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QUICK RELEASE July 2003

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

July 1st meeting Join us on Tuesday, July 1st for our monthly meeting. Help us celebrate and improve bicycling: No-Host dinner 6:00 PM Meeting 7:00 PM Taffy’s Pizza 2026 De la Vina 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

1350 students celebrate biking to school This year’s Bike to School Day at 13 South Coast schools was a great success with over 1350 students bicycling on May 20th. That’s more than double the 2002 participation in schools and kids!

Bike to School Day was a cooperative venture among the PTA Safety Kids at Kellogg School Committee, the Bicycle wearing Bike Week shirts.

Coalition, COAST’s Safe Routes to School program, and many individual teachers, school administrators, and parents.

Each of the 13 schools had one or more individuals coordinating events at their school. Arriving students were greeted and led to an expanded bike parking area. They were then rewarded with our Bike Week T-shirts, blinking LED lights, pencils, reflective stars, and other goodies that individual Bike to School coordinators solicited. The 500 shirts given away were made possible because of a grant to the Bicycle Coalition for purchasing Bike Week shirts from the Wendy P. McCaw Foundation.

Hope Elementary School topped everybody with the most bicycling students—265 of them! Kellogg Elementary was second with 222 bicycling. What went especially well? Here are some things: • Additional bike safety instruction at four schools • The T-shirts and LED lights were very popular • Perfect sunny weather • Driving parents who stopped a few blocks away • Having the police increase area patrols • Having principals and teachers bike • TV and newspaper coverage • School marching band playing as students arrive.

What ideas were suggested to help increase bicycling for both Bike to School events and overall?

• Promote the event earlier • Have T-shirts for all students • Encourage more parents to ride with their children • More give-aways for kids • Have several events during the whole year • Expand the program to North County schools.

A community benefit from having students bike to school was the noticeable decline in motorists around the schools. Some parents bicycled with their children, or neighbors’ children, giving everybody exercise and time for sharing. It’s win-win all around.

2003 Spring Trail Daze is a huge success

by Jonathan Maus

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

The full day of festivities began with a free breakfast at Manning Park in Montecito. After a safety and logistical briefing, the volunteers were split up into smaller work groups of 10-12 people. These groups each tackled a specific section of trail that had been pre-walked and mapped out by SBMTV member John Berberet.

Instead of concentrating one just one trail, this year’s event focused on several trails. Sam Masson, SBMTV Events Director said.

“Tackling more than one trail is unprecedented and harder to plan, but we felt there are sections of different trails that demanded immediate attention. And from the reports I’m getting, a lot of great work has been accomplished.”

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

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

Trail Daze volunteers listen to For information on upcoming trail maintenance events visit the instructions before a day of trail work.

SBMTV website at www.sbmtv.org .

June meeting topics Our June 3rd Bicycle Coalition meeting ran two hours and included these topics: • Eva Inbar reported on the very successful Bike to School Day and showed photos from various schools.

• There will be a bicycling & law enforcement workshop this fall, and Santa Barbara is being considered by NHTSA to host it.

• Ralph Fertig described two Bicycle Coalition proposals to Goleta Valley Cycling Club for community projects.

• The Nominating Committee reported that they are still working on officer and board nominations.

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

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

• Dave Beamer proposed that we endorse a Sierra Club sustainability resolution for Congress, and we agreed.

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

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

• Ralph Fertig talked about his trip to Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo to look at their winning rack design.

Save this date: Aug 10th Everybody had such a good time at our Membership Appreciation Barbeque last summer that we’re going to hold another one this August. Mark the date of Sunday, August 10 on your calendar. We’ve reserved the same space at Goleta County Beach Park, starting at 1:00. Hope to see all you members there. We’ll have lots of bike parking just waiting for you.

AIDS Riders pedal through SB County Over two days, June 12-13, a dedicated group of 1300 cyclists pedaled through Santa Barbara County. They were participating in the 585-mile, San Francisco to Los Angeles AIDS/ LifeCycle charity ride.

Bike Week winners We held several contests during and after Bike Week to add to the fun and encourage greater awareness of the benefits of bicycling. Here are the results as compiled by Erika Lindemann with the help of Internet web site software written by Gary Wissman.

BIKE TO WORK CHALLENGE This three-week contest counted the number of days that employees bicycled to work.

