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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 962-1479 email info@sbbike.org web www.sbbike.org

November 1st meeting Join us on the first Tuesday of each month for our general meeting: Tuesday, November 1st Santa Barbara Bank & Trust Community Room 1021 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, California 12:00 noon

Coalition brings Cole to speak locally On November 9th, our Bicycle Coalition, COAST and the Sustainability Project will bring Ventura City Manager Rick Cole to speak in Santa Barbara. At the September Walk/ Bike California conference that many of went to, Cole was the only speaker who addressed the participants and received a standing ovation for his insight and inspiration.

Rick Cole, Ventura City Manager.

In these times when gas and housing prices are through the roof, Saving “Paradise” on the Cole will talk about issues that will Central Coast determine the future of our South November 9, 7:00-9:00 PM Coast communities. Called “one of Gebhard Meeting Room Southern California’s most vision630 Garden Street (south side) ary planning thinkers” by the Los Santa Barbara Angeles Times, Cole puts local is-

Measure D tax

Kids and parents sign up and grab nourishment before the “Take a Kid Mountain Biking” event at Ellwood.

Is 101 In Motion going to be the tail that wags the Measure D dog? That remains to be seen.

The 101 In Motion process that identified projects and programs to reduce motorist congestion on Highway 101 was unanimously approved by the SBCAG Board on October 20th. Bicycling was not part of the long list of measures identified to reduce traffic congestion. We could, however, play a role in some components of the package of solutions—like bikes accommodated on commuter trains, and as part of an “individualized marketing” program that tells people how to take advantage of alternatives to driving alone.

The package was estimated to cost $600 million in 2005 dollars—$400 million for widening Highway 101 from Santa Barbara to the Ventura County line; $80 million for commuter rail; and $120 million for a long list of projects that almost entirely speed up cars and trucks.

The main contention is between rail and highway widening. Some SBCAG members said implement rail first, others said widening had to be first; some said everything had to be included, others said it’s a menu from which to later select.

How it might be funded is the looming and unanswered question. In order for Measure D renewal to be approved by voters, the SBCAG consultant says that it must contain specific provisions for alternative transportation, congestion relief, roadway maintenance, and safety measures—or it will fail. So, is the choice between 101 In Motion or what people want in Measure D?

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@lists.riseup.net

Leave the subject line and body of the message blank.

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Join the Coalition

Our CycleSmart program The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition’s CycleSmart bicyclist education program offers bicycling skills classes for school children and adults.

Look for details of upcoming classes inside Quick Release, or contact our Co-coordinators Dru van Hengel and Erika Lindemann by email CycleSmart@sbbike.org.

sues facing Central Coast communities in the context of global forces reshaping people’s lives around the world.

Right now Americans constitute 6% of our planet’s population, but we consume 22% of the fossil fuels. By 2015, though, China will surpass us as the globe’s largest gas guzzler. The choices we make in our communities today will determine our standard of living and quality of life when gas hits seven bucks a gallon.

Cole is the former Mayor of Pasadena and Southern California Director of the Local Government Commission. His talk will be free.

Kids go mountain biking

Online email list

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.

November 2005

Thanks to efforts from the Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers, a large group of young bikers took to the Ellwood Open Space last October 1st with enthusiasm. This is the second year of their “Take a Kid Mountain Biking” event, sponsored by the International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) in partnership with local organizations. There were more than 80 similar events around the US this October, including nine others in California.

About 60 participants turned out this year for fun riding and nature stops at the monarch butterfly trees and geological formations. Everybody was energized by the exciting family event, and they are looking forward to more in the future.

Fertig represents us at GoCalifornia workshop New electric bike shop

by Ralph Fertig

On October 19th, I attended one of eight re- ence in South Perth, Australia. There, program workers visited individual households, gional workshops that dealt with a new analyzed their trips, and suggested non“mobility initiative” being proposed by the state’s Business, Transportation and Hous- driving alternatives like bus, bike and foot.

