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Serving Santa BarbaraCountyWe’re a countywide advocacy andresource organization thatpromotes bicycling for safetransportation and recreation.

How to reach usSanta Barbara Bicycle CoalitionPO Box 92047Santa Barbara CA 93190-2047

phone 568-3046email info@sbbike.orgweb www.sbbike.org

July 1st meetingJoin us on Tuesday, July 1st forour monthly meeting. Help uscelebrate and improve bicycling:

No-Host dinner 6:00 PMMeeting 7:00 PMTaffy’s Pizza2026 De la Vina StreetSanta Barbara, California

Online email listWe sponsor an online email forumwhere you can post and readmessages that pertain to regionalbicycling issues. It’s easy andfree. To subscribe to our generalforum, just send an emailmessage to:sbbike-subscribe@topica.com

Leave the subject line and bodyof the message blank. That’s all!

Join the CoalitionYou can help improve bicyclingsafety and conditions in SantaBarbara County by joining othersin our own regional BicycleCoalition advocacy group.Together we will continue tomake a real difference. See page6 for details.

For sale: video & flagWe’re pleased to offer our ownvideo “Decide to Ride.” It’s abouta young woman who learns tobike commute to work. It’s only$18 (tax and US shippingincluded) from us, address above.Plus, we’re selling Bike Weekflags, 4’x6’ heavy nylon, terracotta and white. They’re $33 plustax. Look at this PDF file:www.sbbike.org/art-home/flag.pdf

1350 students celebrate biking to school

July 2003

2003 Spring Trail Daze is a huge successby Jonathan Maus

Over 100 volunteers showed up for a full day of trail maintenance, food, fun and prizes at the semi-annualSpring Trail Daze event held Saturday, May 17th. The event, organized by the Santa Barbara Mountain Bike TrailVolunteers (SBMTV) is held twice a year and is one of the largest trail maintenance events in the country. Whilemost of the volunteers were cyclists, the event was open to anyone who cares about Santa Barbara’s trails.

The full day of festivities began with a free breakfast at Manning Park in Montecito. After a safety and lo-gistical briefing, the volunteers were split up into smaller work groups of 10-12 people. These groups each

tackled a specific section of trail that had been pre-walked andmapped out by SBMTV member John Berberet.

Instead of concentrating one just one trail, this year’s event fo-cused on several trails. Sam Masson, SBMTV Events Director said.“Tackling more than one trail is unprecedented and harder to plan,but we felt there are sections of different trails that demanded imme-diate attention. And from the reports I’m getting, a lot of great workhas been accomplished.”

After the hard work of clearing overgrown brush, removing boul-ders and improving trail beds, the volunteers were treated to free beer(supplied by Island Brewing Co.) and a BBQ feast of seasoned chicken,marinated vegetables, bread and bean salad.

After dinner the highly anticipated free prize raffle—which fea-tured prizes donated by bicycle industry and many local businesses—left no one empty-handed.

For information on upcoming trail maintenance events visit theSBMTV website at www.sbmtv.org .

This year’s Bike to SchoolDay at 13 South Coastschools was a great suc-cess with over 1350 stu-dents bicycling on May20th. That’s more thandouble the 2002 partici-pation in schools and kids!

Bike to School Day wasa cooperative ventureamong the PTA SafetyCommittee, the BicycleCoalition, COAST’s SafeRoutes to School program, and many individualteachers, school administrators, and parents.

Each of the 13 schools had one or more individu-als coordinating events at their school. Arriving stu-dents were greeted and led to an expanded bikeparking area. They were then rewarded with our BikeWeek T-shirts, blinking LED lights, pencils, reflectivestars, and other goodies that individual Bike toSchool coordinators solicited. The 500 shirts givenaway were made possible because of a grant to theBicycle Coalition for purchasing Bike Week shirtsfrom the Wendy P. McCaw Foundation.

Kids at Kellogg Schoolwearing Bike Week shirts.

