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QUICK RELEASE www.sbbike.org

Serving Santa Barbara County We’re a countywide advocacy and resource organization that promotes bicycling for safe transportation and recreation.

How to reach us Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition PO Box 92047 Santa Barbara CA 93190-2047 phone 568-3046 email info@sbbike.org web www.sbbike.org

May 6th meeting Join us on Tuesday, May 6th for our monthly meeting. Help us celebrate and improve bicycling during 2003: Tuesday, 12:00 noon County Public Works Conference Room, 1st Floor 123 East Anapamu Street Santa Barbara, California

Online email list We sponsor an online email forum where you can post and read messages that pertain to regional bicycling issues. It’s easy and free. To subscribe to our general forum, just send an email message to: sbbike-subscribe@topica.com

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

Join the Coalition You can help improve bicycling safety and conditions in Santa Barbara County by joining others in our own regional Bicycle Coalition advocacy group.

Together we will continue to make a real difference. See page 6 for details.

For sale: video & flag We’re pleased to offer our own video “Decide to Ride.” It’s about a young woman who learns to bike commute to work. It’s only $18 (tax and US shipping included) from us, address above.

Plus, we’re selling Bike Week flags, 4’x6’ heavy nylon, terra cotta and white. They’re $33 plus tax. Look at this PDF file: www.sbbike.org/art-home/ flag.pdf

May 2003

New Bike to Work Day sites added The biggest event in our Bike Week of events is Bike to Work Day, on Wednesday, May 21st. And this year, responding to requests from South Coast bike commuters, we’re adding two new event sites to the eight that we had in 2002: • Daily Grind, 2001 De la Vina St. • Java Station, 4447 Hollister Ave. Although they won’t be the large Goleta, UCSB, and Santa Barbara events, they’ll serve more commuters and still offer you free food, T-shirts, and prizes for those who come by bicycle.

We still need volunteers to help at the Bike to Work Day events listed below. If you can help, please phone the location coordinator.

Also new for 2003 is the Bike Commute Challenge

that will run three weeks, May 12th30th. The company with the most employees riding the most days during the contest wins a lunch delivered to their workplace by the Santa Barbara Chicken Ranch. The first 100 participants to sign up will also win a free Bike Week rear flashing bike light. Those who bike commute over 5 days will be eligible to win a $100 gift certificate from any bike shop in Santa Barbara County! Details from Erika Lindemann, 961-8919 or elindemann@sbcag.org.

Other events are scheduled throughout the week: Trail Daze, BMX races, Children’s Festival, Bike to the Museum, Bike to the Zoo and more! You’ll find event details on the following Quick Release pages.

BIKE TO WORK DAY LOCATIONS — MAY 21 AREA

LOCATION

SB City College ..... East end of bridge .............................

Santa Barbara ...... State & De la Guerra St .......................

Santa Barbara ...... Daily Grind, 2001 De la Vina Street .......

Santa Barbara ...... Java Station, 4447 Hollister Avenue .....

Carpinteria .......... Cavelli’s Cafe .....................................

Goleta ................ Goleta Valley Athletic Club ..................

UCSB .................. Faculty Club Lawn ..............................

Lompoc ............... South Side Coffee Company .................

Solvang .............. Solvang Park .....................................

Santa Maria ......... Santa Maria City Hall ..........................

TIME

CONTACT

PHONE

7:30-8:30 AM ...... Brian Fahnestock ....... 965-0581 x2357 7:30-8:30 AM ...... Dru van Hengel ......... 564-5544 7:30-8:30 AM ...... Mike Hecker .............. 966-1807 7:30-8:30 AM ...... Drew Hunter ............. 452-5112 7:30-8:30 AM ...... Rick Fulmer .............. 684-5405 x402 12:00-1:00 PM ..... Erika Lindemann ....... 961-8919 5:00-6:00 PM ...... James Wagner ........... 893-5475 7:00-8:00 AM ...... Shannon McEttrick ..... 961-8918 7:30-8:30 AM ...... Fred Lageman ........... 688-7529 7:30-8:30 AM ...... Brian Halvorson ........ 925-0951 x244

Park Service rejects federal Gaviota preservation Although the National Park Service (NPS) has determined that the Gaviota area is a splendid example of Mediterranian ecosystem, they say it’s not feasible to add it to their park system.