There were five prize categories, one for a government agency, and four for corporations of various sizes. The bicycle commute days were divided by the total possible days for all workers for each employer. Congratulations to these employers who won a lunch catered by Santa Barbara Chicken Ranch: • Dial Page (mini company) • Softshare (small company) • ExpertCity (medium company) • Raytheon (large company) • Air Pollution Control District (government)

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

In addition, those employees who biked five days or more were eligible to win a $100 gift certificate from any local bike shop. Out of 83 When the riders entered Casmalia, they found eligible participants, the lucky winner was: a steak barbeque set up by the Casmalia Moth• Everett Hauser (works at UCSB) ers’ Club. It was a fundraiser for field trips for BIKE CLUB CHALLENGE the school kids. Club member Julie Ramirez says, “We’ve been doing this for three years This is getting repetitious. Year after year, the and I always love it when the cyclists come same club has the most members at Bike to through. They’re so polite and generous. I had Work Day. This year, a wine and cheese party a ten-year-old cousin who died of AIDS after a at Curtis Winery goes to bike commuters in: blood transfusion, so this is my issue, too.”

• Goleta Valley Cycling Club The cyclists could dine and read letters writELECTRIC BIKE CONTEST ten by students, like this one by a second grader: “Thank you for working hard to help This year, an electric bike from the Electric people that are sick or sad and tank you for Transportation Company (in Montecito) was coming to our sckool and for traveling around given to the employer with the most “infrethe word to help people from anywhere.” quent” bike commuters at Bike to Work Day Coming down Harris Grade into Lompoc, a events. The idea is to keep the bike at work man and his two boys passed out freshly for employees to use. And the winner was: picked strawberries, and his youngest asked • City of Lompoc all cyclists to autograph his shirt.

That evening, while camped at Lompoc’s River Park, cyclists joined a couple in celebrating their wedding. Sarah Buxton and Roberto Quintana met during an AIDS Ride in 2000, and fell in love during last year’s AIDS/ Long time Bicycle Coalition member Dave LifeCycle ride. Father Mariano Tomaszewski, Beamer is working with the Sierra Club to the priest who conducted the ceremony, told his audiance: “Marriage could be compared to obtain support for a proposed resolution in riding a bicycle. Sometimes the weather is not Congress. At our June meeting, we considered the greatest. Sometimes you are riding uphill. and endorsed this resolution that he offered: Sometimes you are riding downhill.”

“Resolved that we suport a House-Senate concurrent resolution: Expressing the Finally, in Santa Barbara, cyclists were sense of the Congress that it should treated by locals who set up their own stop explore the feasibility of the Nation with strawberries, ice cream, snacks, and a moving toward a sustainable economy.” place to write their personal messages.

Want to follow the ride in detail? Check out Obviously, it’s a weak statement, but it could the ride site at http://webcast.aidslifecycle.org. be a start toward more responsible living.

Coalition endorses sustainability

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Marty Blum lauds bikes at Mayors Conference Coalition tries to keep Mayor Marty Blum, representing the City of of healthy communities. It was not hard to County road open Santa Barbara at the US Conference of Mayors get the support,” remarked Mayor Blum. in Denver, introduced a visionary resolution about bicycling. The resolution, shown below, was well received and adopted by the mayors.

“Mayors all over the country are supportive

Our thanks to Mayor Blum for raising everybody’s awareness of sustainable and healthy transportation by bicycle, not only in Santa Barbara, but throughout our country.

Bicycle Friendly Communities 1. WHEREAS, an estimated 61 percent of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese, and 13 percent of children and adolescents are overweight, due in large part to a lack of regular physical activity; and 2. WHEREAS, half of all trips in urban areas are three miles or less and more than one quarter are less than one mile in length; and 3. WHEREAS, short motor vehicle trips are the most environmentally damaging and contribute most to global climate change; and 4. WHEREAS, bicycling is a clean, efficient, healthy, economical, and accessible means of recreation and transportation with a wide variety of associated benefits to individuals and society at large; and 5. WHEREAS, bicycling also has the potential to play a significant transportation role in U.S. cities and to reduce the number and impact of motor vehicle trips; and 6. WHEREAS, many mayors are already pursuing policies and programs to improve conditions for bicycling, 7. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the U.S. Conference of Mayors calls on cities and communities to promote increased, safe bicycle use for transportation and recreation and to adopt the goals laid out in the National Strategies to Advance Bicycle Safety, adopted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Federal Highway Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in June 2000; and 8. BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED, that the U.S. Conference of Mayors will work with the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and national bicycle user groups to develop a more detailed action plan for cities and communities to follow to become more bicycle-friendly and that this action plan be presented at the First International Symposium on Bicycle Friendly Communities in March 2004; and 9. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the U.S. Conference of Mayors supports the continued broad eligibility of Federal funds for bicycle programs and projects.

