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How to reach us Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition PO Box 92047 Santa Barbara CA 93190-2047 phone 962-1479 email info@sbbike.org web www.sbbike.org
November 2nd meeting Join us on Tuesday, November 2nd for our monthly meeting. Don‘t forget to vote: Tuesday, November 2nd 12:00 noon County Public Works Conference Room, 1st Floor 123 E Anapamu Street Santa Barbara, California
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Coalition seeks funding for Trail Stop Biking to the County’s Energy Division at 4:20 PM on October 1st, Coalition president Ralph Fertig delivered eight copies of an application for CREF funding for our proposed “Obern/de Anza Trail Stop.” No reason to rush, he still had 40 spare minutes before the deadline. We especially thank Bicycle Coalition member and architect and Jeff Stoutenborough for donating a week of his time to design the project for us. It’s a beautiful yet functional rest and information area for all trail users. Jeff kept plugging away toward the funding deadline for a week in spite of encroaching illness. The cost estimate came from Allen Associates, a local contractor known for environmentallyresponsible building practices and advocacy, notable with the Sustainability Project. We are grateful to owner Dennis Allen for volunteering his profit as a donation to the Bicycle Coalition. The cost estimate came in at nearly $35,000. For this year’s funding cycle, there is about $300,000 in Coastal Resource Enhancement Fund (CREF) money available for non-acquisition projects like ours. Right now, all applications are in the hands of the County’s Energy Division staff who are writing evaluations of them. On November 22, Fertig will give a presentation to the County Supervisors
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.
asking them to fund our project. In early December, the Supervisors will vote on the allocation. Although we had five letters of support, you as an individual can still write or email or speak out in favor of the Trail Stop on November 22. Your thoughts on the project should go to: Supervisor Susan Rose, phone 568-2191 105 East Anapamu Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101 email srose@co.santa-barbara.ca.us Although we hope to see this project funded by CREF and constructed next spring, the County’s Wilson Hubbell cautioned that sometimes these projects take additional funding sources. You can view a copy of the application online, in Adobe PDF format (it’s a 360 KB file) at: www.sbbike.org/docs/CREF.pdf
This project will be a first for us in terms of lasting physical amenities for bicyclists and other trail users. Perhaps a bronze plaque at the site can recognize our noble efforts.
More people cycling
Our Bike Ed program The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition’s Bike Education program offers bicycling skills classes for school children and adults. Look for details of upcoming classes inside Quick Release, or contact our Coordinator Nancy Mulholland by phone at 563-9073 or email nmulhol04@yahoo.com.
November 2004
Riders for the MS Bike Tour & Fest register and prepare to pedal for the charity on October 16th.
Two October rides in Santa Barbara County saw growth in the number of participants. The People Powered Ride, a century ride out of Los Olivos, saw the numbers of registrants increase 42% over 2003, up to 460 cyclists. Most surprising was the number of day-of-ride registrations that were up by 85% over 2003. A week later, the Multiple Sclerosis Bike Tour & Fest took place in Santa Barbara. It had an 8% increase in riders over 2003, with a total ridership over 1200 cyclists. Whether these increases reflect the “Lance Armstrong” effect, better marketing, active lifestyle increases, vacations nearer home, or other things, it’s your guess. But cycling is on the rise!
New Board member Mark McClure by Don Lubach
Bicycle Coalition Board member McClure.