It was a great success because it reduced car ing Agency. Because my invitation called travel by 17%, while increased bicycling by me “a prominent transportation leader in 61%, walking trips by California,” I had to go.

35%, and bus use by There were about 70 17%. The program cost participants from six 1/30 what new roadways counties between Santa would have cost, and was Cruz and Ventura. expanded to the adjacent Caltrans Director Will city of Perth.

Kempton gave a presenAfterwards, I talked to tation that described the Kempton. I told him that GoCalifornia initiative. our county is 14th highNearly all of it concerned est in the US for bike moving cars and trucks commuting. He knew on highways. After that, Caltrans Director Will Kempton speaks about our upcoming we moved to three indi- to workshop participants.

Measure D renewal, and vidual break-out seshe asked whether we were asking for a sions where comments, at least in my dedicated percentage for bicycling. I was assession, addressed issues of multi-modal tounded, and said that it’s under considertravel (like bike-to-bus trips), safety, infill ation. He’s an active runner, so appreciates housing, and alternatives like walking and the benefits of exercise. biking. We were much more concerned Our workshop input will be rolled into with moving people than motor vehicles.

GoCalifornia, so we’ll be watching to see if I suggested a greater emphasis on “indiwe’ve made a difference. vidualized marketing,” citing the experi-

New federal transportation act “SAFETEA-LU” A new transportation act with the clumsy acronym SAFETEA-LU was signed into law by the president on August 10th at a Caterpillar manufacturing plant, emphasizing the new road construction and American jobs that will come from the $286.5 billion act.

Bicycling wasn’t mentioned at the signing, but the good news is that we also won big. SAFETEA-LU will steer about $4 billion into federal funding of bike paths and bike-related programs over the next five years. Bicycle advocate Representative Earl Blumenauer has called the bill “the best bicycle bill in history.” The major bicycling components found in the thousand-page document are: • Safe Routes to School, $612 million. This was described in last month’s Quick Release.

• Recreational Trails Program, $370 million. At least 30% must be spent on non-motorized trails.

• Highway Safety Improvement Program, $5.0 billion. Bicycling and pedestrian safety projects will probably win about 1% of the dollars. It can include traffic calming measures and cyclist-safe rumble strips.

• Highway Safety Program, $1.06 billion.

This funds education and enforcement programs, including bicycling programs.

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• Scenic Byways, $175 million. Bicyclist and pedestrian projects will probably comprise 2-3% of the total.

• Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Grants, $2.3 million. This will continue funding for the national information clearinghouse.

• Nonmotorized Transportation Pilot Program, $100 million. This is split four ways for selected communities, including Marin County in California, to assess the impact of a nonmotorized infrastructure.

• Alternative Transportation in Parks and Public Lands, $96 million. This specifically includes nonmotorized modes of travel.

• Transportation Enhancements, $3.5 billion. This has been the major funding source for bicycling projects that, from the beginning of the program in 1991, have been obtaining the largest share among a large group of eligible categories.

• Transportation Planning. There are new requirements for our SBCAG and other regional planning agencies to include representatives of bicyclists and pedestrians in their periodic transportation planning.

SAFETEA-LU is a complex act that will be with us until 2009. We will be pleased to work with local jurisdictions as they pursue funding from these programs to help us all.

Scott Shaw in front of his bikes and new shop in Santa Barbara.

On October 1, a new bike shop opened in Santa Barbara, offering its own line of electric-assisted bicycles. It’s the result of creative thinking by owners Scott and Susanna Shaw who spent much of last year in Asia arranging business deals with manufacturers. They chose to partner only with companies that have legitimate labor practices, ensure worker safety, and provide good employee compensation. All bicycle design, development and final assembly are done locally.

The business—Santa Barbara Electric Bicycle Company—has a line of bikes and scooters named after different local places, like the “Riviera,” a foldable commuter bike. There are commuters, cruisers, and off-road machines.

The bikes can run on electric batteries, pedaling only, or a combination of both.

