From scrisp at ci.tulsa.ok.us Mon Oct 1 11:16:08 2007 From: scrisp at ci.tulsa.ok.us (Sandra Crisp) Date: Mon Oct 1 10:16:53 2007 Subject: [tbc] Call for volunteers for the Oklahoma Centennial Bike Trek on October 20th Message-ID: Fellow TBC members: I wrote you all about the Centennial Bike Trek late last week that is being put on by Tulsa County and Tulsa City Parks. Since I work for Tulsa City Parks (although as an accountant) and am a cyclist, I got involved in helping this project. I'm really hoping we have a great turn out. It is looking likely that some City and County Officials will be attending the mass start of the ride and that there will be some media coverage. If you aren't going to ride, we can really use some experienced cyclists as sags and sweeps. I believe we only have 2 right now. Gas cards will be provided. If you are interested in helping, you can email me back for more information or just show up at the volunteer meeting tomorrow night, October 2nd, at OSU-Tulsa at 6:30 pm. This will be in OSU-Tulsa's North Hall in Room 150. Hope to see some of you there! As a reminder, today is the last day to get your application in the mail and be guaranteed a t-shirt. Links to the ride brochure and application can be found at the ride's website here: http://www.okcentennialtrek.com/ Thank you! Sandra From ride.with.tim at cox.net Mon Oct 1 21:17:05 2007 From: ride.with.tim at cox.net (Tim Noteboom) Date: Mon Oct 1 20:17:16 2007 Subject: [tbc] Tour de Tucson Message-ID: <20071002011701.CPLC15510.eastrmmtao107.cox.net@eastrmimpo01.cox.net> >From Tony Rodriguez Just looking for a fellow TBC rider who might want to go out to the Tour de Tucson Century in November. I will provide the vehicle if anyone will share the 15 hour drive and gas. The ride is 11-17-07. Looking to leave 11-15 and return on 11-18. Anyone interested? Contact Tony at cal27sailor@yahoo.com. From cbfairless at cox.net Thu Oct 4 22:44:10 2007 From: cbfairless at cox.net (Carolyn Fairless) Date: Thu Oct 4 21:44:19 2007 Subject: [tbc] Avery Drive Clean-up Oct 13 Message-ID: <000001c806f9$9bc12950$d3437bf0$@net> Hello to those who missed tonight's meeting: Three reasons why you should join in on the Avery Drive Cleanup next weekend: 1. To show solidarity in our commitment to a beautiful Avery Drive for all to enjoy (bicyclists and non-bicyclists). In light of the rock quarry proposal, let's be out in force to put our money where our mouth is, in one small but visible way, to show all we care for Avery Drive year 'round 2. It's my 48th BD and I will have cupcakes and milk as a snack! (I can tell my parents I spent part of my BD with some trashy people!) ;-) 3. We'll have our goofy door prizes and the Trash-n-Dash Travelin' Trophy to pass along. Tina Burch will be leading the post clean-up drive since I have another obligation after we get Avery all clean again. She will have those details. Please join us at 9:00 a.m. at the west end of Avery near Hwy 97 in the grassy area. I will take pictures to submit to the Sand Springs Leader. Please email me with questions. Thanks again for your ongoing support of this community project! Carolyn P.S. The kitten I found at the last Avery Drive Clean-up got a home! YAY! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.rootwizard.net/pipermail/tbc/attachments/20071004/a46bd0f8/attachment.html From giantcycle99 at gmail.com Mon Oct 8 20:36:29 2007 From: giantcycle99 at gmail.com (Moni) Date: Mon Oct 8 19:37:45 2007 Subject: [tbc] my Kansas ride Message-ID: <99d35d20710081736q42ee9567l333eb03b26d097d0@mail.gmail.com> After only cycling a day and a half, I gave up and called my daughter to come and get me. The rest of the story: My daughter and son in law were planning on riding from Tulsa to Kansas City, on their loaded tandem. This would be Doug's first self contained tour. Lori on the other hand had done several with me, one of them is listed on crazyguy under my name. The "kids" live in New Mexico, with one set of parents in Oklahoma and the other in Kansas City. I was recruited to drive their vehicle to KC, which I promptly turned in to a return trip via bicycle for me. :) On Monday morning I was lucky, as my daughter and son in law carried my gear on their tandem across the first nine miles of