Special election notice, page 2 See ballot inserted in this issue
MAY 2012 / Vol. 42, No. 5
Let’s ride! Bike Month celebrates biking Seattle School District establishes innovative Safe Routes to School Program Find it all at: www.cascade.org/bike-month
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ith a unanimous vote by the Seattle School Board, the Seattle Public Schools officially made Safe Routes to School a key part of their transportation strategy. The School Board voted to adopt new language into their Transportation Service Standards, integrating walking and biking into the pupil transportation plan. Titled “Safe Routes to School/Biking & Walking Student Wellness Plan,” the new provision intends to: 1. Continue employing adult crossing guards within the elementary and middle school boundaries; 2. Conduct an annual mode choice survey in every elementary and middle school in the district; and 3. Identify safe walking routes for Walking School Buses and operate at least one walking school bus at each elementary and K-8 school beginning in the 2013-2014 school year. Walking School Buses facilitate walking to school by having kids walk together with parent or volunteer leaders. See (http:// guide.saferoutesinfo.org/walking_school_ bus/pdf/wsb_guide.pdf ) for more information. The district’s plan is the first one in the country to require at least one walking school bus at each elementary and K-8 school, and is especially progressive to start on such a large scale. This policy enhancement is a critical piece of the district’s shift to neighborhood schools. The forward-thinking policy proposed by Seattle Public Schools Transporta-
B tion Director Tom Bishop seeks to make it easier for families to walk to their neighborhood schools following a district-wide consolidation and reduction of bus service. “Nobody wants to see an increase in single-vehicle rides to neighborhood schools,” Bishop says, “but with parent concerns about pedestrian safety, we know it’s a risk. By supporting walking school buses, the district is working to make it easier for more children to walk to school.” And the community will also reap the benefits of the school district’s efforts with a reduction of traffic. According to the National Center for Safe Routes to School, 10 to 14 percent of morning traffic is attributable to children being driven to school. Cascade’s Education Director, Julie Salathe, testified in favor of this policy at the School Board meeting on Feb 1, 2012. Cascade has worked to bring Safe Routes programs to local schools for the last seven continued on page 2
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by Max Hepp-Buchanan, Advocacy Campaigns Manager n the midst of all the Bike Month festivities, we are pleased and excited to officially announce the launch of the Advocacy Leadership Institute (ALI) at Cascade Bicycle Club. This three-month program will develop 15 local bicycle advocates and enthusiasts into leaders that inspire communities to advocate for a bike-friendly Seattle. Building on Cascade Bicycle Club’s mission to create better communities through bicycling, ALI will train a diverse group from all across Seattle to organize in their communities, advocate for better bicycle plans and policies, and get better bicycling infrastructure built on the ground. In case you weren’t already aware, the Seattle Bicycle Master Plan (BMP) is up for an overhaul this year. While the original BMP – adopted in 2007 – was a strong plan continued on page 4
ike Month is, in part, a celebration of how much fun it is to ride your bike. Who wants to sit in traffic when the weather is just starting to get nice? And when you’re one of the 12,000+ participants in the Group Health Commute Challenge, or one of the 20,000+ who participate in F5 Bike to Work Day, every commute trip you make has the opportunity to become a rolling party. To get you into the party spirit, we’ve got great events throughout the month where you can meet fellow commuters, kick back, pedal forward, and congratulate yourself on making one of the smartest, healthiest and most fun transportation choices. Tuesday, May 1 2012 Group Health Commute Challenge starts For the thousands who have been signed up for weeks, it’s finally time to start logging those trips! For latecomers, you can still sign up as a team or individual. For everyone else, why miss out on the fun? Go to commutechallenge.cascade.org Thursday, May 3 Free Commuting Class 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Kent City Hall, 220 4th Avenue South, Kent In just one fun and informative hour, Cascade’s nationally certified instructors will build up your skills and confidence in bicycle safety, savvy and possibly even style. Bring your bike light to be entered for door prizes.
Friday, May 4 Bike to Work Breakfast 7 - 9 a.m. This sold-out event demonstrates the growing support among local leaders for both Cascade’s Education Foundation and the bicycling movement. Tuesday, May 8 Free Commuting Class 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Settle REI, 222 Yale Avenue North, Seattle In just one fun and informative hour, Cascade’s nationally certified instructors will build up your skills and confidence in bicycle safety, savvy and possibly even style. Pick up any last-minute commuting accessories while you’re there. Wednesday, May 9 Captain’s Bash 5 to 8 p.m. The Pike Brewery, 1415 1st Avenue, Seattle Group Health Commute Challenge Team Captains are invited (+ one guest) to a special happy hour party at one of Seattle’s top breweries. The first two beers and hors d’oeuvres are on us…watch out for both “Naughty Nellie’s” and the “Kilt Lifters” in the crowd. Sunday, May 13 Critical Lass Ride 2 – 4 p.m. Depart Ballard Library, 5614 22nd Ave NW, Seattle Ladies, join the inaugural Seattle Critical Lass ride on Mother’s Day. This easy, social ride will last about an hour, with plenty of continued on page 4
Become a ride leader! The next Ride Leader Certification Class is May 14 at 6:30 p.m. You must be registered to attend. Interested? For more details see www.cascade.org. To register, email rlcert@cascadebicycleclub.org with your name, member number, and phone (home, cell or work).
In This Issue
May Bike Classes.....................................................8
Special election notice............................................2
Trails for all.............................................................8
safe ride partnership..............................................2
Video contest: My Reasons to Ride ....................8
Red Bell 100...........................................................3
Explore new public art bike route in Kent........9
Let’s bike to school................................................4
Cyclists of the Month...........................................10
Host a commute station on F5 Bike to Work Day............................................4
New Members........................................................10
May Rides.............................................................5-8
Cascade Contqacts.................................................11
Bike Works Kids Bike Swap...................................8
Membership Form..................................................11
May Volunteers.......................................................11
May 2012
Special election notice: Vote to allow electronic voting in future Cascade elections
Seattle’s Bravest Charity and Santos Place team up with Cascade Bicycle Club to provide a safe ride
by Daniel Weise, President, Board of Directors
by Robin Randels, Classes Coordinator
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ascade Bicycle Club would like to offer its members the opportunity to vote electronically in future elections, but changing our voting process requires that we amend our bylaws. State laws require that a non-profit corporation’s bylaws specifically allow for electronic voting, which ours don’t. In order to change our bylaws and enable members to vote electronically, we need your vote. You’ll find a copy of the ballot in this issue of your Cascade Courier. Feel free to make additional copies for family members, or download it the bylaws page as well. Please complete your ballot and mail it in.
See enclosed ballot to cast your vote
FULL TEXT OF PROPOSED BYLAWS CHANGE The amendment would result in the bolded and underlined items being added to the bylaws: Section 4. Proxy and electronic voting shall be allowed by the membership and by the Officers and Directors. To be effective, a written and signed proxy shall be delivered to the Secretary prior to the vote during which the proxy representation is to be effective designating the person who shall vote in place of the member, Officer, or Director at the specific scheduled meeting. A written proxy shall be effective for only one meeting. A new written proxy must be provided to the Secretary by the member, Officer, or Director prior to each meeting during which such representation is desired. Each member in good standing shall have the option to cast their vote electronically. Electronic voting shall commence one week before any meeting where club business is to be transacted and end at the scheduled start of the meeting. If you’d like to ask questions or cast your vote in person, we’re also holding special membership meeting on Wednesday, June 20 from 6:30 to 7 p.m. at the club offices in Sand Point, though you don’t need to attend this meeting in order to vote. Should the bylaws amendment pass, members will continue to have the opportunity to vote by paper ballot; electronic voting will simply be an additional option. The details of the electronic voting process have not yet been determined, but we’ll keep you informed as we work them out. Cascade’s board is very excited to be able to offer electronic voting to our membership. We hope that electronic voting will boost participation in our elections and give members a stronger sense of ownership in their club.
Full details online at: www.cascade.org/About/bylaws.cfm
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esidents of Santos Place adult housing in Magnuson Park have found a champion in Pete Zimmerman. Pete, who works in the complex, recognized that residents were in need of reliable transportation and figured that fixing up old bikes would serve that need. A natural tinkerer, mechanic and collector of bike parts, bits and bobs, the extra job suits Pete just fine. Donated, broken and Craigslist bikes receive TLC, a few used parts in a closetturned-bike-shop and re-appear as functional transportation for Santos Place residents. Once a bike is road worthy and distributed, Pete insists that each person get a helmet and sends them to Cascade Bicycle Club to acquire one at a low-cost. It’s a no frills program that has been working with Pete as sole benefactor. Earlier this year, the education department found itself with four surplus cruiser bikes and called Santos Place to see if they might be able to use them. I met Pete to arrange the transfer and we got to talking about his program and how Cascade and Santos Place might work together on the project. While it’s really great to put a person on a bike,
it’s even better when coupled with road training and safety equipment such as locks and lights – which adds up if purchased separately. The idea that Pete and I came up with, was a low-cost “safety package” for any recipient of one of Pete’s bikes. This would include a lock (so as not to lose the bike), a helmet (to protect all of that brain power), and a light (all the better to see you with my dear…). The package would be rounded out with a scholarship entry to one of Cascade’s riding classes. Enter our third partner, Seattle’s Bravest Charity, a group of firefighters who wanted to give away bike lights in an effort to make riders more visible in the gray winter days and dark nights. They contacted me earlier to ask about giving away a large quantity of lights to “ninja bikers” – truly serendipitous – three great organizations working together with the shared goal of getting more people on bikes safely for fun and transportation. Going forward, the education department will pass donated bikes to Pete, helping him to procure parts. Cascade will supply the helmet and training, Seattle’s Bravest Charity will supply lights and the Santos place program will purchase locks.