That makes them useful for places like UCSB where electric power can be used to get to the University on streets, but turned off to legally navigate campus bikepaths.

With gas around $3 a gallon, people are looking for ways to save money, but some are unsure about their ability to pedal everywhere—so the Shaws are offering a timely alternative. Visit them at 630 Anacapa Street, or online at www.sbebc.com.

Willie’s coming back At our Board of Directors meeting on September 5th, we discussed Bike Week 2006 and with enthusiasm hoped to bring Willie Weir back for our third annual Bike Week Celebration. So our president Ralph Fertig talked to Willie and indeed, he agreed to return to Santa Barbara. This will follow his three-month bicycle tour with wife Kat through Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, so we anticipate an exciting, not-to-be-missed evening.

CycleSmart bicyclist education news Street Skills class Tired of high gas prices?

Ride a bike instead! Feeling vulnerable on the road? Then it’s time to take our Street Skills for Cyclists class!

The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition and Cottage Health System invite you to a Street Skills for Cyclists class.

• Find out why crashes occur and how to avoid them.

• Learn how to increase your safety by controlling the traffic around you.

• Learn your rights and responsibilities on the road.

• Learn techniques to make yourself more visible and predictable to drivers.

• Learn how to affordably outfit a bicycle for commuting.

Who: Anyone 16 years of age or older.

No bicycle is needed for this seminar.

When: Thursday, November 3rd, 5:009:00 PM. A light box dinner will be

Hundreds do bike rides

Riders take off from Leadbetter Beach in Santa Barbara on the 60-mile MS Bike Tour & Fest.

Two major rides in Santa Barbara County took place recently: The Goleta Valley Cycling Club’s People Powered Ride on October 9th, and the Multiple Sclerosis Bike Tour & Fest on October 15th. Both rides reported cyclist numbers about the same as in 2004, with 400 at the former, and 1200 at the latter.

Doris Phinney, Goleta Valley Cycling Club president, noted that not only did the ride start at Firestone Meadows near Los Olivos, but that owners Kate and Brooks Firestone mingled with the riders in the afternoon. And Kate even baked brownies for the hungry riders. We bet they went fast!

provided.

Where: Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Conference Room G. Use the Castillo Street entrance and follow signs to the seminar.

Cost: $30 To register, fill out the form at www.sbbike.org/docs/Application.pdf.

Mail your registration form to arrive by October 30th. Or if after the 30th, phone Nancy Mulholland to see if there is still room for you—phone 563-9073 or email her at CycleSmart@sbbike.org.

Scott McGolpin Next time you’re out and about on your bicycle, don’t be surprised if you encounter one of the South Coast’s newer bike commuters: Scott McGolpin, Deputy Public Works Director for Santa Barbara County.

He’s now riding a couple of times a week (or more) from the Winchester Canyon area to downtown Santa Barbara and back, which is a very respectable bike commute by anybody’s standards.

LCI assistance The CycleSmart committee is researching a possible purchase of a laptop computer and projector for our Cycling Instructors to use.

The purchase is possible because of generous donations from the Goleta Valley Cycling Club and an individual member of our Bicycle Coalition. The committee is beginning to separately start a library of bicycle education material.

Governor vetoes Maldonado’s bike bill Just weeks after holding a press conference with Lance Armstrong to talk about California’s dire obesity situation, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed two key pieces of bicycling legislation. Both bills had bipartisan support and would have had negligible impact on the state’s budget.

Senator Abel Maldonado from Santa Maria co-authored SB 523. The bill would have maintained the current level of funding for the state’s Bicycle Transportation Account. That funding source has provided grants to jurisdictions for bicycle projects that serve commuters. Without SB 523, funding will now decrease from $7.2 to $5 million a year statewide. The $2.2 million loss is an insignificant amount of California’s overall transportation budget.

While $5 million is significantly less than demand, it’s still above the $360,000 that was the annual funding until our Representative Brooks Firestone managed to have it increased to the current levels.

