Who shapes our cycling future?

Posted by Rich on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 to Community

Who shapes your cycling future?  Valid question? Yup! Easy answer? Nooooo!

I have heard from locals that we can't make significant changes in the way we use bikes to travel throughout our area. I have heard the excuse that "it is easy" for cyclists in places where roads are new and wide and used year-round for cycling (like San Diego) to get nice, safe bike lanes incorporated in their road system, but for our region we face more challenges.  This is true, but in places as traffic-congested and inhospitible as Chicago and Marin County, cyclists are getting their share of funding and government attention and cooperation.

The common denominator for these regional cycling success stories isn't balmy climate or "blank-slate" road system options - it is teamwork on the part of all parts of the cycling community.  The first step is for each of us to see ourselves as members of ths community.

Here is a weblink that you might find useful if you would like to see what can be accomplished. 

http://www.marinbike.org/Index.shtml

 

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Junior Team News

Posted by Christopher on Saturday, December 15, 2007 to Juniors

As you make room for your new cycling related Christmas gifts, consider donating your old gear to the MVC Junior program. I had a pair of pedals and shoes gathering dust, those are the things that they need right now. Contact Bill Humphreys with these items at the address below.

Bill Humphreys, MVC Junior Team Manager, had this to say about the MVC junior team ...

Mystic Velo Club Junior Cycling Team

The team is made up of riders from the Southeastern Connecticut shoreline between the ages of 14 and 18. This junior team is a division of the Mystic Velo Club, and as such will be seeking its own sponsorship program before beginning the 2008 season.

The team will be managed by Bill Humphreys of Bike Guy LLC and will be directed by Wayne Kirk and David Reed. With a cap of 10 riders established for 2008, the team will race in selected USCF and NORBA events in New York, New Jersey and New England

Current Sponsors:

• Connaughty Chiropractic (Title)
• Mystic Velo Club
• Niantic Bay Bicycles
• Lake Shoes
• Bike Guy LLC

Inquires to:

Bill Humphreys
Bike Guy LLC
5 Devitt Loop
Old Lyme, CT 06371
bill@bikeguy.biz
www.bikeguy.biz

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Rails to Trails

Posted by Christopher on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 to Community

This is a portion of an article that appeared in the New London Day on 12/8/07.  If you are interested in having your comments be part of a presentation by a possible planning community, please respond to a post by Jim Themig in the forum.  As a cycling club, we should all be concerned about this project.

"Hoping to give hikers and bikers a safer way to enjoy what's left of the “uncluttered” environment in southeastern Connecticut, a Ledyard man is trying to establish a trail from Bluff Point in Groton to the Preston Community Park.

For several years, David Holdridge has speculated about whether such a trail could be created. On Friday the Ledyard councilor said there are already established trails that stretch from the point to the park; however, they are disconnected.

One way to link the established trails and create the roughly 15-mile biking and hiking throughway would be to use property owned by the Groton Utilities company...."

To read more, go to www.theday.com

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