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Seattle School District establishes innovative Safe Routes to School Program continued from page 1 years. Cascade partnered with Feet First on one of the first grants that the Washington State Department of Transportation funded in 2005 as part of the federal Safe Routes to School program, and has continued to work with Feet First and SDOT on subsequent grants. This year, work at Dearborn Park, Hawthorne, Olympic Hills, and Roxhill Elementary in Seattle, and Mountlake Terrace Elementary in Mountlake Terrace, is beginning. Also, this year, SDOT has funded Safe Routes to School minigrants at Concord and Sand Point Elementary schools and Chief Sealth High School. During the last few years, grassroots interest in Safe Routes to School programming has skyrocketed, and now more schools than ever are working to get children walking and biking to school. Bryant Elementary parent Clint Loper and Highland Park Elementary parent Rachael Wright also took time to testify at the School Board meeting about what walking and bicycling means to their schools and how welcome support from the district would be. The time was ripe for the school district to match parents’ enthusiasm with a supportive policy. Conditions are right for this policy to take root, especially with Tom Bishop’s leadership and the work of the city of Seattle School Traffic Safety Committee (STSC), an interagency group that has been working to improve traffic safety for all Seattle schoolchildren since 1975. Committee
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members include representatives from the School District, Police Department, Seattle Department of Transportation, and a citizenat-large. The monthly meetings also include members representing Feet First, Cascade, and the King County Food and Fitness Initiative. The meetings take the members beyond four walls as they make regular site visits to schools with specific safety concerns. This committee will provide an institutional structure to help the new policy take root and be successful, starting with a daylong Walking School Bus training in May for key players in the district and committee as the program starts to take shape.
M.J. Kelly, Editor Diane English, Editorial Assistant; Susan Hiles, Photography; May contributors: Mary Collins, Erica Hann, Max Hepp-Buchanan, Diana Larson, Serena Lehman, Erica Meurk, Robin Randels, Julie Salathé, Anna Telensky, Peter Verbrugge The contents of this newspaper do not necessarily represent the views of the Club or any of its members. The views expressed are those of the individual contributors. Submissions guidelines: Article ideas should be discussed with the Editor in advance as the publication calendar is planned two months prior to publication. Final materials are due the first Tuesday of the month, though earlier is appreciated. Articles submitted after that will be considered on a space-available basis. Queries can be emailed to. m.j.kelly@cascadebicycleclub.org. If you send text attachments, please format files as native MS Word files or .RTF. For line art please use an .eps format and for photos please use .jpg or .tiff format. The Courier is printed at 300 dpi, so a small 72 dpi photo will not reproduce. If you attach your name and phone number, I will do my best (conditions permitting) to discuss any major changes with you. All submissions are subject to editing for comprehension, grammar or space requirements. Please be concise!
Inserts: We have room for 6 single sheet qualifying inserts in each issue. Please contact Leah Pistorius, (913) 579-7629 leah.pistorius@ cascadebicycleclub.org, for a copy of our insert policy and request form. The request and fee are due by the first of the month prior to the desired month. Advertising: Advertising: Display ads can be placed in the Courier. To check availability and reserve space, contact Leah Pistorius, (913) 579-7629 leah.pistorius@cascadebicycleclub.org Reprints: Articles may be reprinted or abstracted in publications of nonprofit groups provided that the author and Club are credited. Please send us a copy of the reprinted material. Membership Information: Club records and finances are available to members upon request from the club office at 206-522-3222.
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RED BELL 100
If you still haven’t signed up for the Red-Bell 100 there’s still time!
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he World Bicycle Relief Red-Bell 100 is a breath-taking, new one-day charity ride from Marymoor Park in Redmond to Boundary Bay Brewery in downtown Bellingham. The event benefits the global work of World Bicycle Relief and the local work of Cascade Bicycle Club Education Foundation’s youth programs. Limited to 650 riders, the fully supported route offers 100 miles of riding on scenic, rural back roads and bike paths. Riders will be treated to catered rest stops and a post-ride party with upscale pub food and award-winning local beer at Boundary Bay Brewery. In addition to training for this exciting new century, riders are challenged to fundraise and use their love of cycling for good. Funds raised will provide bicycles to students in rural Africa and bicycle education to Seattle area youth.
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LUCIANO Mt. Vernon
“Creating a Better Community Through Bicycling”
Dirt Camps volunteer, Trips for Kids ride leader
Lake Ketchum Arlington
West Lake Stevens
June 30, 2012, 7 a.m. Registration: $100 Additional fundraising minimum: $150, pay at registration or by June 15
Form a team, join one of ours, or simply make a donation. It’s easy! Visit www.cascade.org to get started.
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our support of the Red-Bell 100, Cascade’s first ever pledge ride, supports the Cascade Bicycle Club Education Foundation’s youth programming. With your support, our aim is to encourage kids of all ages to ride bicycles for fitness, transportation and fun. Engaging more than 26,000 Seattle-area youth per year, Cascade teaches elementary school students to ride, trains high school students to complete their first centuries and helps families find safe routes to school, placing special emphasis on reaching out to disadvantaged and low-income youth who would not otherwise have the opportunity to ride.
Meet our youth program participants
World Bicycle Relief Red-Bell 100
All riders will receive a jersey, T-shirt, catered lunch, dinner, beer and goody bag. Riders who raise $1,000 or more will be entered into a premium prize drawing.
Youth programs are supported by your donations to Red-Bell
Redmond Seattle
Luciano mentors kids through mountain biking
Luciano describes himself as a “misanthrope.” “I don’t like my generation of high school students,” he says. “Somewhere along the line, kids are getting the wrong idea about what’s cool. They think drug use and alcohol are cool. But getting on a bike
can be cool.” From his first ride on his first bike, given to his grandpa when he was four years old, Luciano began participating in local races, then regional and national races, until he was riding the World Cup circuit in 2010. But that’s only part of his story – because more than his own riding, Luciano is committed to showing kids that bicycling is cool. Luciano met Kat Sweet, Cascade’s youth programs manager, in 2002 at a clinic held by Rad Racing Northwest, his cycling team. He kept running into her at events, and, eventually, began helping her with Trips for Kids rides and summer camps. He loves it, and says it’s good to give back. “It’s about a lot more than riding a bike,” he says. “It’s about setting goals and meeting them. We teach the kids about having a good attitude, and having a good attitude inspires better riding.” “Kat is great,” he says. “The staff is positive. They love riding bikes, and they don’t get caught up in the little things.” When you get the kids out of their comfort zone and keep the mood positive, Luciano says, it’s amazing what they can achieve. “They learn to set goals and be patient, since they can’t do jumps at first. But if they put in the work, they’ll get there.” As the kids grow older, the lessons they’ve learned in the mountain bike park will continue to apply. “If they want to be an engineer for Boeing or a billionaire or an astronaut, they can do it, they just have to put in the work,” he says. Though he stopped racing professionally after he fell from his bike and broke his hand in 2010, those lessons have stayed with him, too. He’s studying aviation at Central Washington University, and he’s joining the Air Force next year. He says that his achievements have been “all about goal-setting.” “It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when,” he says. “Kat taught me that. It applies here.” “It’s like a chess game,” he says. “If you play it right, you can make it happen.”
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Major Taylor Project club member at Global Connections High School Pricilla works at Safeco Field. She wants to star in action movies. And she likes to ride her bike – as fast as she can. She started coming to Major Taylor Project Priscilla and her sister club meetings durMellissa ing her freshman year, after her sister, Mellissa, told her about it. “At first, I just wanted to check it out,” she says. “Then I started to like it.” She’s adventurous, and the club offers an endless array of new experiences. “We went to places I never knew were around here, like the marina in Des Moines and the beach. It’s more than just road riding. We get to go mountain biking and go to the Velodrome.” She’s tried other clubs and after-school sports, but, she says, “I don’t think anything else is better than Major Taylor. People told me to try tennis, but you’re just running back and forth, hitting a ball, not doing anything.” Bicycling with Major Taylor gives Pricilla the opportunity to lead her peers and feel successful. “When I play basketball, I worry about big people running into me because I’m puny. And if you miss the basket, you feel like you failed.” She never feels like a failure when she’s on a bicycle. “You’re capable of doing so much, you feel like a different person,” she says. She’s also gotten to know people that she never would have talked to otherwise. “When I did gymnastics, I only got to know my team,” she says. She talked to a girl from Chief Sealth High School for three hours on the first day of STP last year. “You’re outside getting fresh air, you’re constantly by someone, you always get to talk to someone new She says that being part of Major Taylor has taught her to be a leader. “You have to make sure everyone’s okay, and that you’re okay. You’re part of a team. You don’t know what will happen.” And, she says, “Anything could happen.”
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May 2012
Attention middle and high school students Do It Yourself! Host a commute station on (and their parents): Let’s bike to school F5 Bike to Work Day
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s I’m sure has become apparent to you loyal readers, May is Bike Month. Some of you may be beginning the Group Health Commute Challenge, dusting off your bow ties for our Bike to Work Breakfast with Congressman Earl Blumenhauer, or planning a DIY station for F5 Bike Ballard High School students pedal powered some smoothies at Bike to Work Day on May to School sign-up day. 18. While these are all Day Celebration, where students also could fantastic opportunities to get involved with sign up for an un-Driver’s License and learn bicycling this May, make sure your children, nieces or nephews, or teenaged pizza delivery about opportunities with the Earth Service Corps club. It was really inspiring to see boy know about Bike Month and all the asso much enthusiasm for bicycling, both as sociated Bike to School activities. a transportation mechanism and a way to Kids can participate in Bike Month at blend up some delicious treats. any level-elementary, middle school, or high Unfortunately we can’t bring the bike school. Elementary students log their trips blender to every sign-up day, but one way on a paper-based system and older students to guarantee that your school gets a chance get their very own website to track their May to produce some human-powered smoothbike trips. The layout is similar to the Group ies is by getting the largest number of riders Health Commute Challenge site, but prizes on Bike to School Day, May 18. The middle and profiles are geared towards younger school and high school with the most bikes riders. Information on prizes (including on their racks on Bike to School Day will T-shirts, cool Nutcase helmets, and the ilwin their very own Bike Blender Party in lustrious Golden Pedal Award) can be found June to celebrate a successful Bike Month on the website under the tab “What’s in it and end to the school year. One important for me?” detail is that in order to be eligible, the Although the website is currently open for schools (either through a student, teacher, or registration at http://biketoschool.cascade. staff member) MUST email the number of org, we recently put on some in-person signstudents who biked on Bike to School Day up days at middle schools and high schools to Erica at cmpa@cascadebicycleclub.org by around Seattle. Students that signed up with 5 p.m. on that Friday, May 18. us on these days got an email automatically Good luck to everyone riding out there sent to them (no registration required.) and this month, and don’t forget to log your trips also received an awesome I ♥ my bike sticker. online to win prizes and inspire others to One of our most successful sign-up days ride as much as they can. I’ll be seeing some was at Ballard High School. Almost 30 of you in June, bike blender in tow, so make students signed up in just an hour, and had sure that you AND all your friends ride to the chance to pedal their way to a delicious school on Bike to School Day, May 18. smoothie on our bike blender at the same time. This event was part of Ballard’s Earth
Cascade’s Advocacy Leadership Institute continued from page 1 at the time, we have the opportunity right now to update the old plan to make sure Seattle does what it takes to lead the nation in bicycling infrastructure, innovation, and policy. That’s where you come in, should you choose to apply for the Advocacy Leadership Institute. The updated BMP should – and with your help, will – result in a world-class plan that incorporates new tools and best practices from around the world that help us diversify bicycling and vault Seattle into a national leadership position. Imagine riding your bike to the transit station, school, park, grocery store – even downtown – on infrastructure like neighborhood greenways and enhanced, protected bike lanes. This plan update is our chance to create a Seattle that bicycles, where bicycling is normal, convenient, and safe for everyone. The 2012 Advocacy Leadership Institute will run from July 11 through September 24, meeting (almost) weekly on Wednesday nights from 6 to 8 p.m. in downtown Seattle. There are occasional weeks off and participants are expected to attend at least sixout of the eight trainings. The program is free but a real commitment to making Seattle the best for bicycling is expected. To help mix things up and cater to different learning styles, we will have a different VIP guest speaker at every session who can speak passionately and in detail about the
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topic at hand, giving you firsthand knowledge from the experts. Upon completion of the program, Community Bicycle Advocates (the ALI program graduates) will have the skills and knowledge to organize, advocate, and hold city of Seattle staff and leaders accountable for making Seattle a more bike-friendly city. This is not an “advanced” training program per se but one that starts with the basics of organizing and snowballs into the learning and practice of new skills every week and well into the future. More info is available at http://cascade. org/advocacy/ALI-2012.cfm and applications are available for download at http://cascade. org/advocacy/pdf/ALI-Application-2012. docx. Application materials are due by Friday, June 1. To apply, please submit your resume and completed application to MaxHB@ cascadebicycleclub.org. Admittance to the Advocacy Leadership Institute at the Cascade Bicycle Club will be based on your passion for making Seattle a world-class city for bicycling. Minorities, women, and people of all ages are encouraged to apply. Interviews will be conducted the week of June 11 and applicants will be notified of acceptance during the week of June 18. We look forward to reviewing your application and working with you to make Seattle the best for bicycling. Happy Bike Month!