The Governor also vetoed AB 748, another bill with bipartisan support, which would have allowed bicyclists and pedestrians to walk and bike for free on our state’s roadways, bridges and highways without paying a toll. In times of obesity, our governor should encourage increased activity.

Scott’s typical route in the morning includes Cathedral Oaks Road, San Antonio Road, Calle Real and State Street. Going home he usually travels along Bath Street, Modoc Road, the Obern Trail, the El Colegio Bikepath, Phelps Road and Hollister Avenue.

Scott began bike commuting as a way to get some mid-week exercise and cut back on gasoline purchases. He found that bicycling did achieve those objectives, but also discovered that he really enjoyed the ride and that bicycling had a positive mental and physical impact on the way he felt upon arriving at work in the morning and returning home in the evening. He also recognized that his bike commute didn’t take as long as he originally expected, and not all that much longer than the time it would take to commute by car during rush hour.

Now he wishes that he started to ride 20 years ago…

Scott’s duties with the County include the administrative and managerial control of the County’s transportation system, including streets, roads, on-street bikelanes and major bikepaths (like the Obern Trail and the Maria Ygnacio Creek Bikepath).

Because his commute is long and his route is circuitous, Scott now regularly sees many key segments of the South Coast’s bicycling infrastructure “up close and personal.” This experience provides him with a perspective of roads, bikelanes and bikepaths that only those who bicycle regularly seem to have.

Welcome Scott, see you on the bikepath!

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Triathlons gain in popularity

Upcoming bike meetings & events Only about a third of meetings and events for the month are here. Others come in after this goes to press, but you can read the current list on our web site’s home page.

November 1, Bicycle Coalition General Meeting. Meeting at noon, first Tuesday of the month. Community Room at the Santa Barbara Bank and Trust building, 1021 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara. Phone president Ralph Fertig, 962-1479 or email him at sb-ralph@cox.net.

Just out of the water, Carpinteria Triathlon competitors jog to the starting line of the 40kilometer cycling leg of the race.

If local triathlons that took place in August and September are any indication, multisport events are attracting an increasing number of participants. The September 30th Carpinteria Triathlon had 702 competitors, while the August 27th Santa Barbara Triathlon had 1516 athletes competing.

Both of those numbers are up from 2004.

Bruce Davis from Hazard’s Cyclesport noted that the Carpinteria event had more first-time athletes, perhaps those testing the waters (and roads) before attacking the longer, more competitive Santa Barbara Tri.

FREE BIKE MAP!

November 3 and 5, Street Skills for Cyclists class, sponsored by our Bicycle Coalition and Cottage Healthcare System. Learn how to cope better with traffic in an urban setting. The class will help you foresee and avoid accidents, be visible day and night, position yourself in traffic, cross freeway bridges, equip your bike, and lots more including an optional 6 hours of on-road bicycling. The class will take place 5:00 PM9:00 PM. Nancy Mulholland is the teacher, and it will be held at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara. An optional follow-up onroad class will take place on Saturday, November 5th. Registration details at www.sbbike.org/docs/application.pdf. Info from CycleSmart@sbbike.org.

November 5, 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 5, Holiday Halves Bike Ride, sponsored by Tailwinds Bicycle Club of Santa Maria. Cruise through scenic canyons, vineyards, and ranches with beautiful vistas. The 50-mile route which includes a demanding hill climb, some mild climbs, some flats. At the end, enjoy a Santa Maria Style BBQ. Open only to Tailwinds club members and those from other bicycle clubs who register through their clubs. Additional information at www.tailwindsbc.org/HolidayHalves/index.htm.

November 9, Saving “Paradise” on the Central Coast, sponsored by our Bicycle Coalition and COAST. Ventura City Manager Rick Cole is a visionary who will put local transportation issues facing Central Coast communities in the context of global forces reshaping cities around the world.

