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15th Annual BVBF
The Buena Vista Bike Fest is quickly approaching on Saturday, June 1st. There are still plenty rider slots available. Online Registration ends at Noon on Tuesday, May 28th.
Event Day registration will be held at McPhelemy Park in Buena Vista in the Packet Pickup Tent on Friday, May 31th from 3:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday, June 1st from 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. More >>
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15th BVBF Jersey & Other Apparel
This year we are offering Custom 15th Annual BVBF Jerseys & other apparel on line at our very own Pactimo Team Store. Apparel includes men & women short and long sleeve cycling jerseys, shorts and wind jackets. Order you complete BVBF Team Kit today by clicking the more button below. More >>
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National Bike Challenge UPDATE
As Of Thursday, 23 May 2013
CSCC has 80 members signed up on our Team
CSCC is #1 of the 77 Colorado Teams for the month of May
CSCC is #7 of the 1,786 National Teams for the month of May. Santa Monica Bike Center passed us again today. San Diego Cyclists and Santa Monica are only 700 points ahead of us. SO EVERY MILE BY EVERY CLUB MEMBER REALLY COUNTS.
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KoB Bristol Award Ceremony
Kids on Bikes (KoB) had their annual bike award program at Bristol Elementary School on Monday May 13th. Pictured is Nikki McComsey (KoB Executive Director) accepting the CSCC donation from President Charlie Czar. This year the KoB program distributed over 120 bikes to kids at Bristol (8 at the ceremony), Stratmore Hills School, Atlas Prep School, Deerfield Community Center, and Meadows Park Community Center. At this ceremony CSCC was represented by Charlie, Sharon Boyd, Aaron Rosenthal, Janet Oliver, Lenny Mazel, and Mindy Carter. Mindy had to go back to work, the rest of us went on a ride in Monument Valey Park with the students. More >>
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Mother's Day Social Ride
The Mother's Day Sunday Social Ride had excellent and sunny weather. Over 20 people rode. Ride leader Janine Hegeman and CSCC Social Chairman Bill Gast presented a carnation to all the ladies before we started the ride.
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May Meeting Minutes
The May minutes are linked below. More >>
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LAB Scores Colorado as #2 Bike Friendly State
The League of American Bicyclist (LAB) conducted their national survey ranking all states in 5 criteria areas. They released their findings in early May so people could appreciate their state evaluations during June Bike Month. Washington was the only state ranked ahead of Colorado. The LAB findings and details in the link below.
In May 2012 Bicycling Magazine rated the top 50 American Best Bike Cities: Boulder was #3, Fort Collins #11, Denver #14, and Colorado Springs #31. More >>
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April Meeting Charts
Janine was not able to attend the April Member Meeting and Charlie Czar never got to type the minutes. Linked below for your information are the charts used that night. More >>
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Bike To work day
The Colorado Springs Bike to Work Day will be June 26th. Club members have participated for years. The breakfasts are free to people who register early. Check the link below for details and registration. This year CSCC is a registered organization within the Corporate Challenge. Be sure to list us when you sign up. More >>
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2013 National Bike Challenge has started
This year the National Bike Challenge will run a 5th month; from 1 May until 30 September. Also new this year is that team membership is unlimited. That means everyone in CSCC can be on the official CSCC team. Last year team membership was restricted from 1 -10 members. This year the whole club can be on one team. I’m not sure how they’ll fairly compare teams – the REAL FOCUS is meeting the national goal of get 50,000 people signed up to ride in the challenge and then collectively ride 20 million bike miles. Last year we had 30,000 participants who rode 12 million miles. Last year Colorado finished 10th in the State competition, we are looking to better that this year. Last year CSCC had 4 teams, and 3 were in the top 12 of the 155 Colorado teams. More >>
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Starlight Spectacular 2013
This year's Spectacular begins 10:30pm at Garden of the Gods on Saturday, June 15th. The Club will run our usual rest stop location at Bancroft Park on W Colorado Blvd. If you aren't staffing the rest stop then you are certainly encouraged to sign up (click on link below) and ride the course. Through the years the Club has run a "themed" rest stop and made financial contributions. This year Trails and Open Space Coalition showed their continued appreciation by raising our sponsorship status from "Gold" to "Platinum" level. More >>
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President's Message
5/21/13
Hi All,
Brian Landis is this year's BVBF Volunteer Coordinator. In a recent volunteer EMAIL he said, "Overall we are doing pretty well with our volunteer numbers. We could use a few more at rest stop 2/4. We are only a few weeks out and wanted to spread the word about the volunteer meeting coming up on Tuesday, 28 MAY. We will start at 6PM and should be wrapped up by 8PM. We will hold the meeting at the Gold Hill Mesa Community Center. The address is: 142 Raven Mine Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80905. Dinner and beverages will be provided. We will go over the event and you all will be given further details about the the event and what is expected and can get your questions answered." Brian can be contacted at 719-630-3090.
Did you hear about the 70 year old bike rider who was hit by a car last Wednesday (5/15) afternoon? Seems it was mentioned on the KKTV news and radio. Vern has road rash. He was in the area of Academy and Carefree Circle South in a left turn lane when he was hit from behind. There were a number of witnesses to the accident. The driver received citations. He said he thought he had a flat when it happened and latter learned that he was hit. Vern spent some time at the hospital and then was sent home. He thinks the bike may be OK, but the rear wheel was "pretzelled".
I was surprised to see how high Colorado placed in the LAB state rankings. See the news item on the left for details of our #2 state ranking.
Janine Hegeman is leading the May Sunday Social Rides.
Barb and I were riding on the Greenway Trail last Thursday afternoon near Garden of the Gods and saw 3 people stopped looking across the creek at tree to the east. On top of one was a bald eagle. I lived in C Springs through college and returned 9 years ago after 30 years in the Air Force. I never heard of an eagle in town. He launched off the tree and headed north up Monument Creek. I'm guessing he lives in Palmer Park.
The Club Meeting was May 7th at the Clarion Hotel, 29 people attended. Our featured speaker was Nicole Drummer from Neo Endurance Sports. The meeting minutes are posted in the left column as a news item.
The 2013 National Bike Challenge officially started on 1 May. I have updates in the news column. At present CSCC is doing well in the Colorado state rankings. It is a little surprising how well we are doing nationally. We are just a bunch of riders having fun.....and we are doing some impressive things.
The next Buena Vista Bike Fest will be Saturday June 1 2013. We moved the date a few weeks and will change a few other things. The BVBF site has been up since Jan 1st! We are off to a great start with 708 people registered already. When you get to the page use the "scroll bar" on the right to get down to the register button. This is true for both riders and volunteers.
Remember, a Stop sign means STOP – let’s make sure we each take our foot from the pedal and put it on the ground!!!
We had a few more bike accidents in 2012 than usual. Let's make our 27th year a bit safer! The Club will focus on riding better/safer on the bigger group rides. That Stop sign applies to every rider in the group, not just the 1st rider in the group!
Charlie Czar :-) 719-266-0776
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