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ForumBikeWriter – November 2010
Click here for the PDF versionNovember 5, 2010
The Prez Sez
John Chester
While November is the month for Thanksgiving, October was our month to thank our volunteers. We held the 2nd Annual – VOLUNTEER BASH – THE BIKE RIDE on Saturday October 23rd. Nearly 3 dozen of our volunteers rode and enjoyed post ride pizza.
Our volunteers ranged from Club Officers such as our VP to weekly ride leaders.
Our VP – Scott Ebbing started volunteering for the club as a ride leader for Spokes In Motion, then became a Spokes In Motion Cluster Co Leader, then became the chair (now co-chair with Carrie Schneider) of the Great Ghost Rider Ramble, then became VP. Scott has agreed to chair the 2011 Chili Century on Saturday May 21, 2011 as well. I truly hope he does not end up at his VOLUNTEER ENERGY CAP.
Why do I mention VOLUNTEER ENERGY CAP? Because THE CLUB NEEDS YOU!
Come this January, a number of our Board members are retiring. Kevin Armstrong, Irv Lewin, Mike Sullivan and Carrie Schneider have been volunteering for years at a variety of club positions. Sometimes it is just time to step aside, so that you can do what you love. I hope that I can see all of them less at the board meetings and more often on bikes in 2011.
The three dozen volunteers we thanked were not all of the club’s volunteers. I hope that we got the word out to all of the volunteers.
Many of our volunteers are helping with multiple events. For me, one goal in 2011 is to not have to volunteer at each National Ride. I’d like to go out and actually RIDE MY BIKE. But without other club members stepping up, the same people keep helping out, until they reach their VOLUNTEER ENERGY CAP.
I’ve asked a few of our volunteers to step back a bit and actually enjoy things. Part of this is meant to get them out there, enjoying some time on their bikes. Some of my requests are to DELAY the VOLUNTEER ENERGY CAP from kicking in.
For 2011, the Club will hold three National Rides – The Chili Century, The ACACAC and The Great Ghost Rider Ramble. We have been in discussions regarding reviving or creating a new version of the River Rendezvous Ride, but at this time, there simply does not appear to be enough other volunteers within the club, or with the outside organization that was considering co-sponsoring it with us, to make that happen. Perhaps in 2012.
For 2011, each of our National Rides will have a chair, or co-chairs, and then will have committees for: Route/Road Painting; Registration; Rest Stops; Sag Drivers and Day of Ride Communications; and Advertising & Publicity. We hope this will encourage a few more folks to step up and volunteer, as well as not overtax our current volunteers.
Now, as I write this, I am about to pack and go for a bike ride – IN THE FLORIDA KEYS. The friends that I will be riding with his year are from Florida, St Louis, New York, and Colorado. Every one of those friendships was created because of my bicycle. I wonder who I will meet next on my bike?
As always – If you have any questions, comments or feedback, feel free to
contact me at: president@cincinnaticycleclub.org
Remember – GET ON YOUR BIKE, GO FOR A RIDE, IT’S FUN!
JC
The OBF Needs Your Help!
Chuck Smith
The Ohio Bike Federation needs your help in identifying Ohio bike tours with 1,000 or more riders. ODOT has agreed not to install rumble stripes on these routes. Our job is to identify the tours and provide maps to ODOT. So far, we have identified GOBA (different route each year), TOSRV, Hancock Horizontal 100, Sweet Corn Challenge, Sunday in June, Pelotonia, and Bike MS: Pedal to the Point.
Are you aware of any others? If so, please contact me at chuck@ohiobike.org. Go to our web site at www.ohiobike.org for the latest ODOT map of 1,300+ miles of Ohio state roadways slated for rumble striping and the latest ODOT rumble striping fact sheet.
In rumble striping, ODOT is grinding 6 inch grooves across the edge lines of two-lane Ohio state roadways in rural areas, many of which we ride.
If you are concerned about ODOT rumble striping roadways which we ride, please email Scott Varner of ODOT at scott.varner@dot.state.ohio.us.
Audit Help Needed
Scott Ebbing
Every year the vice president, along with a few CCC members, conducts an audit of the books to make sure everything is in order. The audit is tentatively scheduled for early in January 2011 a few weeks prior to the annual meeting. Any members wishing to help with this please contact vicepresident@cincinnaticycleclub.org.