Hope Elementary School topped everybody withthe most bicycling students—265 of them! KelloggElementary was second with 222 bicycling. Whatwent especially well? Here are some things:• Additional bike safety instruction at four schools• The T-shirts and LED lights were very popular• Perfect sunny weather• Driving parents who stopped a few blocks away• Having the police increase area patrols• Having principals and teachers bike• TV and newspaper coverage• School marching band playing as students arrive.What ideas were suggested to help increase bicyclingfor both Bike to School events and overall?• Promote the event earlier• Have T-shirts for all students• Encourage more parents to ride with their children• More give-aways for kids• Have several events during the whole year• Expand the program to North County schools.

A community benefit from having students bike toschool was the noticeable decline in motoristsaround the schools. Some parents bicycled with theirchildren, or neighbors’ children, giving everybodyexercise and time for sharing. It’s win-win all around.

Trail Daze volunteers listen toinstructions before a day of trail work.

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June meeting topicsOur June 3rd Bicycle Coalition meeting rantwo hours and included these topics:• Eva Inbar reported on the very successful

Bike to School Day and showed photos fromvarious schools.

• There will be a bicycling & law enforcementworkshop this fall, and Santa Barbara isbeing considered by NHTSA to host it.

• Ralph Fertig described two Bicycle Coalitionproposals to Goleta Valley Cycling Club forcommunity projects.

• The Nominating Committee reported thatthey are still working on officer and boardnominations.

• Wilson Hubbell described the possible loss ofbicyclist access to San Antonio Creek Road;we will write a letter to oppose the loss.

• Ralph Fertig enlisted people to do SantaBarbara City bicyclist counts in June.

• Dave Beamer proposed that we endorse aSierra Club sustainability resolution forCongress, and we agreed.

• Drew Hunter & Dru van Hengel will visitPortland’s Community Cycling Center in June& July in consideration of having one here.

• Mike Hecker reported obtaining the City’spermission for a criterium race on June 28as part of Semana Nautica.

• Ralph Fertig talked about his trip to Cal Polyin San Luis Obispo to look at their winningrack design.

AIDS Riders pedalthrough SB County

Over two days, June 12-13, a dedicated groupof 1300 cyclists pedaled through Santa Bar-bara County. They were participating in the585-mile, San Francisco to Los Angeles AIDS/LifeCycle charity ride.

When the riders entered Casmalia, they founda steak barbeque set up by the Casmalia Moth-ers’ Club. It was a fundraiser for field trips forthe school kids. Club member Julie Ramirezsays, “We’ve been doing this for three yearsand I always love it when the cyclists comethrough. They’re so polite and generous. I hada ten-year-old cousin who died of AIDS after ablood transfusion, so this is my issue, too.”The cyclists could dine and read letters writ-ten by students, like this one by a secondgrader: “Thank you for working hard to helppeople that are sick or sad and tank you forcoming to our sckool and for traveling aroundthe word to help people from anywhere.”

Coming down Harris Grade into Lompoc, aman and his two boys passed out freshlypicked strawberries, and his youngest askedall cyclists to autograph his shirt.

That evening, while camped at Lompoc’sRiver Park, cyclists joined a couple in celebrat-ing their wedding. Sarah Buxton and RobertoQuintana met during an AIDS Ride in 2000,and fell in love during last year’s AIDS/LifeCycle ride. Father Mariano Tomaszewski,the priest who conducted the ceremony, toldhis audiance: “Marriage could be compared toriding a bicycle. Sometimes the weather is notthe greatest. Sometimes you are riding uphill.Sometimes you are riding downhill.”

Finally, in Santa Barbara, cyclists weretreated by locals who set up their own stopwith strawberries, ice cream, snacks, and aplace to write their personal messages.

Want to follow the ride in detail? Check outthe ride site at http://webcast.aidslifecycle.org.

Save this date: Aug 10thEverybody had such a good time at our MembershipAppreciation Barbeque last summer that we’re goingto hold another one this August. Mark the date ofSunday, August 10 on your calendar. We’ve reservedthe same space at Goleta County Beach Park, startingat 1:00. Hope to see all you members there. We’llhave lots of bike parking just waiting for you.

