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Prez SezT he a llen danc e at th e fi rs t BU M P m e e t ing o f t he year w as v e r y

im press ive to sa y the lea s t A b o ut fo rt y -s ix m em bers , new and o ld , cam e to lis tenan d partic ip a te in d e te rm in ing th e "B U M P g am e-p la n" fo r future m onths . T o a ll

o f you w ho sh ared op in io n s a nd ideas , th ank : you . W e w ant t o h ear m o re fro mev er yon e . T he inv asi on afte rw ards of G uad a la hara w as ov erw helm ing to tha t p oo runsu spec ting res ta u ran t. W e1l w am them n ex t tim e.

The Janu ary tra il w ork .< Jaytum -o u t w as a littl e light but the w ea th er w asnot ve ry con duc iv e e i the r. Th e n ext tw o w ork .< Jay sare goin g to be v ery im portan t

I h ope everyb ody w ill m ak e a consc ious e ffort to show u p for a t leas t a coup le o fhou rs. We really need your volunteer help. Thanks to eve ry one w ho

gave don a tio ns fo r the ca u se o f tra il access a t O ak M oun ta in . Y ou r genero sity isg rea t.!y app rec ia ted . P le as e con ti nue to m ak e u se of th e little B U M P enve lopes a tthe lr a il h ea d s fo r the dona t ion boxes .

I w an t to tak e a m om ent and e ncou r a g e e v e r y o n e t o b e ac tiv e andp art ic ip a te in ou r c lu b . W e have a lo t o f r ides and out ings com ing u p this sp ringw hich w ill b e n o ted in the C a le nda r o f Eve n t s e a ch m on th . B u t w e a l so haveim p rom pt u ri d es ev e ry w eek end an d ev eryon e is inv ited to go . For inform a tionon non -p ub li shed r i de s each w eek , ca ll B U M P W EEK EN D H O TL IN E a t 8 0 6 -1484 . W e a lso w ould lov e to hea r f rom a l l of you abo u t w ha t you w ou ld like tosee in t h e G rinder, and there are a cou p le open ings left fo r roving repo rt e rs. P leaseco n tac t m y se lf or J en ifer ifyou are interes ted i n con tribut ing m ate ria l

T he first O pen S tee rin g C om m ittee m ee ting o f the yea r w as he ld a t m yh ouse and a lo t w as acc om plished w hich w il l be discu ss ed a t th e BU M P m eetin gsan d ind iv idua l com rniue e g a th e r ings .

O ur m em be rship is grow ing , up to 90 o r so b y now . H e lp u s co n tinu ethe pace so othe rs w ill say w ow !

~ Q 6 C 8 8 t p l ! r J l t l ~by Hedda Rockhopper

W ha t l o n g t im e B U M P m e m b ers a re d ra gg ing thei r littl efe e t abo u t tu r n in g in th e ir app li ca tions an d t w en t y b u ck s ? O n eca n on l y c o n je ctu re as to t he n atu re o f th e m isg iv in gs w h ic htr oub le o ur r eluct an t fr ie nd s. C o uld it p o ss ib ly b e th e m on ey?T hey sp en d m o re th an th at o n c an dy b ars a nd M exican f ood.

M igh t t h e w a iv e r b e the s o u rce o f th ei r re tice n ce? B ut how cou ldw e im ag i ne t he y w o u ld b eg rudge le ga l p rotec t ion fo r t he BU M Pof f ice rs and m em be r s? C o u ld c o m m i tm e n t b e t he ir d ilem m a?W hy . they 'v e b een ac t ive a nd s up po rt ive fo r yea rs! P e r hap s itc om es do w n to a lac k o f unde rs tan d ing as to w hy a m o res tru c tu re d fo rm a t i s n e c essa ry . B U M P w a s fin e th e w a y itw as .. . re laxed an d s oc ial . W h y d o w e nee d th e h in dranc e o fo rgan iZ a tio n a nd p aperw ork ? W e'll p r obably b e to o o ld to r i d ew hen t he t ra ils a re a ll g one , a n yw a y . W e ll ... if y o u p ut it that

w ay .

