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
January 8th meeting Join us on the first (nonholiday) Tuesday of the month for our general meeting: Tuesday, January 8th Cody’s Cafe 4898 Hollister Avenue Santa Barbara No-host dinner 6:00 PM Meeting 7:00 PM
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Join our Coalition You can help improve bicycling safety and conditions in Santa Barbara County by joining others in our regional bicycling advocacy group. Together we’ll continue to make a real difference. See page 6 for info.
Coalition formalizes Bici relationship At the December 4th Bior the knowledge to repair cycle Coalition meeting, we bicycles. signed a cooperative agreeWe're very pleased with ment with Bici Centro of this relationship that we Santa Barbara. expect will be long and For 17 years, we have mutually beneficial. For been working with governthose who are unacment jurisdictions, employquainted with Bici Centro ers, organizations and ("Bike Center" in Spanish), individuals to provide safer check out their website, and better bicycling condivisit them during their tions. Bici Centro is a comfree bike workshop hours, munity bicycle program and consider volunteering: that started a year ago, and www.bicicentro.org has quickly marshalled vol- All bicyclists are welcome to drop by Bici Centro’s We're all committed to unteers to help community community bicycle program. building a better bicycling members who may lack the resources to purchase, presence in our community—united, we'll do it better!
Classic film American Flyers If you haven’t seen the 1986 cycling film American Flyers, your chance to see it—and help contribute to the Bicycle Coalition’s fund that helps bring the Amgen Tour of California to Santa Barbara—is coming up: Thursday, January 17th Cabrillo Pavillion Arts Center 1118 East Cabrillo Boulevard, Santa Barbara Social Reception, drinks and snacks 6:00-7:00 PM 7:00 PM American Flyers Entrance donation is $12. You’re sure to enjoy the film that features Kevin Costner, Rae Dawn Chong and David Grant.
Festive spirits roll with GVCC’s Holiday bike ride
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 . Quick Release is published monthly by the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition, PO Box 92047, Santa Barbara, CA 93190. Subscribe for $25 per year. Issue # 195.
January 2008
GVCC president Doris Phinney and granddaughter Frances Kretschmer stand behind their decorated Bike Friday tandem that Doris also uses to pick up Frances after school.
About 40 bicyclists decked out with lights, bells and seasonal outfits participated in Goleta Valley Cycling Club’s annual Holiday Ride in Santa Barbara on December 15th. This year is the 17th consecutive year that the GVCC has offered the fun ride. It was organized this year by Wendy Manning and Doris Phinney, with new collaboration by Bici Centro of Santa Barbara. The ride started at the Granada Garage and went down State Street, continuing to the end of Stearns Wharf, circling until everybody caught up, then back for warm drinks at Santa Barbara Roasting Company where prizes were awarded for the best holiday outfits. All along the way, shoppers stopped in their tracks to watch the passing show, smiling, laughing, and cheering the bicyclists.