Their April report said that Gaviota is an outstanding example of the Mediterranian biome; it borders a biologically-diverse marine transition zone; it is home to 1400 plant and animal species, including 24 endangered ones; it has some of the oldest Native American archeological sites dating back 10,000 years; and it comprises half of the remaining Southern California coastal ecosystem.

However, because of costs and resistance from current landowners, they recommend that local or state groups, if any, pursue saving the land from private development.

What does this means for our envisioned Ellwoodto-Gaviota coastal bike trail? It will be more difficult,

This section of the Coastal Trail between Refugio and El Capitan may remain an isolated segment.

or impossible, to attain. The Bicycle Coalition had written letters and submitted a 334-signature petition urging the NPS to include trails in their findings. Not all is lost, but federal preservation of the land is. The rest remains to be seen.

Straight and Predictable Word from the President It is amazing how many $5,000 bikes are being pedaled around by cyclists who can’t ride a straight and predictable line. You can find hordes of Wilson Hubbell, President. them on big events like the Solvang Century, and most don’t know that they’re doing anything incorrectly.

Too many riders spend too much time staring at their own front wheel (or the wheel of the rider in front of them) and not looking down the road toward where they are going.

This causes riders to wander all over the roadway and thereby disturb the well being of other road users in general and other cyclists in particular.

Two good ways of teaching cyclists to ride a straight and predictable line are rollers (look straight ahead at a fixed object and you’ll ride straight towards it and stay centered on the rollers) and a velodrome (riding in a pack with a fixed gear and no brakes requires you to concentrate on what is well ahead of you).

We need to keep supporting Mike Hecker’s efforts to get a Velodrome, and maybe our LCI training should include a session on the rollers and a lesson on looking down the road.

Bike events for kids This month, there are three bike events that are just perfect for kids: Community Bicycle Rodeo, May 3, sponsored by the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department.

This is for kids from Kindergarten-8th grade.

It’s at Girsh Park, Goleta, 10:00-3:00.

Children's Festival, May 17, sponsored by the Family Service Agency, will take place in Alameda Park in Downtown Santa Barbara, from 10:00-4:00. The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition will be promoting safe bicycling to schools. Details at www.fsacares.org/spotlight.htm.

Dedicated bicycle commuting Do a web search with Google for “commuter bicycles” and what pops up first? Bicycle Coalition member David Madajian's page that describes commuter bikes. It came from his quest for a suitable bike for his son Jonathan to get to school. All he found in the US in youth sizes, however, were BMX and mountain bikes. His research did net lots of adult commuter bikes, and his desire to share that information with others led to his site.

Bike to School Day, May 20, events are being arranged school by school. This year so far, Vieja Valley, Brandon, Ellwood, and Mountain View Elementary Schools will participate. If you can help with a Bike to School event at your school this May 20, contact coordinator Jessica Scheeter at 962-7960.

Ellwood kids & bikes

A few years ago, the principal of Ellwood Elementary School in Goleta banned students from bicycling to school. That was because crossing Hollister Avenue by bike was deemed too dangerous. The kids instead biked to a Jonathan and David after a ride to Kid’s World spot across Hollister from the school, locked with younger son Alex in a bike trailer. their bikes to a fence, then crossed on foot.

David was raised in Oakland where he biked Now however, there is a traffic signal providing a safe way to cross the street by foot or for fun, but not to school because of bike bike. So why not allow kids to bike all the way? thefts in the area. It wasn’t until he entered UC Berkeley in engineering that he started biking 10 miles. Campus parking and traffic were so bad that he could bike to his classes faster than he could drive. Although he trained with the Berkeley cycling team, competition never interested him. Later, at Stanford for graduate work, he just continued commuting by bike, riding with Stanford’s cycling team, and mountain biking in the nearby mountains.

David's most memorable ride was when he lived at a Vermont ski resort one summer and As part of our Bike Week events, these two worked 20 miles away for IBM. An afternoon museums are offering discounts to bicyclists thunderstorm hit and David wondered amidst on May 17-May 25. Just show your bike helLots of bikes locked to a fence across from Ellwood School indicate enthusiasm for bicycling. rain, lightning, thunder, and steep climbing met at the entry door. whether he would make it—thankfully, he did.