In mid-May, Bicycle Coalition member Corey Anderson alerted us to the possible closure of a section of San Antonio Creek Road next to Tucker’s Grove County Park to public use due to adjacent residential development. The road section had been abandoned by the County years ago, although an easement was reserved for emergency access.

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

For years, people have used that segment for walking, bicycling, and horseback access to the Park, Cathedral Oaks Road, and other destinations from the residential area above the Park. Anderson regularly bikes to and from his job on the road. It’s much safer and easier than the alternative.

Currently, there are posts at the bottom that, in an emergency, can be broken through. At the top, there is a barrier and “Road Closed” sign that you can easily bypass.

The land was apparently given to the owner of an adjacent empty lot, and he now wants to build there and use the road as a driveway.

An exceptional—and The fear is that it will be closed to non-emerfree—booklet is now In just the last year, two kinds of motorized gency public use. available to help us scooters have appeared on local bike lanes, At our June Bicycle Coalition meeting, we help students bicycle trails and streets: electric ones and gas-powand walk to school. It’s discussed the situation and voted to write to ered ones. They are better than automobiles, Safe Routes to School, a Supervisor Susan Rose. Our letter appealed to they take up less space, they require fewer republication of the Na- her, “We ask you to do anything possible to sources to manufacture, but are they an overtional Highway Traffic retain the current public non-motorized access all good idea? Certainly we would like to see Safety Administration to the road. Perhaps it can be incorporated riders do something to improve their fitness (NHTSA) that is based into the Santa Barbara County trail system?” like walking, jogging or cycling instead.

An appeal to the building permit has been on experiences from various programs, but esCities and states around the US are banpecially from Marin County’s pilot Safe Routes made by nearby property owners, so there is ning, limiting, or considering restricting some program. It covers encouraging students to still an opportunity to preserve this popular or all motorized scooters. New Jersey bans all bike and walk, educating teachers and parents public way of travel. We certainly hope so. of them. So do Allentown PA and New Bedford about safety, designing streets and environMA. The Honolulu Council voted to ban gasments around schools, and enforcing motorist Los Carneros project stopped powered ones, and the Mayor is considering traffic laws.

The road widening and bridge project for signing it. The gas-powered ones are very This very informative 92-page booklet is an Los Carneros Road in Goleta (described in noisy and pollute, while the electric ones are excellent guide for advocates, parents, teachMay Quick Release) was halted by the City quiet and clean. Wilson Hubbell described ers, administrators, planners, and students.

Council due to concerns about bicyclist them in February Quick Release. Isn’t it time We’ve posted it online (it’s a 5MB PDF file) at: safety and constrained finances. for our elected officials to take some action? www.sbbike.org/resource/SR2S.pdf

Motorized scooters— Safe Routes to School ban the things?

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Bike to Work Day sponsors & volunteers The generous outpouring of help from individuals, corporations and organizations throughout Santa Barbara County has helped us celebrate and promote bicycling to the benefit of our community. We gratefully thank the following: Air Pollution Control District, Alacer Corporation, Albertsons, allGoode Organics, American Silk Screen, Ann and Mike Lawler, Anna’s Bakery, Bicycle Bob’s, Bicycle Connection, Bike Barn of Santa Maria, Blenders In The Grass, Bob and Cindy Sundberg, Bob Cooper, Brian Fahnestock, Brian Halvorson, Browning Ferris Industries, Cafe Delight, Cat Eye, Cathedral Oaks Athletic Club, Central Printing, Chase Restaurant, Chaucer’s Books, Chef Karim’s Restaurant, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Chris King Precision Components, Chuck Anderson, City of Buellton, City of Carpinteria, City of Goleta, City of Lompoc, City of Santa Barbara, City of Santa Maria, City of Solvang Recreation, Clear Channel Santa Barbara, Coalition for Sustainable Transportation, Coastal View News, Costco Wholesale, Cottage Health System, County of Santa Barbara, Cumulus Broadcasting, Cutting Edge Hair and Body Salon, Cynthia and Jonathan Maguire, Debbie’s Delights, Dominic Clark, Dr. J’s Bicycle Shop, Drew Hunter, Drusilla van Hengel, Electric Transportation Company, Emilio’s Ristaurante, Fairview Farms and Garden, Family Service Agency, Farmer Boy Restaurant, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, First American Title, Four Seasons Resort Santa Barbara, Frances Gilliland, Fred Luna, Gary

FREE BIKE MAP!

