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Nov / Dec 2017 Denver’s Original Bike Club – Since 1964! Newsletter of the Denver Bicycle Touring Club NOV / DEC 2017 INSIDE… Metro Area: Construction Club News from the President p. 2 Completion Update October Ride Photos p. 4 Improving the outdoor experience, one project at a time Metric Century Ride p. 5 New Projects p. 6 Over the past few years, cyclists zigzag ramps. Although it doesn’t have endured many construction look tremendously different from its Teacher Tours p. 7 projects around the metro area. original design, the renovations offer Winter Brew Tours p. 9 Finally, we are happy to report that greater and safer access to the water and separate, wider pedestrian and Mtn Bike Ride Photos p. 10 many of the projects have been completed. bike access to the trail. Board Candidates p. 11 It took three times as long to Another project that has come Nov / Dec Ride build, and cost twice as much as to completion is the US 6 and 19th Schedule p. 13-15 expected, but Shoemaker Plaza Street Interchange (Linking Lookout at Confluence Park is finally open. Project) which opened in Golden a Velo Swap p. 15 Gone are the plaza’s complicated continued on page 3 Volunteer Recognition Luncheon Saturday, November 11, 2017 The Cherry Creek Holiday Inn • 455 South Colorado Blvd Doors open at 11:30 a.m. • Lunch Served at noon, program following Price: $14 - Current Members registered by November 6th $28 - Guest & Everyone registered after November 6th FREE - Qualified Ride Leaders (led 5 or more rides) Menu Includes: Tossed Caesar Salad with Garlic Croutons, Parmesan Cheese | White Bean Soup | Chicken Parmesan Tender Roast Beef con Balsamico | Linguine Tossed w/ Olive Oil & Fresh Herbs | Baked Zucchini & Tomatoes | Tiramisu TO REGISTER GO TO DBTC.ORG 1 DBTC’s Officers President Cyndy Klepinger 303-725-1565 The President’s Page [email protected] Cyndy Klepinger Vice President Scott Houchin 303-321-3863 [email protected] Secretary What I like about the Denver Bicycle Dick Shelton 720-934-9824 [email protected] Touring Club is not the variety of rides, Treasurer Steve Thomas 303-419-2531 but the people who are members! [email protected] By enjoying one of our many rides, Board Members at Large Helen Berkman 720-355-5687 you have the opportunity to meet [email protected] Lin Hark 303-578-9369 fellow enthusiasts. This interaction [email protected] Jeff Krinsky 720-373-9107 encourages friendships that grow [email protected] Linda Wheeler 419-973-8282 outside weekly rides. In fact as I write [email protected] Clark Wilson 303-495-0671 this, I am returning from a three-day trip to Grand Junction with two [email protected] friends, Sunnye Kelley and Scott MacCormack, who I met through Directors and Staff DBTC rides. And yes, we experienced some great rides – look for Director of Ride Activities Patty Gaspar 303-989-8268 an Out-of- Town Tour next fall to western Colorado and its giant [email protected] Out of Town Tour Director playground for both road and mountain bikes! Kathy Stommel 719-671-5579 [email protected] Without ride leaders our club would not exist. A big thank you to MTB Coordinator OPEN our volunteer ride leaders who take the time to identify fun and/ Fun Ride Coordinator North Jeff Krinsky 720-373-9107 or challenging rides for members. And then there are those leaders [email protected] Fun Ride Coordinator South who create rides based on various themes: art, juggling, cemeteries, Ellen Fitzpatrick 303-756-2517 [email protected] breweries and more! Road Ride Coordinator OPEN [email protected] Come join us on Saturday, November 11 to recognize our Intermediate Ride Coordinator volunteer ride leaders as well as other volunteers who help make Jeff Krinsky 720-373-9107 [email protected] DBTC so special. Weekday Fun/Int Ride Coordinator Merri Bruntz 303-517-9781 See you then! [email protected] “Roses” Ride Coordinator Lin Hark 303-578-9369 [email protected] Information Coordinator Ellen Chilikas [email protected] WELCOME Membership Database/Webmaster NEW DBTC MEMBERS Jeff Krinsky 720-373-9107 [email protected] Communications Director Kathleen Shelton 303-264-9878 Chris Bachmeyer Jack Davies [email protected] Map Sales (wholesale) Laurel Davies Paul Davies Doug Schuler 303-829-5861 [email protected] Craig Davies John Skousen Kathleen Shelton Philip “PJ” Torney Board Meetings Any member wishing to attend a board meeting is welcome. The DBTC board meets the Pictures and Articles for the Newsletter... This newsletter belongs to the second Monday of each month members. If you have pictures or an article to share, please email them to at 6 p.m. at Perkin’s Restaurant [email protected]. Only send one or two pictures, so you don’t clog (1995 S. Colorado Blvd., Denver). up my computer! Be sure to include details about who, when and where the If you wish to address the picture was taken. If you have a photo to mail, contact the Ride Coordinator board, contact the president at for the address. Remember we must give credit to the author. If you are a [email protected] or call writer with an article of interest, we may make you a published author! The 303-725-1565 so that your topic deadline for publishing is the 20th, but please send your articles earlier. can be placed on the agenda. 