Mark McClure is our newest board member. An avid cyclist during his UCSB days, Mark’s cycling was put on hold as he worked in large, cycle-unfriendly cities around the world, including three years in super-congested Hong Kong and a year in shoulderless Gaborone, Botswana. Instead of cycling, he logged nearly 100 skydives, ran with the Hash House Harriers and became a diving instructor. Upon returning to Santa Barbara in 2000, he rediscovered cycling, and especially loaded touring. He currently rides a Cannondale touring bike as his daily ride. His mountain bike, he says, “doesn’t get out of the garage much.” Mark’s cycle advocacy interests lie in improving the touring climate in Santa Barbara County, as well as improving the commuting environment because, as he says, “Although I like touring, the reality is that I do a lot more commuting miles than touring miles.” “I really like riding out to western Goleta and up Old San Marcos Road,” he adds. “I’ve put 2000 miles on my bike so far this year.” Mark can often be spotted with his wife and toddler boy along the Obern Trail on their way to Goleta Beach or out for some exercise. Mark joins many of us in our dream to see a bike path along the railroad throughway and also a class-one path all the way up the coast to Gaviota point. We welcome Mark to the board and look forward to his contributions.
“We have an obesity problem, as well as an energy problem, and bicycling could help solve both of them.” — Steve Madden, Bicycling Magazine Editor
Quick Release • November 2004 • Page 2
HS mountain biking Last spring Mike Hecker added a High School Mountain Bike Race to his Firestone MTB weekend. Teenagers from three schools—San Marcos, Dos Pueblos, and Santa Barbara High—competed. Recently, following an enquiry from Betsy Amato in Atascadero about a regional league, Hecker decided to expand the league’s scope beyond our County—it’s now the “Central Coast High School Mountain Bike League.” What is needed is participation from more schools. To form a high school team, you need to: • Find a local mentor and school teachercyclist to form a “club team.” • Identify students who are interested in mountain biking. • Form a “NORBA High School Club Team” for $50, and obtain NORBA insurance to covers training rides and biking “events” for $150. • Locate a nearby place to hold event races for only high school students. For more information, contact Hecker at 966-1807 or hecktone@cox.net.
Bicycle tourism in SB County? At the October 19th meeting of the Santa Barbara Car Free group, Bicycle Coalition president Ralph Fertig talked about the possibilities of increasing bicycle tourism within our county. The Car Free group’s aim is to get tourists and residents to enjoy our area by bike, bus, foot, train, kayak—any means but by car. While at the Pro Walk/Pro Bike 2004 conference in Victoria BC last September, Fertig was struck with the active promotion of bicycle tourism on Vancouver Island. They have miles of trails, multiple web sites, and active partnerships among small inns, hotels, restaurants, bike rentals, and trailside businesses.
Half a Lemon Festival is better than none The Sunday half of the California Lemon Festival in Goleta got rained out on October 17th, but except for our display banner being blown over by approaching storm winds, we remained dry and unscathed on Saturday. During our one day we managed to place 40 bike helmets on kids’ heads and gave out flashing LED safety lights. Those lights came from a contribution to the Bicycle Coalition from the Goleta Valley Cycling Club, and the low-cost helmets were from the County’s Emergency Medical Services program. Our thanks go to Gary Wissman who organized the event and to those who staffed our booth: Bob Cooper, Woody Wilde, Wilson Hubbell, Kaye Corbett, and Mark McClure.
This bike/ped bridge in Victoria BC connects sections of the Galloping Goose Trail over a busy roadway.
According to surveys, cycling tourists are more affluent, spend more, stay longer, and return more frequently than other tourists. This makes them a very desirable group to attract to our area. We know that the more bicyclists on our streets, the safer is it on the average for us all. Further, local businesses are more likely to back development of new facilities—like the Coastal Trail between Goleta and Gaviota, for example—if it helps bolster our regional economy. The north and south parts of our county can provide complementary cycling vacations. So the question might be how (or whether) the Bicycle Coalition could help create a bike tourism partnership locally?