hills. Then we moved the panniers to my bike, and I rode south, while they went back to his parents house. Twas really nice riding for the most part, all day long. And it was a long ride as well, 73 miles. To start out with, I back tracked the route they had been on, last Saturday, and then forged on ahead of new routes. I only had eight miles on a major highway, as there were plenty of "old route" roads parallel about a mile or so either west or east of the main highway (169). In Garnett Kansas I paid for my first overnight camping, but was very disappointed with a campsite with no water and no bathrooms, not even toilets. I already knew about the no showers, as I was told about that at the Police Station where I had to go to get the camping permit. Asking about showers, I was told, well, there is a WHOLE lake. LOL After an extra loop around the little lake I pitched my tent next to a boy scout building, as there were toilets nearby. I set up camp, and headed to the lake for a clothes rinse, bath and swim. Next I ate my subway sandwich, of which I was really glad I had bought instead of going to the grocery store as planned. Finally some phone calls to let family members know I got in and all was "as OK as it could be". Then I headed out for a walk about, during which I find "no swimming" signs. What a dumb dude.... to tell me I could use the lake! Unfortunately the toilets got locked up at dark thirty. During the night it started getting windier and windier, and it was all headwind for me the next morning. I rode to the trail head of the Spirit Prairie trail and paid my fee (one dollar more than the website had stated) and headed in to the wind. ARGH! It was so slow going.. and the weather forecast for strong thunderstorms with wind and hail for mid day in my next overnight town was looming over all this. My progress was so slow, my usual pace per hour took me only half the distance. I finally decided rather than riding on miserable, I would can the ride all together. I tried to call my daughter. DRAT! No cell service at all. In the next little town (Colony, Kansas) I used the phone in the city hall, using my calling card. Then I sat for three hours in the library next door and waited for my daughter to arrive. Meanwhile the thunderstorm blew in, and it poured for a LONG time. Once Ulrike got there, loading up the bike wasn't to bad, it had quit raining. But she had a detour to get here, as there was a major accident on the main highway short ways out of Colony. We drove around that on my route, two miles west on the old highway. Drive home took about 3 hours, much was in very heavy rain. Of course, the next morning the sun was shining here, and there, and the wind was not from the south. Decisions, decisions... sometimes you wonder which one to make. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v79/tahlequahgardens/cycling/Kansas%20ride/ -- Moni From HTT98 at aol.com Fri Oct 12 14:34:44 2007 From: HTT98 at aol.com (HTT98@aol.com) Date: Fri Oct 12 12:35:22 2007 Subject: [tbc] GRRide: Petal-Pedal - A Daffodil Ride Message-ID: GRRide: Petal-Pedal - A Daffodil Ride Twice in the past two years a couple of us have ridden down Tulsa's Mingo Trail stopping frequently to plant daffodil bulbs. We have probably put at least five or six dozen bulbs into the ground and if you were on the trail last spring you may have seen some of the results of our efforts. This fall of 2007 we are asking for your help. We invite our fellow bikists to find their digging tools, some work gloves, and a dozen or so daffodil (jonquil or narcissus) bulbs; then come ride and plant with us on October 27. If you choose not to purchase any bulbs ... a benefactor, Phil from Philadelphia, has provided us with about a hundred bulbs. We do need your help. Pedaling and planting together, our resulting yellow springtime petals can help make the Mingo Trail something really special. This GRRide will start at the Hicks Community Center (3443 South Mingo) parking lot at ten o'clock on Saturday morning, October 27. Some of us will have handlebar bags or panniers to help carry tools and bulbs. We would expect to have fun doing this for two or three hours. Hope to see many of you there. Call Moni at 494-0256 or Howard at 665-3862 for more