Offseason, but lots to do
Steve Wegener, CCC Treasurer
It’s the beginning of the offseason (for most riders) yet there is much to be done. During the next few months a new Board of Trustees will be elected, we will work on the budget and start planning events for 2011. This cannot be done without the input and help from you, our membership. We need the support of our members to step and fill many positions or will be forced to reduce the number of national rides and all club rides. I’ve heard from many members asking why we did not put on a River Rendezvous ride last year. The answer is simple: no one stepped up to lead it.
Every year we get plenty of great ideas from our members, but no one to step and lead the initiative. Why you ask? Most of the current board members are supporting our other events. When they don’t work an event then they like to ride. We need help with communication, national rides, cluster director, social director and cluster leaders.
On January 22 the CCC will hold its annual meeting to elect our officers, directors and cluster leaders for next year. It’s not glamorous, with no pay, a lot of work, meetings, and very little thanks. The great thing about being involved with the CCC is you get to work with people that are passionate about cycling Greater Cincinnati. They enjoy riding, try to put on a rides in interesting locations and with facilities they would enjoy and believe you will too.
You can run without being present although the meeting is a great opportunity to meet the members. Those that attend are the core of the CCC that have a vested interest in what we do now and in the future. I’d like to invite everyone to attend the dinner and meeting. Details will be in the December Bike Writer. If you are interested in learning about a particular position then contact us at questions@cincinnaticycleclub.org.
Safety and Education
Guest article from Lloyd Shadley
The Bike Lane Quandary
When I started writing this article I nearly titled it “Why I Hate Bike Lanes”. That was the title of a Forum discussion I started In October. I have since come to the realization that I don’t hate bike lanes. What I hate are the behavior of a relative few of our motorists, and the lack of education of drivers and cyclists when they have to share the road.
However long ago it was that there was first discussion in Cincinnati about putting bike lanes on Spring Grove, I expressed my reservations. My first reservation is that you simply cannot ride in them because they fill up with broken glass, gravel, and other debris. Doubt it? Go look at the “bike lanes” on the infamous Este Avenue. Bike lanes in principle may be a good idea, they are supposed to keep cars away from bikes. But the downside is cars with steel belted radials don’t clean the bike lane of all the stuff that falls off trucks and is thrown out of windows. In the absence of a regular maintenance program of weekly street cleaning, the junk in the bike lane quickly gets to be thick, and becomes a hazard to ride in. 50 weeks out of the year no sensible cyclist would ride in the Este bike lanes. It seems it is cleaned twice a year. Two weeks after the bike lanes were placed on Spring Grove they were filled with gravel and glass. The bike lanes on Spring Grove have been swept since then, but unless they are on a frequent sweep schedule they will often have this problem.
However, my biggest reservation was that motorists would be angry with us when we did not ride in the bike lanes because we don’t have tires that can withstand that much glass, or because we don’t think the lane placement is necessarily the best way to travel. On October 11, shortly after 8:00 PM, my prediction of an altercation came true for me. I was so upset, I included it in an email I sent to the city (see below). Maybe my actions at the time weren’t diplomatic, but those of us who have had confrontations with motorists can certainly relate. By the way, I don’t recommend a confrontation like this in the dark in North Side.
On October 27, I was spurred by Jim Lindner, who is deeply involved in the bike lane dialogue with the city, to write an email to various people associated with the City of Cincinnati. It gives my evaluation of the current positioning of the bike lanes and sharrows on Spring Grove. I share this below in hopes of getting more of our CCC members involved in the dialogue with our city. This is what I said:
I would like to tell you I am delighted Cincinnati is moving forward with trying to make our community more bike-friendly.
I ride my bicycle on Spring Grove Avenue at least twice a week in a round-trip. I would like to share a few observations about the current placement and functionality of the new bike lanes and sharrows.
When I travel north-bound in the bike lane I find myself thrust suddenly out into traffic at the point where the bike lane ends, shortly before Winton Road. Even after my years of city riding I was caught unaware once and had to make some quick decisions at that point in order not to find myself suddenly and unexpectedly in front of overtaking traffic. It seems to me it would be safer if the bike lane ended much farther back and was replaced with sharrows. That way, a cyclist would realize the bike lane is ending and have time to merge before suddenly being thrust into a tight section of the road.