This will be televised live and repeated later, but come in person to see Cole speak, and follow up with audience questions and discussion. Santa Barbara City Public Works building, David Gebhard Room, 630 Garden Street (south end), Santa Barbara, at 7:00 PM. November 15, Car Free Partners meeting, sponsored by the Air Pollution Control District and partners. Hear about upcoming Car Free promotions and outreach by partner organizations and companies. Network with others interested in environmentallyresponsible tourism. Meet at 11:00 AM at the Hotel Santa Barbara, 533 State Street.

Contact Mary Byrd with questions, phone 961-8833 or email byrdm@sbcapcd.org.

Web site is decade old Ortega bikepath open In November 1995, our Bicycle Coalition entered the World Wide Web thanks to an offer of free space by the Internet provider RAIN. Bicycle Coalition members Gary Wissman, Robert Bernstein and Ralph Fertig crafted content and created links.

Two years later, when the site had increased to 6 megabytes in size, we bought our own domain sbbike.org and moved the site, where it has remained since, having grown to its current size of 67 MB of information.

For Santa Barbara County Bike Maps, info on ridesharing and van pools, just call: 963-SAVE. Quick Release • November 2005 • Page 4

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 .

What previously was a closed block of Quarantina Street now has a bikepath between the Santa Barbara Junior High school and Ortega Park. Thanks to the City’s Parks and Recreation department for this improvement that is now part of the South Coast’s Cross Town Bike Route.

October Coalition meeting topics

Mountain unicycling?

You’re kidding!

Our October 4th noontime Bicycle Coalition meeting attracted 10 people. We discussed these topics:

Please thank and support the following Bicycle Coalition business members:

• Ralph Fertig reported on the Walk/Bike California conference in Ventura. His presentation on car-free tourism described what our Bicycle Coalition and Santa Barbara Car Free are doing for visitors.

• Pat Mickelson from Caltrans reported via email that they have adjusted signal sensitivity at Calle Real and Highway 154, hopefully to detect cyclists. We’re awaiting tests by bicyclists who are stuck there.

• Ralph Fertig described a solution to bikelane striping on Calle Real near the SBCAG office; the solution was the consensus of four participants at the Walk/Bike conference.

• Baron Corpuz described his Renaissance Cycles business—it’s moving to Santa Barbara from the Netherlands—plus his expansion into new bikes called “Bici Sports.” He plans to open to customers early in 2006, although you can stop by to chat (615 Gutierrez Street) when he’s there and the industrial door is open.

• Nancy Mulholland described another Street Skills class that we will offer in November.

She is seeking a corporate sponsor for this and future classes. Also, our Education Committee will be purchasing a laptop computer and projector.

• We have accepted an invitation to participate in UCSB’s Sustainability Day on October 26th. Ralph Fertig and Wilson Hubbell will staff our bike table.

• Scott Shaw described his new electric bicycle business that just opened in Santa Barbara, inviting everybody to stop by.

• Ralph Fertig read the Coalition’s letter supporting the County’s request for CREF funds for replanking the Obern Trail bridge near Puente.

• Wilson Hubbell will write a story about Scott McGolpin for November Quick Release.

We thank our active members

Unicyclists gather at Cold Springs Trailhead on October 14th for their first ride of the weekend.

One wheel does not a bicycle make, but it can still get you around with human power. Local unicyclists Eyal Aharoni and Matt Wilhelm worked to create a local offroad group in 2003, and to bring the California Mountain Unicycle Weekend 2005 to Santa Barbara. A series of events took place October 14-16 in Montecito and Summerland. They attracted 70 guys and gals with well-honed balance skills to ride down Cold Springs and San Ysidro Trails, plus ride on ramps, bridges, stairs and a teeter-totter in a trials competition. Interested? Go to the local site www.sbuni.org for inspiration and information. You have nothing to lose but half your wheels.

Contacts now online Our web site has a new page “How to contact people” that lists 124 individuals you might wish to phone or email. You’ll find our Bicycle Coalition Officers, Board members and Advisors, road and bikeway repair contacts, and our elected officials in Santa Barbara County, California, and the US. Just go to www.sbbike.org/contact.html.