information. \ Without asking for volunteers, we should be aware: Excessive global warming results from excessive pollution results from excessive population. - Howard Thornhill, writer & public speaker (1941- ) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.rootwizard.net/pipermail/tbc/attachments/20071012/f5beb223/attachment.html From giantcycle99 at gmail.com Sun Oct 14 07:34:31 2007 From: giantcycle99 at gmail.com (Moni) Date: Sun Oct 14 06:35:21 2007 Subject: [tbc] letter to the editor Message-ID: <99d35d20710140434qffa3773y650dad852d4b54f9@mail.gmail.com> For all who missed a good letter to the editor at the Tulsa World -- Moni Stay off the sidewalks! 10/11/2007 Tulsa bicycle riders should get off the sidewalks! That isn't where they are supposed to ride. They have every right to be on the roadway. State law declares they are operating a human powered vehicle. They are not pedestrians. It's illegal to ride on sidewalks in any business district. In a sidewalk accident, guess who's at fault? The cyclists. Research shows sidewalk cyclists have higher accident rates than road cyclists. Sidewalks aren't smooth, seldom have ramps, are narrow and have poor visibility. This 4-foot-wide strip is not designed to handle wheeled vehicles flying along. About 80 percent of accidents happen at intersections -- that's any point where traffic turns or crosses, including side streets and driveways. Flying down that little ribbon of cement with no right of way, every driveway, every side-street, every major or minor road that it crosses increases their chance of an accident. Sidewalk cyclists must yield to pedestrians, dodge the cracks and crevices, swerve around the poles and trash cans, and yield to cars at every crossing. The round wheels don't fit in the rectangle walkway. Take a bicycle education course through Tulsa Parks. Same rights, same rules, same roads. Brian Potter, Tulsa From ride.with.tim at cox.net Sun Oct 14 17:23:09 2007 From: ride.with.tim at cox.net (Tim Noteboom) Date: Sun Oct 14 16:23:36 2007 Subject: [tbc] FW: Just a f.y.i. deal on some winter cycling fun with Second Summer Tours ... Message-ID: <20071014212257.NJLY6410.eastrmmtao101.cox.net@eastrmimpo02.cox.net> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: SST Holiday Tour 2007.doc Type: application/msword Size: 41984 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.rootwizard.net/pipermail/tbc/attachments/20071014/52d958a7/SSTHolidayTour2007-0001.doc From bentcruiser at cox.net Tue Oct 16 10:15:10 2007 From: bentcruiser at cox.net (Derek Swift) Date: Tue Oct 16 09:15:28 2007 Subject: [tbc] College student needs FreeWheeler's help! Message-ID: <4714C76E.6010407@cox.net> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.rootwizard.net/pipermail/tbc/attachments/20071016/e46110c5/attachment.html From cbfairless at cox.net Tue Oct 16 17:08:45 2007 From: cbfairless at cox.net (Carolyn Fairless) Date: Tue Oct 16 16:09:00 2007 Subject: [tbc] thanks to Avery Drive Trash-n-Dashers Message-ID: <000801c81038$bd1c4a60$3754df20$@net> We had about 16 show up last Saturday to clean up Avery Drive, including two from the Wheelmen. We got a group photo in front of the sign with a truck with a red slash over it. I will get the picture(s) to the Sand Springs Leader. The Leader was closed Saturday afternoon so the Sunday edition must've been put to bed already. (I understand that the Sand Springs meeting tonight about the rock quarry proposal is still on but that the city expects to hold yet another meeting about it on November 6. I read that in the Leader but have not seen anything in the Tulsa World). Here's who came out to clean up: Tippy and Henry Hawkins; Larry Thompson (proud curator of the Travelin' Trophy); Barbara Delozier; Pat McCall; Ben Grabow (from Wheelmen, with his dad, Paul, who was visiting from Waco); Mike Schooling; Mitch Houtman (from Wheelmen); Sam McCall; Bob Slater; Margaret Ann; Lloyd Owen; Moni; Ross Snider, and me. I think Tippy (?) won the $10 QT gift card. But I forget, since right after the clean up, I went on a bike ride to the Oak Hills Winery, which was a lot of fun (wine tasting and food) and I think TBC should do something like that. anyway, I am not sure who got the QT card. Thanks for everyone's help this year