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The University of California Santa Barbara has a Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) that proposes a 1% annual growth of students, staff and faculty between now and 2025. To accom- modate the 6700 new people, campus redesign and building programs are proposed for access, housing, research and classrooms. An outstanding feature of UCSB’s plan is to house new students, staff and faculty on University land. This means that most trips to school and work will be on foot or bicycle. A major feature of the LRDP is Ocean Road devel- opment. It consists of 16 new buildings with 543 residential units for staff and faculty, and added parking for 1435 motor vehicles. All 12 Isla Vista streets would connect to Ocean Road. Bicycle Coali- tion president Ralph Fertig has taken a particu- lar interest in the Ocean Road development. He perceives it as an opportunity for a livable enclave with equality of transportation for all. Fertig recently gave a well-received presenta- tion to UCSB’s Transportation Alternatives Board. Among his suggestions were the following: www.sbbike.org April 2009 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 [email protected] web www.sbbike.org April 7th meeting Join us for our general meeting: Tuesday, April 7th Madam Lu Restaurant 3524 State Street Santa Barbara No-host dinner 6:00 PM Meeting 7:00 PM Online email list We sponsor a free online email forum where you can post and read messages about regional bicycling issues. To subscribe, send an email to: [email protected] Leave the subject and body blank. Join our Coalition You can help improve bicycling safety and conditions in Santa Barbara County by joining others in our bicycling advocacy group. See page 6. CycleSmart program The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition’s CycleSmart bicyclist education program offers bicycling skills classes. Details at www.sbbike.org/ CycleSmart/ apply.html, or email coordinators at CycleSmart@ sbbike.org. Bici Centro program Bici Centro of Santa Barbara is our community bicycle program, helping people who bicycle. Look at www.sbbike. org/bici/BiciCentro.html, or phone 617-3255. Quick Release is published monthly by the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition, PO Box 92047, Santa Barbara, CA 93190. Subscribe for $25 per year. Issue # 210. UCSB presents transportation challenge DC Bike Summit anticipates new transportation act This drawing of the proposed Ocean Road redesign depicts a generous and gracious tree-lined boulevard. Rendering for UCSB is by Urban Design Associates. The National Bike Summit took place in Washington DC on March 11-13. Bicycle Coalition member Chris Orr attended and reported bubbling enthu- siasm over the upcoming reau- thorization of the six-year fed- eral transportation act this fall. Speakers and topics included: Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation. Read his com- ments about addressing the Bike Summit on page 4. Jim Oberstar, Minnesota repre- sentative. He wants a national legal standard to ensure respect and recognition of bicyclists on our roadways. Doris Matsui, California representative. She sees the Complete Streets Act of 2009 as reducing congestion, poor health, and air pollution along federally-funded roads. Earl Blumenauer, Oregon representative. He hopes to clean up the existing Bike Commuter Benefit Act by combining bike and transit benefits together. Trail design. Poor design is often the cause of trail access contention. Access works best for everybody when the trails are built specifically with bike use in mind. Our man in DC, Chris Orr, arrives for a Capitol Hill Rally breakfast and meetings with our legislators. Photo by Jonathan Maus. Question: How do you man- age traffic when there are many more bicyclists and pedestrians than motorists? Answer: Slow motorists to bicyclists speed and provide safe street crossings for people on foot. g Make five of the 12 Isla Vista connecting streets into bikepaths on the campus side. g Open Picasso to through motor vehicles, and keep Sabado Tarde available for buses. g Block through motorized traffic in the remaining five Isla Vista streets. g Manage all the Ocean Road intersections with creative—mostly passive—traffic control. g Slow Ocean Road motorists to bicyclist speeds. g Do not stripe bikelanes on Ocean Road, instead integrate bikes and cars to reduce turning crashes. Early this month, University planners and consul- tants will meet with Bicycle Coalition and AS BIKES committee people to consider Ocean Road traffic. Stay tuned, it’s an exciting opportunity for us all.

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The University of California Santa Barbara has a Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) that proposes a 1% annual growth of students, staff and faculty between now and 2025. To accom-modate the 6700 new people, campus redesign and building programs are proposed for access, housing, research and classrooms.

An outstanding feature of UCSB’s plan is to house new students, staff and faculty on University land. This means that most trips to school and work will be on foot or bicycle. A major feature of the LRDP is Ocean Road devel-opment. It consists of 16 new buildings with 543 residential units for staff and faculty, and

added parking for 1435 motor vehicles. All 12 Isla Vista streets would connect to Ocean Road.

