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Volume 9 Issue 1 Feb/Mar 2016 Editors Comments Table of Contents Sharon Boyd & Dale Campbell: Co - Editors Prez Sez Recipients of the 2015 Awards from CSCC "Passing the Baton" of the Presidency Ride Facilitators – We Can ’ t Live Without You Governor Announces 16 Highest Priority Trail Projects e - Bikes – Past, Present and … Possibly in Your Future? 15 Thoughts Cyclists Have While Riding Colorado Pedals Project – An Update The Who's Your Hero Project Know a Previous Recipient of the CSCC Volunteer of the Year Award? Editors Comments BVBF 2016 – Registration is Now Open! Photo courtesy of Vern Pitcher Volunteer Opportunities – Provide Help & Have Fun, Too! Welcome to 2016 and the first Bent Fork newsletter of the New Another Volunteer or Ride Opportunity Year (only five more to go for Socially Yours... this year...). And, if the CSCC Holiday Party – A Photographic Compendium previous years are any Interested in the Future of Cycling? indication, 2016 should be Bicycle Ballet – Don ’ t Try This at Home! another year packed with travel logs, international news about Bicycling Skills 123+ Program in 2016 cycling, summaries of local Membership Update rides, information about Club Special Activities & Rides of Interest! social and special ride activities, A Quote to Ponder cycling infrastructure improvements in Colorado Springs and statewide in Colorado, and much much Prez Sez more. We appreciate all the article ideas and written Janine Hegeman - President contributions that we receive from a number of you in our readership. Please keep up the good work! Hello everyone, this is your new CSCC president, Janine Hegeman. For some of you, the first ride of 2016 happened on New Year ’ s As we begin the second month of Day. The Frozen Water Bottle 2016, I can tell you that a number ride was held once again, just as of changes are in the works for it has for many previous years. CSCC. Committees and Board To see who participated in the members have taken your ride, just take a look at the suggestions, as well as ideas of their photo in the banner of this own, and are busy working on plans month ’ s Bent Fork Chronicle. for this year. A few noteworthy Recognize any of those folks? items: For others, perhaps you had The Ride Committee is formulating a “ rating ” system your first ride of the year on one for our rides. Rides will be rated by how challenging of the previous weekends – they are, and this will be noted on the ride calendar. In while the weather was a bit addition, one or more routes are being developed that more inviting for a kickoff ride riders can test themselves on to self - determine their for the year. On beautiful sunny level of riding. Also under consideration is a “ field trip ” days with a temperature in the to one of these routes. high 40s and low 50s, it ’ s hard The Ride Committee will also begin recognizing Ride to resist the siren call of getting Facilitators with a special banquet early this year, and out on two wheels, especially at start an education program to enlist more facilitators. this time of the year. These are We have a CSCC at - large board member attending the those types of days that Dale Bike Colorado Springs board meetings. This will refers to as a “ Bonus Days. ” increase communication between our club and this Meaning, a winter day, which advocacy group, and give us more avenues of would normally be cold and/or participation in bicycling advocacy. snowy, that happens to be more The Social Committee has the July Picnic well in hand Spring - like. And, a winter day already, and is planning all the other events CSCC is that offers unexpected riding known for. pleasure. Yep, that ’ s such a Day! Let ’ s hope that we get a few more of those types of days With the Buena Vista Bike Fest now under control of the throughout the rest of winter Buena Vista Rotary Club, our main source of funding (and the and early spring (mixed in with a charitable giving that makes CSCC the great club it is), is reasonable amount of snowy going away. We will be exploring other revenue - producing days to bring us the moisture efforts, and still continue our contributions to charitable that Colorado constantly needs). organizations. With volunteer support from Club members, CSCC will be supporting such local activities as the Starlight Let's Have More Bonus Days! Spectacular, Ride for Heroes and the St Patrick ’ s Day ride. That being said, I want to reiterate that we ’ ll need volunteers - BVBF 2016 – Registration LOTS of volunteers. We encourage everyone who is Club is Now Open! member to volunteer at least once this year. If you ’ re thinking about it, talk with other Club members that have Dale Campbell: Co - Editor helped with some of these activities. I ’ m sure they will tell you how much fun they had! Many other ideas and plans are in the works as well, and you ’ ll see more about this in the coming months. I am very pleased and humbled to be working with the current Board, including the very happy Past President, Charlie Czarniecki. Their ideas, energy and foresight are exactly what is needed to move CSCC into its third decade of inviting people in the Colorado Springs community to “ Come along for the ride ” ! Cheers, Janine Hegeman President, Colorado Springs Cycling Club Recipients of the 2015 Awards from CSCC Registration for the 18 th annual Buena Vista Bike Fest, scheduled Dale Campbell: Co - Editor for 4 June 2016, is now open. As you ’ re probably aware, CSCC As many of you may be aware, CSCC honors local cycling sponsored and supported this supporters and Club members with three awards each year. event during the last 17 years. These awards – the Dave Horn Community Award, the The sponsorship of the event Volunteer of the Year, and the CSCC Golden Sweep – are has now been transitioned to the presented at the annual Holiday Party (which occurred on 12 Buena Vista Rotary Club . December this past year). The 2015 winners acknowledged for 2015 are as follows: The event will essentially be structured as it has in the previous years. The century Nikki McComsey, Executive Director of Kids on route is the cornerstone of the Bikes received the Dave Horne Community Award, Buena Vista Bike Fest. Riders recognizing her numerous contributions to the cycling will take in the outstanding community in Colorado Springs. In 2015, she was views of Colorado ’ s highest recognized as the Mayor ’ s Young Leader in the mountain peaks while enjoying category of Innovation in Sports and Wellness. In the the sunshine of the Arkansas adjacent photo, Nikki is receiving the Award from River Valley. This is an ideal Charlie Czarniecki during the 2015 Club Holiday Party. warm up for any cyclist ’ s summer riding season and is only a 2 hour drive from the Front Range! Riders also have options to take shorter routes including a 35 miler, a 50 miler, and a “ metric century ” ( 62 miles) while still enjoying the Collegiate Peaks ’ magnificent scenery. If you ’ re interested in participating in the ride, just go to the event webpage to find out more details about the event and registration. The Buena Vista Rotary is also soliciting volunteers to help with event activities. If you ’ re interested in helping, just click on the “ Volunteer ” tab on the event website. See this year ’ s Bike jersey Volunteer Opportunities – Provide Help & Have Fun, Too! Sara Hill: Membership Coordinator The CSCC Volunteer of the Year and Golden Sweep Awards were also announced at the Holiday Party... V of Y and Sweep Presentations "Passing the Baton" of the Presidency CSCC will have a booth at two Charlie Czar: Past President events in February. On February 5, we will be at the First Friday Cycling Community Night/Expo hosted by Urban Single Track. On February 25 is the Outdoor Expo sponsored by Colorado Springs Young Professionals. Both these events are an opportunity to highlight and share what CSCC is all about and help expand our membership. We would love to have two or three additional people at each event to help spread the fun! Contact Sara Hill at [email protected] or 719 - 304 - 4196 if you are able to I lettered in track 3 times at Widefield HS. We had a lot of help. sprinters when I started track in junior high school so I ran sprints and relays. When a runner passes the baton he got Thank you! off the track because his part of the race was over. (I found my strength in track was as a quick sprinting jumper, so I Another Volunteer or Ride stopped running relays in high school.) Rather than pass the Opportunity baton, I have always seen my Club activity as bike ride. I ’ ve been in the front of the CSCC peloton for the past 6 years. Jean Zeh: Ride Volunteer Janine moves forward to the head of the peloton and I get to Coordinator move back and still help as a domestique. In that regard I ’ m still an active member of the Board of Directors and will help Get your in any way that I can. green on - the The Club has seen past presidents stay engaged and then Pedalin' have time to dedicate to special “ pet projects ” . I made some for St. resolutions for this year to continue with the Club ’ s support of Patty's the City ’ s St Pat Ride support and Parade, to restart and lead Day 50k as many “ Full Moon Rides ” as I can (the Jan ride was (and a wee overcome by a horizontal snow storm), and to put effort into bit more!) the Allen Beauchamp (past CSCC president) thought to try to Bike Ride spread the word of the National Bike Challenge (NBC) to more is on again people and organizations in Colorado Springs.