Bike Education News Street Skills for Cyclists class
LCI training in SLO
Scared of drivers A local training class hitting you from beby the League of hind? Unsure what American Bicyclists to certify new League Cythe best way to make cling Instructors (LCIs) a left turn in traffic will be held next April is? Worried by close in San Luis Obispo. SUVs as you bike We encourage all through roundinterested cyclists— abouts? If these and particularly those in other fears keep you our North County—to from biking around become LCIs. You will town as freely as you would like, take learn how to teach safe our Street Skills for biking in traffic. If you Cyclists class. are Spanish/English The Street Skills bilingual, please give it if you’re comfortable biking with traffic, class will help you Even extra consideration. you will probably learn to be more confident. look at any street or For more information intersection and know the best place to or questions, phone Nancy Mulholland at ride. You’ll gain confidence to ride where 563-9073 or email her nmulhol04@yahoo.com. you want. Our class includes: BikeEd Fact Sheet • Your legal rights and responsibilities How far to the right should I bicycle? • Common causes of crashes Laws: • How to foresee and avoid accidents • How to be visible • Most bicycle laws use the same language • What the best lane position is for you regarding where cyclists should drive • Emergency on-bike maneuvers • Directions to ride “as far to the right as • An optional 2 hours of on-road bicycling. practicable” appears in most laws • No clear definition of practicable has been The class will take place on Saturday, Noidentified. vember 6th from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. An Safety: optional 2-hour follow-up will be offered • Do not ride where you are subject to poor on November 7th, from 10:00 AM to noon, road conditions constant hazards for those desiring on-road bicycling in real • Give yourself ample room to your right to traffic. Cost is $30 for both days. It’s open maneuver in an emergency to anybody at least 16 years old. • Ride in the right third of the lane if there The class will be taught by Erika is not sufficient room for lane sharing. Lindemann, a League of American BicyTraffic rules: clists Cycling Instructor. Registration is re• Slower moving vehicles travel to the right quired, details online at www.sbbike.org. of faster moving ones Logo and name contest • Motorists are looking for other vehicles in or near the travel lanes, not against curbs We need both a name and logo for our new • Follow the same rules as motorists includBike Education program. The name ing yielding right-of-way and signaling. “BikeEd,” belongs to the League of AmeriWide lanes: can Bicyclists, so we would like to have • Ride just to the right of the travel lane to something more local that still reflects the remain visible to other motorists League’s vision of “more people on bikes • Ride at least 3 feet from parked cars in all safely, more often.” situations; consider this a right side limit Please submit your ideas. If your entry • Always ride in a straight line; do not wins, you will receive a $50 Bicycle Bob’s swerve between parked cars. gift certificate. There will be two $50 prizes, Hazards: one for the name and one for the logo. • If a lane narrows ahead or is blocked by a Please submit your entries to Nancy bus, establish your position in traffic early Mulholland either by mail to 115 West • Avoid riding where glass and other trash Pedregosa Street, Santa Barbara 93101, or accumulates on the right side of roadways by email to nmulhol04@yahoo.com. • Grates and gutterpans should be avoided Logo sketches will suffice, although finby positioning yourself away from them. ished artwork is fine. Include your name —from Better Bicycling Fact Sheets, League of and how to contact you. Deadline for reAmerican Bicyclists, Bicycle Advocacy and ceipt of entries is November 22nd. Education Center. www.bikeleague.org
Mountain biking day educates kids by Chris Orr
On October 2nd, the first national Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day was a great success! Approximately 50 participants gathered at Ellwood open space in Goleta. First, mechanics from UCSB’s Bike Shop checked the bikes that arrived. Then participants signed in and picked up route maps. After an introduction, the riders grouped behind leaders Kim Lyons, Dave Phreaner, Chuck Anderson, and Jed Hirsch. By then, the young riders were stomping on the pedals and ready to go... they took off in a spin of little feet! The event was originated by the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA), and supported locally by the Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers. Nationwide, thousands of kids participated in more than 100 similar events.
Adults and kids showed up for the first Take a Kid Mountain Biking event; here they get organized.