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5 Bike to Work Day is just around the corner, and Cascade Bicycle Club is inviting community members to host DIY (do-it-yourself ) Commute Stations on May 18. Bike to Work Day is a nationally-recognized festive day on which thousands of people around the Puget Sound ride their bicycles for transportation. Host a DIY (doit-yourself ) station in your neighborhood or outside your workplace and support bicycling in your community. Hosting a morning commute station is a great way for individuals and organizations to engage with bicyclists and build a sense of community amidst the festive atmosphere of F5 Bike to Work Day. Do-It-Yourself stations will appear on an online map along with 50+ other Puget Sound commute stations.
Cascade has provided a simple online guide to help you get started. Check out our DIY toolkit at http://www.cbcef.org/ btw/2012/btw_stations_diy.html to find: • Step-by-step instructions • Sample Solicitation Letter • Downloadable posters and graphics The following materials will be available in limited quantities at Cascade Bicycle Club, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. • Bike maps • Brochures • Safety print materials Before you set up a station, be sure to read the basic station guidelines listed in the online DIY toolkit. Your creativity and enthusiasm will help make Bike to Work Day—and Bike Month—even more fun for your community. If you are interested in hosting a station, contact Mary Collins at cpa@cascadebicycleclub.org.
Bike Month celebrates biking continued from page 1 time for breaks, photos and chatting along the way. We’ll end over tasty food and drink. RSVP to rkrandels@gmail.com Friday May 18
Four BIG events in one day: F5 Bike to Work Day 6 to 9 a.m. All around the Puget Sound area 42 special commuter stations are open for your bicycle enjoyment. Swing by to pick up a free Bike to Work Day bandana and other cool giveaways. Please visit the website for full commute station info, including our many D.I.Y station locations. F5 Bike to Work Day Ride & Rally KEXP Radio Station, 113 Dexter Ave N, Seattle, 7 a.m. New for 2012 riders will meet at KEXP Radio Station to enjoy a live radio broadcast by DJ John in the Morning and other very cool surprises. We will be joined by several prominent local government officials and depart by bike to City Hall at 7:45 a.m. for the big rally! F5 Bike to Work Day Rally 8 to 8:30 a.m. Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave, Seattle Join Cascade Bicycle Club, your elected officials and other fun guest speakers for an inspiring program to recognize Puget Sound’s F5 Bike to Work Day. Ballard Street Party with Fashion Show 4 to 7 p.m. 22nd Ave NW (between Market Street & Ballard Ave). Be sure to swing by one of Seattle’s coolest neighborhoods as we transform it into one massive bike party! New for 2012 we have teamed up with KEXP Radio’s Hood to Hood Challenge to offer a live music stage at the event. Following the music at 6:30 p.m. attendees can enjoy “Share Your Style,” a fun bike fashion show co-presented by Hub &
Bespoke and Cascade Bicycle Club. This is a new street-style show where anybody selected onsite can then strut their stuff on stage to show off their cool or unique bike style. Great prizes for all who participate. This event is a joint celebration of our community by Celebrate Seattle Summer Streets, KEXP Radio and Cascade Bicycle Club. Thursday, May 24 UW Trail Party 4 to 7 p.m. On the Burke-Gilman Trail at the UW campus This fun annual event will be held in a bike commuter-friendly University of Washington park, adjacent to the Burke-Gilman Trail between Brooklyn Ave & University Way. We’ll feature music, fun contests, and the Group Health Cooperative PT Bike Fit Team. Thursday, May 31 Group Health Commute Challenge closes. Whew! That’s just the highlights. Bike Month is packed with dozens of other community events. Cascade will be providing opportunities to build support for better bicycle infrastructure throughout our region. Many of community partners will be hosting awesome local events. Cascade’s Bike Ambassadors will be out pumping up tires, offering up bagels, and answering questions. Cascade’s daily rides programs offers free recreational rides for people of all ages and abilities. And the most important aspect that makes s Cascade’s Bike Month the biggest and best in the nation. YOU. We do all of this for you, and we couldn’t do any of it without you. ENJOY!
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MAY RIDES For a complete list of this month’s rides, visit www.cascade.org/calendar and look for web-only posts.
Cascade Bicycle Club Ride Classification FOR MORE RIDES SEE WWW.CASCADE.ORG AND CLICK ON FREE DAILY RIDES CALENDAR. LOOK FOR WEB-ONLY LISTINGS. In order to pick the rides that suit your skills and energy level, use the following guidelines: • PACE: The speed on level ground without breaks: Easy: Under 10 mph Leisurely: 10-12 mph Steady: 12-14 mph Moderate: 14-16 mph Brisk: 16-18 mph Strenuous: 18-21 mph Super Strenuous: 22+ mph • TERRAIN: These descriptions should be considered in the context of the pace and length of the ride: Mostly Flat: Trails and/or mostly flat roads with a possible gentle upgrade Rolling: Climbs are short and easy, not too numerous.
Some Hills: A few short steep hills, some moderate upgrades and/or longer gentle climbs. Hilly: Many true hills, but none outrageous. Extremely Hilly: Steep & long climbs with grades >9% and/ or mountain passes Unlimited: “Out of category”; only for those very sure of their ability to climb any grade, any length at the advertised pace. Off Road: Significant unpaved sections. • MAP: Whether a map or cue sheet is provided. • REGROUP: None and Occasional regroup categories expect experienced riders who can fix their own mechanical problems and follow a map/cue sheet if they are separated. • RAIN: Weather conditions that cancel the ride. Helmets are required on all rides. When using a cell phone you must pull off the road/trail and STOP. Put away all earbuds/headphones/music devices before the ride starts.
All riders are required to sign a waiver form. Rides are cancelled or are no longer considered Cascade rides in the event that the ride leader does not show up or does not provide a waiver form for signatures of riders. Riders are expected to be ready to ride at the time listed (i.e. that’s not the time to drive into the parking lot with a full bladder and empty tires) and to ride in a safe, courteous, legal manner. Riders are expected to cooperate with the leader(s) and ride within the advertised pace. If unsure of your ability to keep up, try a slower level ride to get an idea of ride paces. For “Hilly” rides, consider choosing a pace down from your usual level. Unless indicated, it is not necessary to RSVP the ride leader to participate in a ride. Youth riders may also join regular club rides. Permission must be obtained from the ride leader at least 24 hours in advance for youth to join a regular club ride. Children 15 and under must be accompanied by parent or legal guardian OR must have parent/legal guardian sign a consent form
designating a guardian for them on the ride; youth ages 16-17 may ride without a parent or guardian with advance permission of the ride leader AND a signed parental consent form (available at www.cascade.org) which must be given to the ride leader at the start of the ride. Cascade does not sponsor or endorse any non-bicycling activities that people may participate in while on these rides. Each cyclist is responsible for his/her conduct and decisions while on a Cascade ride. Cascade membership and activities are open to anyone able and willing to participate in a safe, courteous and cooperative manner and in support of the purposes of the club. Ride information is also available at: www.cascade.org. Only Cascade certified ride leaders may post and lead Cascade Daily Rides. See Ride Leader Information on our website or email the Rides Chair at cbcrides@cascadebicycleclub.org.
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problems on your own. There are two rest stops, at the Albertson’s in Clear View and the Safeway in Redmond. Please be at the start ready to ride by 8:45, we hope to be riding before 9. Maps, cue sheets and more are available at https://sites. google.com/site/catsmagnuson2012/
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TREATS: Cycle Mercer Island to Issaquah 35 mi • Steady • Some hills • Map • Stay together • 10 a.m. • Mercer Island lid, west parking lot • Showers cancel • Peter Hallson, 425-673-4816 Cycle to Issaquah via May Valley Rd, lunch at Starbucks/Safeway then return to Mercer Island via Newport Way. From eastbound I-90, take Exit 6, W Mercer Way; turn left; lid parking lot on left; from westbound I-90, take Exit 7; follow N. Mercer Way, becomes W Mercer Way; lid parking lot on right just before the on-ramp (#6).