Bicycle Coali-tion president Ralph Fertig has taken a particu-

lar interest in the Ocean Road development. He perceives it as an opportunity for a livable enclave with equality of transportation for all.

Fertig recently gave a well-received presenta-tion to UCSB’s Transportation Alternatives Board. Among his suggestions were the following:

www.sbbike.org April 2009

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

How to reach usSanta Barbara Bicycle CoalitionPO Box 92047Santa Barbara CA 93190-2047phone 962-1479email [email protected] www.sbbike.org

April 7th meetingJoin us for our general meeting:Tuesday, April 7thMadam Lu Restaurant3524 State Street Santa Barbara No-host dinner 6:00 PM Meeting 7:00 PM

Online email listWe sponsor a free online email forum where you can post and read messages about regional bicycling issues. To subscribe, send an email to:[email protected] the subject and body blank.

Join our CoalitionYou can help improve bicycling safety and conditions in Santa Barbara County by joining others in our bicycling advocacy group. See page 6.

CycleSmart programThe Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition’s CycleSmart bicyclist education program offers bicycling skills classes. Details at www.sbbike.org/ CycleSmart/apply.html, or email coordinators at CycleSmart@

sbbike.org.

Bici Centro programBici Centro of Santa Barbara is our community bicycle program, helping people who bicycle. Look at www.sbbike.org/bici/BiciCentro.html, or phone 617-3255.

Quick Release is published monthly by the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition, PO Box 92047, Santa Barbara, CA 93190. Subscribe for $25 per year. Issue # 210.

UCSB presents transportation challenge

DC Bike Summit anticipates new transportation act

This drawing of the proposed Ocean Road redesign depicts a generous and gracious tree-lined boulevard. Rendering for UCSB is by Urban Design Associates.

The National Bike Summit took place in Washington DC on March 11-13. Bicycle Coalition member Chris Orr attended and reported bubbling enthu-siasm over the upcoming reau-thorization of the six-year fed-eral transportation act this fall. Speakers and topics included:

Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation. Read his com-ments about addressing the Bike Summit on page 4.

Jim Oberstar, Minnesota repre-sentative. He wants a national legal standard to ensure respect and recognition of bicyclists on our roadways.

Doris Matsui, California representative. She sees the Complete Streets Act of 2009 as reducing congestion, poor health, and air pollution along federally-funded roads.

Earl Blumenauer, Oregon representative. He hopes to clean up the existing Bike Commuter Benefit Act by combining bike and transit benefits together.

Trail design. Poor design is often the cause of trail access contention. Access

works best for everybody when the trails are built specifically with bike use in mind.

Our man in DC, Chris Orr, arrives for a Capitol Hill Rally breakfast and meetings with our legislators. Photo by Jonathan Maus.

Question: How do you man-age traffic when there are many more bicyclists and pedestrians than motorists?

Answer: Slow motorists to bicyclists speed and provide safe street crossings for people on foot.

g Make five of the 12 Isla Vista connecting streets into bikepaths on the campus side.

g Open Picasso to through motor vehicles, and keep Sabado Tarde available for buses.

g Block through motorized traffic in the remaining five Isla Vista streets.

g Manage all the Ocean Road intersections with creative—mostly passive—traffic control.

g Slow Ocean Road motorists to bicyclist speeds.g Do not stripe bikelanes on Ocean Road, instead

integrate bikes and cars to reduce turning crashes.

Early this month, University planners and consul-tants will meet with Bicycle Coalition and AS BIKES committee people to consider Ocean Road traffic. Stay tuned, it’s an exciting opportunity for us all.

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Wet Willy Sez Dear Wet Willy: After biking in the rain, I take care of myself with a shower and the clothes washer. What is needed for my wet dirty bicycle? — Wet like Willy

Dear WLW: Santa Barbara County locals don’t ride in the rain much, but bikies in places like Portland do—and regularly dis-cuss wet bike maintenance. Here are some of their recommendations:

Fenders and mudflaps help to keep water and dirt off your body and the most vulner-able moving parts of your bicycle. In dry climates, fenders also help to keep bikes looking good and free of random road grit. This may be the best wet weather “preven-tative maintenance” you can do on a bike. (Most of Wet Willy’s bikes have fenders.)

Chains, chainrings, cogs and derailleurs can be prematurely worn by grit and sand that is thrown up by the wheels, especially on a fenderless bike. Gently hose down your bike after a wet weather ride then wipe off the chain and lubricate it. An occasional tap water rinse will not hurt your bike, but stor-ing it outdoors in the rain can.