AIDS cyclists stop for strawberries and icecream at a Santa Barbara community rest area.

Bike Week winnersWe held several contests during and after BikeWeek to add to the fun and encourage greaterawareness of the benefits of bicycling. Hereare the results as compiled by ErikaLindemann with the help of Internet web sitesoftware written by Gary Wissman.

BIKE TO WORK CHALLENGEThis three-week contest counted the numberof days that employees bicycled to work.There were five prize categories, one for agovernment agency, and four for corporationsof various sizes. The bicycle commute dayswere divided by the total possible days for allworkers for each employer. Congratulations tothese employers who won a lunch catered bySanta Barbara Chicken Ranch:

• Dial Page (mini company)• Softshare (small company)• ExpertCity (medium company)• Raytheon (large company)• Air Pollution Control District (government)

In addition, those employees who biked fivedays or more were eligible to win a $100 giftcertificate from any local bike shop. Out of 83eligible participants, the lucky winner was:

• Everett Hauser (works at UCSB)

BIKE CLUB CHALLENGEThis is getting repetitious. Year after year, thesame club has the most members at Bike toWork Day. This year, a wine and cheese partyat Curtis Winery goes to bike commuters in:

• Goleta Valley Cycling Club

ELECTRIC BIKE CONTESTThis year, an electric bike from the ElectricTransportation Company (in Montecito) wasgiven to the employer with the most “infre-quent” bike commuters at Bike to Work Dayevents. The idea is to keep the bike at workfor employees to use. And the winner was:

• City of Lompoc

Coalition endorsessustainability

Long time Bicycle Coalition member DaveBeamer is working with the Sierra Club toobtain support for a proposed resolution inCongress. At our June meeting, we consideredand endorsed this resolution that he offered:

“Resolved that we suport a House-Senateconcurrent resolution: Expressing thesense of the Congress that it shouldexplore the feasibility of the Nationmoving toward a sustainable economy.”

Obviously, it’s a weak statement, but it couldbe a start toward more responsible living.

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Mayor Marty Blum, representing the City ofSanta Barbara at the US Conference of Mayorsin Denver, introduced a visionary resolutionabout bicycling. The resolution, shown below,was well received and adopted by the mayors.

“Mayors all over the country are supportive

Marty Blum lauds bikes at Mayors Conference

Bicycle Friendly Communities1. WHEREAS, an estimated 61 percent of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese, and

13 percent of children and adolescents are overweight, due in large part to a lack ofregular physical activity; and

2. WHEREAS, half of all trips in urban areas are three miles or less and more than onequarter are less than one mile in length; and

3. WHEREAS, short motor vehicle trips are the most environmentally damaging andcontribute most to global climate change; and

4. WHEREAS, bicycling is a clean, efficient, healthy, economical, and accessible means ofrecreation and transportation with a wide variety of associated benefits to individualsand society at large; and

5. WHEREAS, bicycling also has the potential to play a significant transportation role inU.S. cities and to reduce the number and impact of motor vehicle trips; and

6. WHEREAS, many mayors are already pursuing policies and programs to improveconditions for bicycling,

7. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the U.S. Conference of Mayors calls on citiesand communities to promote increased, safe bicycle use for transportation and recre-ation and to adopt the goals laid out in the National Strategies to Advance BicycleSafety, adopted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, FederalHighway Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in June 2000;and

8. BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED, that the U.S. Conference of Mayors will work with thePresident’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and national bicycle user groups todevelop a more detailed action plan for cities and communities to follow to becomemore bicycle-friendly and that this action plan be presented at the First InternationalSymposium on Bicycle Friendly Communities in March 2004; and

9. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the U.S. Conference of Mayors supports the continuedbroad eligibility of Federal funds for bicycle programs and projects.

of healthy communities. It was not hard toget the support,” remarked Mayor Blum.