Mid-Week, Late Afternoon Training Rides-Eastside +/-20-25 mi • Steady • Rolling • Map • Occasional regroup • 5 p.m. • Marymoor Park, Redmond, East Parking Lot • Steady rain cancels • Alan Miller, 425-488-4567 cell, 206-697-4603, amiller7x7@comcast.net How about a late afternoon (potentially after work) mid-week ride to complement your weekend riding? If you are training for STP or RSVP and use the weekend for your long rides, this mid-week ride is perfect for adding additional mileage. We’ll target 2-hour loop routes at the Steady pace. The rides will include a varied combination of terrain and local roads; the route will change week to week. Larger font cue sheets will be available at the start and interested riders should email the Ride Leader by Monday noon if they wish a pdf file of the cue sheets and the map url. The pace is Steady on the flats; faster riders and better climbers are welcome, but the ride will be self-paced and self-guided for them. The ride leader is slow up any hills we may encounter but will always get there. Riders should have 2 tubes and a pump and know how to use them. For directions to start, see http:// ridewithgps.com/routes/1037181
Cycle Tuesdays 25-35 mi • Super strenuous • Some hills • No Map • Occasional regroup • 5:45 p.m. • Gene Coulon Park, next to Kidd Valley, Renton • Ice/snow cancels • Vince Haag, 425-785-7451, vehaag@comcast.net Russell Moul, 206-200-7314, 253-657-9568 Year-round training rides for one-day STP riders. Rides stress safety, cooperation and group riding skills. Fast pacelines with regroups from Renton to surrounding areas. Large turnout splits into multiple groups. No parking in Coulon parking lot.
Wednesday, May 2 WRUMPS: Northern Exposures 55-60 mi • Moderate • Hilly • Map • Occasional regroup • 10 a.m. • Logboom Park, Kenmore • Steady rain cancels • Ken Condray, 425-745-1159, condray3@ comcast.net We will do a 50-60 mile ride at Moderate pace. Plan on stopping for lunch. Moderate to high traffic is expected, good biking skills
Thursday, May 3 Northern Exposures 50-55 mi • Moderate • Hilly • Map • Occasional regroup • 10 a.m. • 18021 Alderwood Mall Pkwy, Lynnwood • Steady rain cancels • Ken Condray, 425-745-1159, condray3@comcast.net We will do a 50-55 mile ride at Moderate pace. Plan on stopping for lunch. Moderate to high traffic is expected, good biking skills required! Meet at Gregg’s Cycle at 18021 Alderwood Mall Pkwy; take I-5 north to Exit 183 and go left on 164th St SW to Alderwood Mall Pkwy; take another left to Alderwood Cycle located on left across from the Keg. DO NOT PARK IN FRONT OF SHOP but use spaces by street and south parking lot. Contact condray3@comcast. net if you have any questions.
Friday, May 4 FRUMPS: Monroe/Granite Falls 60-65 mi • Moderate • Hilly • Map • Occasional regroup • 9:30 a.m. • Lewis St Park, Monroe • Steady rain cancels • Sue Matthews, 206-687-9338 May is the time to start ramping up for summer events. This ride has enough hills and distance to get you on your way to the fitness you are seeking. Bring lots of snacks. Note earlier start. No sweep. Start is at the south edge of Monroe on State Route 203/Lewis St.
FRIDAY RIDERS: Go to Kubota Gardens ~32 mi • Leisurely • Some hills • No Map • Frequent regroup • 10 a.m. • Gas Works Park, Seattle • Steady rain cancels • Bill Lemke, 206-284-2843 We’ll ride over Capitol and Beacon hills to the Chief Sealth Trail and return by Lake Washington. Bring a snack to eat at the gardens; there will be a coffee stop/snack stop on the way back. Senior and new/slower-paced riders welcome. We will ride very slowly up the hills.
Saturday, May 5 CATS Magnuson Brisk #7: Elliot Rd and Union Hill 75 mi (3000') • Brisk • Some hills • Map • Stay together • 8:45 a.m. • Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle • Steady rain cancels • Gary Williams, 206-679-1621 cell, gcwilliams54@msn.com • Brian Kadish, 206-890-2526, redbrian@hotmail.com The route goes north out of Kenmore and then over to the Snohomish/Snoqualmie Valley with a return up Union Hill to Redmond and then north around the Lake. Elevation Gain is about 3000 feet. The ride starts at the big parking lot south of NE 74th St in the park. Turn right from Sand Point Way at NE 74th St and continue east until you see the huge parking lot on the right. Please be prepared to deal with flats and other
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CATS Magnuson Strenuous #7: Elliot Rd and Union Hill 75 mi (3000') • Strenuous • Some hills • Map • Stay together • 8:45 a.m. • Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle • No rain cancellation • Gil Flanagan, 206-524-9428, gilflanagan@earthlink.net The route goes north out of Kenmore and then over to the Snohomish/Snoqualmie Valley with a return up Union Hill to Redmond and then north around the Lake. Elevation Gain is about 3000 feet. The ride starts at the big parking lot south of NE 74th St in the park. Turn right from Sand Point Way at NE 74th St and continue east until you see the huge parking lot on the right. Please be prepared to deal with flats and other problems on your own. There are two rest stops, at the Albertson’s in Clear View and the Safeway in Redmond. Please be at the start ready to ride by 8:45, we hope to be riding before 9. Maps, cue sheets and more are available at https://sites. google.com/site/catsmagnuson2012/
RAMROD Training Series: Ride #3 55-60 mi • Brisk • Super strenuous • Hilly • Map • 9 a.m. • Issaquah Valley Elementary, (555 NW Holly St, Issaquah) • Steady rain cancels • Per and Shana Sunde, 425-392-1347 This series was created to assist riders in their preparation for RAMROD. These self-paced rides will be held every Saturday from 4/21/12 to 7/21/12. The routes will increase in distance and elevation every two weeks. Starting locations will rotate every week or every two weeks with a new route used each week. All riders are welcome, but note, this ride does NOT regroup nor does it have a sweep. The routes are designed for the experienced rider who is comfortable following cue sheets and riding independently. We stress safe and cooperative riding. Weather “Rain Cancels”: the decision to ride or cancel will be made at the starting location. Ride leaders will always be at the start of the ride. If the ride is officially canceled, cue sheets will still be available for those hearty souls that wish to train in any condition. Also, routes may be altered or shortened due to weather considerations. The routes will be available on RidewithGPS.com. Search for “RTS” to find routes. (NOTE: each route will be posted at least one week before each ride.) Ride leaders for this series are: Per Sunde, Shana Sunde, Grant McAlister, Francis Gan and Paul Franks. Today’s route has 2,600-3,000 feet of climbing. From I-90 take Exit #17 (Southbound) for 0.1 miles; turn right on NW Gilman Blvd for 0.2 miles; turn left on NW Juniper St for 0.2 miles; turn left on 5th Ave NW; school is straight ahead. NOTE: additional parking is available at the Issaquah School District Administrative Center next door.
50-60 mi • Moderate • Hilly • Map • Occasional regroup • 10 a.m. • Park and Ride 200th St SW, Lynnwood • Steady rain cancels • Ken Condray, 425-745-1159, condray3@ comcast.net We will do a 50-55 mile ride at Moderate pace. Plan on stopping for lunch. Moderate to high traffic is expected, good biking skills required! Going north on I-5, take the 44th Ave W exit and a left at the light going to 200th St SW and another left to 46th Ave W and left again, NE corner. Contact condray3@comcast.net if you have any questions.
SPOKESPEOPLE Rides: Cinco de Mayo 7 mi • Easy • Rolling • Map • Stay together • 2 p.m. • Wallingford Playfield south end, N 42nd St & Densmore Ave N, Seattle • Steady rain cancels • Cathy Tuttle, 206-5479569, 206-713-6269, cathy.tuttle@gmail.com •Michael Snyder, 206-781-7221, msnyder@ zserf.com Spokespeople will celebrate spring, freedom and democracy during this two-hour low stress, family-friendly ride! A stop at a local brewery is an optional conclusion of this ride. For more info, see http://twitter.com/Spokespeople Spokespeople Wallingford rides on the first Saturday of every month with a fun, lowcarbon, family-friendly community ride. All Spokespeople rides meet at the south end of Wallingford Playfield at N 42nd St & Densmore Ave N and ride on the road to an adjacent urban center. New riders welcome! Please come by 1:45 if you are new to riding in groups or if you need help with adjusting your helmet or bike. All ages and skill levels welcome! All rides are on the road with traffic and include expert commuters who accompany us to offer encouragement and model good road riding techniques for new, returning and reluctant cyclists. Please join us! This is a Bike Smart Seattle ride. All are welcome! **FAMILIES WELCOME**
Sunday, May 6 Crepe Cruise 25-35 mi • Leisurely • Some hills • No Map • Stay together • 9 a.m. • Gas Works Park, Seattle • Steady rain cancels • Don Martin, 206-363-9964 Come and join us with an empty stomach and $9.00. We head immediately to the nearby Swedish Club for their Sunday pancake breakfast, then spend the rest of the day cruising the city working off all the Ham & Crepes we ate. If weather is questionable, check with leader.
SPOKESPEOPLE West Seattle to Downtown 12 mi • Easy • Some hills • No Map • Stay together • 11 a.m. • Alki Bike and Board, 2606 California Ave SW, West Seattle • Steady rain cancels • Stu Hennessey, 206-9383322, alkistu@hotmail.com West Seattle Bike to Work Month beginners can benefit from this ride from north Admiral to the
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Monday, May 7 MUMPS: Head Up North 40-65 mi • Moderate • Brisk • Hilly • Map: • Yes • Occasional regroup • 10 a.m. • Tracy Owen Station/Logboom Park, Kenmore • Steady rain cancels • Craig Mohn, 425-8905234 cell, 425-313-3669 A fun loop ride in south Snohomish County with a food stop en route. Distance and pace may vary to suit weather conditions and group. The pace will be a fast Moderate; a Brisk pace group may be added if certified ride leader volunteers are available for both paces. Check with leader if weather appears questionable.
Tuesday, May 8 TREATS: Over the Hill(s) ~30 mi • Steady • Hilly • Map • Occasional regroup • 10 a.m. • Juanita Beach Park, Kirkland • Showers cancel • Jane Volta, 425828-0138, voltaji@yahoo.com • Don Volta, 425-828-0138, 425-503-7186, don.volta@ cascadebicycleclub.org A HILLY ride in and out of Kirkland with a lunch stop.
Northern Exposures See Northern Exposures, 5/3.
