2008 People Powered Ride a Great Success
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Goleta Valley Cycling Club put on a memorable 2008 People
Powered Ride on Sunday, October 12, in Los
Olivos. Over 200 participants enjoyed a stunning day with the expected winds never getting very strong. As always, the array of food was highly praised. Luckily, except for a rash of flats, road mishaps were at a minimum this year. Participants chose from 3 rides: the Cabernet 100, the Merlot Metric (70), and the Chardonnay 30. |
Each year the proceeds from the PPR are used to fund local, state, and national bicycle advocates and projects. This year's donations from your 2007 PPR registration fees totalled nearly $10,000 and went to Coalition for Sustainable Transportation, including Safe Routes to Schools, Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition, BiciCentro Bike Kitchen, League of American Bicyclists, Rails to Trails, and others.
The December Breeze
Welcome to the December Breeze Thanks, Laura!
2008 Winners Announced!
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At our annual meeting, our club officers were brought back for another term, but the real winners are the cyclists who will benefit from Goleta Valley Cycling Club's good works. Many thousands of dollars were donated by the club, mostly to local bike advocacy groups, but also to state and national organizations. |
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 major recipients of this year's donations are the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition, Santa Barbara Coalition for Sustainable Transportation, which sponsors the Safe Routes to School program, Bici Centro at La Casa de la Raza, and Santa Barbara County Traffic Solutions.
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.