Our thanks to Mayor Blum for raisingeverybody’s awareness of sustainable andhealthy transportation by bicycle, not only inSanta Barbara, but throughout our country.

Coalition tries to keepCounty road open

In mid-May, Bicycle Coalition member CoreyAnderson alerted us to the possible closure ofa section of San Antonio Creek Road next toTucker’s Grove County Park to public use dueto adjacent residential development. The roadsection had been abandoned by the Countyyears ago, although an easement was reservedfor emergency access.

For years, people have used that segment forwalking, bicycling, and horseback access tothe Park, Cathedral Oaks Road, and other des-tinations from the residential area above thePark. Anderson regularly bikes to and from hisjob on the road. It’s much safer and easierthan the alternative.

Currently, there are posts at the bottomthat, in an emergency, can be brokenthrough. At the top, there is a barrier and“Road Closed” sign that you can easily bypass.The land was apparently given to the owner ofan adjacent empty lot, and he now wants tobuild there and use the road as a driveway.The fear is that it will be closed to non-emer-gency public use.

At our June Bicycle Coalition meeting, wediscussed the situation and voted to write toSupervisor Susan Rose. Our letter appealed toher, “We ask you to do anything possible toretain the current public non-motorized accessto the road. Perhaps it can be incorporatedinto the Santa Barbara County trail system?”

An appeal to the building permit has beenmade by nearby property owners, so there isstill an opportunity to preserve this popularpublic way of travel. We certainly hope so.

The road now in public use curves to theright, the new property entry is on the left.

Safe Routes to SchoolAn exceptional—andfree—booklet is nowavailable to help ushelp students bicycleand walk to school. It’sSafe Routes to School, apublication of the Na-tional Highway TrafficSafety Administration(NHTSA) that is based

on experiences from various programs, but es-pecially from Marin County’s pilot Safe Routesprogram. It covers encouraging students tobike and walk, educating teachers and parentsabout safety, designing streets and environ-ments around schools, and enforcing motoristtraffic laws.

This very informative 92-page booklet is anexcellent guide for advocates, parents, teach-ers, administrators, planners, and students.We’ve posted it online (it’s a 5MB PDF file) at:www.sbbike.org/resource/SR2S.pdf

Motorized scooters—ban the things?

In just the last year, two kinds of motorizedscooters have appeared on local bike lanes,trails and streets: electric ones and gas-pow-ered ones. They are better than automobiles,they take up less space, they require fewer re-sources to manufacture, but are they an over-all good idea? Certainly we would like to seeriders do something to improve their fitnesslike walking, jogging or cycling instead.

Cities and states around the US are ban-ning, limiting, or considering restricting someor all motorized scooters. New Jersey bans allof them. So do Allentown PA and New BedfordMA. The Honolulu Council voted to ban gas-powered ones, and the Mayor is consideringsigning it. The gas-powered ones are verynoisy and pollute, while the electric ones arequiet and clean. Wilson Hubbell describedthem in February Quick Release. Isn’t it timefor our elected officials to take some action?

Los Carneros project stoppedThe road widening and bridge project forLos Carneros Road in Goleta (described inMay Quick Release) was halted by the CityCouncil due to concerns about bicyclistsafety and constrained finances.

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For Santa BarbaraCounty Bike Maps,info on ridesharingand van pools, justcall: 963-SAVE.

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Upcoming bikemeetings & events

July 1, General Meeting. For our nextevening meeting, we're returning to Taffy'sPizza, 2026 De la Vina Street, Santa Barbara.There will be an optional no-host dinner at6:00 PM, followed by a meeting at 7:00. Phonepresident Wilson Hubbell, 568-3046 or emailhim at hubbell@co.santa-barbara.ca.us.

July 12, Semana Nautica Super D Race. ThisSuper D event is like a downhill race but notas technical and has some flat and short hillsections. Races at Elings Park in Santa Barbarastart at 10:30 AM. Separate races for differentrider groups. Details from Ed Brown at 884-9271 or www.sbmtb.com.