Cycle Tuesdays See Cycle Tuesdays, 5/1.
Wednesday, May 9 WRUMPS: Snohomish/Monroe/Lowell 53 mi • Steady • Some hills • Map • Occasional regroup • 9:30 a.m. • Centennial Trail, Snohomish • Showers cancel • Loretta Goetsch, 206-525-4714, lagoetsch@aol.com Please note earlier start time. Ride starts at Centennial Trailhead in Snohomish at the corner of Maple and Pine. No restrooms at trailhead. Stop at public restrooms on First St and Ave B prior to coming to start. Ride backroads with some hills to Monroe for lunch. Ride returns to Snohomish via Highbridge Rd-Lowell.
Ballard & Beyond ~20 mi • Leisurely • Mostly flat • No Map • Frequent regroup • 10 a.m. • Ballard Playground/Community Center, Seattle • Steady rain cancels • Les Weppler, 206-7891955 Dust off your bike and let’s get in shape for longer rides ahead. This is a casual ride for novice cyclists. Any children must be accompanied by a parent. Please be prepared with tools and a spare tube or other arrangements in case of a flat. We will have a stop for lunch about midway through the ride. The start is located at the west end of Ballard. From Market St NW, turn north on 26 Ave NW, then west on 60th St NW; parking is also available on all sides of the playground. Better yet, ride to the start. We will meet on the south side of the playground. Hope to see you there for the initial ride from Ballard to the Beyond.
Thursday, May 10 THUMPS: Home for Lunch 20-35 mi • Moderate • Some hills • No Map • Stay together • 9:30 a.m. • Leschi Starbucks, Seattle • Steady rain cancels • Mike Nelson, 206-325-9068 Be home in time for lunch after some urban exploration. Fixies and single speed bikes welcome. Ride leader will be riding a single speed.
Lakes Tour 15-20 mi • Leisurely • Hilly • No Map • Frequent regroup • 10 a.m. • Paine Field Community Park, Everett • Showers cancel • Diana Larson and David Schindele, 425-3158033 Meet in the Paine Field Community Park parking lot with a prompt start at 10 a.m. Tour roads between Mukilteo, Lynnwood, and beyond. Route may vary depending on the group. Bring money
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Friday, May 11 FRUMPS: Marymoor to North Bend +/-60 mi • Moderate • Hilly • No Map • Occasional regroup • 9:30 a.m. • Marymoor Park, East Parking Lot, Redmond • Showers cancel • Jack Crumley, 425-746-5321 • George Meredith, 425-823-4924 This is a hilly ride. From the start in Marymoor Park we will climb Louis Thompson Rd to Beaver Lake, ride through the Snoqualmie Valley, climb to Snoqualmie Falls and then ride rolling hills to North Bend for lunch. The return route will take us through Fall City, up a long climb on Issaquah-Fall City Rd, then back down to E. Lake Sammamish Pkwy and the return to Marymoor Park. To reach Marymoor, follow I-520 east toward Redmond, take the W. Lake Sammamish Pkwy exit and turn right, drive about 500 yards to Marymoor Ave and turn left. Drive east through the park to the parking lot at the east entrance.
Saturday, May 12 CATS Magnuson Strenuous #8: May Valley and Redmond Ridge 85 mi (4500') • Strenuous • Hilly • Map • Stay together • 8:45 a.m. • Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle • No rain cancellation • Gil Flanagan, 206-524-9428, gilflanagan@earthlink.net We will start going CCW around Lake Washington and turn east up to May Valley before the VMAC. After May Valley it’s through Issaquah Highlands, Klahanie, Beaver Lake, down and up to Redmond Ridge and north to Woodinville Duvall Rd before coming back west on the north side of 522 in Bothell and Kenmore. Elevation gain is about 4500 feet. The ride starts at the big parking lot south of NE 74th St in the park. Turn right from Sand Point Way at NE 74th St and continue east until you see the huge parking lot on the right. Please be prepared to deal with flats and other problems on your own. There are two rest stops, at the Starbucks in Kennydale and the QFC on Redmond Ridge. Please be at the start ready to ride by 8:45, we hope to be riding before 9. Maps, cue sheets and more are available at https://sites.google.com/site/ catsmagnuson2012/
CATS Magnuson Brisk #8: May Valley and Redmond Ridge 84 mi (4300') • Brisk • Hilly • Map • Stay together • 8:45 a.m. • Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle • No rain cancellation • Brian Kadish, 206-890-2526, redbrian@hotmail.com • Gary Williams, 206-679-1621 cell, gcwilliams54@msn.com We will start going CCW around Lake Washington and turn east up to May Valley before the VMAC. After May Valley it’s through Issaquah Highlands, Klahanie, Beaver Lake, down and up to Redmond Ridge and north to Woodinville-Duvall Rd before coming back west on the north side of 522 in Bothell and Kenmore. Elevation gain is about 4300 feet. The ride starts at the big parking lot south of NE 74th St in the park. Turn right from Sand Point Way at NE 74th St and continue east until you see the huge parking lot on the right. Please be prepared to deal with flats and other problems on your own. There are two rest stops, at the Starbucks in Kennydale and the QFC on Redmond Ridge. Please be at the start ready to ride by 8:45, we hope to be riding before 9. Maps, cue sheets and more are available at https://sites.google.com/site/ catsmagnuson2012/
RAMROD Training Series: Ride #4 65-70 mi • Brisk • Super strenuous • Extremely hilly • Map • 9 a.m. • Challenger Elementary, Issaquah • Steady rain cancels • Per and Shana Sunde, 425392-1347 This series was created to assist riders in their preparation for RAMROD. These self-paced
rides will be held every Saturday from 4/21/12 to 7/21/12. The routes will increase in distance and elevation every two weeks. Starting locations will rotate every week or every two weeks with a new route used each week. All riders are welcome, but note, this ride does NOT regroup nor does it have a sweep. Please see more necessary details at RAMROD Training Series, #3, 5/5. Today’s route has 3,400-3,600 feet of climbing. From I-90 take Highlands Dr Exit # 18 (follow signs towards Sammamish) for 3.5 miles; turn right on SE Klahanie Blvd for 1.2 miles; school is on the left.
Sunday, May 13 Critical Lass and Cyclo-Femme <15 mi • Easy • Mostly flat • No Map • Stay together • 2 p.m. • Ballard Library, 5614 22nd Ave NW, Seattle • No rain cancellation • Robin Randels, 206-390-3945 cell, rkrandels@gmail.com Ladies, join the inaugural Seattle Critical Lass Ride: an easy, social ride lasting 45 minutes to an hour, with time for stopping to take photos and chat. Full details coming soon, but we’ll end up somewhere with good food and drink.
Monday, May 14 MUMPS: Head Up North See MUMPS, 5/7.
RIDE LEADER CERTIFICATION CLASS 6:30 p.m. • CBC Office, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 138, Seattle • No rain cancellation • Jane Volta, 425-828-0138, voltaji@yahoo.com Did you cycle on 5 or more Free Daily Cascade Rides this year or last? Would you like to lead your own rides? Become a certified Cascade Ride Leader. Register for the class by emailing rlcert@cascadebicycleclub.org, include your name, member number, phone (work, home, or cell). Class size is limited to 15. You can find more information on becoming a Ride Leader at http://www.cascade.org/EandR/Ride_Leader_ Info.cfm
Tuesday, May 15 TREATS: Fremont to Edmonds 36 mi • Steady • Hilly • Map • Stay together • 10 a.m. • Gas Works Park, Seattle • Steady rain cancels • Les Weppler, 206-789-1955 A recreational ride to Edmonds for lunch via the Interurban Trail, Innis Arden and Woodway, then return by way of Perkins Way and BurkeGilman Trail.
Northern Exposures See Northern Exposures, 5/3.
Cycle Tuesdays See Cycle Tuesdays, 5/1.
Wednesday, May 16 WRUMPS: Eastside Meander ~40 mi • Steady • Hilly • Map • Occasional regroup • 10 a.m. • Juanita Beach Park, Kirkland • Showers cancel • Don Volta, 425-828-0138, 425-503-7186, don.volta@ cascadebicycleclub.org • Jane Volta, 425-8280138, voltaji@yahoo.com A hilly ride in and around Kirkland with a lunch stop.
City Lakes & Trails 32 mi • Leisurely • Rolling • No Map • Stay together • 10 a.m. • Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle • Showers cancel • Don Martin, 206-363-9964 • Dottie Smith, 425-483-6586 An in-city loop ride on city streets and trails with rest/food stops. Do not park in large parking lot at east end of NE 74th St. We will now meet one block south of CBC offices on road parallel to Sand Point Way inside of fence. Please do not use parking near CBC offices.
Thursday, May 17 Please check www.cascade.org for possible WEBONLY ride listings.
Friday, May 18 TODAY IS F5 BIKE TO WORK DAY! FRUMPS: Steel Bike Day 50+ mi • Moderate • Hilly • No Map • Occasional regroup • 10 a.m. • Starbucks in Carnation • Showers cancel • Dan Garretson, 425-985-8570 Join your ride leader as he pulls out his lugged steel bike (weather permitting) for a ride to Sultan for lunch. My bike is an excellent example of the artistry that can be done with steel. While all frame materials are welcome, bring your steel bike if you own one. Park on the street near the Shell station.