• Bicycle Bob’s, Santa Barbara & Goleta • Commuter Bicycles, Santa Barbara • Jeffrey Stoutenborough, Architect, Santa Barbara • King Cycle Group, Portland, Oregon • Nett & Champion Insurance Services, Santa Barbara • Open Air Bicycles, Santa Barbara • Pedal Power Bicycles, Santa Maria We welcome our newest Bicycle Coalition members John Cinatl and Tom Whittaker.

We additionally thank those who renewed their memberships: Cecilia Brown, Bill Pollock, Doug Allard, and Bill Frost.

Open and shut roads

Last spring, heavy rains swept away a Highway 150 bridge that provided cyclists a scenic route between Carpinteria and Ojai.

Caltrans immediately jumped to the task of replacing not only the missing span, buy another narrow one just upstream. In midOctober, they finished both and opened the roadway. However, they then closed Highway 192 where in intersects 150 to improve safety at what has been an awkward intersection. So we can now use 150, but have to avoid 192 until that work is finished.

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Discounts to members

“If you bicycle, you should join the Bicycle Coalition”

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Mail to Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition, PO Box 92047, Santa Barbara, CA 93190-2047. We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization, so contributions are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition Regional bicycle clubs & groups Road repair contacts President, Ralph Fertig, 962-1479 sb-ralph@cox.net

Vice President, Wilson Hubbell, 5681240, wilsonhubbell@aol.com Secretary, Drew Hunter, 896-2119 watair1@earthlink.net

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

Director, Don Lubach, 964-7798 dlubach@mac.com

Director, Jim Marshall, 962-3531 Jim2Mars@aol.com

Director, Mark McClure, 967-5031 mcclure606@yahoo.com

Advisor, Dru van Hengel, 564-5544 DVANHENGEL@SantaBarbaraCA.gov

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

Advisor, Matt Dobberteen, 568-3000 matt@cosbpw.net

Pat Mickelson, 968-5779 pat_mickelson@dot.ca.gov

Dan Henry, 688-3330

Echelon Santa Barbara

Carpinteria

Mark Purcell markpurcell@cox.net

Dale Lipp, 684-5405 x402 dalel@ci.carpinteria.ca.us

Goleta Valley Cycling Club Doris Phinney, 968-3143

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

Cyclebug@aol.com

Lompoc Valley Bicycle Club Lieven Peirtsegaele, 733-2707

Lompoc

locomotion.family@verizon.net

SB Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers Chris Orr, 964-0362 mtbchriso@yahoo.com

Matt Dobberteen, 568-3576 matt@cosbpw.net

Santa Maria

Santa Barbara BMX Dale Bowers, res0d201@verizon.net

SMtailwinds@verizon.net

UCSB Cycling Club Matthew Post , 818-642-3553 plushk2@yahoo.com

Santa Barbara City Dru van Hengel, 564-5544

Mike Hecker, 966-1807 hecktone@cox.net

Tailwinds Bicycle Club David Cantero, 937-4097

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

Santa Barbara County

Director, Nancy Mulholland, 563-9073 Santa Barbara Bicycle Club nmulhol04@yahoo.com

Caltrans

Bicycle Touring Club of Solvang

Rick Sweet, 925-0951 x227 71064.3132@compuserve.com

Solvang Brad Vigro, 688-5575 bradv@cityofsolvang.com

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

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Discount details are posted on our web site at www.sbbike.org/ SBBC/who.html. Please patronize the following shops: Bicycle Bob’s 250 Storke Road #A, Goleta 15 Hitchcock Way, Santa Barbara Bicycle Connection 223 W. Ocean Avenue, Lompoc Big Gear Bike Gear 324 State Street #A, Santa Barbara Commuter Bicycles, 569-5381 Hazard’s Cyclesport 110 Anacapa 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 633 State Street, Santa Barbara 5887 Hollister Avenue, Goleta

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