2 ...continued from page 1 few weeks ago. public in the part of the canyon restroom and parking lot opened It is a beautiful and user-friendly known as “The Big Easy.” earlier this year on the Cherry path between downtown Golden The trailhead and recreation Creek Trail at Araphoe. There’s also and the communities at the base area has a restroom, boasts 54 a bike fix-it station for those who of Lookout Mountain. It “links” parking spaces, fishing platforms need to fix flats, add air or make Golden to Lookout to help bikers, over the water for easy access, minor repairs. pedestrians and cars cross over picnic pavilions, a geology Cyclists and every kind of US 6 safely without hindering the garden, and a boardwalk in areas outdoor enthusiast can be flow of traffic. where vegetation needs to be thankful for the completion of The Peaks to Plains Trail, a key protected. A new bridge these projects, as they only make future state-wide connection, also spans the creek, getting outdoors that much easier gained another three leading onto the Peaks and enjoyable for everyone! quarters of a mile. This to Plains Trail, which section adds more connects to the to the popular Mayhem Gulch trail, which will trailhead eventually heading Mountain span the westward entirety of up the Biking Clear Creek canyon. Canyon Park. Also, a bike with In addition fix-it station is to the new trail now available at DBTC segment, a developed the Mayhem Gulch recreation area and trailhead. Currently, the DBTC does trailhead opened to the Finally, a picnic area, not have an MTB ride coordinator despite the fact that there is a very active Find DBTC on Social Media mountain bike group within Become a member of these social media sites for relevant the club. The MTB group cycling news, last-minute rides and social activities with uses Yahoo to coordinate fellow members, such as ski trips and movies. impromptu rides. If you are a MTB rider and would like To join Meetup: more information about Go to meetup.com and join the DBTC Meetup by searching upcoming rides, it is easy to for “Denver Bicycle Touring Club” in Groups or going to: join the Yahoo group and www.meetup.com/Denver-Bicycle-Touring-Club/ keep up to date with emails To join Yahoo Groups: about rides and trips. The To receive email updates from the Yahoo Group or Mountain group is very active during Biking Yahoo Group, you can join by sending an email to: the winter months riding on [email protected] or nice days at nearby foothills [email protected]. You’ll then receive trails. Click the following emails about upcoming rides for those respective groups. link to join the group: You can also check out the latest at: www.groups.yahoo.com/group/ http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/ColoradoBicyclist/ or COmtnbikers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/COmtnbikers 3 October Riders DBTC Ride Leaders and cyclists made it out to enjoy some of the beautiful scenery and sunshine in the Denver area. Here are some of the images we captured on those rides. If you are interested in joining us on one of our group led rides, check out the upcoming ride list starting on page 13. Hope to see you at a ride soon! On Sunday, October 15th, three riders enjoyed the Westminster Classic through the trails of Westminster, Northglenn and Thornton. Shown here at the E B Rains Jr. Memorial Park Lake. This lady has a dog that looks just like Jeff’s!!! On Sunday, October 1st, the weather was threatening on the morning of the Tour De Boulder but two riders persevered!!! Ride Leaders: Remember, if you have a guest/non- member on any of your rides, the Membership Committee needs to know so we can invite them to join us on future rides as a NEW (or renewing) MEMBER! Please photocopy your Sign-in Sheet and email a scan of it to Lin Hark at: guestrelations@dbtc. org. Thanks for helping us On Sunday, October 8th, five riders checked out the Hidden Gems of grow our Club! Arvada shown here at the Lake Arbor Break. 4 Metric Century Rides At the recent second annual Metric Century Ride, the wind had the potential to wreck the rides.
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