M e m o t o L o c a l B i k e S t o r e sH om ew oo d C yc le sR iver O ak s C yc le s

B ob 's BikesC ah aba C yc les

F rom th e Birm in gham U rban M oun ta in P eda le rs O ffi ce rs :P res ident : H ugh L eare rV iae P resi den t: Jen ife r Jackso n

Re : P art ic ipa tion in B U M P O ub m ee t ings:

W e g rea t ly appre c ia te you r d ona ti on s to the B U M P c lub, as w e ll a s o u rd i s c ount and you r effo rt s tow ard inc rea sin g Oill m em b ersh ip . W e a re encou r ag in go u r m em bers to be sup po rt ive of the lo c al shops a nd to check w i th you befo re

m ail -o rd eri ng .B U M P is u n d ergo in g a m etam orph osis from a s o c ia l c l u b t o a n

incorp o ra ted non - pro fi t o r gan iza tio n . W e a re w ork in g to be com e even m o reagg res s ive ly in v o lv ed w ith st a tew ide i s sues an d w e w ou l d lik e to cont inu e toex p and bey ond th e scop e o f th e G rea te r B irm ingham a re a . W e h av e recen tl ylea m ed f rom A l len Polk of th e U .S . Fores t Service tha t ''BU M P is th e only v o ic efo r M oun ta in Bik ing in A labam a" . W e as sum e b y th a t he m eans w e are t he on lylegi t im a te o rganiza t ion ac tiv e ly in vo lv e d i n l o b by i ng f o r p res e rv a t ion andex p anS IO nof ou r spo rt -u p u n t il n ow , m ainly th ro u g h t h e e ffo rts of K en H es te r .A ll e n Po lk 's a dv ice w as " .. .all I can say is stay tog ether". W e can ex trap o lat efrom th ose cryp ti c w o rd s th a t w e sho uld a lso ge t togeth er th rou ghou t t he s ta te .

W e plan to sp on so r se v era l ev en ts th i s y ea r, in c lud in g (w e hop e) aN O R B A sa nc tio ned m oun tai n b i k e ra ce . A lso , BU M P w as ins t rum enta l inTan r eh ill rece iving pre lim ina ry app ro va l of a fed era l g ra n t t o bu i ld th e tra il b e tw een

T an neh il l and B ria rfield , and our ow n tra i l engineering team w i ll be designing th eapp ro x im ate 30 m ile route. Sino e w e "s ta rted o ver" la st (X tobe r , ou r m em bersh iphas grow n to over 90 a nd w e're w orking o n b ri n g ing m ore peop le in to the spo rt asw ell a s in to ou r c lu b a ll the tim e . T h is ye ar w e w ill be m ore ag g re ss ive than ev erin our c am pai g n to educ a te m ount a in b ik e rs to r ide respo nsi b ly , in an effor t to" legitim ize" m oun ta in b ik ing a nd p rom ote be tt e r re la t ions w it h in the loca l t r a i l-

u s in g co m m un ity . A nd as a lw ays , w e a re w ork in g ha rd to find m ore p lacesnearby to rir e .

S o li d a ri ty in the m oun ta in b ik ing com m unity i s t h e o n l y way w e canhope to in su r e t he fu tu re o f ou r spo rt in this a re a . Fu ll im pl em en ta tio n o f o u ram bitio us g o a l s w il l re q u ir e a w ell o rgan iz ed e f f or t . W e w an t to be in c lo seco m mun ica ti o n w it h th e loca l b ik e sh op s , a n d fo r this reason w e w ould rea ll y lik e

to se e a rep res en ta tiv e from ea ch st o re a t th e m on th ly m ee ti ngs . O ver fo rt ym em bers have a tt ended our recen t m ee ti ng s-< ledica te d eq u ip m en t a nd a cc ess o ry

h ung ry m oun ta in b ikers w ho no do ub t e xert an inf luenc e on th e con sta n t in flux of n ovices to the sport. A s a m ark e t ing oppo rtu n ity fo r y ou , a co nsum er ben ef it fo ro u r c lu b , and ju s t to ge t t o k now you b e tt e r, w e w ould l ike to fea tu re a shop ea chm on th on a ro ta ti ng basis to of f e r y ou r re p re se n ta t ives th e oppo rtu n ity to takeso m e tim e a t ea ch m ee ti ng to la lk abo u t th e sh op , h a n d o u t any p ro m o tio na lm ate ri a l you m ay have o n up co m ing sa le s , a n d to h e lp ed u ca te us in m all~ rsc once m m g th e bicyc le ind ustry . W e inv ite yo u to w het l in b ik es o r b i; 1 9 in "c wp roduc tSor u se th e tim e i n any w ay you se e fiL W e a re a lso co n si de rin g th e id ea o fa dea ler m em bership p rog ram and are in te res ted in you r v iew s as to h ow this cou ldb e s tr uc tu re d . P lease le t u s h ear fro m you soon . T han k you . J en ife r Jackso n

Sec re ta ry : B a rry H air

T rea su re r: Ken H ~er

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DIIP TjfOU6jfTS139Jac'- 13ranJg

There are some days when I t hink "why do

I keep trying to be a better mountain biker?

