Tri-City Bicycle Club
P.O. Box 465
Richland, WA 99352-0465
Richland, WA 99352-0465
Est. 1966
P.O. Box 465
Richland, WA 99352-0465
Richland, WA 99352-0465
Tri-City Bicycle Club
News and Views
Est. 1966
TCBC supports the Bicycle Alliance of Washington, League of American Bicyclists, and Adventure Cycling Association.
Support the Bicycle Alliance of Washington and encourage other motorists to "SHARE THE ROAD" with this new license plate from Washington Department of Licensing.
Click image to obtain this new plate.
Click image to obtain this new plate.
For previous front page articles, see the Archive page.
Adventure Challenge
Join your friends on foot or on your bike for the Sacagawea Heritage Trail Adventure Challenge, Saturday, September 20, 9:00-12:00. The beauty of this full day event is that it encourages families and folks of all recreation levels to join in on the fun to celebrate our local heritage while collecting food for 2nd Harvest. There is no cost as the intent is to re-offer this beautiful and scenic trail to our community, and generate enthusiasm for outdoor activity.
For details see the Adventure Challenge page.
Join your friends on foot or on your bike for the Sacagawea Heritage Trail Adventure Challenge, Saturday, September 20, 9:00-12:00. The beauty of this full day event is that it encourages families and folks of all recreation levels to join in on the fun to celebrate our local heritage while collecting food for 2nd Harvest. There is no cost as the intent is to re-offer this beautiful and scenic trail to our community, and generate enthusiasm for outdoor activity.
For details see the Adventure Challenge page.
WANTED - Your Photos
We want to see what TCBC members are doing. Photos on the left banner of most of these pages come from TCBC members. Send yours to the webmaster, or send a link if you have them in an online gallery.
We want to see what TCBC members are doing. Photos on the left banner of most of these pages come from TCBC members. Send yours to the webmaster, or send a link if you have them in an online gallery.
Copyright © 2008 by Tri-City Bicycle Club · All Rights reserved · E-Mail: info @ tricitybicycleclub.org
Copyright © 2008 by Tri-City Bicycle Club · All Rights reserved · E-Mail: info @ tricitybicycleclub.org
Copyright (c) 2008 by Tri-City Bicycle Club - All Rights reserved - E-Mail: info @ tricitybicycleclub.org
Are You Weighed Down by the "SR" Factor?
See this article by Gordon Black, Executive Director of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington.
See this article by Gordon Black, Executive Director of the Bicycle Alliance of Washington.
One Million Bicycles or The Revolution Will Not Be Motorized
Bicycling advocate, speaker, writer, and self-identified nutjob Joe "Metal Cowboy" Kurmaskie has launched a movement some call the Woodstock equivalent of cycling. The idea is to get a million more people on bikes by 8-9-09, the date of Million-Bike rallies nationwide. Check www.onemillionbicycles.org or www.metalcowboy.com for more details.
Bicycling advocate, speaker, writer, and self-identified nutjob Joe "Metal Cowboy" Kurmaskie has launched a movement some call the Woodstock equivalent of cycling. The idea is to get a million more people on bikes by 8-9-09, the date of Million-Bike rallies nationwide. Check www.onemillionbicycles.org or www.metalcowboy.com for more details.
SHUT UP AND PEDAL!
That's the title of the blog created by a family of four from Walla Walla, Washington, who are on an eleven-week tour across the country scheduled to end in Portland, Maine. Watch out, their fun attitude and enthusiasm are contagious! http://www.shut-up-and-pedal.blogspot.com
That's the title of the blog created by a family of four from Walla Walla, Washington, who are on an eleven-week tour across the country scheduled to end in Portland, Maine. Watch out, their fun attitude and enthusiasm are contagious! http://www.shut-up-and-pedal.blogspot.com
TCBC is a Friend of Badger Mountain
The Board of the Tri-City Bicycle Club agreed to donate $500.00 for adjacent lands purchase to the Friends of Badger Mountain. This will enhance our riding pleasure by increasing the number of outdoor destinations reachable by bicycle, as well as help preserve some of the open character of our region. See http://www.friendsofbadger.org/adjacentlands.html.
The Board of the Tri-City Bicycle Club agreed to donate $500.00 for adjacent lands purchase to the Friends of Badger Mountain. This will enhance our riding pleasure by increasing the number of outdoor destinations reachable by bicycle, as well as help preserve some of the open character of our region. See http://www.friendsofbadger.org/adjacentlands.html.
CRITICAL MESS
Unfortunately, with more bikes and motorized vehicles sharing the road, there also seems to be a growing number of bicyclist-driver altercations taking place. For examples, read this Seattle Times article and the one following it from Newsweek. <http://tinyurl.com/5hl3fd> <http://www.newsweek.com/id/149224> But, as the rock band War wondered in their 1975 hit song (a question Smash Mouth re-asked more than twenty years later), "Why Can't We Be Friends?" The Bikehugger thinks he has a possible antidote to help iron out some of this growing strife: <http://bikehugger.com/2008/08/ridecivil_artwork.htm>.
(reprinted from Bike Bits, by Adventure Cycling Association, and inspired by a message from Rob Witcraft)
Unfortunately, with more bikes and motorized vehicles sharing the road, there also seems to be a growing number of bicyclist-driver altercations taking place. For examples, read this Seattle Times article and the one following it from Newsweek. <http://tinyurl.com/5hl3fd> <http://www.newsweek.com/id/149224> But, as the rock band War wondered in their 1975 hit song (a question Smash Mouth re-asked more than twenty years later), "Why Can't We Be Friends?" The Bikehugger thinks he has a possible antidote to help iron out some of this growing strife: <http://bikehugger.com/2008/08/ridecivil_artwork.htm>.
(reprinted from Bike Bits, by Adventure Cycling Association, and inspired by a message from Rob Witcraft)
Cooper's Corner Opening
Cooper's Corner opened on July 10. See the article on the Bicycle Alliance web page.
Cooper's Corner opened on July 10. See the article on the Bicycle Alliance web page.