Bike to the Natural History Museum. The Currently, David rides most days with 7School principal Richard Huff was recently Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History is contacted by the Bicycle Coalition. He admits year old son Jonathan a mile and a half to offering free admission to bicyclists. Santa Vieja Valley School, then returns past his that it might seem strange, but the current Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 bike parking works well for now. He suggests home for an additonal 6-mile commute to Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara. Museum work at Raytheon. What’s his advise to aspirthat this fall—after current construction of details at their site www.sbnature.org. ing bike commuters? Start in spring or sumnew classrooms is finished, new students are Bike to the Art Museum. The Santa Barbara transferred from El Rancho School, and a new mer to take advantage of daylight, and get a good commuter bike like those described on Museum of Art is offering free admission and a principal comes on board—the Bicycle Coalihis site. Only bike in the winter when you're 10% discount in the Museum Store. Santa Bar- tion should raise the question again. bara Museum of Art, 1130 State Street, Santa If you wish to help, look at the school and comfortable with the route and outfitted with rain gear, fenders, lights and reflectors.

Barbara. Their web site is www.sbmuseart.org. determine a good location for bike storage.

Bicycle to Museums

Quick Release • May 2003 • Page 2

Roadway changes for Los Carneros Road Throughout much of The problem is that Santa Barbara County, the bikelane is on the Highway 101 presents right side of three a serious challenge to traffic lanes, one of bicyclists and pedeswhich will become a trians trying to cross dedicated right-hand it. It’s a challenge for turn onto the freeway two reasons. Although about halfway up the you might see your hill. Motorists will be destination across the changing into and out highway, you might of the right lane as have to travel a few bicyclists will be miles to get there. crossing to a bicyclist And even when slot one lane to the there’s a nearby cross- Bicyclists on Los Carneros Road will have to cross left. a new, continuous right-turn lane onto 101. ing, it typically has What’s the best intimidating hightreatment for bicytraffic onramps and offramps that cut across clists safety? We have two suggestions: • Install an R4-4 sign before the weaving of bikelanes and sidewalks. traffic—shown below.

The City of Goleta has large residential and commercial areas on both sides of 101, and no • Dash the bikelane across the righthand lane to the between-lane bike slot. crossings without freeway ramps. Although The R4-4 sign will we’re promised two crossings separate from motorists—at Ellwood and San Jose Creek—all alert motorists that bicyclists may five existing crossings feature busy freeway be weaving across ramps across which we must negotiate. Maktheir lane. The ing an already bad situation worse, bicyclists dashed lane likeare slowed by climbing uphill to reach the point of weaving through traffic, and with the wise tells motorists that they are cresting roadway, it’s hard to see pavement crossing a place where bicyclists might be. The lane markings far in advance.

Los Carneros overcrossing of 101 is about to alternative to the dashed lane is to have the right side bikelane end and the center bike become worse and there seems to be little to slot appear, but this may lead to hesitation, help us. The main problem is the new Willow misunderstanding, and even greater danger.

Springs housing development that will add In approaching any freeway entrance like 235 units. This is not urban infill near existing services and destinations that people can eas- this, look in your mirror, find a gap in traffic, and signal your intention to shift lanes. Given ily walk or bike to, but suburban expansion the difficult Los Carneros situation, this may that will generate lots of trips by car. One of the two subdivision entries joins Los Carneros be the best treatment and action possible.

Otherwise, please hurry up Goleta with Way just before entering Los Carneros Road, about 350 yards before the freeway onramp to separate bike/pedestrian crossings and plan new 101 crossings with no freeway ramps.

Santa Barbara.

County responds to Coalition’s request Purisima Road, just north of Lompoc, is a popular road for bicyclists, but it’s also a major connector road between Highway 1, La Purísima Mission, and Highway 246. Traffic is increasing significantly as new housing projects are being built along Purisima Road and Highway 1, and the Allan Hancock College Lompoc Valley Center increases enrollment.

With no shoulder and more traffic, Purisima Road is increasingly dangerous for bicyclists.

The Bicycle Coalition, the Lompoc Valley Bicycle Club, and individuals in Lompoc urged the County Supervisors to add shoulders to the narrow, two-lane road. Our thanks to Joni Gray for moving this project into the Project Study Report (PSR) stage. Funding and construction will follow, but it’s moving ahead.

The right to have access to every building in the city by private motorcar in an age when everyone possesses such a vehicle, is actually the right to destroy the city.

—Lewis Mumford

Federal transportation act being rewritten Reauthorization of the massive, six-year Federal transportation act “TEA-21” is happening this year. What is done in Washington this year will effect funding and quality of bicycle projects in Santa Barbara County and elsewhere for years to come.

