bike shop), bike and pedestrian safety education (by SRPD and volunteers), and SRPD “bicycle licenses” distributed to kids (staffed by volunteers). When: The event will be on Saturday, August 23, from 9am-1pm. Volunteer Needs: For this rodeo, I will need about 10-12 volunteers on the course/event at all times, plus I’ll need volunteers to help with laying out/setting up the course. Bike “Inspection” Station Needs: I’ll need a bicycle shop to provide bike inspection/adjustment services. I planned to follow up with bike shops separately, but if you are involved with a bike shop and expect you could be available or know you will NOT be available, please feel free to let me know now. I will include the Bicycle Shop name/logo on our flyer and in all promotional efforts. What Volunteers would be doing: Course lay out (planning/chalking the course): The night before, for about 1.5-2 hours – exact time TBD (3 volunteers needed) (Claire House will lead this effort) Course/Event set-up (finishing chalking/setting up tables/cones, etc): 7:30am-9am, day of (3 volunteers needed) (Claire House to lead) Event itself: (10-12 volunteers needed) Volunteers would be on the skills course, instructing, directing, and encouraging kids, but I’ll also need a couple of volunteers to take pictures of kids and create bicycle licenses, as well as help with an education station (doing an egg-drop experiment, etc), perhaps assist with helmet fitting, and possibly be floaters. Again, I’d love it if you could be present from 8:30-1:15, but I’ll accept any time commitment that you can offer and will work on establishing shifts! Plus, bike shop to staff the bike inspection/adjustment station… Please email me back or call me to let me know if you are available to help out for either or both events, and please be specific what you are willing to help out with, for example, let me know if you can help with course lay-out on Friday August 22, or if you are open to anything… Tina Panza saferoutes@bikesonoma.org --------------------------------------------
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BIKE PARKERS NEEDED FOR UPCOMING EVENTS Volunteers Needed: Bike Parking Opportunities Abound! If you've parked bikes with SCBC before, you have already discovered this, but I'm still new around here, and just got around to parking bikes for the first time last week, and now I know what I'm calling: "The Unbearable Lightness of Valet Parking Bikes." What? It's just that seeing so many people show up to the market, smiling, glowing from riding, and delighted to bring their bike to our valet parking station (some discovering it for the first time!) is almost more joyous than I can bear. It's so satisfying to check in the bike and see the person stroll away, knowing their bike is secure. And, the sweetness of that person coming back to pick up their beloved bicycle is ... well, it's sweet! I felt so happy parking bikes last week, that now I feel even better about inviting you to join SCBC to help with Bike Valet Parking at these upcoming events: Santa Rosa Wednesday Night Market Windsor Downtown Market on the Windsor Town Green Saturday, August 2nd Saturday, August 9th Sunday, September 28th Please contact Sandra to sign up for any of these opportunities: SandraL@BikeSonoma.org or 707-545-0153. Remember, it's fun! -------------------------------------------
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SMART TRAIN TO BE ON NOVEMBER BALLOT On July 16, 2008, the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Board of Directors voted to bring back a proposal to voters in Marin and Sonoma Counties to re-establish passenger train service with a parallel pathway from Cloverdale to Larkspur Landing, with a ferry connection to San Francisco. Trains would run every 30 minutes during the morning and evening commute periods. The Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition strongly supports the train and pathway ballot measure. SMART will help to fight global warming, increase transportation options, and reduce gasoline use by over 4 million gallons/year. The bicycle and pedestrian pathway that will be constructed as part of the project is projected to be used on a daily basis by 7,000 people on weekdays and 10,000 people on weekends. The 2008 SMART proposal includes many benefits over the 2006 package, which narrowly was defeated by 1.4% after garnering 65.3% of the vote. The new improvements in 2008 include: full funding for the $91 million pathway, weekend service, quiet zones, and the possibility of light rail cars. SMART needs two-thirds voter approval, or 66.7% to pass. For more information see: http://www.smarttrain2008.org/ --------------------------------------------