I'm already over thirty and its time to just let

go, get fat and die slowly." But I only think

that way when I'm stuck in traffic or after

some chick just turned me down for a date.When I'm on my bike I know I'm in my pr ime

and I've only just begun to truly live.

IHE

MYSIERY

RIIJEWehad to put it off a week due to weather. and this

time of year you don't knowwhat the weather isgoing todo until the morning ifthe day in question. Theoriginaldate set wasJ anuary 8th. but the rainyweek priorandthe cold temperatures prompted the mysteryhoncho topunt". Thenext Saturday promisedcold temps but notas much mud. sothe mysteryphonesquad made somecalls. Onthe sunny morning of J anuary 15th.20hearty.hardcore members of BUMPshowed up at LLoyd'son280at 10:45amin20degree weather to ride.

Our long caravan of bike-covered vehiclesgot backon280to make the 30minute tripto Childersburgwherethe mysteryride would be unfolded. We arrived at themysterymeeting place: MerklesJ unkYard. While wemade our arctic preparations in escalatingtemperatures of over 25 degrees. more and more bike-bedecked vehicles came rolling in. Itwas a mountainbikingfestival!

As the mystery unravelled further. BUMPmysteryleader. Bill Garrett had arranged for our out-of-townmysteryleader PerryClark ofthe SylacaugaBicycleClubto showustheir turf. Perryand his5compadres presentthat day proceeded to lead uson a very well organizedride. Thegroup was large so we were divided into twogroups: Thehammer crowd which Perryled ona 20mileride.did both the Flagpole MountainTowerLoopand theCreekTrail. The rest of were adeptly led by ChrisPilandon the very very hilly 12.5mile FlagpoleMountainTower

Loop. Each of the groups were provided cheerfulcabooses. Ours was Fred Bradford. who very kindlyledone ofour members back to the cars when she beganexperiencing the initial stagesof frostbiteinhertoes.

The members of the Sylacauga Bicycle Club wereenthusiasticabout riding with our club. The club hastwenty orsomembers and is into it'sthirdyear. We hada wonderful time that day despite the cold. with Perry

Clark. Chris Piland. Fred Bradford. FrankConn. Denis

Nicholsonand J erryHicks. Ourthanksto these guys for

coming out and showing ustheir trails. We look forward

to ridingwiththemagain soon.

BUMP COMMITTEES

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H ugh Leader 9429128/3282626 Stacy Kel ly 664-5402/5212831

B an yl13.ir 987-8510/969-6356 J eni fer J ac kson 591-0090/806-1484

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J enifer J ac l

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U 1 1 @ ~U ~ m J ~ [F ~U m J @ @ @D r . J u a n S a x o n o n B e i n g O ve r Th i r t y

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e x p e rtis e a nd I d o n 't h a v e t i m e to l o o k i t u p ... b u t I re m e m be r w h e n I

w a s a l i t tl e k i d -t he re w a s s om e ta lk a b ou t t he a g e o f th ir ty b e in g

"o v e r- th e -h i ll " . I b o u gh t i t b a c k t he n , b e c a u s e w h e n I w a s tw el ve i t

s e e m e d re aso n ab le . B u t n o w t ha t I 'v e b e e n o v e r t h i r ty f o r a fe w ye a r s ,

a n d s in c e m o s t o f m y fr ie n d s a re to o -a t le a s t t h e o n e s w h o h a v e a n y

s e n s e -- I h a v e a d iffe re n t p e r s p e c t iv e o n th i s m a t t e r .

M e d i c al ly s p e a k in g , I c an o n l y s h o o t f rom th e h i p o n th i s , b u t i t

s e e m s to m e t ha t c e rta in th i n g s h a p p en t o o u r b o d ie s w h e n w e re a c h o u r

t h i r t ie s . T h e m a in th in g th a t m a n y o f u s fi n d o u rs e lv e s d e a li n g w ith

( w h i c h n e v e r w as s u ch a p rob le m b e fo re ) is in s id io u s w e ig h t g a i n , a n d

th e fa c t th at i t se e m s im po s s ib le to lo s e it . I th in k , b a s e d o n th e

e v id e n c e o f m y o w n o p in i o n s , th a t o u r t w e n t ie s w e r e j u s t a n e l a b o ra te

te n - y e a r -I o n g g ra ce p e r i o d . O u r b od i e s w e r e k i n d en o u g h to le t u s s l i d e

o n f a c in g th e f u l l r a m if ic at io n s o f o u r w anto n s elf- ab u s e a n d n e g lec L fo r