In the next section north-bound, From Winton Road to Clifton Avenue, I see another concern. The sharrows are in the right hand lane until another right hand lane begins that very shortly becomes a right turn only lane. The sharrows kick over to the far right lane and then back into the middle, through-or-right turn, lane where the cyclist was a few feet before. This creates a problem in that if a cyclist follows the sharrows he is taken out of the traffic and then thrust back left into traffic in a very short space, at the same time motorists are trying to cross his path to get into the right turn only lane. This seems very awkward and even dangerous to me. As an experienced cyclist, I am forced to ignore the sharrows and stay in the lane where the sharrows were, and where they pick up again. A person not familiar with the traffic flow at that corner would be in trouble, and perhaps forced totally off the road by motorists rushing to get into the right turn only lane.
When I travel south-bound on Spring Grove, I have similar concerns. At Winton Road, the sharrows in the right hand lane suddenly shift over to the middle lane in order to get them out of the right turn only lane. This is virtually at the last minute and puts the cyclist in a dangerous position. As an experiment, on October 11, 2010 at 7:00PM, one of my friends tried to follow the sharrows as placed. As he attempted to merge left and leave the right hand lane and follow the sharrows into the middle lane, he was nearly clipped by two different motorists who were trying to get into the right turn only lane. When I approach that corner, I feel it is safer to leave the right hand lane and merge into the middle lane much earlier, before the motorists are trying to get into the right turn only lane.
Farther along on south-bound Spring Grove, where the bike lane travels in front of Spring Grove Cemetery, another problem is created. The bike lane ends suddenly just before Crawford, and the cyclist is thrust quickly into a narrow section of road. After riding this a few times, I determined the only safe way to negotiate that corner would be to get out of the bike lane earlier, while there is time to merge into traffic. I believe this would be much safer if the bike lane ended earlier and was replaced by sharrows, so a cyclist has time to merge. Another thought would be to post signs indicating that someone has to yield to the other at the merging points. This would at least give warning of a merge. As a personal anecdote, the first time I left the south-bound bike lane early and got into the through lane, at about 9:00 PM on a Wednesday, a car came charging up behind me and proceeded to blast his horn at me several times and got extremely close behind me, even though traffic was light and the next lane over clear. I followed him around the corner at Crawford, where we proceeded to scream at each other about why was I in the middle of the road, and not in the bike lane where I belonged. I tried to tell him the bike lane was a suggestion, not a requirement, and he screamed at me that I was stupid and sped off.
I hope you will look at my suggestions and consider possible changes to the bike lanes and sharrows along Spring Grove. I believe those changes would be more in the spirit of the attempt to make cycling in Cincinnati safer and reduce confrontations between cyclists and motorists. I would be delighted to show someone of authority exactly what I mean, and why, at the convenience of that person(s), perhaps on a bike ride.
When I voiced my concerns on the Forum, only 5 people got involved with the conversation. While there are various reasons to or not to get involved in a discussion on the Forum, I was disappointed that so few people did. If we, as regular cyclists, wish to help shape the future of cycling in our city, we must get involved. Please take a moment out of your busy schedules and consider why you do or don’t like bike lanes and sharrows, and express your opinions to the city and within our cycling family. If you are interested, please contact me, Lloyd Shadley, at bikecincyq@yahoo.com, or Jim Lindner at safety-edu@cincinnaticycleclub.org.
Cluster News:
Little Miami Cluster
Kevin Armstrong and Irvin Lewin
The Pizza Ride East has morphed into the Tuesday Night Ride. Scott Goldsmith leads the weekly night ride that leaves out of Loveland. Front and rear lighting is required.
Jim Graessle leads The Saturday Breakfast Ride out of Goshen every week year round. Ride start remains at 8 AM through November but changes to 9 AM from December through March.
Find the details on these rides on the CCC website calendar and on the Ride Line weekly postings.
Spokes In Motion Cluster
John Heim
John Heim was chosen as the new Spokes In Motion Cluster Leader. He has a few thoughts on his new path in life:
Part I: I was elected (and I use that term loosely) the SIM’s Cluster Leader. At least there was no hanging Chads. Immediately they started calling me “Der Fuhrer”. I want a smooth transition, so I’m introducing my Cabinet Members now and hope they get approved by Congress. Second in command is “De Furl”.