July 26, Windmill Century, sponsored by theTailwinds Bicycle Club. Choice of full centuryor metric century rides out of Los Alamos overlightly-traveled roads. Enjoy cycling pastrange land, vineyards, horse farms, hills, can-yons, and even windmills. Food stops, sagsupport, and Santa Maria style top sirloin bar-becue at the end. Phone 922-4864 or get anentry form at www.bbcnet.com/tailwinds/WindMill/windmill.htm.

Ads in Quick ReleaseQuick Release accepts advertisements. Circulation isover 400 people. Ads are business card size, 3.5” widex 2.0” high. Cost per ad is $18 each, or 12 consecutiveads for $180. Details and an order form are availableon PDF format online at: www.sbbike.org/QR/ad.pdf .

The generous outpouring of help from indi-viduals, corporations and organizationsthroughout Santa Barbara County has helpedus celebrate and promote bicycling to the ben-efit of our community. We gratefully thankthe following:

Air Pollution Control District, Alacer Corporation,Albertsons, allGoode Organics, American SilkScreen, Ann and Mike Lawler, Anna’s Bakery,Bicycle Bob’s, Bicycle Connection, Bike Barn ofSanta Maria, Blenders In The Grass, Bob and CindySundberg, Bob Cooper, Brian Fahnestock, BrianHalvorson, Browning Ferris Industries, Cafe Delight,Cat Eye, Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club, CentralPrinting, Chase Restaurant, Chaucer’s Books, ChefKarim’s Restaurant, Chipotle Mexican Grill, ChrisKing Precision Components, Chuck Anderson, Cityof Buellton, City of Carpinteria, City of Goleta, Cityof Lompoc, City of Santa Barbara, City of SantaMaria, City of Solvang Recreation, Clear ChannelSanta Barbara, Coalition for SustainableTransportation, Coastal View News, CostcoWholesale, Cottage Health System, County of SantaBarbara, Cumulus Broadcasting, Cutting Edge Hairand Body Salon, Cynthia and Jonathan Maguire,Debbie’s Delights, Dominic Clark, Dr. J’s BicycleShop, Drew Hunter, Drusilla van Hengel, ElectricTransportation Company, Emilio’s Ristaurante,Fairview Farms and Garden, Family Service Agency,Farmer Boy Restaurant, Firestone Walker BrewingCompany, First American Title, Four Seasons ResortSanta Barbara, Frances Gilliland, Fred Luna, Gary

Bike to Work Day sponsors & volunteers

Atkins, Gary Wissman, Goleta Sports, Goleta ValleyAthletic Club, Goleta Valley Cycling Club, GoletaValley Voice, Guayakí Sustainable RainforestProducts, Hazard’s Cyclesport, Hillary Boyce, HotSpots Cafe, Inertia Designs, Ivan Lorkevic, Jack’sFamous Bagels, Jamba Juice, James Wagner, JavaStation, Jessica Scheeter, Kernohan’s Toys, KEYTNews Radio, Kim Lyons, KJEE, Lane Vance, LarryDriggers, Laura Condon, Lompoc Record, LynnMathes, Main Street Cycles, Marco Alvarez, MarianMedical Center, Marta Starks, Marybeth Carty,Megan Miley Graphic Design, Metropolitan TheatresCorporation, Mike Hecker, Miriam Maya, MontecitoYMCA, New Frontiers, Nielsen’s Market, Our DailyBread, Pedal Power Bicycles, Prudential California-Pascale Bassan, Ralph Fertig, Raytheon Systems,RideSB.com, Santa Barbara Bank and Trust, SantaBarbara Chicken Ranch, Santa Barbara CommunityCollege, Santa Barbara Downtown Association, SantaBarbara Independent, Santa Barbara Inn, SantaBarbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers, SantaBarbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum ofNatural History, Santa Barbara News-Press, SantaBarbara Winery, Santa Barbara Zoological Gardens,Santa Maria Times, Santa Ynez Valley News, SohoRestaurant, Solaris Care Network, South Side CoffeeCompany, Sparkletts Water, Starbucks Coffee, SteveWagner, Stratford Coffee House, Thanks a Latte, TheCantina, The Daily Grind, The Lompoc Record, TomHolland, Tom Roberts, Trader Joes, UCSB AssociatedStudents Bike Shop, UCSB Faculty Club, UCSBTrasportation Alternatives Program, Unicycle.com,University of California Santa Barbara, VeloProCyclery, Venoco, Vons Market, Water Store, WendyP. McCaw Foundation, and Wilson Hubbell.

