Bowling Green League of Bicyclists Weblog

Bicycle Bowling Green and the Bowling Green League of Bicyclists will offer free valet bike parking as part of the Bowling Green Chamber Orchestra’s Fourth of July Star Spangled Spectacular free concert and fireworks display at the WKU Guthrie Tower. Cyclists who attend the event can drop off their bikes at the front patio of the Raymond B. Preston Center, at the WKU South Lawn, on Avenue of Champions. The free service will be available from 6:00pm till after the fireworks finale.

Remember your helmet, you can leave that with your bike, and be prepared with lights to ride home after dark. If  you’re interested in helping out, contact Anne, tandem.ellis@insightbb.com or 796-8625.

In an effort to offer more regularity to club rides, a new ride schedule has been developed. The new schedule offers weeknight options as well as Saturday rides. We hope this new schedule will fit the needs of club members. We’d love to see you on the rides and have your feedback on the new schedule. We are also in need of ride leaders and hope that other members will sign up. Please contact Forrest Halford with your comments, questions or offer to lead a ride.

You are also encouraged to continue to use the mailiing list to announce rides and solicit riding partners.

See you on the road soon!

Instructor, Anne Ellis

Wednesday, July 16 from 4:00-7:00pm
   or
Friday, July 18 from 1:00-4:00pm

The Medical Center Health & Wellness Center
Greenwood Mall

Fee $20

This course offers an open, supportive atmosphere for learning (or re-learning) how to ride your bike on the bike trails, in the neighborhood or on the city streets. In addition we’ll discuss women-specific bike fit, clothing options for safe comfortable cycling, personal safety issues while riding alone and how to fix a flat tire. This fast-paced, three-hour course will be taught by a woman, especially for women.

Equipment required: Bicycle and helmet

Questions? Contact Anne Ellis / 270-796-8625.

Meredith Johnson is on an Advisory Committee for a Warren County Proposed Animal Ordinance. Meredith would love to hear your comments. Please review the proposal and email him at meredithjohnson@insightbb.com.

Bicycling 101 - Basics of Safe Cycling
League of American Bicyclists Road 1 Class
Lead by Anne Ellis, League Cycling Instructor

3 sessions, Sat., April 5, 12,19, 1:00-4:00pm
Unitarian Universalist Church, 2033 Nashville Road
$40 per person

This class gives adult cyclists the confidence they need to ride safely in traffic with basic rules of the road, how to communicate with motorists, bike & helmet fit and selection, simple bike maintenance, including fixing a flat tire.

The course includes classroom presentation, hands-on learning and a group ride. Participants learn and practice bicycle handling skills and emergency maneuvers. Student manual included.

Class size is limited to 10 students. Register by contacting Anne Ellis (270-796-8625).

From Helen Siewers:

The Bowling Green Arbor Day celebration takes place at Kereiakes Park on Saturday, April 12, from 10am to 1pm. The event has featured a bike rodeo the last two years, and this has been an important part of the event’s success.

BGLOB members have been very helpful volunteers: fitting children with helmets, checking and fitting bikes, and supervising stations at the bike rodeo.

Please consider helping again this year.

The Arbor Day celebration starts at 10am.
The bike rodeo starts at 10:30am and goes until 1pm.

I’m looking for volunteers who can help the entire time, or for a shift: 10-12 or 11-1.

Please let me know by April 4 if you can help.

Thanks in advance,
Helen
270-535-2037

We are currently taking orders for club jersey or shorts. Also available will be socks and caps. Please don’t wait till the last minute to order because we had some people miss out last time.

All orders are being taken by Chris Platt. For more details about the products or design, contact Brett Miller.

The complete price list, Read the rest of this entry »

Mammoth Cave to Open Sal Hollow to horses???  A public forum will be held Thursday, February 7.

If bicyclists want to keep Sal Hollow, it is vitally important that we write letters and attend the public forum.  From my understanding, the park does weigh decisions based on volume of letters received.  Are there other local groups, such as Louisville, Hendersonville, Nashville, etc. that use the trail who could also write letters and attend???

If you want to save Sal Hollow, please act NOW. This is a link to the press release on the Park Web Site. http://www.nps.gov/maca/parknews/draft-ctmp.htm This is a link to the web page that has the actual plan. http://www.nps.gov/maca/parkmgmt/planning.htm

You can use this PDF file to log your 2008 miles.

In Attendance: David Rahm, Forrest Halford, Brett Miller, Stephen Ogden, Zachary Brown, Kevin Thomas, Laura Haury, Renee Slaughter, Chris Platt, Zac Callahan, Brendan Sheehan, Jeff Rose, Susan Ammons, Tricia Callahan, Anne Ellis, Kent Ellis, Mary Jane Adams, Helen Siewers (total of 18 people)

I. Year In Review

Tricia gave a presentation of the BGLOB Year in Review

II. Election of Officers

On behalf of the Nominating Committee (Meredith Johnson, Renee Slaughter and Bobby Webb), the following slate of officers was proposed: Read the rest of this entry »