on keeping Avery Drive clean. That's it from me for 2007. Carolyn -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.rootwizard.net/pipermail/tbc/attachments/20071016/f4571be9/attachment.html From giantcycle99 at gmail.com Wed Oct 17 09:16:43 2007 From: giantcycle99 at gmail.com (Moni) Date: Wed Oct 17 08:17:24 2007 Subject: [tbc] great dog/cyclist story Message-ID: <99d35d20710170616l9347269pa26c6875d4da4b8d@mail.gmail.com> http://arcticglass.blogspot.com/2006/03/hey-this-is-my-blog.html -- Moni From lmfrankenberger at yahoo.com Tue Oct 23 07:54:10 2007 From: lmfrankenberger at yahoo.com (Lisa Frankenberger) Date: Tue Oct 23 08:54:29 2007 Subject: [tbc] Important Dates In-Reply-To: <465D77EF.3060403@cox.net> Message-ID: <872874.9094.qm@web36212.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative From giantcycle99 at gmail.com Wed Oct 24 17:15:04 2007 From: giantcycle99 at gmail.com (Moni) Date: Wed Oct 24 16:16:11 2007 Subject: [tbc] daffodil ride on Saturday Message-ID: <99d35d20710241415l334b0be6sd3a29a175548a9a9@mail.gmail.com> Just a little reminder.. If you want to help "beautify" the Mingo bike trail, come and join us planting daffodils on Saturday. We will start at the Hicks Community Center (3443 South Mingo) parking lot at ten o'clock on Saturday morning, October 27. Even if you don't have any bulbs, or planting implements, come and help us plant, or choose sites to plant. I plan to bring some muffins for sustenance, but you need to bring your own gatorade or water. Some of us will have handlebar bags or panniers to help carry tools and bulbs. We would expect to have fun doing this for two or three hours. Hope to see many of you there. Call Moni at 494-0256 or Howard at 665-3862 for more information. -- Moni From giantcycle99 at gmail.com Wed Oct 24 22:08:36 2007 From: giantcycle99 at gmail.com (Moni) Date: Wed Oct 24 21:09:33 2007 Subject: [tbc] Bike touring links Message-ID: <99d35d20710241908p6507b079h73cc1bd811bd8ceb@mail.gmail.com> My friend Kurt sent this to the OBS E-list, and I want to share it. Moni I thought some of you might like this video. It's about a London bicycle club that takes a train out into the country to extend their bike tour in 1955. It's interesting to see how a lot of things have not changed much. Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyz5d3entBw&mode=related&search= Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGYngjxJP1I From lmfrankenberger at yahoo.com Tue Oct 30 07:07:07 2007 From: lmfrankenberger at yahoo.com (Lisa Frankenberger) Date: Tue Oct 30 08:07:27 2007 Subject: [tbc] Project I wanted to share In-Reply-To: <99d35d20710241415l334b0be6sd3a29a175548a9a9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <14319.40741.qm@web36202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I just got this in my inbox this morning! I wanted to pass it along. We have received an RFP from the City of Sand Springs, OK for upgrading existing traffic signal technology at four signalized intersections along designated bikeways. The existing signals are to be updated with video detection and controls capable of detecting and facilitating the safe movement of bicycle and pedestrian traffic. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.rootwizard.net/pipermail/tbc/attachments/20071030/f951f310/attachment.html From lmfrankenberger at yahoo.com Tue Oct 30 12:48:34 2007 From: lmfrankenberger at yahoo.com (Lisa Frankenberger) Date: Tue Oct 30 13:49:17 2007 Subject: [tbc] something to think about Message-ID: <45207.58829.qm@web36212.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Ok, we've got to the point now where INCOG and the City has no doubt that many consider bike lanes to be dangerous and for the most point not wanted within the biycycling community. However, the main strive for bike lanes, in my opinion whether it is safer or only gives the illusion of safety, is that it will increase ridership. Once ridership increases a number of great things happen. How would you propose to increase ridership? Please think about this and bring your comments to the meeting this Thursday! Hope to see everyone there! Lisa __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.rootwizard.net/pipermail/tbc/attachments/20071030/3f23d1ad/attachment.html