Saturday, May 19 CATS Magnuson Brisk #9: Monroe and Lake Stevens 95 mi (4200’) • Brisk • Hilly • Map • Stay together • 7:45 a.m. • Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle • Steady rain cancels • Gary Williams, 206-679-1621 cell, gcwilliams54@msn.com • Brian Kadish, 206890-2526, redbrian@hotmail.com We’ll go directly out to Woodinville up and over NE 165th St, on to Mink Rd and down Old Woodinville Duvall Rd. Then north through Monroe onto Old Owen Rd, Florence Acres Rd, Old Pipeline Rd and finally Woods Creek Rd, entering Machias on OK Mill Rd. After the rest stop it is west by Lake Stevens and across the US 2 bike way into Everett and Lowell, south up 56th Ave and on through Brier and North City to get back to Magnuson. I estimate about 4200 ft of climbing. Rest stops at Lewis Street Park in Monroe, Machias Grocery, and the Circle K on 164th St SW. The ride starts at the big parking lot south of NE 74th St in the park. Turn right from Sand Point Way at NE 74th St and continue east until you see the huge parking lot on the right. Please be prepared to deal with flats and other problems on your own. Please be at the start ready to ride by 7:45 a.m., we hope to be riding before 8. Maps, cue sheets and more are available at https://sites.google.com/site/ catsmagnuson2012/
CATS Magnuson Strenuous #9: Sultan and Lake Stevens 103 mi (4500') • Strenuous • Some hills • Map • Stay together • 7:45 a.m. • Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle • No rain cancellation • Gil Flanagan, 206-5249428, gilflanagan@earthlink.net We’ll go directly out to Woodinville up and over NE 165th St, on to Mink Rd and down Old Woodinville-Duvall Rd, north and then across the valley and east on Ben Howard Rd to Sultan. From Sultan we’ll go north on Woods Lake Rd, Old Pipeline Rd and finally Woods Creek Rd, entering Machias on OK Mill Rd. Then it is west by Lake Stevens and across the US 2 bike way into Everett and Lowell, south up 56th Ave and on through Brier and North City to get back to Magnuson. I estimate about 4500 ft of climbing. Rest stops at Lewis Street Park in Monroe, Machias Grocery, and the Circle K on 164th St SW. The ride starts at the big parking lot south of NE 74th St in the park. Turn right off of Sand Point Way at NE 74th St and continue east until you see the huge parking lot on the right. Please be prepared to deal with flats and other problems on your own. Please be at the start ready to ride by 7:45 a.m., we hope to be riding before 8. Maps, cue sheets and more are available at https://sites.google.com/site/catsmagnuson2012/
Ramrod Training Series: Ride #5 65-70 mi • Brisk • Super strenuous • Extremely hilly • Map • 9 a.m. • Challenger Elementary, Issaquah • Steady rain cancels • Per and Shanna Sunde, 425-392-1347 This series was created to assist riders in their preparation for RAMROD. The self-paced rides will be held every Saturday from 4/21/12 to 7/21/12. The routes will increase in distance and elevation every two weeks. Starting locations will rotate every week or every two weeks with a new route used each week. All riders are welcome, but note, this ride does NOT regroup nor does it
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S.P.O.K.E.S. Goes on a Forked Ride: A.K.A. Snoqualmie River Tour 22 mi • Leisurely • Some hills • Map • Frequent regroup • 10 a.m. • Quigley Park in Fall City • Steady rain cancels • Michelle Burton, 425-890-4936 cell • Jim Hunt, 425823-6701, 425-681-4640 cell S.P.O.K.E.S. will start from Quigley Park across from the Family Market on the Redmond-Fall City Rd (SR-202). We’ll head up one long hill to Snoqualmie Falls and then ride across the 3 main forks of the Snoqualmie River. We’ll pause in North Bend at George’s Bakery for lunch and then coast back to Fall City. From SR-520 take Redmond-Fall City Road exit and proceed to Fall City; from I-90 take Exit 22 through Preston to Fall City. For more information see www. cbcspokes.org or contact Michelle or Jim. The day of the ride, call Michelle at 425-890-4936 or Jim at 425-681-4640.
SPOKESPEOPLE NE: Ride to the Farmers Market and Electric Bicycles 14 mi • Easy • Rolling • Map • Frequent regroup • Noon • Corner of 35th Ave NE and NE 80th St, Seattle (more below) • Steady rain cancels • Alan Miller, 425-488-4567 cell, 206-697-4603, amiller7x7@comcast.net • Jim Mathieu, 206-769-2700, jim@nlwinc.com Please join SPOKESPEOPLE NE for our third Saturday of the month community ride with a special NOON start time only for this May ride. This month’s spring ride will go to Market to visit the U District Farmer’s Market! On the return route, we will visit an electric bike shop to see how these work and may fit into more bicycling for errands! This trip will be via community streets and the Burke-Gilman Trail for a round trip of approximately 14 miles. There is a modest grade rise on the return route but the rest of the ride is flat or downhill. These rides start between the Wedgewood Presbyterian Church and the Hunter Tree Farm property near 35th Ave NE & NE 80th St. Please show up at 11:45 to hear about safe riding, proper helmet fit, and bike function check. We will return to the starting point by 3 p.m. All rides include experienced bike commuters who accompany us to offer encouragement and model good road riding techniques.
sunday, May 20 Please check www.cascade.org for possible WEBONLY ride listings
Monday, May 21 MUMPS: Head Up North See MUMPS, 5/7.
Tuesday, May 22 TREATS: Eastside Ups and Downs 38 mi • Steady • Hilly • Map • Occasional regroup • 10 a.m. • Juanita Beach Park, Kirkland • Showers cancel • Jane Volta, 425828-0138, voltaji@yahoo.com • Don Volta, 425-828-0138, 425-503-7186, don.volta@ cascadebicycleclub.org A HILLY ride in and out of Kirkland with a lunch stop.
Cycle Tuesdays See Cycle Tuesdays, 5/1.
Wednesday, May 23 WRUMPS: Lake to Lake Wednesday Romp 42 mi • Moderate • Some hills • Online map • Occasional regroup • 1 p.m. • Newcastle Beach Park, Bellevue • Steady rain cancels • Alan Lawrence, 425-891-7079, alan@jazzloft.com WRUMPS afternoon ride around the Eastside. We’ll start at Lake Washington, ride via May
Valley to Issaquah, and around Lake Sammamish for a beautiful Wednesday afternoon ride. Call ride leader in the morning if questionable weather, but it’s May so we’ll likely ride no matter what. We’ll take a break at Tully’s in the Redmond Town Center.
Thursday, May 24 Lakes Tour 15-20 mi • Leisurely • Hilly • No Map • Frequent regroup • 10 a.m. • Paine Field Community Park, Everett • Showers cancel • Diana Larson and David Schindele, 425315-8033 Meet in the Paine Field Community Park parking lot with a prompt start at 10 a.m. Tour roads between Mukilteo, Lynnwood, and beyond. Route may vary depending on the group. Bring money for a possible stop at a bakery.
Friday, May 25 FRUMPS: Newcastle Beach/Issaquah Lake Loop 42 mi • Moderate • Some hills • Online map • Occasional regroup • 9:30 a.m. • Newcastle Beach Park, Bellevue • Steady rain cancels • Alan Lawrence, 425-891-7079, alan@jazzloft. com It’s Friday and we’re in for a beautiful, early morning ride from Newcastle Beach Park over the hills to the mostly flat loop around Lake Sammamish before returning to Newcastle Beach via Newport Way. Call the ride leader if weather is questionable.
saTurday May 26
This series was created to assist riders in their preparation for RAMROD. The self-paced rides will be held every Saturday from 4/21/12 to 7/21/12. The routes will increase in distance and elevation every two weeks. Starting locations will rotate every week or every two weeks with a new route used each week. All riders are welcome, but note, this ride does NOT regroup nor does it have a sweep. Please see RAMROD Training Series, Ride #3, 5/5, for more necessary details. Today’s route has 4,000-4,200 feet of climbing. The east parking lot (free parking) is located next to the ticket booth on the eastside of Marymoor Park.
Ride with the Cascade Board (North) 30 mi • Steady • Some hills • Map • Frequent regroup • 10 a.m. • Juanita Beach Park, Kirkland • Showers cancel • Don Volta, 425-828-0138, 425-503-7186, don.volta@ cascadebicycleclub.org Join Cascade Directors and staff on a classic Eastside ride. This is an opportunity to ride and converse with your elected Club directors and staff members to learn more about your club as well as pass on your perspective. This ride was rained out in March. The ride will start in Juanita at the north end of Lake Washington and include portions of the Burke-Gilman and Sammamish River trails, returning on the 520 Trail. We will stop for a quick lunch mid ride. See the link for the ride details. We will have a similar ride in June starting South and one in August starting in Seattle.
sunday, May 27 Please check www.cascade.org for possible WEBONLY ride listings.
CATS Magnuson Brisk #10: Enumclaw 111 mi (3500') • Brisk • Some hills • Map • Stay together • 7:45 a.m. • Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle • No rain cancellation • Brian Kadish, 206-890-2526, redbrian@hotmail.com • Gary Williams, 206679-1621 cell, gcwilliams54@msn.com We’ll ride south over Leschi Hill and Beacon Hill, then down the Kent Valley into Auburn. Climb Lakeland Hills Way, ride through Bonney Lake, Buckley, Enumclaw and return on Green Valley Rd and up Lake Washington. Elevation gain is about 3500 feet. Rest stops at Algona Park, Enumclaw QFC, and the Chevron or Arco at 212th and 84th. The ride starts at the big parking lot south of NE 74th St in the park. Turn right from Sand Point Way at NE 74th St and continue east until you see the huge parking lot on the right. Please be prepared to deal with flats and other problems on your own. Please be at the start ready to ride by 7:45 a.m., we hope to be riding before 8. Maps, cue sheets and more are available at https://sites.google.com/site/ catsmagnuson2012/
CATS Magnuson Strenuous #10: Enumclaw 131 mi • Strenuous • Some hills • Map • Stay together • 7:45 a.m. • Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle • Ice/snow cancels • Gil Flanagan, 206-524-9428, gilflanagan@ earthlink.net We’ll ride south over Leschi Hill and Beacon Hill, then down the Kent Valley past Sumner. Climb Sky Island and ride through Buckley, Enumclaw and Black Diamond. Elevation gain is about 4000 feet. Rest stops at Algona Park, Enumclaw QFC, and Isaac Evans Park. The ride starts at the big parking lot south of NE 74th St in the park. Turn right from Sand Point Way at NE 74th St and continue east until you see the huge parking lot on the right. Please be prepared to deal with flats and other problems on your own. Please be at the start ready to ride by 7:45 a.m., we hope to be riding before 8. Maps, cue sheets and more are available at https://sites.google.com/site/ catsmagnuson2012/
Monday, May 28 Memorial Day. Please check www.cascade.org for possible WEB-ONLY ride listings.
MUMPS: CANCELLED TODAY Craig Mohn, 425-890-5234 cell, 425-3133669 As in past years, there will be NO MUMPS RIDE on Memorial Day. The ride leader and many regulars will instead be riding the 7 HILLS OF KIRKLAND, which benefits KITH (Kirkland Interfaith Transitions in Housing). Go to www.7hillskirkland.org/ for more info.
Tuesday, May 29 Northern Exposures See Northern Exposures, 5/3.