Brake pads may have embedded grit which can slowly damage your rims. Wipe off the pads along with the braking surfaces of the rims when you clean your other components.

Annually lubricate any non-sealed bear-ings in the hubs, headset or bottom bracket and install stainless steel brake and derail-leur cables—if your bike does not have them already. Bici Centro can teach you how!

“Wet Willy” is an advice column authored by Coalition Vice President Wilson Hubbell. Please submit any questions you have about cycling issues to him at [email protected].

Coalition participates in LA Bike Summit

Here participants register for the day’s conference activities.

On March 7th, our Bicycle Coalition mem-bers Ed France and Ralph Fertig joined 300 others for the LA Bike Summit. It consisted by keynote presentations by experts from New York, Portland and Mexico City, fol-lowed by a choice of three out of 20 sepa-rate sessions, lunch and a closing session.

While not a major bike conference, it em-phasized the increasing numbers of people bicycling in the LA area—and considered the challenges they contend with daily.

Mission bikelane ceremony April 6th

New bikelanes that run between Castillo and Modoc offer bicyclists safer conditions, especially under Highway 101.

Improvements for bicyclists and everybody else on Mission Street at Highway 101 are finished and it’s time to celebrate the work. Bike on over for the ceremony:

Mission Street Ribbon-Cutting Monday, April 6th, 3:00 PM Mission Street near Hwy 101, Santa Barbara

Improvements include increased visibility, new bike lanes along the Pacific Coast Bike Route, wheelchair access ramps, trees, shrubs, stone/stucco walls, street lighting, and traffic signals modified to detect bicy-clists. Our Bicycle Coalition was involved all along the way pursuing safer conditions. The new bikelanes now extend for three blocks between Castillo Street and Modoc Road.

Project engineer Max Kashanian said, “These are the types of road construction projects that make Santa Barbara a nicer place to live by providing safe options for walking, biking, and using a car.”

Bike access to Cottage Hospital area envisionedOn February 24th, a workshop was held for medical workers and residents in Santa Bar-bara’s Oak Park neighborhood. Participants considered feasibility of improving circu-lation around Cottage Hospital. After an introduction, people split into three groups and at the end reported nearly identical conclusions. Of interest to bicyclists are:g Make Castillo and Bath into one-way streets

with bikelanes north of Mission.g Consider an Amtrak commuter station

between Los Positas and Mission, using the Junípero bike/ped bridge to cross 101.

g Make Calle Real two way with bikelanes.

Construction is years away, but project planning is progressing at this time.

Workshop participants worked their way through multiple alternatives, agreeing overall on most of the many transportation options.

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March Coalition meeting topics

Our March 3rd monthly Bicycle Coalition meeting was held at noon in Downtown Santa Barbara, with 21 participants talking about these topics:g Ralph Fertig described the upcoming LA

Bike Summit conference.g Sarah Grant reported that several people

had signed up for the Street Skills class.g Dru van Hengel announced that sharrows

had been painted on Cabrillo Boulevard.g Michael Chiacos talked about his concept

for a “Bicycle Ambassador” programg Ralph Fertig reported on possible new

bikelanes in the Cottage Hospital area.g Expanded Earth Day activities were de-

scribed—valet bike parking, bike check-ups, information, and outreach.

g The impact and potential for UCSB’s Long Range plan on bicycling were considered.

g Bici Centro’s new classes were described—La Cumbre Junior High class for girls, and a summer series of Parks & Recreation “Bike Adventures” for road and off-road biking.

g People were encouraged to craft videos for the Green Shorts contest.

Tour of California brings thousands to SolvangAn estimated 25,000 people surged into Solvang on February 20th for the sixth stage of the Amgen Tour of California. It was by far the largest crowd in the third year that Solvang has hosted the “time trial” individu-al race against the clock.

Each year, the Tour has grown in length, number of host cities, and fans who turned out to cheer on the cyclists—an estimated at 1.6 million of them this year. What was special this time was Lance Armstrong’s return to racing after two years of retire-ment. The legendary cyclist’s seven Tour de France wins after surviving cancer made the Tour of California, his first US comeback race, a unique and historic event.

California’s Levi Leipheimer beat the other racers by eight seconds in the Solvang time trial, and went on to win his third Tour of California two days later. Armstrong end-ed in an overall respectable seventh place, 1:46 minutes behind Levi.