There is a coalition—”America Bikes”—of eight national bicycle groups that are helping members of Congress forge a favorable act for us all. They have identified four major items to include in the new act: • support a Safe Routes to School program • continue the funding that is building bike facilities in communities across the country

• help develop a seamless bicycle transportation network • insure that new road projects are safe for bicyclists and pedestrians.

Since the outstanding ISTEA transportation act of 1991, and its successor TEA-21 in 1997, the acts have brought 1137 bicycle and pedestrian projects to California worth $107 million.

As the act moves through Congress, we will sieze opportunities to speak out as they appear. With a weak economy facing our nation, calls for cuts in non-motorist programs are being heard. For more details on this struggle and America Bikes, go to www.americabikes.org.

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Cathedral Oaks path opens in Goleta Another section of bikepath along the mountain side of Cathedral Oaks Road in Goleta has just been finished. It’s part of a long-planned path between La Patera Lane on the east and Winchester Canyon on the west.

Upcoming bike meetings & events May 3, Tour de Cure, sponsored by the American Diabetes Society. This well-supported ride is your choice of scenic tours starting in Carpinteria. From the Captinteria State Beach, you can do a 12-mile family ride, or a 30-mile, 60-mile, or 100-mile road ride. Register online at http://tour.diabetes.org or phone 1-888-3422383 for details.

May 3, Community Bicycle Rodeo, sponsored by the Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department.

This Goleta event is great for kids from Kindergarten-8th grade. It takes place in Girsh Park, from 10:00 AM-3:00 PM. May 6 (?), Bike Week 2003 Meeting. Bike Week 2003 is upon us. Final details & decisions. The date, time and location of this meeting are still to be determined. Contact Erika Lindemann, 961-8919 or elindemann@sbcag.org.

Few things are as nice for bicycling as the new, smooth Cathedral Oaks bikepath.

Although some question the need for a separate path next to a road that has bikelanes, few will argue that for young children and those uncomfortable riding next to fast roadway traffic, it makes sense. Try the nice new, mile-long segment when you have a chance.

FREE BIKE MAP!

May 11, Junior State Criterium Championships, sponsored by Echelon Santa Barbara. A complementary day to the Sisquoc Road Race, this day includes the criterium part of the Junior California and Nevada state championships. Races at Research Park in Goleta. Details at 692-2766.

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May 17, Chris King Trail Daze, sponsored by Chris King Precision Components. This is an opportunity for all trail users to work together maintaining various front country trails. The day includes breakfast, trail brush clearing and tread repairing, lunch, more trail work, and a BBQ dinner followed by a raffle of prizes. Meet at Manning Park group site 9 at 8:00 AM. Sign up beforehand at local bike shops or online at www.sbmtv.org. Phone 800523-6008 for details.

May 17-18, Regional BMX Race, sponsored by Santa Barbara BMX. This weekend event is sanctioned by the National Bicycle League.

Registration 7:00 AM Saturday. Information at 564-8859 or www.sbbmx.com.

May 6, General Meeting. Meeting at noon, first Tuesday of the month, County Public Works conference room, 123 East Anapamu Street, First Floor, Santa Barbara. Phone president Wilson Hubbell, 568-3046 or email him at May 31, Vandenberg Grand Prix, sponsored

by Team Tailwinds. The criterium course is a hubbell@co.santa-barbara.ca.us.

1.4-mile flat loop. Total distances range from May 10, Spring Mountain Bike Race. Two 21 to 38 miles, depending on your class. Race race events will be held. The X-Country course will take place at Vandenberg Air Force Base consists of 2, 3 or 4 laps of 3 miles each, dewhere security will be strict. Preregistration pending on your class. The Super D Downhill

by May 26 is required. Details online at Race will use the downhill portion of the XC www.socalcycling.com/raceann/2003/vand.pdf or by course featuring a 280-foot drop. Details at phone at 922-6626. www.sbmtb.com or by email from sbmtb.edbrown@cox.net.

May 10, Sisquoc Road Race, sponsored by Cyclone Racing Team. A day of road racing around Sisquoc includes the Junior California and Nevada championships. The 10.75-mile loop is open to light traffic.

For Santa Barbara County Bike Maps, info on ridesharing and van pools, just call: 963-SAVE.