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

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

Atkins, Gary Wissman, Goleta Sports, Goleta Valley Athletic Club, Goleta Valley Cycling Club, Goleta Valley Voice, Guayakí Sustainable Rainforest Products, Hazard’s Cyclesport, Hillary Boyce, Hot Spots Cafe, Inertia Designs, Ivan Lorkevic, Jack’s Famous Bagels, Jamba Juice, James Wagner, Java Station, Jessica Scheeter, Kernohan’s Toys, KEYT News Radio, Kim Lyons, KJEE, Lane Vance, Larry Driggers, Laura Condon, Lompoc Record, Lynn Mathes, Main Street Cycles, Marco Alvarez, Marian Medical Center, Marta Starks, Marybeth Carty, Megan Miley Graphic Design, Metropolitan Theatres Corporation, Mike Hecker, Miriam Maya, Montecito YMCA, New Frontiers, Nielsen’s Market, Our Daily Bread, Pedal Power Bicycles, Prudential CaliforniaPascale Bassan, Ralph Fertig, Raytheon Systems, RideSB.com, Santa Barbara Bank and Trust, Santa Barbara Chicken Ranch, Santa Barbara Community College, Santa Barbara Downtown Association, Santa Barbara Independent, Santa Barbara Inn, Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara News-Press, Santa Barbara Winery, Santa Barbara Zoological Gardens, Santa Maria Times, Santa Ynez Valley News, Soho Restaurant, Solaris Care Network, South Side Coffee Company, Sparkletts Water, Starbucks Coffee, Steve Wagner, Stratford Coffee House, Thanks a Latte, The Cantina, The Daily Grind, The Lompoc Record, Tom Holland, Tom Roberts, Trader Joes, UCSB Associated Students Bike Shop, UCSB Faculty Club, UCSB Trasportation Alternatives Program, Unicycle.com, University of California Santa Barbara, VeloPro Cyclery, Venoco, Vons Market, Water Store, Wendy P. McCaw Foundation, and Wilson Hubbell.

Ads in Quick Release Quick Release accepts advertisements. Circulation is over 400 people. Ads are business card size, 3.5” wide x 2.0” high. Cost per ad is $18 each, or 12 consecutive ads for $180. Details and an order form are available on PDF format online at: www.sbbike.org/QR/ad.pdf .

GVCC donates to bicycle community At the Goleta Valley Cycling Club’s general meeting on June 15, members voted to support the Bicycle Coalition plus the Cities of Santa Barbara and Goleta. To us they donated $500 for our ongoing work. They wrote, “As the only recreational cycling club in our area, we are most appreciative of all the efforts the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition does on our behalf and other clubs and cyclists in general.”

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

The GVCC declined bike racks because they felt that schools should provide adequate racks for their own students. For the Bike Route signs, they agreed to purchase them for the Cities of Santa Barbara and Goleta for a total of $820. This was with one stipulation: that the signs be installed with tamper-proof fasteners to deter theft.

In the past, the GVCC bought signs to complete the Coastal Bike Route in Carpinteria and helmets for kids who cannot afford them; they have supported the Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers and the Bicycle Coalition. Our community is fortunate to have such generous bicycling members.

Upcoming bike meetings & events July 1, General Meeting. For our next evening meeting, we're returning to Taffy's Pizza, 2026 De la Vina Street, Santa Barbara.

There will be an optional no-host dinner at 6:00 PM, followed by a meeting at 7:00. Phone president Wilson Hubbell, 568-3046 or email him at hubbell@co.santa-barbara.ca.us.

July 12, Semana Nautica Super D Race. This Super D event is like a downhill race but not as technical and has some flat and short hill sections. Races at Elings Park in Santa Barbara start at 10:30 AM. Separate races for different rider groups. Details from Ed Brown at 8849271 or www.sbmtb.com.