Three nature stops were included in the route around Ellwood Mesa. Chris Lang from Friends of the Ellwood Coast gave a great talk and tour of the Ellwood Monarch Butterfly Grove. Marine biologist Carol Blanchette described the marine animal and plant life from atop the Ellwood cliffs. Ed Easton of the Coal Oil Point Reserve talked on the importance of snowy plover habitat that the reserve protects. All the riders had great time. Some had so much energy that they continued to ride around the group gathered at the refreshment table setup by SBMTV member Dorothy LittleJohn. Lastly, we had a gathering at Johnny Martin’s Java Station coffee house to view new videos. Kids and parents riding bikes on trails, having fun, and learning about local natural resources! What more could you want? We can’t wait until next year when we’ll make an effort to attract more Latino kids. Quick Release • November 2004 • Page 3
October Coalition meeting topics
Coalition OKs bike lanes on new bridge
Upcoming bike meetings & events
Our October 5th Bicycle Coalition was an evening dinner and meeting that attracted 13 people to discuss these issues: • Gary Wissman reported that we will participate in the California Lemon Festival this year, mainly to distribute helmets. • The People Powered Ride will take place on October 10th and Bicycle Coalition members are urged to help if possible. • Ralph Fertig talked about his participation in the Pro Walk/Pro Bike conference. • Nancy Mulholland reported that we’ll offer a Bike Education course next month, and there will be an LCI meeting next week. • Mark Purcell, president of Echelon Santa Barbara and a Santa Barbara police officer talked about Echelon’s scholarship program and concerns of biking in traffic. • Chuck Anderson said that the Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day was successful, and next year the SB Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers will attract more Latino kids. • Ralph Fertig will attend the San Luis Obispo’s Bike First program ceremony, in view of crafting a similar program locally. • Chuck Anderson dispelled misconceptions about trail use. No agreement had been reached about alternate day prohibition of mountain bikers. The main focus is an alliance of users to create new trails, improve existing ones, and provide trail user education.
On October 13, the Goleta City Council considered the proposed new bridge over Highway 101 at the end of Cathedral Oaks Road.
With many meetings and events being announced a week or two or three before they take place, this list should be considered only the beginning. To get an updated listing, go to www.sbbike.org/meet/meet.html.
FREE BIKE MAP!
For Santa Barbara County Bike Maps, info on ridesharing and van pools, just call: 963-SAVE. Quick Release • November 2004 • Page 4
November 2, 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 Ralph Fertig, 962-1479 or email him at sb-ralph@cox.net.
This map shows the existing 101 bridge on the left, and the proposed one on the right.
Bicycle Coalition President Ralph Fertig spoke about our concerns. He said that while a separated bike/ped path was possible, the difficulties of connecting users to it at the ends, plus the required physical separation from traffic made it infeasible. Five-foot bikelanes on both sides of the road will serve to provide a good place for bicyclists, and the six-foot sidewalk will serve the expected light pedestrian traffic.
Oak Park Mobility Plan The fifth community workshop for residents of the Oak Park neighborhood in Santa Barbara took place on October 19th. Nearly 100 people showed up to hear an update on their Neighborhood Area Mobility Plan and make comments about how well it addresses their concerns about traffic and related conditions in their area. Thirty changes were proposed, all measures that slow speeding cars and make it safer for people to walk or bike. Of particular interest to bicyclists is the proposed removing of traffic lanes on two streets— Chapala and De la Vina—in order to install bikelanes that will run for six blocks from Mission Street to Constance Avenue. Other major changes will come to State Street intersections at De la Vina and Alamar Streets where bicyclists and pedestrians are endangered. Perhaps the most innovative component of the plan is backin diagonal parking for one block of De la Vina Street near State. It’s apparently been successful in Ventura, and we’re told that it will work here as well. If you want to be part of the process, contact the City’s Susan McLaughlin at 897-2669 or SMcLaughlin@ci.santa-barbara.ca.us.