May 17-25, Bike Week. A week of exciting events, starting off with the Santa Barbara Children's Festival, and highlighting Bike to Work Day and Bike to School Day. Contact Erika Lindemann at 961-8919 or email her at elindemann@sbcag.org. Or look at our Bike Week pages online.

May 13, Bike Commute Class, sponsored by Hazard’s Cyclesport and the SB Bicycle Coalition. Open to anyone who wants to know how to commute better by bicycle. Get a free safety check from a bike mechanic and learn how to ride safely in traffic, and what gear to wear. 6:30-7:30 PM, at Hazard’s Cyclesport, 735 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara.

May 14, Bike Commute Class, sponsored by VeloPro Cyclery and the SB Bicycle Coalition.

Same program as the previous class. 6:30-7:30 PM, VeloPro Cyclery, 5887 Hollister Avenue, Goleta.

Santa Barbara fixes tile crosswalks Although State Street’s tile crosswalks looked beautiful when they were installed in Downtown Santa Barbara, they have always been slippery when wet. Plus, they’ve broken and been patched, making conditions hazardous.

Thankfully, the City is replacing them with brick. They’ll be more durable and give better traction. Thanks for making the most popular bike street in town safer for us all.

Santa Barbara’s broken tile crosswalks are being replaced with brick set in concrete.

April meeting topics Our April 1 meeting took place in the evening at Sizzler Restaurant in Goleta. A small group of topics were discussed.

• Pierre Delong and Ralph Fertig are coordinating Earth Day activities. We will have bike mechanics offering free check-ups, a bike park area, raffle prizes for those who bike to the festival, and a separate booth.

• The Santa Maria City Council was meeting the same evening to vote on saving the SM Valley railroad corridor for a future trail.

• The Goleta Valley Cycling Club is seeking projects to support. We discussed replacing missing or vandalized bikeway signs, Eastside and Westside Santa Barbara bike workshops, and bike lights to give away.

• The transportation content of the Isla Vista plan was found lacking in encouraging bicycling.

• Bicyclist counts at South Coast schools, started by Steve Morris, should be continued.

Rail-to-trail rejected

by Santa Maria Council On April 1, the Santa Maria City Council chose not to help others obtain an abandoned 5-mile section of railroad for a new trail. The Bicycle Coalition had sent a letter to the Council urging their support of the project. At the meeting, Larry Moore, John Klingensmith, Jim Atchison, and Bailey Hudson spoke in favor of a trail; several farmers spoke against it.

Allan Hancock College president Ann Foxworthy was concerned about student safety if a trail or excursion train runs there.

Councilmember Marty Mariscal made a motion to support the 1.5-mile railroad corridor that’s within the City limits, and does not cut through agricultural land, but it was defeated 2-to-3, with Mariscal and Bob Orach voting for it. A motion to do nothing passed, 3-to-2.

Is this the end? Perhaps, unless a group comes forth to save the corridor without the City’s blessing.

Coalition helps guide new Goleta Plan During the week of March 23, there were five public meetings that started a two-year process of writing a state-required General Plan for the City of Goleta. At each meeting, about 50 people participated, bringing ideas about what they envision for an ideal community.

Ralph Fertig represented the Bicycle Coalition at one of the meetings when he spoke for bicycling facilities—especially bikelanes and bikepaths, the need for safe routes to school, and the benefits that exercise brings to our sedentary-lifestyle neighbors. Several other people likewise mentioned bicycling, so it went on record as a serious transportation consideration. Off-road biking was not mentioned, although several people did talk about the need for open space and parks.

There will be many opportunities to speak out and comment during the process that will be finalized in late 2004. Of special interest to us is the Circulation Element that is a required part of the General Plan. That element will determine whether motorists will dominate Goleta’s future, or whether residents will have

a real choice how they get around: by car, foot, bike, or bus.

This was only the beginning. Watch the local newspapers, Quick Release, and our email list for updates. If you live in Goleta, definitely become part of the process.

Active members

Bikepath cleanup

Please thank and support the following businesses that are Bicycle Coalition members: • King Cycle Group, Shasta Lake • Lightning Cycle Dynamics, Lompoc • MarBorg Industries, Santa Barbara • Nett & Champion Insurance, Santa Barbara • Rincon Cycles, Carpinteria • Santa Barbara Infrared, Santa Barbara • Tri Paradise Sports, Santa Barbara We’re pleased to welcome new Bicycle Coalition member Kathleen Boehm from Santa Barbara.