July 26, Windmill Century, sponsored by the Tailwinds Bicycle Club. Choice of full century or metric century rides out of Los Alamos over lightly-traveled roads. Enjoy cycling past range land, vineyards, horse farms, hills, canyons, and even windmills. Food stops, sag support, and Santa Maria style top sirloin barbecue at the end. Phone 922-4864 or get an entry form at www.bbcnet.com/tailwinds/WindMill/ windmill.htm.

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Active bicyclist Jim Marshall

by Michael Hecker

If only more people were as active in our cycling community as Jim Marshall is perhaps there would be a “car lane” on every “bicycle street.” After reading this short bit on this great person, I hope that you’ll understand what I mean.

In 1968 Jim and his family moved to Santa Barbara from Milwaukee, Wisconsin to open a small business. Maybe some of you old timers remember Nature’s Own Gallery in the El Paseo?

Eventually his family opened another store up in Solvang. In 1984 during the peak of the inspirational LA Olympics, and to help him recover from a serious motorcycle accident Jim took up cycling.

Not only did riding a bicycle aid in his physical therapy and recovery but Jim credits cycling for helping him quit smoking as well. He said “I rode whenever I needed a cigarette, it worked great.”

Shortly after getting a new pair of lungs and a bit in shape he joined the Equipe Bicycle Club (now Echelon) in 1985. Jim thought he was in shape but he recalls “I thought that I was fit from motorcycle racing, but when the group dropped me on the first small climb I decided to get competitive. I rode whenever I could, including regular commuting to our store in El Paseo and occasionally to the Solvang store.”

From ‘86 to ‘91 Jim raced USCF Road and Criterium races as a Category 4 and Master. He was smitten with the dreaded racing bug!

However his racing years were soon sidelined as in 1992 he was seriously injured in a crash in a Highway 101 construction zone. Caltrans and the contractors had created a danger zone by merging two traffic lanes and the bicycle lane into one lane. Following the accident Caltrans changed their standards as to how bicycle traffic is to be treated in construction

zones. (Thanks Jim!) So perhaps Jim was done racing for a while but he didn’t let that stop him. Later that year he became a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Cielo Velo Bicycle Club in 1992. Cielo Velo was formed to bring more women and young people into bicycling. Jim served on the Board for 6 years. Part of his Cielo Velo involvement was to organize multi level bicycle rides for to encourage people to feel more comfortable riding on group rides.

Currently Jim is a member of the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition and races as an active member of the Santa Barbara Bicycle Club.

I’ll tie this piece up with this great statement. It’s certainly something to ponder the next time your asked to volunteer for an activity that involves our shared hobby, resource, and love, bicycling. When asked how he sees the local cycling scene and what he could do to help he said this “Over the years I’ve volunteered for over 100 bicycle events.

Most volunteer efforts were short, painless, and generally lots of fun. I’d like to encourage more people to volunteer when they can. I think that they’ll find it to be a rewarding experience than can greatly benefit the bicycling community.”

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

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

—Mahatma Ghandi

Help kids: buy a shirt The Bicycle Coalition has helped purchase 500 Bike Week T-shirts to give to students on Bike to School Day through profits from a special run of shirts that you can buy. These Here’s one of our special edition Bike Week shirts. are long-sleeve, organic cotton shirts. They’re a cream color and have our great Bike Week art by Megan Miley on the front, and no sponsor names on the back!

We sold them at Earth Day and Bike to Work Day, and half of them are gone. We currently have the rest of these quality shirts left in a selection of sizes. You can buy one while they last for $12. To own one of these special shirts, or maybe give one as a gift, phone Erika Lindemann at 961-8919.

Active members Please thank and support the following businesses that are Bicycle Coalition members: • King Cycle Group, Shasta Lake • MarBorg Industries, Santa Barbara • Nett & Champion Insurance, Santa Barbara • Rincon Cycles, Carpinteria • Tri Paradise Sports, Santa Barbara We’re pleased to welcome new Bicycle Coalition members Galen Edward Miller, Jim Marshall, Amy Frease, and Corey Anderson.

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

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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, 542-5112 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

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

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

Goleta Valley Cycling Club Kathleen Boehm jdawson@silcom.com

Lompoc Valley Bicycle Club Ray Harris, 736-5454

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

Santa Barbara Bicycle Club Mike Hecker, 966-1807 hecktone@cox.net Santa Barbara BMX, Dale Bowers LBowers508@aol.com

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

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

Gary Minar, 688-7957 gminar@syv.com

Road repair contacts Caltrans Pat Mickelson, 968-5779 pat_mickelson@dot.ca.gov

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