November 6, Street Skills for Cyclists, sponsored by the SB Bicycle Coalition. Learn how to cope better with traffic in an urban setting. See how your perceptions will change. Details for this program are on page 3. Contact is Nancy Mulholland at nmulhol04@yahoo.com or 563-9073. November 6, Solvang Prelude, sponsored by SCOR Cardiac Cyclists Club. Traditional fall ride attracts thousands and closes out the local recreational season. Choice of 25, 50 or 63-mile rides out of Solvang. Roving sag support, food stops, vendor expo, optional barbecue at end. Information online at www.bikescor.com or phone 562-690-9693. November 13, Holiday Halves Bike Ride, sponsored by Tailwinds Bicycle Club of Santa Maria. Cruise through scenic canyons, vineyards, and ranches with beautiful vistas. Choose the 50-mile route which includes a demanding hill climb, some small climbs, and some flats; or ride the easier 50-km route. Both routes will have SAG support and rest stops. At the end, enjoy an all-you-can-eat Santa Maria Style BBQ. Additional information and registration at www.bbcnet.com/tailwinds/HolidayHalves/index.htm. November 14, Santa Barbara Cyclocross, sponsored by SG Productions. This race is part of the Southern California Cyclocross Cup series. Prizes valued at $2250 will be awarded. If you don’t have a cyclocross bike, use your mountain bike. Races start at 9:00 AM at the Campus Pointe Industrial Park in Goleta. Find details online at www.ridesb.com/PDFs/SBXCross_Nov14th.pdf.
Bike businesses win The Santa Barbara News-Press and Independent have announced readers’ choices for best bike shops and rentals. The winners are Bicycle Bob’s and Hazard’s Cyclesport for shops, and Wheel Fun Rentals and Cycles4Rent for bicycle rentals. Good going!
County repaves important bikepath It’s only a short section of bikepath over San Jose Creek on the North Goleta Bike Route, but it was in very poor condition. Thanks to the County work crew for doing a fine job of repaving sections of the path on either side of the creek.
This scenic and vital link connects neighbors on Berkeley Road for bicyclists and pedestrians.
Bicycle Coalition member David Madajian notes, “the asphalt repair...is fantastic. It is smooth as glass, which I much appreciated. It was pretty dangerous and I had to go through at a crawl before it was fixed.” If you agree, send an email to Wilson Hubbell at Hubbell@cosbpw.net saying so, and he will pass it on to the workers.
White helmets safest A New Zealand study published in the British Medical Journal last January compared the safety of motorcyclists wearing lightcolored helmets versus dark-colored ones. The author concluded that the light-colored ones were associated with a 19% lower risk of crashes. As for white versus black helmets, riders with white ones had a 24% lower risk than those wearing black. This certainly applies to all us bicyclists as well.
SLO County's Bike program—why not here? LCI instructor Rod On October 16th, a Hoadley. ceremony was held If their program in San Luis Obispo to sounds familiar, it inaugurate a “Bike might be because First” program. Each you’ve read about one of twenty-three Bicycling selected SLO county Magazine’s Bike residents received a Town program thousand-dollar bike that’s now in its package for only second year. Last $200 in a new trip year, 50 people in reduction program. Portland, Maine reThe intent of the ceived bikes, and program is to battle this year the proair pollution and trafBiking legend Joe Breeze spoke to the crowd fic congestion by get- about the benefits of bicycling for transportation gram was expanded to five ting the 23 residents at the Bike First ceremony. additional cities, to pledge to give up including Irvine, California. They describe their car keys and replace automobile trips their program as “a healthy living initiative with bike trips. The 23 were selected from designed to create positive change by enamong more than 80 people who applied gaging the power of the pedal.” for the package. So the question comes back to us: why The program was funded primarily by not pursue a similar program here? Traffic the SLO County Air Pollution Control DisSolutions’ Kent Epperson said, “This is a trict and sponsored by San Luis Obispo Recool idea. Similar to the ‘Power Pedals’ progional Rideshare and the San Luis Obispo gram implemented at the Long Beach and County Bicycle Coalition. Palo Alto Bikestations a few years ago.” Each resident received a Breezer Villager Santa Barbara city’s Rob Dayton combike, a year of free maintenance, a helmet, mented, “I think we would be interested. I lock, grocery bag and odometer. could see us also putting the people Bike First was the brainchild of Joe through the bike class as well.” We’re open Gilpin, San Luis Obispo County Bicycle to ideas of how to take it from here. Coalition executive director. “One of the largest perceived barriers to adopting cycling for more utility-based trips such as commuting and shopping is not having a Please thank and support the following Bigood enough bicycle, or the money to cycle Coalition business members: spend on one,” said Gilpin. • Hazard’s Cyclesport, Santa Barbara The ceremony was attended by about 40 • Rincon Cycles, Carpinteria people, including Ralph Fertig from our • Piekert Group Architects, Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition. Speakers included Joe
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Gilpin, SLO Mayor Dave Romero, bike manufacturer Joe Breeze, and California EPA representative Chris Marxen. A bicycle education program followed, led by
We welcome new member Sue Clinton, and certainly thank those who renewed their memberships: Melinda Goodman, Garrick Sitongia, Bill Frost, and Bill Pollock.