Part II: Double duty for Timmy the Train, Director of transportation and Brewmeister. Mike is our Minister of Foreign Relations, cause he has a phoney French and Italian accents. Kevin is Minister of Safety and Health. Angry Chicken is Counselor to Anger Management. Tall Dave is Minister of Public Relations (he wins salesman of the year: EVERY YEAR).
Part III: Ambassador to Michigan and Minister of cigar smoking is Dave M.. Minister of Hospitality and Party Games is Cindy M.. Ambassador to Boogie Nights is Craig. Minister of Charming Personality is Paula. Shandon Bob is our Meteorologist. Art in the winter is our Ambassador to Florida and when he is back in town Minister of Internal Affairs.
Part IV: It takes a Village to do a ride. “Ask not what your Bike can do for you, but what you can do for your Bike”.
Central City Cluster News (C6)
Glenn Talaska
The C6 held its sorta annual meeting on Halloween at the Famous College Hill Coffee Company. Riders from both the Espresso and Decaf rides attended – 16 people in total. The Cluster voted 14 to 2 to reelect Glenn Talaska and Larry Bloomfield as co-cluster leaders. Both ‘nay’ voters said “Thanks a lot for the honor”. The Cluster was congratulated for their efforts for the all club picnic this year. The Lindner Family played the leading role but a number of people made major contributions. It was nice to have music at our picnics as it keeps JC from singing mournful tunes. Several persons commented that there were notably fewer coyotes heard this year.
C6 will keep all its major rides as all seem to be fairly popular and we have enough ride leaders for most to keep them going even when the major leader has to bow out.
We would also like to thanks Tina Stoeberl, owner of the CHCC. College Hill has become everyone’s home away from home. As payback, the Cluster will participate in two events associated with the College Hill neighborhood by providing training to kids and rides for the garden tour and one kids bike event.
We also will be having a late fall all-club ride next year. Stay tuned for details.
Campbell County Cluster
Carrie Schneider
The cluster meeting for Campbell County was held this past weekend. A total of 5 members were in attendance so at least we got some discussion in. No one in specific for cluster leader. However, if it comes down to where Campbell County and NKY joins forces, which I have a feeling may happen, Tom Runyan and Jim Owens (both of NKY) have agreed to step up as co-cluster leaders. Those who may not be aware, Tom Runyan runs the IFFY ride. He has great ideas on how to promote membership for the club, especially for the NKY area. Please take his ideas into consideration.
Firecracker Cluster
Jim Thiry
The Firecracker’s held their annual fall party on September 25th at the home of Mark and Jenny Bradley.
The meal was Mark’s specialty grilled salmon filets, with burgers for those that didn’t want fish. Members were gracious and volunteered to bring a side dish to pass. Of course cold malted beverages (donated by Mark Bradley) were consumed with the meal. About twenty members and spouses attended.
The major topic of discussion that evening was recalling the many beautifully scenic rides that have been enjoyed by the group this season, and how quickly the end of the bicycling season was approaching. A great time was had by all who attended. And for those that fed my dog salmon and other treats, thank you! He is now a complete beggar at all meals!
At the Picnic, Mike Schuessler, Jim Thiry, Dan Herman and Vincent Lieu were nominated as co-cluster leaders. Multiple cluster leaders helps spread out the work. I went on vacation a few weeks later in Winter Harbor, Maine where I married Ann. We were married on the coast of Frenchman’s Bay just before dusk. While on vacation and getting married, Mike Schuessler filled in at the October board meeting. Thanks Mike.
Last year, I made the deliberate decision to grow our cluster and provide more benefit to our membership. To do this I dropped my speed significantly and the reduced the number of small hills being done. I am attempting to help create a cadre of slower riders and develop ride leaders who can take over periodically. I want beginners and intermediate riders feel safe and comfortable and wanting to return the following week. Our preferred group will leave about the same time as the fast group. We would like to see a more people attending all our rides next year.
Thanks to Mark Bradley with help in writing this article.