Aside from cycling as an flashy competi-tive sport, do races like this foster bicycling as transportation, either for daily trips or vacation tours? The answer has to be “yes.” All around Solvang, the roads were sprin-kled with people on bikes, many of whom parked miles away or stayed in regional ho-tels and biked in, or those out for rides on our local country roads.

There were serious cyclists around, but more were casual bike club members, plus kids on BMX bikes, and adults on beach cruisers, fixed-gear bikes and mountain bikes. It was a representative and inspiring mix of all kinds of people on bicycles using their steeds to get around.

The valet bike parking area was filled to capacity with 300 bikes. According to some cyclists who were following the entire Tour, north to south, Solvang’s bike parking was

Form your Commuter Challenge team now

Whether you travel to work or elsewhere by bike, foot, bus, carpool, train, or anything other than drive-alone, now is the time to get together with others to win prizes and have fun. The second annual Traffic Solu-tions Commuter Challenge has opened reg-istration of those living or working in Santa Barbara county. It takes place during May and June, so hop to it.

The Challenge is a team-based competi-tion in which commuters form teams of five and earn points and prizes like iPhones, iPods, bike shop certificates, movie tickets and cash. While individuals earn points for their team, they also earn points for the team employer as part of an employer com-petition where employers of similar size can win up to a $1,500 in cash.

Last year, 1572 individuals competed. They cleaned our air, reduced roadway con-gestion, and drove 43,241 fewer miles. They saved themselves $743,000 in travel costs and reduced our collective carbon tire-print by 1.25 million pounds of CO2.

Learn more about Traffic Solutions Com-muter Challenge by calling 963-SAVE or vis-iting www.TrafficSolutions.info.

The Tour brought people to their knees as they used yellow chalk for messages and pictures.

An exciting part of the Tour was the opportunity to watch world-class athletes up warm up and race.

the best organized of any.The worldwide Versus TV coverage

showed Santa Barbara county to advantage, showcasing our greening hills on a sunny spring day. That, plus the increasing num-ber of regional bike tours and rides in our area, will overall serve to increase active lifestyle activities and benefit everybody.

Our Bicycle Coalition has been a long-time supporter of other advocacy groups on the state and national level. Our affiliations cur-rently include these organizations:g California Bicycle Coalition. Sacramento-

based, this advocacy group deals with state legislature. Their website describes current legislation, bicycle commuting, road condi-tions, their Walk/Bike California confer-ence, and more. www.calbike.org.

g League of American Bicyclists. Century-old national organization protects the rights and promotes the interests of bicyclists.

Coalition coordinates with other organizationsThey provide information and education about bicycling, and are active in pursuing federal legislation. www.bikeleague.org.

g Alliance for Biking and Walking. This is a coalition of bicycling advocacy groups within in North America. We are a founding member. www.peoplepoweredmovement.org.

g Transportation for America. They focus on creating a national transportation program for 21st Century America by building mod-ernized infrastructure and healthy commu-nities where people can live, work and play. www.t4america.org.

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LaHood’s blogThe new federal Secretary of Transporta-tion, Ray LaHood, has started a blog (http://

fastlane.dot.gov) about relevant issues. Of great interest and promise to bicyclists is his March 13th writing:

Cyclists are important users of transportation systems

On Wednesday, I had the pleasure of ad-dressing the National Bike Summit. I was invited to speak as a member of the Obama administration, but I have been a supporter of bicycling for many years and was a mem-ber of the Congressional Bike Caucus when I was in Congress.

Still, I don’t think the League of American Bicyclists knew what to expect when they invited me to their summit.

I hope they were pleasantly surprised because I am committed to investing in pro-grams that encourage bikes to coexist with other modes and to safely share our roads and bridges. And there’s strong support in Congress for these goals as well.

In the Department of Transportation, bicyclists have a full partner in working toward livable communities. We’re excited that the Federal Highway Administration is looking at best practices in Europe to improve safety and mobility for walkers and cyclists. We’re excited that a federally funded pilot project to study the effects of improved walking and bicycling facilities in four communities is underway.

I welcome the vigor of the bicycling community in advocating for bike-friendly measures in the upcoming authorization bill, CLEAN-TEA. Bicycles are a critical part of a cleaner, greener future in American trans-portation, so keep those wheels spinning.