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YOU CAN HELP MAKE SMART HAPPEN; FUNDRAISER THURS, AUG. 14 Sonoma County Premiere! Hosted by Chris Smith at the Rialto Cinemas Lakeside A Benefit for the 2008 SMART Train Campaign An evening at the Rialto Cinemas Lakeside including a silent auction, Q&A with the filmmakers, and the long-awaited Sonoma County premiere of the film Bottle Shock. Thursday, August 14, 6:30 pm, film at 7pm 551 Summerfield Road, Santa Rosa, CA 95405 Questions? Call (707) 477-4654 Space is limited. To reserve tickets for Will Call, please mail a check payable to North Bay Transportation Alliance to the address listed below. Tickets are $25 per person. Please include your name and contact information. Mail by August 9 to ensure availability: 1275 Fourth St. #178 Tickets may also be purchased at the Rialto Cinemas Lakeside and Sawyer’s News. Special Thanks to our Sponsors: Watkins Family Winery, Tanya Narath and Rialto Cinemas Lakeside --------------------------------------------
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YWCA RIDE '08 BREAK THE CYCLE AUGUST 23 Don't forget to register: YWCA Benefit Bike Ride and Family Event, Saturday, August 23 The YWCA invites you to celebrate the 3rd annual “Break the Cycle” ride with families and bicyclists on Saturday, August 23 at the Windsor Town Green. Be ready to cheer the cyclists as they complete their 20K, 50k and 100K routes through beautiful Sonoma County vineyards. Registration fees for the rides are $25-70 and support the YWCA's domestic violence services program. The Benefit Ride begins at 7:30am. Food and safety support are provided along the route, lunch and a T-shirt are included for riders. The Family Event will take place from 11:00am to 4:00pm on the Green and admission is FREE. Delicious BBQ hamburgers, veggie burgers, salad, fruit, water, wine and beer will be available to purchase. Enjoy live music by students of The Great Burro Studios along with Spencer Burrows, a kids' cycling track and family activities. To find Windsor Town Green, take the Central Windsor Exit and go left on Old Redwood Highway to Windsor Rd. For more information or to register for the bike ride, call Donata at the YWCA at 707-546-9922 x8 or email ywca-evt@sonic.net or visit www.ywca.org/sonomacounty --------------------------------------------
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TANDEM BIKE RIDE PLANNED FOR AUGUST 23 Tammy Meyer, Earle Baum Center activities coordinator, has announced plans for a tandem bike ride: Dear Pilots and Stokers, We are putting together a Tandem Bike Ride and lunch. The ride will be from Earle Baum Center to Sebastopol - lunch at the Hop Monk Tavern (pay for your own lunch) - then back to the Earle Baum Center. We realize that some of you may prefer longer rides; so, when we return to the EBC, we can take about a half hour to an hour to discuss future rides and options. Discussions may include destinations, weekday rides; evening rides; having two rides on the same day (one longer/one shorter); and any other topics that we want to cover. The first "Summer of 2008 Ride" is planned for August 23, 2008. We request that everyone interested contact the EBC Activities Coordinator, Tammy Meyer, @ (707) 523-3222 (or e-mail: meyer@earlebaum.org). Once we have a list of people who wish to participate, we will send out the finalized details for the trip. So, if you wish to join us on this ride (or any future rides), PLEASE call or e-mail Tammy no later than August 8, 2008. I am new to this program and to the tandem bike world, so I am putting it out there for anyone that would be interested in helping me coordinate this ride and possibly other upcoming rides. I could really use some help! We realize that we are getting a late start this year, hopefully we will have good weather long into the fall. And . . . better late than never! Hope to hear from you! Sincerely, Tammy Meyer EBC Activities Coordinator --------------------------------------------
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CARBON FIBER BIKE RAFFLE TO BENEFIT WOMEN’S RECOVERY SERVICES Women's Recovery Services (WRS) presents a rare opportunity to win an incredibly light-weight (14.8 pounds!) carbon fiber road bike. The bike has a retail value of $4,699.00 and the winning ticket includes fitting, sizing and assembly. The bicycle is available in 5 different frame sizes (50, 53, 55, 58, or 61 cm) and includes Shimano® Dura-Ace components. Only 100 tickets will be sold, so be the first to make your donation and purchase a ticket for a 1% chance of winning. You can increase your odds of becoming the winning ticket holder by purchasing additional tickets. You can't really lose since your donation will help WRS continue to provide great services to the community and your donation is tax deductible. For more information about WRS, please visit our Web site at, www.womensrecoveryservices.org $100.00 Donation/ticket. The drawing will be held on Thursday July 31st, 2008 and you do not need to be present to win. To purchase tickets, please contact Women’s Recovery Services by phone at --------------------------------------------