Over 500 bicyclists showed up for food and funat Downtown Santa Barbara’s Bike to Work Day.

GVCC donates tobicycle community

At the Goleta Valley Cycling Club’s generalmeeting on June 15, members voted to sup-port the Bicycle Coalition plus the Cities ofSanta Barbara and Goleta. To us they donated$500 for our ongoing work. They wrote, “Asthe only recreational cycling club in our area,we are most appreciative of all the efforts theSanta Barbara Bicycle Coalition does on ourbehalf and other clubs and cyclists in general.”

The Bicycle Coalition had submitted twoproposals to the GVCC for possible funding:new bike racks for Santa Barbara High School,and replacement South Coast Bike Route signsthat were—for whatever reason—missing.

The GVCC declined bike racks because theyfelt that schools should provide adequateracks for their own students. For the BikeRoute signs, they agreed to purchase them forthe Cities of Santa Barbara and Goleta for atotal of $820. This was with one stipulation:that the signs be installed with tamper-prooffasteners to deter theft.

In the past, the GVCC bought signs to com-plete the Coastal Bike Route in Carpinteria andhelmets for kids who cannot afford them; theyhave supported the Santa Barbara MountainBike Trail Volunteers and the Bicycle Coali-tion. Our community is fortunate to have suchgenerous bicycling members.

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Active membersPlease thank and support the following busi-nesses that are Bicycle Coalition members:

• King Cycle Group, Shasta Lake• MarBorg Industries, Santa Barbara• Nett & Champion Insurance, Santa Barbara• Rincon Cycles, Carpinteria• Tri Paradise Sports, Santa Barbara

We’re pleased to welcome new Bicycle Coali-tion members Galen Edward Miller, JimMarshall, Amy Frease, and Corey Anderson.

Plus we’re very grateful to the followingwho renewed their memberships: LindsayWebster, Robert Goettler, Richard DuaneRosenbaum, Tim & Diane Weisenburger,Carl Beehler, Ken Yamamoto, Bob Swinney,Pierre Delong, David & Christine Bourgeois,Stuart Sato, Ellen Wall, and Mark Sapp.

Help kids: buy a shirtThe Bicycle Coa-lition hashelped purchase500 Bike WeekT-shirts to giveto students onBike to SchoolDay throughprofits from aspecial run ofshirts that youcan buy. Theseare long-sleeve,organic cottonshirts. They’re a cream color and have ourgreat Bike Week art by Megan Miley on thefront, and no sponsor names on the back!

We sold them at Earth Day and Bike toWork Day, and half of them are gone. We cur-rently have the rest of these quality shirts leftin a selection of sizes. You can buy one whilethey last for $12. To own one of these specialshirts, or maybe give one as a gift, phoneErika Lindemann at 961-8919.

by Michael HeckerIf only more people were as ac-tive in our cycling community asJim Marshall is perhaps therewould be a “car lane” on every“bicycle street.” After readingthis short bit on this great per-son, I hope that you’ll under-stand what I mean.

In 1968 Jim and his familymoved to Santa Barbara fromMilwaukee, Wisconsin to open asmall business. Maybe some ofyou old timers remember Nature’sOwn Gallery in the El Paseo?Eventually his family opened an-other store up in Solvang. In1984 during the peak of the inspirational LAOlympics, and to help him recover from a seri-ous motorcycle accident Jim took up cycling.Not only did riding a bicycle aid in his physi-cal therapy and recovery but Jim credits cy-cling for helping him quit smoking as well. Hesaid “I rode whenever I needed a cigarette, itworked great.”