TREATS: City Lakes & Trails 32 mi • Leisurely • Rolling • No Map • Stay together • 10 a.m. • Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle • Showers cancel • Don Martin, 206-363-9964 • Dottie Smith, 425-4836586 An in-city loop ride on city streets and trails with rest/food stops. Do not park in large parking lot at east end of NE 74th St. We will now meet one block south of CBC offices on road parallel to Sand Point Way inside of fence. Please do not use parking near CBC offices.
Cycle Tuesdays See Cycle Tuesdays, 5/1.
Wednesday, May 30 Please check www.cascade.org for possible WEBONLY ride listings
Thursday, May 31 Please check www.cascade.org for possible WEBONLY ride listings
WEST SOUND CYCLING CLUB’s 19th ANNUAL
TOUR DE KITSAP
Sunday July 29 2012 102 - 72 - 48 - 32 - 12 - 5 M I L E ROUTES HELMETS ARE REQUIRED
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July 28 Single Track
Saturday in Port Gamble
Ramrod Training Series: Ride #6 75-80 mi • Brisk • Super strenuous • Extremely hilly • Map • 8:30 a.m. • Marymoor Park, East Parking Lot • Steady rain cancels • Per and Shana Sunde, 425-392-1347
“Creating a Better Community Through Bicycling”
AvAilAble At Any vehicle licensing office or get A mAil-in ApplicAtion from bicycleAlliance.org
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May 2012
Bike Works Kids Bike Swap
Trails for all
May 12, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Rainier Community Center, 4600 38th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98118
by Serena Lehman, Community Outreach Manager
This event is an opportunity for families to trade-in a bike their child has outgrown for a larger bike – just in time for the summer riding season! The Kid’s Bike Swap helps to facilitate the flow of affordable bicycles within the community and keeps fully functional bikes out of our local landfills. How the Kids Bike Swap Works: Bike Works staff and volunteers have been hard at work all year refurbishing used bikes to bring to the Kids Bike Swap. On the day of the event families can bring bikes that their children have outgrown and the bike is assigned a trade- in value. Then the families can look through all the bikes we have fixed up and pick out a new bike and they can apply their trade-in value to the cost of their new bike. (If the chosen bike’s value exceeds that of the trade-in value, the customer is responsible for the difference.) Typically, when a bike is swapped the customer is able to take
home their newly refurbished ride for $20 or less. Families looking to buy a bike, who do not have a bike to trade-in, are welcome to shop for a low-cost bike after noon. New this year - The Bike Works Community Festival: Join the hundreds of other families participating in the Kids’ Bike Swap! To make things even better, this year there’s no need to wait in line. Families can drop off their tradein bike and enjoy all sorts of fun activities until their number is called. In addition to the Bike Swap and bike activities, all families are invited to join in the festival, with kidfriendly bands, balloon animals, gardening tips, food and much more! There will also be a Family Bike Expo, with examples of different bikes and trailers that help families to become car-free. Admission is free and everyone is welcome at the festival, you don’t have to bring a bike to join in all the activities.
MAY BIKE CLASSES
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t’s Bike Month at work and school, and we have classes that will get you started and keep you rolling through May and beyond. Many area employers — Microsoft, Wright Runstad, Fred Hutchinson, PATH, Hines, Seattle University, Seattle Pacific University and UW — have classes for their employees and students this month.
Hosting FREE Intro to Biking Around Town classes are: The City of Kent Seattle Flagship REI City of Bellevue
May 3 , 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. May 8, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. May 9, noon to 1 p.m.
Learn about bike repairs that you can do at home in our monthly maintenance classes. Fix a Flat Chains and Derailleurs Brakes Wheels and Tires Get up to speed with Urban Cycling Techniques
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May 7, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. May 23, 6:30 to 9 p.m. May 30, 6:30 9 p.m. May 17 and 20
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ay is Bike Month if you haven’t already noticed in this issue of the Courier. While we want everyone to start riding your bikes to work, we also want you to do it in a safe and friendly manner. We have an enviable trail system in the Puget Sound region – with the Burke-Gilman, Sammamish and Cedar River Trails to name a few. These trails are welcome public destinations for all types of users at different skill levels. From a child just learning to ride a bike to a group of college students out for a run to a grandmother walking her dog, all could be on the trail together. Let’s make riding on trails fun and safe for all.
TOP TIPS FOR TRAIL USAGE • Roll, ride and walk right. • When passing, alert the other person with your voice or a bell, slow down and give plenty of space. • Slow down when there are a lot of other users. I don’t like being passed quickly by cars on the road. I am sure walkers don’t enjoy it when bicyclists pass super fast. • Riding your bike with others is fun but be polite and ride single file when appropriate. • All users: do not wear headphones. If you wear headphones, you will be surprised when that other bicyclist passes you. • If you are walking your dog, keep it close to you on a leash. Ultimately, we are all using these trails together. Let’s slow down, smile, wave and make it more fun for everyone.
Video contest: My Reasons to Ride
Win a Raleigh Clubman
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hy do you ride? For fitness? For transportation? To feel the wind in your hair? Being on a bike represents different things to different people. To capture the stories of these many, awesome reasons for getting on a bike, Raleigh has recently launched a new website that’s designed for sharing videos about what riding means to you. As a special promotion for Bike Month, anyone who visits the site (located at www. myreasonstoride.com) and submits a video during the month of May will be eligible to win a new Raleigh Clubman (valued at $1,150). All you need to do to enter is visit the site, create an account, and upload a video, tagging it to Cascade Bicycle Club
under “Cause ride name.” At the end of the month Raleigh will chose their favorite of all the videos tagged to Cascade to receive the bike. So get out your camera (or camera phone!) and tell us your story. With everything going on during Bike Month it’s the perfect time to reflect on all of the great reasons for getting on a bike! Email Anna at annat@cascadebicycleclub. org with any questions on the promotion.
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Explore new public art bike route in Kent with free Earthworks Bicycle Tour on June 2
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n 1979, artist Robert Morris was at the forefront of both minimalism and land art when he was asked by the King County Arts Commission to reclaim a gravel pit overlooking the Kent Valley. A few months later the Kent Arts Commission requested Bauhaus master Herbert Bayer to integrate a storm water detention dam into a public park. Both artists were commissioned as part of the King County Arts Commission’s groundbreaking Earthworks: Land Reclamation as Sculpture symposium. Also in 1979, an abandoned sewage lagoon was reclaimed by city of Kent Public Works to create one of the largest constructed multi-use wildlife refuges in the nation. Then in 1998, Lorna Jordan’s ecological artwork Waterworks Gardens opened at King County’s wastewater treatment plant in Renton. These four iconic landscapes are internationally recognized, but not well known locally. To encourage more people experience these extraordinary land art and reclamation projects in their own backyard, the Kent Arts Commission has developed what will be a permanent, signed bike route connecting the four earthworks, and has partnered with Cascade to celebrate the opening of the new route with a free inaugural ride on Saturday, June 2. The start line at the Herbert Bayer Earthwork, located at 742 East Titus Street, will be open from 9 to 10 a.m., and the ride will be supported until 2 p.m. This familyfriendly event will include art installations, music, art activities and artist designed prototypes. Artist Johnnie Olivan will join the ride with the Family Bus Bike, which seats three adults and two small children. The ride offers three routes for different riding abilities. The Easy Ride, recommended for families, is a 12-mile, flat ride to
the Green River Natural Resources Area and back. The Intermediate Loop is a 20-mile ride that takes riders through the Green River Natural Resources Area and out to Lorna Jordan’s “Waterworks Gardens. “It is also mostly flat with a single, long incline approaching Waterworks Gardens. The Advanced Ride follows the 20-mile route but includes a steep hill climb up to the “Robert Morris Earthwork” that adds 3 miles. All of the roadways and trails along the tour are paved. Visitors can bike to each location but should plan to walk through the earthworks. Beginning riders interested in the 20-mile loop and families with children planning to follow the 12-mile route will have the opportunity to ride in a group with experienced ride leaders. These groups will convene at the start line at 9 a.m. At 9:15, there will be a short dedication ceremony to honor the artists and partners supporting the Earthworks Tour, as well as the restoration of the “Herbert Bayer Earthworks.” Departures will begin at 9:30, with the family group leaving at 9:45. Rest stops will be located at the Green River Natural Resources Area and “Waterworks Gardens.” The course will close at 3 p.m. Visit www.KentArts.org/earthworks for more information and to register for the event. Following the inaugural ride on June 2, this permanent bicycle route will be open to the public for self-guided tours.