Letter of Appreciation
John Chester
On October 29, 2010, I and the members of the board received a letter of appreciation from a CCC member. as this shows the importance of rides that are beginner friendly, I wanted to share it with the entire club membership.
I want to thank you for the opportunities that you and the Cincinnati Cycle Club (CCC) and its members have provided this year to new and beginning road bike riders. I became especially aware of the positive impact of some of these opportunities during a recent accidental conversation with a woman in a social setting far removed from usual CCC gatherings.
Her story is revealing of both the importance of structured ride opportunities for newcomers and the supportive influence of individual Club members. Early this summer Linda decided to try road bike riding after occasional rides over the years on the Little Miami (Loveland) Bike Trail. A relative suggested she look at the CCC website and rideline. She located a ride close to her home, the Monday night ride out of the Hartwell Kroger store. This was her first CCC ride experience. She approached the group gathered
in the parking lot and told them she was a new rider. A Club member, Kathy Kuhlman, offered to ride with her. Although Linda was not able to complete the whole route, Kathy stayed with her for the part of the route she was able to complete both out and back. Kathy suggested other rides that might fit Linda’s biking situation.
Linda then went on to the Thursday night Tomb Ride at Cleves where Sandy Sanderson rode with her and encouraged her along the route. As the summer progressed, she continued riding with the Bruce Fields version of the Saturday Breakfast Ride, Mike Sullivan’s Northern Kentucky Saturday morning ride, and the Sunday ride with Jim Lindner out of College Hill. She has very positive feelings about her whole experience.
This small story illustrates just one part of what your hard work and vision have done for our larger bicycling community. Thank you for all you have done. You are to be commended.
Deborah Komar, CCC Member
In My Back Yard
Don Burrell
This column features current bike projects and issues going on in our back yard as Cycle Club members and as citizens in our respective jurisdictions of residence. I would encourage CCC members to become involved in these projects when they turn up in your back yard. As cyclists, we have knowledge and experience to guide the good intentions of others and work for the improvement of the roads and paths we ride.
Goings On
Cincinnati Safe Routes To School
Cincinnati’s Public School District is becoming involved in the Safe Routes To School (SRTS) program on a district wide scale. SRTS is a federally funded transportation program administered by the respective state departments of transportation. Its intent is to encourage more physical activity among children and to reduce vehicle traffic and pollution around schools.
Funding is available for sidewalks, crosswalks, bike parking, safety education and programs to encourage walking and bicycling to school.
As the “bicycle contact” on the CPS committee, I am looking into possible resources for the
school programs. There are two I mentioned to the CCC Board at their last meeting. One is
education. Club members have helped with rodeos before which could be done at schools for
younger kids. There are opportunities for the club League Cycling Instructors also. Classes
could be developed for older children. Also, the League has developed a staged curriculum
for teaching safe cycling to kids through the SRTS program. That would involve training the
teachers to teach safe and vehicular cycling to the kids. LAB presumes that the LCIs would train the teachers.
A second service would be to donate extra bikes. Children’s bikes are needed as many inner-city children do not have bikes. Adult bikes may be needed for school security staff to patrol their grounds. Contact Don Burrell for this.
Ohio Bicycle Federation Meeting
The Ohio Bicycle Federation (OBF) held its fall meeting at the Bicycle Museum of America in
New Bremen on October 2. Items of business included the Safer Passing Bill, SB 174, which
would require motorists to pass bicyclists with a minimum separation of three feet. The bill is unlikely to see action in the remainder of the session and OBF will seek reintroduction of this bill, along with other needed changes to the Ohio Revised Code, next year. OBF is continuing to encourage a stop to the Ohio Dept. of Transportation rumble stripe program to add rumble stripes to many rural two and four lane roads. The proposed rumble stripes were recently installed on SR 274 near New Bremen and were sampled by several members on their bikes.
OBF displayed its activities at the Ohio Transportation Engineering Conference (OTEC) October 19-20 in Columbus following favorable results from the display at a national conference of transportation engineers in Cincinnati last summer. OBF is also working with the Ohio Dept. of Public Safety for addition of cyclist issues to driver training and testing. They are also working with the state on republishing and distributing the “Street Smarts” bike safety booklet using $40,000 collected from the Ohio “Share the Road” license plates.
