Bike Groups Benefit from GVCC Funding
On June 7, GVCC held our annual barbeque meeting. The usual suspects were re-elected to their club positions. There was a lot of discussion about financing, as the club will not be holding its People Powered Ride fund raiser event this year. The funds were generated by your entry fees to the People Powered Ride, enabling donations by individuals such as Bob McFarland and the Brooks Firestone family, and by club dues. The group decided to fund most of the same organizations who benefited last year, but with smaller amounts. The distributions:
- Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition: $1000
- Safe Routes to School led locally by Coalition for Sustainable Transportation: $500 for the bike helmet program
- Santa Barbara BiciCentro at Casa de la Raza: $500
- Traffic Solutions division of Santa Barbara County Association of Governments: $500 for Commute Challenge
- League of American Bicyclists: $100
- California Bicycle Coalition: $100
- Rails to Trails: $25
The February Breeze
Welcome to the February Breeze Thanks, Laura!
Join our rides for fun and fitness!
The club offers a variety of rides from monthly newcomer rides to tougher
tours up the local hills. Check the calendar and come ride with us!
Although many of us wear colorful biker clothes and have road bikes, we
are tourers, not racers. Our greatest passion, and perennial source of
discussion, is safety on the roads -- how routes can be configured for
better bike safety and how bikers can make wise riding choices to maximize
safety.
While it is true that some GVCC members enjoy chasing
down younger race kit-clad speedsters, club rides are cooperative, not competitive..
Non-members are always welcome to come meet club members and try our rides
out. Check the calendar and join us.
GVCC Email Mailing List
Goleta Valley Cycling Club has an email list at Google Groups. Club members
can join or get off the list by contacting Robert or Lori.
Please be aware when you reply to a group email, the reply goes to the whole
group. If you only want to reply privately to the sender, don't send the
reply to the gbike group. Instead, copy out the email address of the sender
and send your email to that person.
In order to avoid exposing GVCC members' email addresses to the public,
the messages and message archives are only viewable by group members. The
mailing list is also not listed in the Google Groups directory and does
not have a Google webpage.
Email posts go to all list members. Post by emailing gbike@googlegroups.com.
Learn about Google Group options at Google
Groups.