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c l e a r to u s w h en w e b e c o m e th irt y -s o m e th in g , th a t o u r b o d ie s re q u ir e

a n d e xp e c t s o m e d is c ip l i ne d e f fo rt , m a t u ri ty a n d b a lan c e t o p ro d u c e th e

s a m e re su lts a s s e em e d to c o m e s o e a s il y o n ly fiv e o r te n y ea rs a g o .

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I 'm sm a r te r a b o u t t a k in g c a r e o f m y s e lf , a n d c on s e qu e n t l y I 'm h app ie r .

O f c o u rs e I m a k e a sh i t -Io a d o f m o n ey n o w a n d th a t c o u ld h av esom e th in g to d o w i th it to o . B u t th e s a t i s f a c ti on I r ec eiv e fro m h a rd

m ou n ta in b ik in g i s s w e ete r n o w b e c a u s e e v e ry s tep o f m y a d v a n c in g

fi tn e s s is h a rd w on th ro u g h a se lf-d is c ip l i ne a nd s e l f -aw are n e s s a n d

s el f-r e s p ec t- th a t I d id n 't h av e b e fo re. I reco m m e n d b e i ng o v e r th i rt y .

It s t h e b e st I'v e e v e r b e e n .

TRAIL WORKDAYW e a re a pp r o a c h in g t he c o m p le t io n 0 1 th e l o o p a t O ak M o u n tain .

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p la n to b e th e re a n d h e lp . O u r n e xt T r ai l w ork - d a y is sc h ed u le d f or

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lo r S a t u r d a y F e b r u a r y 1 2 th . A s a lw a y s w e'lI m e e t a t th e P a rk O H ic e o n T e r ra c eD riv ea t lO am . B r ingw ork g love s , w a t e r a n d a s n a c k . " y o u a r r iv e a li t tlela te, w e w il l

b e p a rk in g o n th e C ab in R oa d n e a r th e N or th tr a il h e a d . T he w o rk -d a y s p la n n e d lo r

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m ai n ten a n c e o n th e t ra il . W h e n w e g e t e v e ry th in g in g o o d sh a p e , w e 'll lo o k to doso m e p roje c ts o n d o o r tr a i ls in th e a re a .

N ot ic e : W h e n th e te m pe ra tu re g o e s d o w n to 20 o r b e lo w , a ll

tr a il s a t O a k M o u nta in w i ll b e c lo s ed t o b ik e s t he n e xt d a y.

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W o n d ro u s A n d N o ble S p o r t O f M o u n ta in B ik in g , a ll o f th e

E nc h an te d T ra ils in th e G re a t K in g d o m O f O ak M oun t a in w e reo p e n to t he B ic y c le rs O f T h e M oun t a in . I n th at in no ce nt a ge ,t h e W o o ds W a lk e rs a nd th e B ic y c le r s O f T h e M o u n ta in g o ta lo n g a n d sh a re d .

T he n th ere c a m e a d a y w h en a n e n te rp ris in g subje c tw ishe d to h o ld a ra ce in t h e G r e at K ing d o m O f O a k M o u n ta in t o

b r in g to g e th er a ll o f th e g r e a t h e ro s o f th e W o nd ro us A n do b le S p o rt O f M o u n ta in B ik in g to te s t th e i r p ro w e ss . T h is

e n te rp ri s in g s u b jec t c a m e b e fo re th e P rin c e O f O a k M oun tai na n d re sp e c t fu l ly p e t i t ion e d lea v e a n d b le s s in g f or th e c o n te s t,w h ic h h e re c e iv e d .

A l l w e n t w ell a s w o rd c r o s s e d th e la n d o f th e m a r v e lo u sra ce w h ic h w as to b e h e ld , a n d b r a v e at h le te s f a r a n d w id em ad e p r e p a rat io n s to jo u r n e y to th e G re at K i ng d o m O f O a kM oun t a in a s th e d a y w o u ld s oo n b e u p o n them . B u t T h e D a rk

W iz a rd O f T he W o od s W a lke r s le a r n ed o f th e ra c e a n d c as t as p e ll o v e r th e la n d a n d th e p eo p le a n d ev e n th e P r in c e a n dth e C o u rt t o m a k e th em f org e t th at th e r e w a s to b e a c o n tes t a ta ll . O nl y th e a s to n is h in g s tr e n g th o f th e g re a t h e ro s o f t h eW o n d ro u s A n d N ob le S p o rt O f M o u n ta in B ik in g g av e th em th e

p o w er to w ith s ta n d th e lu re o f T he H a ze O f F o rg etfu lne s s c a s to ve r th e la n d .

