From rhall918 at cox.net Tue Jan 1 20:27:55 2008 From: rhall918 at cox.net (Richard Hall) Date: Tue Jan 1 20:22:18 2008 Subject: [tbc] Susan's Bench Dedication Message-ID: <002e01c84ce7$2119e280$6501a8c0@asusa7n8xe> The dedication of the Susan's bench will be on Sunday January 6, 2008 at 2:00 pm. According to my bike computer, the bench is located 0.6 miles west of the 145th E. Ave. parking lot on the Creek Trail in Broken Arrow. We have permission to use the Trinity Lutheran Church parking lot at 161st E. Ave. on the north side of the Creek Turnpike. The distance from the church parking lot to the bench is 1.6 miles. The parking lot is behind the church and you do not have to get onto 161st E. Ave. to get to the trail from the church. For those who want to bike further, the bench is about 5.8 miles west of NSU. There is no bike ride planned after the dedication but some may want to continue riding afterwards. After the dedication, we will take pictures for a Broken Arrow Ledger article about Susan. Richard Hall From tim-noteboom at cox.net Sat Jan 5 09:33:01 2008 From: tim-noteboom at cox.net (Tim Noteboom) Date: Sat Jan 5 09:33:31 2008 Subject: [tbc] info about bridge over Mingo Creek Message-ID: <20080105153307.NIAV476.eastrmmtao106.cox.net@eastrmimpo03.cox.net> _____ From: Grant Black [mailto:gblack@samson.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:05 AM To: geblack54@cox.net Subject: FW: Trail update _____ From: Jeannie McDaniel [mailto:jeanniemcdaniel@okhouse.gov] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:43 AM To: Grant Black Subject: Trail update Grant - Happy 2008! The trail system contact, Patrick Fox, 579-9447, pfox@incog.org tells me the pre-fabricated bridge on the trail between S. Mingo and S. Garnett is set to begin this month! He reports that the contract should take (conservatively) 60-70 days. He encouraged me to give his name and number to cyclists that are interested in the Trail System. He's a very nice young man. I've known him since he was in high school. He's in his mid-30's now with a young family. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.rootwizard.net/pipermail/tbc/attachments/20080105/50fbfbdc/attachment.html From BRG3 at aol.com Sat Jan 5 11:58:42 2008 From: BRG3 at aol.com (BRG3@aol.com) Date: Sat Jan 5 10:59:27 2008 Subject: [tbc] info about bridge over Mingo Creek Message-ID: Is this the bridge proposed over Haikey Creek connecting the Creek Turnpike trail and the Mingo trail that had been held up until FEMA issued a waiver?? Rick Gardner In a message dated 1/5/08 9:40:38 A.M. Central Standard Time, tim-noteboom@cox.net writes: ____________________________________ From: Grant Black [mailto:gblack@samson.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 11:05 AM To: geblack54@cox.net Subject: FW: Trail update ____________________________________ From: Jeannie McDaniel [mailto:jeanniemcdaniel@okhouse.gov] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 10:43 AM To: Grant Black Subject: Trail update Grant - Happy 2008! The trail system contact, Patrick Fox, 579-9447, _pfox@incog.org_ (mailto:pfox@incog.org) tells me the pre-fabricated bridge on the trail between S. Mingo and S. Garnett is set to begin this month! He reports that the contract should take (conservatively) 60-70 days. He encouraged me to give his name and number to cyclists that are interested in the Trail System. He's a very nice young man. I've known him since he was in high school. 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If you would like to lead one of these rides but haven't lead a ride before, and don't know what a ride leader does, we will have training materials available and can hold a ride leader training course if you need instruction. Just let me know in your email. Please consider leading one of these rides. Thanks. Mike Montgomery Phone: 918-760-0991 Fax: 918-925-7298 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.rootwizard.net/pipermail/tbc/attachments/20080108/9ee061e4/attachment.html From mschooling at sbcglobal.net Thu Jan 10 13:01:29 2008 From: mschooling at sbcglobal.net (mschooling@sbcglobal.net) Date: Sat Jan 12 14:23:01 2008 Subject: [tbc] *****SPAM***** MapMyRide.com: Check it Out Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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You don't have to be planning to attend FreeWheel 2008, to come to the seminars or be a member of any club. All that is required is an open mind, a healthy thirst for knowledge, and the simple desire to ride your bike. Don't miss any of them. Q&A after every seminar. You may sign up for FreeWheel at the seminars. See