The US Bicycle Route System proposal was presented including the three proposed corridors crossing Ohio. OBF region representatives may assist in identifying specific roads to be used for bicycle travel along these corridors. A slate of officers and representatives was confirmed for the fall election. OBF currently has 146 active members. See more on their site at: http://www.ohiobike.org/
Cincinnati Bike Friendly Community
The League of American Bicyclists announced the most recent awards for Bicycle Friendly Community status at the September Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference in Chattanooga. The City of Cincinnati was an applicant for this round and received an Honorable Mention rather than the bronze, silver or gold status desired. The city has made significant progress in the past year including completion of the Bicycle Transportation Plan, several on-street bicycle facility improvements and a more extensive bike month. The city is awaiting feedback from the League to enhance prospects for next year.
The City of Cincinnati Bicycle Program needs YOUR input!
Please follow the link below to participate in the City of Cincinnati 2010 report card survey. We plan to conduct this survey annually, and publish the results in a “report card” that describes how the community perceives the city’s efforts toward becoming more bicycle friendly. To participate in the survey click HERE
The deadline for participating in the survey is November 21. Thanks for your help!
Union Terminal Redevelopment Project seeks input from cyclists
David Mierke, a graduate Architecture student at the University of CIncinnati is currently involved in a studio project with urban planning students that is working with members of the Union Terminal Museum Center in downtown Cincinnati. In the studio, the students are developing new ideas to help revitalize the Museum Center as both a center of activity for the city of Cincinnati as well as envisioning a new district surrounding it.
David is looking for assistance in developing potential cycling connections between the Union Terminal Museum Center and other downtown cultural centers, and as such, is seeking input from the greater Cincinnati cycling community. Our input could greatly help in the understanding and development of the design project and could potentially have a lasting impact on not only the cycling community of Cincinnati, but the city as a whole.
Here are the questions for which David is seeking input:
- What trails or routes are typically ridden by you?
- What amenities would make you stop riding and interact with a particular place?
- How often do you cycle to downtown? around downtown?
- What types of things stop you from cycling to a particular place or within a particular area?
- What would make cycling downtown easier? safer? more enjoyable?
Please e-mail your responses to: dmierke7@gmail.com
If you have any questions, would like to know more, or know of any passionate cyclists that could help support the project, please include that in your reply.
Upcoming Events:
College Hill Christmas Parade – Saturday December 4, 11 AM
Due to our GREAT relationship with the College Hill Coffee Company, and all of the rides that we do that start from there, the CCC has been invited to ride in the College Hill Christmas Parade.
All are invited to ride – Santa, Mrs Claus, Elves, Reindeer, Snowmen, Scrooge, EVERYONE. Costumes are encouraged, but not required. Decorate your bike like a sleigh, or a put all of your lights on like a Christmas Tree.
The Parade is scheduled to start at the intersection of North Bend and Hamilton at 11 AM. Please check the CCC web site Ride Calendar for details as we get closer. The College Hill folks are still working out all the permits and intersection closings as of this writing.
New Years Day Ride – January 1, 2011
Join the CCC to usher in the New Year at the annual New Years Day ride. Ride 1 mile for every degree above zero! Watch for an email announcement closer to the date for the exact times and location. If you can help with this event contact questions@cincinnaticycleclub.org
Annual Dinner and Meeting – January 22, 2011 (Saturday)
The CCC will host its annual dinner and meeting on Saturday January 22, 2011. This years event will be a pot luck at Terwilligers Lodge in Montgomery. Watch for details in an upcoming issue of the Bike Writer. If you can help with this event contact vicepresident@cincinnaticycleclub.org
Bike2Baseball 2011 Update
John Chester
Members of the Cincinnati Cycle Club, Queen City Bike, YMCA, OKI Regional Council of Governments and The City of Cincinnati Transportation Department met with The Cincinnati Reds after the Reds post season ended to plan the future of BIKE 2 Baseball.
The Cyclists have long and short term goals that were presented to the Reds.
Short Term: A series of Bike2Baseball games in 2011. The organizations will work together to sponsor rides from multiple locations. All of the rides will be advertised on each other’s sites. The initial plans are to have rides from the Hartwell area and from the Mt Lookout Area. More rides can be added as additional volunteer ride leaders step up.