S o c a m e th e d a y o f t he ra ce a nd th e re c o n v e n e d a p r ouda s s e m bla g e o f co u ra ge ou s c on te sta n ts a t th e T r a il H e ad O f T h e

N or th . T he a ir w a s a l iv e w it h fe s t iv i ty a s th e g re a t h e ro s o f th e W o n dr ou s A n d N o b le S p o rt O f M oun t a in B i k in g m a dere a d y to c o m pe te . B u t th e H az e O f F org e tfu ln e s s m a d e th eP r ince a n d th e m e m b e rs o f t h e C o u rt f o rg e t to c om e. A n d th eH aze O f F o rg e tfu ln es s m a d e a ll th e W o o d s W a lk er s fo rg e t tow alk o n a l l th e m a ny m a ny oth er w on d e r f u l E n ch a n t e dT ra il s in th e G re a t K i n gd o m O f O a k M o u n t a in .

A t th e a p po in te d t im e , th e g re at h ero s o f th e W o n d ro u sA n d N ob le S p o rt O f M o u n ta in B i k in g g a th e re d a t th e s ta r t a n dw ere o ff in a t h un d e ro u s h as te th e in s tan t th ey w e re c a lle du po n to c o m m e n c e . A n d a t th a t v e ry m o m e n t T h e D a rkW iz a rd O f T he W o o d s W a lk e r s lifte d th e v e il o f h is sp e l l a n d th eW o o d s W a lk e rs o n th e tr a il a w a k en e d in te rr o r in th e m id s t o fth e ra c e a n d w ere u n d o n e .

A n d s o i t c am e a bo u t th at th e f r ig h t en e d W o o ds W a lk e rsw ent to th e P r in c e an d p le a d ed th a t th e B icyc le rs O f T h eM oun t a in n e v e r a g a i n b e a ll o w ed to ri d e o n th e tr a i ls o f th eG re a t K i ng d o m O f O a k M o u n ta in . T h e Pr in c e in h is w isd o mre a l iz e d th a t th e re h ad b e e n a d a rk s p e l l c a st u p o n t h e m a lla n d is s u e d a d e c re e th a t h e n c e f o rt h , th e B ic y c le r s O f T h eM oun t a in in th e K i ng d o m m u s t r i de o n ly th e v e ry s h o r t, v e rym un d an e T ra i l O f T h e Re d , w h ic h a n ge re d th e W o o ds W a lk e rs

e ve n th ou g h th e y h ad m a ny m a n y e n c h an te d m ile s o f tr a i lsto th e m se l v e s . T he P rin c e th en g ran te d p e rm is sio n to th eB icyc le r s O f T h e M o u n t a in to b u i ld th e ir o w n E n c h a n t e d T ra i lw ith th e s o le m n a d m on i t io n th a t fo r a lw ays th e re w ou ld b eW o o d s W a lk e r s o n a ll tr a il s , a nd to ta k e c a re n e v e r to f r ig h te nth e m le s t th e y req u ir e o f u s our one remainin g trail.

T h i s T a l e o f d a y s lo n g a g o w a s re la te d to a s tu n n e dm ode rn -d ay m o un ta in b ik er b e sid e th e la st b rid g e o n th eE nc h a n t e d T ra il O f S e ve n B rid ge s s ub s eq u e n t to a n E n c h a n te dE nd o , b y th e w i se F a iry T ro ll w h o l iv e s b e n e a th th e b rid g e ,an d is n o t n e c e s s a ril y in a c c o rd a n c e w ith th e v ie ws o f th eed it o r i a l s ta ff o f th e G ri n d e r . H e d d a R ock h op p e r

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ASK HUGHIEDear Hughie.

My friend Sven says the new vented bikesaddles for women are not politically correct! Ineed to know, ifa guy uses one, is this a cross or a

bi-cycle?

DearInsecure,Uh, uh, uh, nill'mnot really familiar with

these new saddles....but it seems to me that we asmen in the 90's need tobecome more comfortablewith ourfeminine sides. Annnnd this of courseis, wellllllll, harder for some of us than forothers....depending upon, that is, how incredibly

manly we are in thefirst place. unsuspect youhavesome, uh, uh, soul searching to do.

