Montecito Cruising

Annemarie sends along some pix from a club ride to PLF in Montecito for treats, then back along Mountain Drive. Click pix for larger.

GVCC President's Column: May 1, 2012
Bicycle Spoken Here, GVCC President: Doris Phinney
968-3143, cyclebug@aol.com


NEWCOMERS RIDE: Saturday, May 5, 9:30am, Java Station, Doris, 968-3143. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a bike ride. Everyone is welcome to join this leisurely paced ride around Goleta. No one is ever left behind. You must wear a helmet to ride with the Goleta Valley Cycling Club.
GVCC RIDE to EARTH DAY: Sunday, April 22: After coffee and treats at the Handle Bar Cafe, we rode to Alameda Park. Upon our arrival we were photographed on stage, 12 cyclists in the photo. Cheryl, Annemarie, Marit, Julie, Grady, Connie, Amy, Rosie, Owen, Doris, plus two friends we grabbed from the crowd: Steve and Mark.
SAD NEWS: Micki Stern, long time GVCC member, passed away in April.
SANTA BARBARA CENTURY: GVCC will staff a rest stop again this year providing home baked goodies. We will need volunteers to bake and/or work the rest stop. Please let me know if you can help. Ride date is October 20, 2012.
GVCC TANDEM: We have a nice Santana tandem donated by Hal and Fran Finney last year. Contact me if you would like to ride it sometime.
Want to suggest A RIDE? Contact Lori anytime to get your ride on the calendar lorbonz@gmail.com
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Bike touring fans can find a wealth of information on bike touring in Santa Barbara County on a new website: bike-santabarbara.org


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.