Long Term – to make the Great American Ball Park a Bicycle Friendly Business Location. We hope to have secure bike parking available in either the Parking Garage below GABP or in a secure area outside GABP. While the City of Cincinnati has recently passed a law requiring Bike Parking in all new garages, it is not retroactive. The Reds do not own their parking facility; they lease it from Hamilton County. Additionally, Hamilton County leases the garages to the Parking Corporation of America. Our goal is to have GABP be as bicycle friendly as the parks of the Washington Nationals and San Francisco Giants, among others.
We selected 2 dates for Bike2Baseball 2011, and have options for a third. As of this writing, the July event could be when San Francisco comes to town, but if the Giants win the World Series, that would be a premium game (extra money for your ticket). The final date will be selected after the World Series ends.
The dates for 2011:
Sunday May 15: St. Louis Cardinals
Sunday September 18: Milwaukee Brewers
Our discussions led to the desire of all the groups to increase the number of riders to these, and all of the Reds games. Currently the Reds hold a BARK IN THE PARK, where hundreds of dogs come to the game. This started a few years ago and has grown to hundreds in attendance. They have 2 of those a year now. The Denver Broncos just sponsored an “ORANGE RIDE”, led by their mayor and had 1,200 bicyclists come to a recent Broncos game.
In “Field of Dreams”, they said “If you build it, they will come.” Now we say, “We are coming – BUILD IT!”.
Recall on Easton seatposts
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Easton Sports, has issued a voluntary recall of about 200 bikes with EC90 Zero seatposts.
The carbon top clamp of the seatpost can crack, posing a fall hazard to the user. No incidents or injuries have been reported.
For more information, click here.
Commuter Update
Don Burrell
| CINCINNATI CYCLE CLUB | |||||
| COMMUTER CHALLENGE 2010 | |||||
| Name | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
| Debbie Benedict | 9 | 47 | 161 | 217 | |
| Ron Benedict | 206 | 252 | 377 | 835 | |
| Q Benedikt | 110 | 235 | 340 | 685 | |
| Ben Bishop | 1004 | 830 | 786 | 2620 | |
| Carl Bishop | 47 | 147 | 204 | 398 | |
| Kelly Bishop | 0 | 150 | 150 | ||
| Larry Bloomfield | 0 | 140 | 210 | 350 | |
| John Brazina | 0 | 93 | 372 | 465 | |
| Tim Burke | 170 | 450 | 620 | ||
| Don Burrell | 161 | 466 | 453 | 1080 | |
| Jim Coppock | 59 | 824 | 591 | 1474 | |
| Linda Coppock | 0 | 20 | 20 | ||
| Mark Feldhaus | 260 | 512 | 772 | ||
| Frank Glandorf | 117 | 243 | 360 | ||
| Jackie Heinitz | 37 | 415 | 466 | 918 | |
| Al Heitz | 77 | 141 | 152 | 370 | |
| Amy Immerman | 248 | 429 | 351 | 1028 | |
| Bob Hudson | 42 | 247 | 245 | 534 | |
| Kelly Knox | 27 | 100 | 127 | ||
| Adelaide Lindner | 18 | 66 | 54 | 138 | |
| Jim Lindner | 627 | 755 | 661 | 2043 | |
| George Marketos | 180 | 1215 | 595 | 1990 | |
| Patrick Murphy | 0 | 319 | 319 | ||
| Jim Owens | 80 | 505 | 723 | 1308 | |
| Tom Pack | 60 | 79 | 123 | 262 | |
| Steve Policastro | 28 | 307 | 382 | 717 | |
| Chris Scott | 933 | 1329 | 1408 | 3670 | |
| Lloyd Shadley | 24 | 337 | 361 | ||
| Kathleen Smythe | 78 | 230 | 334 | 642 | |
| Glenn Talaska | 1181 | 1438 | 1330 | 3949 | |
| Dale Trone | 86 | 693 | 601 | 1380 | |
| Colin Vogt | 620 | 750 | 660 | 2030 | |
| Alan Weinrich | 242 | 1090 | 1402 | 2734 | |
| David Weinrich | 188 | 413 | 722 | 1323 | |
| TOTAL | 6892 | 15194 | 13803 | 35889 | |