Dear Hughie,

Why do people have to be rude on the

trails ...hikers or bikers?

Dearsensitive,

mill think weall know that down throughthe ages people have hated what they don'tunderstand. This of course does not account forthe phenomenon of 'bike onbike" crime. You see,I toohcweexperienced beingbuzzed on my bike bya Tread with his headup his...uh, uh...that is to

say...we all needto be aware ofsome basic "trailetiquette". While riding your bike and passing ahiker, slow down to a walking pace and speak:

thank themfor stepping to the side or make anappreciative comment about the weather ornature or something. While riding downhill,

yield to a rider coming uphill unless they instructyou to come through. We don'truninto horses atOak Mountain, but whenever you encounter ahorse while riding anywhere, always dismountand request directions from the rider. IIHl thinkyou get the idea.

Susan Baugh Monty Mims

Dennis Funchess Susan Nelson *Laurie Funchess Bob Nicholson

Chris Graves Ron Park

Rebecca Graves Mark Reed

John Griffin Dale Smith *Bill Johnson Dan Watson

Celia Johnson K aren Witmer

Thanks to our new members for your support of

BUMP and of Mountain Biking. We look forward

to getting to know you. * Special thanks to longtime BUMP pillars for re-joining.

[a lendar o f EventSF e bru ary 5th -S a tu rda y lO a m, T ra il W o rk D ay a t O a k

Mountain. Mee t at tre P ark Office or at tre Camp Road near the North trail

head. W e will reschedule to the 12th if the weather is bad.

F e brua ry 6th- S un da y 8:0 0a m. B U M P ride a t R o ckford.Meet at LLoyds on 280. Morning and afternoon rides . Lunch provided

at $3 per person. Proposed site for BUMP / NORBA Mounta in BikeRace. F or additional information contact J ack Bransdorf, 985-1233 /933-6103. If weather is qlstionable, please call J ack to confirm.

February 18th-Friday 6:30pm. O pe n S teering C o mmitteeM eeting / B U M P B eer Bash at J ack Bransdorf's. Let J ack know if you areplanning to come so he can tell you what to bring and how to get there.

985-1233/933-6103.

February 20th-Sunday 8am. B U M P e xploratory ride atTuske gee. Meet at Alab,L l1a Outdoors. If weather is questionable,

please call Quinton to confirm, 933-7504.

February 26th-Saturday 8:30am. S ylaca uga Bicycling C lub

ride at Ta lladega Springs. C ontact J enifer ifinterested, 591-0990.

March 2nd-Wednesday 7pm. BUMP Month ly Meeting atthe Hoover Public L ibrary, downs tairs in the second meeting room onthe left. We will be having dinner afterwards at Guadalahara MexicanRestaurant across Highway 31.

March 5tll--Saturday 10am. Tra il Work Day at Oak Mountain.

March 6th-Sunday 9am. BUMP ride at Kentuck Trail inTa lladega. Meet at Olive Garden near Eastwood M all. If weather is

questionable, call Roger K eel to confirm. 942-{)506 or 251-6778.

April 16th-Maddog, NORBA Sanctioned Mounta in Bikerace. Preregistration forms will be ava ilable in the bike smps.

~Pe rsonal S(J.For Sale-BUMP sweatshirts only $15 and tank tops only $10.See Hugh or call 942-9128 or 328-2626.

To Order-Team BUMP jersey call Barry 987-8510 or 969-6356.

Needed-Donations for trail maintenance at Oak Mountain. UseBUMP envelopes provided at North and South trail head "Shrines" for

donation boxes.

Free Wake-Up Calls-Contact newly appointed BUMP Chief ofSleep: Bill Garrett, to receive a call anytime between 4:30am and

9:59am. 956-9963.

Ideas Wanted-For National Trail Day June 4th at Oak Mountain.

Activities, workshops, demonstrations, etc ... Contact anyone on theSpecial Events Committee.

Name Change-Laurie DeShazo will now be f amous as LaurieMclennan.

Lost-On loop: hex key tool, chain tool, and car key on yellowkey chain. If found please call Chris Graves 979-7640.

BUMP WEEKEND HOTLINE-Call 806-1484 to hear arecording of rides and events for upcoming weekend. Leave amessage to let us know you're coming or to r eceive a phone call formore info.

Sub11issionsTo submit information of any kind, writeto: The

GRIND[R City Office, 5401 9th Avenue South,S'ham 35212, or fax to 591-0990.