“Creating a Better Community Through Bicycling”
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May 2012
Welcome New Members CYCLISTS OF THE MONTH
CLINT, LESLIE, BERKELEY & EMMIE LOPER by Erica Meurk, Staff Writer Ages: 50, 49, 13 & 10 Occupations: River Engineer, King County; Assistant Athletic Director, Bush School; student, Eckstein Middle School; student, Bryant Elementary Wheels: Lots of ‘em
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ike to School Day is our favorite holiday,” Clint Loper tells me with a chuckle. “It’s better than Christmas.” And I believe him. The evidence is everywhere. There’s a bike rack positioned prominently on their front lawn. As we talk, he and his wife, Leslie, pull out bikes and bike paraphernalia – ramps, rumble strips, A-boards – that they use for events at the kids’ schools. On the day that I meet her, Berkeley Loper, a seventh grader, is wearing a Bike to Work Day t-shirt from 2011. “When it gets dirty, she puts on her other one. Or she wears it anyway,” Leslie tells me. Berkeley makes no comment, but disappears into the garage, emerging later with a tandem in tow. Emmie, her little sister, rides in circles around the yard. The Lopers’ crusade started on Berkeley’s first day of kindergarten at Bryant Elementary. The school was less than a mile from their house, so they arrived on foot. “I remember seeing the line of cars,” Clint tells me. “It was total traffic mayhem. I remember being distraught, thinking, ‘90 percent of these people live within a mile of the school. None of them need to drive.’” He continues, “I thought, ‘This isn’t the school I want my kids to go to.’ Living this way doesn’t fit with our broader cultural goals.” So he and Leslie set out to change things. They started with their neighbors and friends, organizing people to walk and bike together. Then they volunteered one Friday morning to bring donuts for kids who showed up on bikes, and their efforts grew from there. “We didn’t know what we were doing,” Clint says. “We winged it for Bike to School Day in 2006. We got people to volunteer to do maintenance and bring treats.”Six years later, 50 to 60 kids – 10 percent of the student body – park their bikes outside the school on a typical spring day. What’s the key to their success? Energy, enthusiasm and fun. They have grant money, which they spend on prizes and donuts. More importantly, they have the “bike fairy,” their very own Bike to School mascot. The bike fairy has mysterious origins. According to Leslie, it’s the brainchild of Ellen Aagard, a dedicated community volunteer and biking mom who’s on the board of Cascade’s Education Foundation. “She got the costume somewhere and presented it to me,” she says. Leslie took it from there. “Laurelhurst has a bike fairy, too, but they have rotat-
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ing fairies,” she tells me. “I’m the steady fairy. One time I had to go away, and you were the Bike Wiz,” she says, with a nod to her husband. Every Friday during May, Leslie bikes around the border of the school looking for kids on bikes. When she finds them, she taps them with her wand and awards them with prizes. “I love being the bike fairy,” she says. “This is how we volunteer,” she continues. “We don’t do an auction or anything else. This is just what we do. And we invented it, six years ago.” So, how’s the school taking it? “We’ve worn them down,” Clint tells me. In the early years, parents questioned whether it was safe enough for kids to ride to school, and they had to push the school to put in bike racks. But the kids love it, and no one can argue with that. Indeed, everyone seems to be coming around. In January, SDOT and the Seattle School District presented Bryant with the First Annual Golden
Shoe award in recognition of the school’s success in shifting its students to walking and biking. The school board also integrated walking and biking into its transportation services plan – thanks, in part, to testimony from Clint. (See story on page 1.) Clint and Leslie have big plans for the coming year. They’re scheduling more “donut days” – on which they meet students at Top Pot before school and ride in together. They’re also reaching out to other schools, including Eckstein Middle School, where Berkeley is a student, and they launched a website (walkbikeschools.wordpress.com) to help people at other schools share ideas. But more than any of their other successes, it’s their daughters that impress me. Berkley has ridden to school every day since first grade. These days, she meets two of her friends at a street corner before school and rides in with them. Emmie, who’s just ten, rides home from Bryant by herself. “Mom, I’m going to bike Emmie to dance,” Berkeley calls from the captains’ seat of the tandem. As the girls set off on the mile-long trip, their mom tells me, “Sometimes I ask Berkeley if she wants a ride, but she’ll never take it. Emmie will, sometimes.” “Yeah, she drives to dance, even in the sun,” Berkeley says.
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Vol. 42, No. 5
CASCADE CONTACTS
MAY VOLUNTEERS
Volunteering made easy
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or the next six months we will be testing new software to be used in scheduling of Cascade volunteers to work on various tasks and projects. You will be able to volunteer on line 24/7 using the Cascade web site. Check it out at: www.cascade.org/About/Volunteer.cfm Once you create your volunteer profile, you will be able to choose the tasks or positions you desire to assist with. A confirmation on your volunteer selection will be sent to you. This automated process will allow us to better serve you, and will make it quicker and easier for you without an exchange of emails. If you have questions, Diana Larson, Volunteer Coordinator, will still be available. Just remember volunteers like you make our work possible. Thank you!
Office Volunteers
Date and Time: Wednesday, May 9, 10 a.m. (4-6 volunteers). Task or Event: Membership renewal forms. Where: CBC Office. How Long: 3 to 4 hours. Doing What: Stuffing, labeling, and applying postage.
Group Health STP
Date and Time: Tuesday, May 1,8, 15 and 22 , and Thursday May 17 and 24, 5 – 9 p.m. (max 10 volunteers). Task or Event: Group Health STP Packet Stuffing. Where: CBC Office, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA How Long: 3 to 4 hours. Doing What: Stuffing and labeling. Contact: Contact to advise if you will be attending. Lite meal provided.
Bike to Work Month and Day
Date and Time: Wednesday, May 9, 4:30 – 8:30 p.m. (1 volunteer). Task or Event: Team Captain Bash. Where: The Pike Brewery, 1415 1st Ave, Seattle. How Long: 4 hours. Doing What: Help with distribution of materials and check in. Date and Time: Thursday, May 24, 1st shift 2 - 4:30 p.m. set up (2 volunteers); 2nd shift, 4 - 7:30 p.m. (3 volunteers). Task or Event: UW Hubbub. Where: Brooklyn Ave and BG Trail. How Long: Depends on the shift worked. Doing What: 1st shift set up: meet at CBC office to load material at 2 p.m., light lifting, unloading material, setting up canopies. 2nd shift - handing out goodies, talking with people and helping with the break down. Date and Time: Tuesday, May 15, 12 – 6 p.m. (4 - 8 volunteers). Task or Event: Packing party for BikeToWorkDay station materials. Where: 7400 Sand Point Way NE, CBC storage, Mountaineers building. How Long: 6 hours. Doing What: Gathering together and labeling materials for stations. Lite meal provided.
Date and Time: Wednesday, May 16, 11 am - 6:30 p.m. (2 shifts: 11 am - 3 p.m. and 3 6:30 p.m., 2 volunteers per shift). Task or Event: BikeToWorkDay station materials pickup. Where: 7400 Sand Point Way NE, CBC storage, Mountaineers building.. How Long: 4 hours per shift. Doing What: Check the station material out to the lead of each station. Date and Time: Friday, May 18, 5:30 am – 9:30am (1 lead and 2 additional volunteers per station). Task or Event: BikeToWorkDay station. Where: Leschi, and Fremont Bridge/Nickerson, How Long: 4 hours. Doing What: Help with distribution of materials. The leads will need to pick up the station materials on Wednesday, May 18.
Home Page: www.cascade.org Office phone: 206-522-3222 or 206-522-BIKE Fax: 206-522-2407 Email: info@cascadebicycleclub.org
Cascade Bicycle Club 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Suite 101S Seattle, WA 98115
STAFF
Julie Salathé, Education Director
Note: All email address are @cascadebicycleclub.org
(206) 523-1952 • julies@ …
Jenny Almgren, Education Program Assistant
Elliott Sherburne, Americorps Member, Youth Programs
(206) 694-914 • jenny.almgren@ …
(206) 861-9875 • ypa@ …
Chuck Ayers, Executive Director
Kat Sweet, Youth Program Manager
(206) 523-9495 • chuck.ayers@ …
(206) 427-3090 • kat.sweet@ …
Craig Benjamin, Policy and Government Affairs Manager
Anna Telensky, Events and Sponsorship Coordinator
(206) 713-6204 • craig.benjamin@ …
(206) 778-6099 • annat@ …
Mary Collins, Americorps Member, Commute Program
Kim Thompson, Event Registrar
(206) 861-9890 • cpa@ …
(206) 526-1677 • kim.thompson@ …
David Douglas, Event Producer
Alan Van Vlack, Database and Accounting Coordinator
(206) 522-BIKE • david.douglas@ …
(206) 226-1858 • alan.vanvlack@ …
Noah Down, Development Specialist
Peter Verbrugge, Event Producer
(206) 245-0001 • noah.down@ …
(206) 399-9565 • peterv@ …
Emma Epstein, Americorps Member, Major Taylor Project
Tarrell Wright, Development Director
(206) 957-6960 • mtpa@ …
(206) 240-2235 • tarrell.wright@ …
Ed Ewing, Major Taylor Project Manager (206) 778-4671 • ed.ewing@ …
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Stephanie Frans, Manager of Commute Programs
Note: All email address are @cascadebicycleclub.org
(206) 522-9479 • stephanie.frans@ …
President
Tessa Greegor, Principal Planner
Daniel Weise • daniel.weise@...
(206) 204-0913 • tessa.greegor@ … Erica Hann, Americorps Member, Community Programs (206) 957-6623 • cmpa@ … Max Hepp-Buchanan, Advocacy Campaigns Manager
Vice President Don Volta • don.volta@cascadebicycleclub.org Treasurer
(206) 226-1040 • MaxHB@ …
Michael Snyder • michael.snyder@...
Mike Inocencio, Corporate Development Director
Secretary
(206) 522-2403 • mikei@ …
Ed Yoshida • ed.yoshida@cascadebicycleclub.org
M.J. Kelly, Director of Communications & Marketing
Executive Committee Member-at-large
(206) 853-2188 • m.j.kelly@ …
Charles Ruthford • charles.ruthford@...
Diana Larson, Volunteer Coordinator
Directors
(206) 852-6827 • diana.larson@ …
Kevin Carrabine • kevin.carrabine@...
Sander Lazar, Rides Program Coordinator
George Durham • george.durham@...
(206) 694-9108 • sander.lazar@ …
Rayburn Lewis • rayburn.lewis@...
Serena Lehman, Community Outreach Manager
Mo McBroom • mo.mcbroom@...
(206) 291-4032 • serenal@ …
Date and Time: Friday, May 18, 8:30 am - 1 p.m. (1 lead and 1 additional volunteer). Task or Event: BikeToWorkDay station material drop off and check in. Where: 7400 Sand Point Way NE, CBC storage, Mountaineers building. How Long: 4.5 hours. Doing What: Check in station material from the lead of each station.
Kathy Mania, Finance Director
Emily Moran • emily.moran@cascadebicycleclub.org
(206) 522-4639 • kathy.mania@ …
Bill Ptacek • bill.ptacek@...
John Mauro, Director of Policy, Planning & Gov’t Affairs
Ron Sher • ron.sher@...
Date and Time: Friday, May 18, 1st shift 2:30 – 5 p.m. (2 – 3 volunteers); 2nd shift 4 – 8 p.m. ( 2 – 3 volunteers). Task or Event: Ballard Street Party. Where: Bergen Place Park, 5420 22nd Ave NW Seattle, WA How Long: depends on the shift. Doing What: 1st shift set up: light lifting, unloading material, setting up canopies. 2nd shift - handing out goodies, talking with people and helping with the break down.
(206) 390-3945 • robin.randels@ …
Date and Time: Friday, May 18th; 1st shift 2:30 – 5 p.m. (2 volunteers); 2nd shift 4 – 8pm (2 volunteers). Task or Event: Ballard Street Party, Street Monitors/Greeters Where: Bergen Place Park, 5420 22nd Ave NW Seattle, WA. How Long: Depends on the shift worked. Doing What: Talking with people and providing information about the event.
(206) 446-3688 • john.mauro@ … Kathy McCabe, Deputy Director (206) 409-0429 • kathy.mccabe@ … Erica Meurk, Grant Writer (206) 522-7517 • erica.meurk@ … Leah Pistorius, Communications Specialist (913) 579-7629 • leah.pistorius@ … Robin Randels, Classes Coordinator
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