location and times below, subject to change. Watch http://okfreewheel.com/ website for additional seminars. Also, there are some really good speakers at the scheduled for the Tulsa Bicycle Club general meetings. Check them out at http://tulsabicycleclub.com/ . Who: Anybody is welcome, from beginners to pros, don't be shy. What: We're talking about riding your bike here When: 7-9 pm each seminar Where: OSU Center for the Health Sciences, 17 street and SW Blvd. Auditorium , room D-007, First Floor. Some seminars will be held upstairs from the auditorium in room D-107. Directions Below Why: Because that's what we do and we all want to do it better. First Seminar, Thursday, January 24t Get Your Body Ready: Kevin McFarland, DPT Kevin, a Tulsa area physical therapist who happens to be an avid cyclist and runner, will be discussing what off-the-bike training and exercising we can do this winter that will help ensure a great start to your '08 cycling season The Route for FreeWheel 2008 will be announced tonight by Ellen Proctor, so if you are planning to hotel-it, you can be one of the first to know Future Seminars: Tuesday, February 5th Get Your Bike Ready: Tom Brown of Tom's Bicycles, 918-481-1818, reveals bicycle maintenance secrets previously only whispered about in the inner circles of bike mechanics. Learn how to anticipate problems with your bike before that minor problem becomes an expensive one. Thursday February 21st Get your Brain Ready: "Street Tactics" Brian Potter, League Certified Cycling Instructor, talks on the logic of riding on the street. How to ride to make yourself visible and safer. Tuesday, March 4th-- Room 107 upstairs Get your map ready "FreeWheel Kickoff " Ellen Proctor, FreeWheel Director lets us know what's in store for FreeWheel 2008! What do we do for food? Who carries our luggage? Where do we sleep? What's it like? Why are we doing this? Thursday March 20th Get Some good Riding Habits "Riding Tips and Safety- No Man is an Island" Richard Hall, President of the Tulsa Bicycle Club, and League Certified Instructor, talks on how to ride with other people around, with FreeWheel 2008 highlighted. Tuesday April 8th Room 107 Get Your Things Ready "Yes You Can take it With You" People bring the one thing they can't live without on long rides. Email tom@tomsbicycles.com with ideas. Nickie's Unpacking Experience---- If you've never seen this magician's prolific packing talents, then you just haven't lived. Nickie has some good ideas on the small stuff might need! Thursday April 24th: Get Your Bedroll Ready "Camping With Monica" Monica Wright, seasoned FreeWheel talks about what kind of tent you'll need, where to camp, and where not to camp ! Learn from Monica the easy way what others have learned the hard way. The FreeWheel Seminars are held at the much-appreciated OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, Health Sciences Center at 1111 W. 17th St. or better known as 17th and Southwest Blvd. in Tulsa. Times are 7:00 to 9:00pm . Enter from SW Blvd. and go around back to parking lot. Enter through doors recessed in between buildings and guard will direct you to auditorium. From lmfrankenberger at yahoo.com Mon Jan 21 13:49:20 2008 From: lmfrankenberger at yahoo.com (Lisa Frankenberger) Date: Mon Jan 21 15:49:47 2008 Subject: [tbc] Fwd: BAG ideas? Message-ID: <276856.53667.qm@web36202.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... From: Ed Wagner Subject: BAG ideas? Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 16:01:56 -0600 Size: 3579 Url: http://www.rootwizard.net/pipermail/tbc/attachments/20080121/29e9924e/attachment.mht From lmfrankenberger at yahoo.com Mon Jan 21 14:04:19 2008 From: lmfrankenberger at yahoo.com (Lisa Frankenberger) Date: Mon Jan 21 16:04:37 2008 Subject: [tbc] the whole story Message-ID: <863980.87647.qm@web36209.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I apologize for not including the meeting minutes: they are below. The previous e-mail (and these minutes) are from Ed Wagner and his e-mail is e.j.wagner.jr@gmail.com (he wasn't a member so asked me to forward the message) I had previously sent basically the same thing out months ago, so if you replied to me then I have kept those comments and will share them. Thanks! Lisa INCOG BAG Meeting 17JAN2008 1130A Members Ed Wagner Monica Barczak Josh Gifford David Darcey Chris Zenthoefer Tom Brown Lisa Frankenberger Patrick Fox Mark Brown Glen Sams The Big Picture The subcommittee is composed of people with diverse backgrounds in cycling. There are current and former racers, tourists, and commuters representing a variety of occupations. We share a common goal ? to get more people on their bikes in the Tulsa region ? and we realize that the vast majority of existing cyclists are recreational riders rather than transportation cyclists. However, it's critical to recognize the impact of infrastructure, particularly traffic lights and bridges, when it comes to transportation riders. For a recreational cyclist, a road or bridge closure is a nuisance, but easily avoided. For a transportation cyclist, it can represent a major problem if it prevents riding to a destination like work. As the plan evolves, it must encompass the needs of all cyclists. Naturally, we embrace the traditional five E's of bicycling advocacy: Education, Engineering, Enforcement, Encouragement, and Evaluation. We support the development of a comprehensive master bicycling plan, that includes elements from Complete Streets and Safe Routes to School. The Nagging Little Details It's easy to get bogged down in discussions about plan details. A perfect illustration: Patrick showed the group one of Portland's blue bike boxes, and we were sidetracked for a few minutes talking about it. Anyone familiar with the email advocacy groups will be aware of what I've called how-many-bicycling-advocates-can-dance-on-the-head-of-a-pin arguments. The people involved care passionately about their positions, but to the vast majority of readers, the discussion is a waste of time. Unfortunately, I'm one of those people who bite hard on such arguments. (As an aside, be aware that I use the word 'argument' in its primary definition, a reasoned discussion. If I want the other kind of argument, the knock-down-drag-out kind, I need only say the wrong thing to my spouse.) Monica yanked us back from that fruitless pursuit and I thanked her for it. For the present, we need to focus on that big picture up above and use it to set our goals, then develop a plan to reach those goals. The plan is a series of steps, some interlinked and some independent, almost like a road map. And the nagging little details are the individual steps necessary to achieve those goals. Some of those steps may include: Public service announcements modeling safe and proper bicycle use, both from a cyclist's viewpoint and that of a motorist. Funding for BikeEd in an effort to reach school children, adult cyclists, and motorists. Include knowledgeable cyclists in street planning as a normal part of the process. Efforts to change building codes to incorporate bicycle parking. Encouraging employers to promote bicycle commuting. Promoting Bike To Work events. Comprehensive Bicycling Master Plan, a larger document that includes the Trails Master Plan and much more. Most of that list is nothing new, but they are popular efforts that have met with some success. As always, the devil is in the details. Another way to phrase that is the large print giveth and the small print taketh away. A plan can have glowing, laudable goals, yet if it lacks supporting details, it will never come to fruition. Trail Projects and Updates The locally infamous 'FEMA' bridge project over Little Haikey Creek should start moving dirt this month. The bridge was backordered. It's a pre-fabricated construction. The Mingo Valley Trail is in negotiations with ODOT over bridge placement at 71st Street. The Osage Prairie Trail Extension is looking for funding to continue trail construction north of Skiatook. Ultimately, the plan is to extend it to Barnsdahl, or if possible, Pawhuska. The River Park Trail will be re-located west of the Creek Nation Casino, possibly funded by the Creek Nation. An astounding information tidbit ? the new dual trail costs $290 per linear foot! 2007 Enhancement Grant Awards South River Parks Extension Fry Ditch Creek Trail (Bixby) Mingo Valley (Admiral to I-244) Osage Trail Trailhead (Skiatook) Sand Springs, Visual Detection A word about Sand Springs ? the city is looking to attain LAB Bicycle Friendly City status. --------------------------------- Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.rootwizard.net/pipermail/tbc/attachments/20080121/8e7bf49e/attachment.html From rhall918 at cox.net Fri Jan 25 21:41:13 2008 From: rhall918 at cox.net (Richard Hall) Date: Fri Jan 25 21:41:25 2008 Subject: [tbc] Saturday Ride Message-ID: <002001c85fcd$77d4d370$6501a8c0@asusa7n8xe> Forward From: Tim Doering To: all TBC members Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 7:58 AM Since the weather is going to be COLD at 9:00 on Saturday (1/26/08), there will be a ride from Mohawk Park at 1:00. The direction, speed, and distance of the ride will be determined by the people who show up for the ride. All bike riders are welcome. Tim Doering