We’re getting a biking president For the first time ever, the main contenders for United States presidency both ride bicycles. We note that 65% bicyclists vote, way above the US average, so do your duty again this election. Longtime cyclist John Kerry’s favorite bike is a Serotta Ottrott road bike. He finished the 110-mile Pan-Massachusetts Challenge in 2003, coming in 37th out of 3000 cyclists. And he finished an 80-mile Boston-to-Cape Cod charity ride in freezing cold. George Bush has a Trek Fuel 98 carbon-fiber mountain bike that he started riding around his Texas ranch last February. He switched from running to biking after experiencing knee pain: “This is like running except I don’t feel bad afterward.” Quick Release • November 2004 • Page 5
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Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition Regional bicycle clubs & groups Road repair contacts President, Ralph Fertig, 962-1479 sb-ralph@cox.net
Vice President, Chuck Anderson 893-4616, mtbchuck@cox.net Secretary, Drew Hunter, 542-5112 watair1@earthlink.net
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Director, Jim Marshall, 962-3531 Jim2Mars@aol.com
Director, Mark McClure, 967-5031 mcclure606@yahoo.com
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Advisor, Dru van Hengel, 564-5544 dvanhengel@ci.santa-barbara.ca.us
Advisor, Wilson Hubbell, 568-3046 Hubbell@cosbpw.net Advisor, Erika Lindemann, 961-8919 elindemann@sbcag.org
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Bicycle Touring Club of Solvang Dan Henry, 688-3330 Cyclone Racing, Beth Wallace 753-6673, xyzbethie@aol.com Echelon Santa Barbara, Mark Purcell markpurcell@cox.net
Goleta Valley Cycling Club Lompoc Valley Bicycle Club Scott Shaw, bikelompoc@yahoo.com SB Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers Chris Orr, 964-0362 mtbchriso@yahoo.com
Lompoc Larry Bean, 736-1261 l_bean@ci.lompoc.ca.us
Santa Barbara City Wilson Hubbell, 568-3046 hubbell@co.santa-barbara.ca.us
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Santa Barbara BMX Dale Bowers, res0d201@verizon.net
Philip Chang, 968-4082 pchang@physics.ucsb.edu
Goleta
897-2630
Mike Hecker, 966-1807 hecktone@cox.net
UCSB Cycling Club
Dale Lipp, 684-5405 x402 dalel@ci.carpinteria.ca.us
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Santa Barbara Bicycle Club
SMtailwinds@verizon.net
Carpinteria
Steve Wagner, 961-7511 swagner@cityofgoleta.org
Doris Phinney, 968-3143 Cyclebug@aol.com
Tailwinds Bicycle Club David Cantero, 937-4097
Pat Mickelson, 968-5779 pat_mickelson@dot.ca.gov
Rick Sweet, 925-0951 x227 71064.3132@compuserve.com
Solvang Tom Rowe, 688-5575 tomr@cityofsolvang.com
UCSB Dennis Whelan, 893-7009 Dennis.Whelan@bap.ucsb.edu
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