Plus we’re very grateful to the following who renewed their memberships: David & Teresa Bothman, Burt Romotsky, Erika Lindemann, Eva Inbar, Chuck Anderson, Nicola Gordon, and Grant House.

Workshop participants broke into small groups to list desirable community attributes.

Our thanks to Claude Garciacelay at County Parks for immediately fixing the overgrown bikepath at Goleta County Beach. It took a photo of the condition emailed from Ralph Fertig to Wilson Hubbell, who sent it on to Garciacelay.

Within two days, the iceplant that had covered half of one lane was gone. “We just happened to have a crew of workers on site and it was good timing,” wrote Garciacelay.

“Glad to help Iceplant growing over path. when we can.”

Quick Release • May 2003 • Page 5

Discounts to members

Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition

Application for 12 Months of Membership

✔Yes! Sign me up to help make bicycling better for all of us in Santa Barbara County: ❏ Individual $25 ❏ Business $100

❏ Student/Senior $12 ❏ Sustaining $500

❏ Family $40 ❏ Lifetime $1000

❏ Century $100

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❏ New membership ❏ Renewal membership Make check out to Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition.

Mail to Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition, PO Box 92047, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-2047

Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition President, Wilson Hubbell, 568-3046 hubbell@co.santa-barbara.ca.us

Vice President, Ralph Fertig, 962-1479 sb-ralph@cox.net

Secretary, position open Treasurer, Gary Wissman, 964-4607 gary@gwissman.com

Director, Chuck Anderson, 893-4616 mtbchuck@cox.net

Director, Mike Hecker, 966-1807 hecktone@cox.net

Director, Drew Hunter, 452-5112 watair1@earthlink.net

Director, Erika Lindemann, 961-8919 elindemann@sbcag.org

Director, Dru van Hengel, 564-5544 dvanhengel@ci.santa-barbara.ca.us

Regional bicycle clubs & groups Bicycle Touring Club of Solvang Dan Henry, 688-3330

Chaingang Gary Minar, 688-7957 gminar@syv.com

Valley BMX Dave Carney, 688-7543

Cyclone Racing Beth Wallace, 753-6673 xyzbethie@aol.com

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

Goleta Valley Cycling Club Hildy Hoffman, 964-0802 cyclelady@worldnet.att.net

Lompoc Valley Bicycle Club Ray Harris, 736-5454

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

Santa Barbara Bicycle Club

Road repair contacts Caltrans Pat Mickelson, 968-5779 pat_mickelson@dot.ca.gov Rick Fulmer, 684-5405 x402 rickfulmer@hotmail.com

Goleta Steve Wagner, 961-7511 swagner@cityofgoleta.org

Lompoc

Bicycle Connection 223 W. Ocean Avenue, Lompoc

Big Gear Bike Gear 324 State Street #A, Santa Barbara

Cycles 4 Rent 101 State Street, Santa Barbara 633 E. Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara 1111 E. Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara City 897-2630

Santa Barbara County Wilson Hubbell, 568-3046 hubbell@co.santa-barbara.ca.us

Tailwinds Bicycle Club

Solvang

Brenton Taylor, 968-1615 taylor@umail.ucsb.edu

250 Storke Road #A, Goleta 15 Hitchcock Way, Santa Barbara

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

Santa Maria

UCSB Cycling Club

Bicycle Bob’s

Carpinteria

Mike Hecker, 966-1807 hecktone@cox.net Santa Barbara BMX, Dale Bowers LBowers508@aol.com Larry Moore, 922-4864 SantaMariaTailwinds@hotmail.com

Members of the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition are offered discounts at local bike shops. It’s another reason to join our advocacy group. To get your discount, take your copy of Quick Release to the shop & show them your address label that says “MEMBER” on it. Or cut out the label box and take it.

Discount details are posted on our web site at www.sbbike.org/SBBC/ who.html. Please patronize the following shops:

Rick Sweet, 925-0951 x227 71064.3132@compuserve.com Tom Rowe, 688-5575 tomr@cityofsolvang.com

UCSB

Hazard’s Cyclesport 735 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara

Mad Mike's Bikes 1110 E. Clark Avenue #G, Santa Maria

Open Air Bicycles 224 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara

Pedal Power Bicycles 1740 Broadway, Santa Maria

VeloPro Cyclery

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

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