Shortly after getting a new pair of lungsand a bit in shape he joined the Equipe Bi-cycle Club (now Echelon) in 1985. Jim thoughthe was in shape but he recalls “I thought thatI was fit from motorcycle racing, but when thegroup dropped me on the first small climb Idecided to get competitive. I rode whenever Icould, including regular commuting to ourstore in El Paseo and occasionally to theSolvang store.”

From ‘86 to ‘91 Jim raced USCF Road andCriterium races as a Category 4 and Master. Hewas smitten with the dreaded racing bug!However his racing years were soon sidelinedas in 1992 he was seriously injured in a crashin a Highway 101 construction zone. Caltransand the contractors had created a danger zoneby merging two traffic lanes and the bicyclelane into one lane. Following the accidentCaltrans changed their standards as to howbicycle traffic is to be treated in construction

zones. (Thanks Jim!)So perhaps Jim was done

racing for a while but he didn’tlet that stop him. Later thatyear he became a foundingmember of the Board of Direc-tors of the Cielo Velo BicycleClub in 1992. Cielo Velo wasformed to bring more womenand young people into bicy-cling. Jim served on the Boardfor 6 years. Part of his CieloVelo involvement was to orga-nize multi level bicycle ridesfor to encourage people to feelmore comfortable riding ongroup rides.

Currently Jim is a member of the Santa Bar-bara Bicycle Coalition and races as an activemember of the Santa Barbara Bicycle Club.

I’ll tie this piece up with this great state-ment. It’s certainly something to ponder thenext time your asked to volunteer for an ac-tivity that involves our shared hobby, re-source, and love, bicycling. When asked howhe sees the local cycling scene and what hecould do to help he said this “Over the yearsI’ve volunteered for over 100 bicycle events.Most volunteer efforts were short, painless,and generally lots of fun. I’d like to encouragemore people to volunteer when they can. Ithink that they’ll find it to be a rewarding ex-perience than can greatly benefit the bicy-cling community.”

Jim has decided to toss his hat into thering to become a member of the Santa BarbaraBicycle Coalition’s Board of Directors. I secondthat nomination! What a better candidate tosit on our Board; activist, commuter, racer,past club board member, small business owner,volunteer, and bicyclist.

“We must be the change we want forthe world.”

—Mahatma Ghandi

Active bicyclist Jim Marshall

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Regional bicycle clubs & groups

Bicycle Touring Club of SolvangDan Henry, 688-3330

ChaingangGary Minar, 688-7957gminar@syv.com

Cyclone RacingBeth Wallace, 753-6673xyzbethie@aol.com

Echelon Santa BarbaraJames Morgan, 692-2766sblivin@earthlink.net

Goleta Valley Cycling ClubKathleen Boehmjdawson@silcom.com

Lompoc Valley Bicycle ClubRay Harris, 736-5454

SB Mountain Bike Trail VolunteersChuck Anderson, 565-7511sbmtv@cox.net

Santa Barbara Bicycle ClubMike Hecker, 966-1807hecktone@cox.net

Santa Barbara BMX, Dale BowersLBowers508@aol.com

Tailwinds Bicycle ClubCarl Beerup, 474-9099beerup@charter.net

UCSB Cycling ClubPhilip Chang, 968-4082pchang@physics.ucsb.edu

Road repair contactsCaltrans

Pat Mickelson, 968-5779pat_mickelson@dot.ca.gov

CarpinteriaRick Fulmer, 684-5405 x402rickfulmer@hotmail.com

GoletaSteve Wagner, 961-7511swagner@cityofgoleta.org

LompocLarry Bean, 736-1261l_bean@ci.lompoc.ca.us

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Santa MariaRick Sweet, 925-0951 x22771064.3132@compuserve.com

SolvangTom Rowe, 688-5575tomr@cityofsolvang.com

UCSBDennis Whelan, 893-7009Dennis.Whelan@bap.ucsb.edu

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