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SECOND ANNUAL CHILENO VALLEY CYCLING CLASSIC—SEPT. 28 Katie DeClercq of the NorCal HS MTB League writes: With all the Tour day France hub-bub, I'm sure you're thinking to yourself, "I can do what these guys are doing." Luckily for you, the NorCal High School Mountain Bike League is putting on a benefit road ride (not a race) to give all you cycling enthusiasts a chance to fully realize your potential. Held on September 28th, the second annual Chileno Valley Cycling Classic is an impeccably supported road ride that takes you through the beautiful hills of coastal Marin and ends with a post-ride party that will treat you like the pros. Even the ProMan Women's Cycling Team will be there to enjoy the ride and festivities! It's easy to sign up and even easier to accomplish your fundraising goals thanks to our online system: http://www.norcalmtb.org/events/chileno/index.htm The event is limited to 100 lucky riders! ----------------------------------------------
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COMMUNITY BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MEETINGS: Santa Rosa’s Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Board- Petaluma Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee meetings –The meetings will be on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month; 6:00 pm, conference room 2, City Hall, 11 English Street, Petaluma. (707) 778-4360 County Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee meetings – Third Wednesday of the month, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Sonoma County Transit, 355 West Robles Avenue, Santa Rosa, (707) 585-7516. This is the committee that deals with bicycle issues on roads in the non-incorporated areas of the county. See the link for the agenda a minutes from the last meeting: http://www.sctransit.com/bikes/bikecommittee.htm --------------------------------------------
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SANTA ROSA CYCLING CLUB MEETINGS Second Wednesday of each month www.srcc.com Their goal is to offer a full slate of rides each weekend, with something for everyone: typically a faster ride of between 50 and 100 miles for the more ambitious riders and a slightly more relaxed ride of between 20 and 50 miles for more moderate riders. They also list mountain bike rides, time trials, multi-day tours, and introductory rides for beginners. Occasionally, as volunteer energies dictate, they offer clinics on everything from learning to change a tire to advanced paceline riding. In addition to the weekend schedule, they have a thriving calendar of regular weekday rides, some of which pull in as many participants as the marquee weekend attractions. Non-members are welcome on most of their rides. This is a good way to sample club activities to see if this group is a good fit for you. --------------------------------------------
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SCBC BOARD MEETINGS Board Meetings are usually the third Monday of the month at 6:30 PM at 31 D Street at the intersection of First and D Streets. --------------------------------------------
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SUPPORT THE BUSINESSES THAT SUPPORT SCBC! Bear Valley Inn 415-663-1777 www.bearvinn.com Bici Sport Bike Shop 707-775-4676 www.bicisportusa.com Bicycle Czar 707-280-7691 880 Piner Rd #47, Santa Rosa brooksvanholt@sbcglobal.net The Bike Peddler 707-571-2428 www.norcalcycling.com Chelino’s Mexican Restaurant 707-571-7478 www.chelinosrestaurant.com Community Bikes 707-579-5811 www.liteinit.org Community Market 707-546-1806 www.srcommunitymarket.com David Peoples, Coldwell Banker Realtor, www.PeoplesHomes.net Dow House Graphics707-494-3900, www.dowhouse.com, dow@dowhouse.com Eleanor Guerin, Massage Therapist 707-322-6540, www.east-west-massage.com Eleven Gear, Rick Pepper, www.elevengear.us Friendly Feed and Supply 707-546-2156 Gary Wysocky CPA 707-575-3820 Halls Executive Gifts and Awards 707-546-9220 www.hallsawards.com/ Jeffrey Kahn, PhD. 707-546-4349 Jill B. Nimble/Nimble Training — www.jillbnimble.com New Belgium Brewing Company www.newbelgium.com NorCal Bike Sport 707-573-0112 www.norcalcycling.com Team NorCal Bike Sport Red Peloton www.redpeloton.com/Welcome.html NorCal Velo Cycling Team 707-874-3120 www.norcalvelo.com North Bay Commercial Real Estate521-3500 X 303 bill@northbaycommercial.com North Santa Rosa Physical Therapy 707-523-2848 Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy 707-571-7615, www.osptclinic.com R.G. Window Cleaning 707-778-1383 REI 707-540-9025 www.rei.com/stores/santarosa Revolution Moto www.revolutionmoto.com | |||||||