Street Skills class develops confidence

Praise for our website www.sbbike.org“My wife and I just recently got into road cycling, and with me having the weekend off finally, we took a day trip out to Santa Barbara. Prior to that I found your website and printed out the guided tour page for the Santa Barbara Streets & Paths Bicycle Ride. It was so easy and so much fun riding through Santa Barbara. With the guide and the well-posted signage, we had no trouble on our ride.Thanks so much for the effort your group obviously put in to making the site, guide, and all the other work in keeping the town bike friendly.” — Lee Gottheimer, Las Vegas

Tabling for FriedmanThanks to the Orfalea Foundation, we were invited to join other local nonprofits in ta-bling along the Arlington Theater entryway for the Thomas Friedman talk on March 7th. Most of those arriving for the event browsed the tables on their way in. Don Lubach’s transport bike with flashing lights transfixed them on the spot, then at our adjacent info table, Judy Keim and Michael Chiacos told them all about what we are do-ing and how they can help.

The idea of adding sustainable, respon-sible local organizations to the event was a gift to our community. We are most grateful to the Orfalea Foundation.

Sam Masson offers mobile bike repair

Our Street Skills class includes a group ride dealing with common roadway situations. Here our March 21st class stops for an assessment.

Every two months, our Bicycle Coalition of-fers a 9-hour class that enables bicyclists to build confidence in dealing with riding on streets and roads. The most recent one took place in March, with a Thursday evening classroom session, then Saturday skill-building practice, bike check-ups, and a city street bicycle ride. Among those participat-ing was Goleta City Councilman Ed Easton who said that everybody should take it.

The next class takes place on May 14th and 16th, just in time for Bike to School and Bike to Work Days. We welcome anybody over 15 years old to attend (or those over 13 accompanied by a parent). Information at www.sbbike.org/CycleSmart/apply.html.

Sam Masson is busy wrenching another bike.

Sam Masson has embarked on a new ven-ture, a mobile bicycle maintenance busi-ness. Even while attending UC Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara, Sam always biked and worked on his and others’ machines. At UCSB, he was the Bike Shop manager. Over-all he’s been wrenching bikes for 15 years.

Sam will come to your home or office and get your bike up and running its best. You don’t have to spend time driving your bike to a shop. “I want to be like an old ‘country doctor,’ but for bikes,” he explains. Sam’s business is named Santa Barbara Bike Repair. Phone him at 895-6112, and learn more at www.santabarbarabikerepair.com.

Our Bicycle Coalition and the Bici Centro program are offering four one-week bicycle sports clinics this summer. They are coor-dinated by the City of Santa Barbara’s Parks and Recreation program. Three are basic skills and one is for mountain biking:

g Skills & Safety Program. Three hours a day for five days, starting on June 8th, June 22th, and July 6th. Ages 10-14. Each day is another bike adventure. Pedal to different parts of Santa Barbara as a group while

Bike Adventures for kids this summerlearning skills to be used for life.

g Off Road Skills. Three hours a day for five days, starting July 13th. Ages 10-14. A prerequisite is the Skills & Safety Program. Learn mountain bike handling skills needed on dirt paths and single-track trails. Each day will include a group ride on a local trail.

We’re delighted to be working with the Parks & Rec program for the first time. Learn more at 564-5495 and register online at www.santabarbaraca.gov/summerfun.

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Spring has sprung, our hills are green, the days simply perfect for biking. Our website has ongoing updates and detailed descriptions of activities at www.sbbike.org/meet/meet.html.

April 2, Organizing our Communities for Life After Oil, sponsored by the Community Environmental Council, our Bicycle Coalition, and others. Ventura city manager Rick Cole will talk about how cities can plan for the future. At 7:00 PM, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Pu-esta del Sol, Santa Barbara. More at www.communityenvironmentalcouncil.org

April 2-5, April 9-13, or April 16-19 Santa Barbara Wine Country Week-end, sponsored by Trek Travel. One night in Solvang, then two in Santa Barbara. Options of 10-50 miles each day. Details at www.trektravel.com.

April 5, Family Bike Tour, sponsored by Santa Barbara Natural History Museum. This 2-hour ride for goes from Vieja Valley School to Goleta Beach and back. Children ride free. Starts 9:00 AM. Details at www.sbnature.org.

April 5-10, Morro Bay to Santa Barbara Cycling Tour, sponsored by Santa Barbara Wine Country Cycling Tours. Nights in Morro Bay, Santa Ynez, and Santa Barbara; daily guided cycling. Details at www.winecountrycycling.com.

April 6, Mission Street Bikelane Ribbon-Cutting, sponsored by the City of Santa Barbara. Celebrate new bikelanes on Mission Street between Castillo and Modoc, including the Highway 101 undercrossing. Ceremony 3:00 PM.

April 7, Santa Barbara Car Free meeting, sponsored by the APCD, the Bi-cycle Coalition and others. Meeting at 11:00 AM, Upham Hotel, 1404 De la Vina Street, Santa Barbara. Details from Mary Byrd at 961-8833. The proj-ect has a website www.santabarbaracarfree.org.

April 7, Bicycle Coalition General Meeting, sponsored by our Bicycle Co-alition. This is an evening meetings so those who cannot attend our noon meetings can join us. Madam Lu Chinese Restaurant, 3524 State Street, Santa Barbara. No-host dinner 6:00 PM, meeting at 7:00 PM.

April 9, Organizing our Neighborhoods for Life After Oil, sponsored by the Community Environmental Council, our Bicycle Coalition, and others. Santa Barbara’s Mesa Homeowners Association will describe planning for the future. At 7:00 PM, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Pu-esta del Sol, Santa Barbara. More at www.communityenvironmentalcouncil.org.

April 14, Bicycle Coalition Board Meeting, sponsored by our Bicycle Coali-tion. This meeting for our Board members and Advisors will take place at Dru van Hengel’s home, 7:00 PM.

April 19 -24, Central California Coast Cycling Tour, sponsored by Bicycle Adventures. This 6-day tour starts in San Luis Obispo, includes Hearst Castle, and ends with three nights in Solvang. Details at www.bicycleadven-

tures.com.

April 19, Santa Barbara Earth Day, sponsored by the Community Environ-mental Council. The best festival in Santa Barbara. It’s from 10:00 AM to 5:30 PM in Alameda Park. We’re offering a booth, bike parking, and free bike check-ups. Info at www.communityenvironmentalcouncil.org.

April 23-26, Santa Ynez Valley US Mountain Bike Cup, sponsored by Stump Grinder Productions. This is one of 13 US Cup races. Details at www.

mtb-uscup.com.

April 24-26, Solvang Getaway Weekend Bike Tour, sponsored by Undis-covered Country Tours. Three days of riding 40-75 miles each day. Details at www.udctours.com.

April 25, Tri-For-Fun Triathlon, sponsored by the Santa Maria Valley YMCA. This race has a cycling leg of 12.5 miles. Starts at the YMCA, 3400 Skyway Drive, Santa Maria. Info at www.smvymca.org.

April 26-May 1, Santa Barbara Wine Country Tour, sponsored by Trek Travel. Three days of rides out of Solvang, then three out of Santa Barbara. Options of 10-50 miles each day. Details at www.trektravel.com.

We thank our active membersPlease thank and support these Bicycle Coalition business members:g Bicycle Bob’s, Santa Barbarag Nett & Champion Insurance Services, Santa Barbarag Pedal Power Bicycles, Santa Mariag Chris King Precision Components, Portland, Oregong Run Santa Barbara, Santa Barbarag Hazard’s Cyclesport, Santa Barbarag Dr J’s Bicycle Shop, Solvangg Big Bang PR, Santa Barbarag Santa Barbara Bike Repair, Santa Barbarag Santa Barbara Bikes-To-Go, Santa Barbara

We welcome our new members: Sam Masson, Leslie Mancebo, Casey Duncan, Paul Morneault, and Michael Conway. Plus we appreciate those who renewed their memberships: Gary Brustin, Browning Allen, Chris King, Nancy Golden, Eva Inbar, Paul Ber-gevin, Ralph & Vicki Kornahrens, Bill Powell, Erika Lindemann, John Padfield, Chris Sobell, Stephanie Stark and John Berberet.

Upcoming bike meetings & events

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[email protected] President, Wilson Hubbell, 683-1240

[email protected], Mark McClure, 967-5031

[email protected], David Bourgeois, 899-3728

[email protected], Judy Keim, 687-2912

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[email protected], Ed France, 617-3255

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Director, Erika Lindemann, [email protected]

Advisor, Dru van Hengel, [email protected]

Advisor, Matt Dobberteen, [email protected]

Advisor, Lori La Riva, [email protected]

Road repair contactsCaltrans

www.dot.ca.gov/maintform.htmlCarpinteria

Tom Evans, 684-5405 [email protected]

GoletaBill Millar, 968-6848 [email protected]

LompocLarry Bean, [email protected]

Santa Barbara CityDru van Hengel, 564-5544 [email protected]

Santa Barbara CountyMatt Dobberteen, [email protected]

Santa MariaDavid Whitehead, 925-0951 [email protected]

SolvangBrad Vigro, 688-5575 [email protected]

UCSBDennis Whelan, [email protected]