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AUGUST, 2016 NEWSLETTERe.b.c. OF THEbikewriter EVANSVILLE BICYCLE CLUB • EVANSVILLE, INDIANA Don’t forget the EBC meeting AUGUST 11th at the Pizza Club Jerseys Chef in Newburgh. If you are wanting to get one of Short Sleeved Jersey: $60, these new club jerseys, please Sleeveless Jersey $60 (limited Social at 6:00, Meeting at 6:30 contact Diane Bies at biesdi@aol. quantities), Long Sleeved $65, com or phone 812-473-3546 and and Bike Shorts $50. We have Evansville Bicycle Club, Inc. I can bring them to a ride, you can both women’s and men’s in stock. pick them up at my home or at a Mission Statement: club meeting. The Evansville Bicycle Club Inc., is an organization THE THE formed to promoteGreat Pumpkin bicycling Great Pumpkin METRIC in the Tri-State area.METRIC Evansville Bicycle Club Evansville Bicycle Club est. 1979 est. 1979 We advocate bicycle safety and education in our local communities by participating in and supporting health, fitness and cycling activities. The club provides the opportunity for cyclist of all AUGUST, 2016 ages and abilities to partake e.b.c.bikewriter in cycling activities on a In this issue: regular basis by offering a Page 3: President’s Letter variety of rides weekly. Page 4: EBC Ride Notes www.evansvillebicycleclub.org Page 5-6: Tour de France Trivia Page 6: Who Invented the Pedal Bicycle Page 7: AUGUST Ride Schedule Page 8: Club Mileage (as of 7/31) NEW MEMBERS RENEWING MEMBERS David, Lisa, Brandon & Bob Janowski #495 Brooklynn Moody #1232 Randy, Kathy & Hatch Gerth #1233 Cover Photo courtesy Pinterest “The bicycle is not a sofa!” —Dario Pegoretti Diane Bies The Tour is over and now we can all go leftover, which will be for sale at Dan’s back to living life without being glued to TheComp President’s on S. Green River Rd. IfLetter you didn’t the television each day. Perhaps now you get yours ordered and want one, please can hone your skills in Pokemon Go. Or go there to pick one up. The prices are still better yet, go for a bike ride!! Whatever it the same, no profit to the club. The “retro” is that thrills you, I hope you are pursuing style jerseys are coming soon. They will be it! The heat and rain have made this a most delivered as soon as they arrive. We did interesting summer. not buy any extras in EBC 2016 Contacts this style. If you really Rusty prepared stats through the want one, please let Diane Bies—President, Tour Director end of June about mid July, thanks me know and I will 812-473-3546 Kara May for emailing them out. start a list for our next You may not have noticed but your order some time in the Kevin Otolski—Vice President individual records are all attached future. Please come to 812-454-0107 [email protected] to that listing. If your mileage is the monthly meeting off, you can look at what has been this month. We have Donna Redden—Secretary recorded and get it corrected some new potential 903-821-5863 now. Thanks so much to Rusty for routes to unveil and [email protected] getting this together and out to discuss. It would help everyone! to have some input Melissa Stepro—GPM Coordinator 812-454-8902 It is getting close to GPM time! The from a lot of people. Great Pumpkin Metric is only 2 months This is your chance to be heard for sure! Gary Gardner—Treasurer away. Time to start thinking about which We also have some ideas on ride schedule 812-853-0476 jobs you are going to volunteer for this changes. Come around 6 for social time year. We have lots of openings so please until the meeting starts at 6:30. The Pizza Rusty Yeager—EBC Statistician think about it. Some of the jobs include, Chef has some good food on the menu 812-402-1787 [email protected] Rest Stop worker – contact Diane Bies and a nice salad bar. at [email protected], Sag Driver – contact Sonya Brindle—Youth Cycling Additionally, I hope everyone will come to Jay Vercelotti at [email protected], my house on August 28 for an afternoon Program Director Registration volunteer – contact Rusty 812-430-6630 [email protected] of fun. We will start with the Sunday Yeager at [email protected], Pasta afternoon bike ride, only about 24 miles dinner helper cooker or server – contact long, from my house on a fun route, then Ann Pendley—Publicity Eugene Brouillard at [email protected], 812-573-9189 plan to change into your swimsuits to soak Swine barn set up and tear down and or swim in the pool and enjoy a nice burger anything else in the day – contact Gary Jay Vercellotti—Webmaster or hot dog and picnic type food while 812-746-9350 Gardner at [email protected], rest visiting with other riders and members of stop set up and trouble shooting – contact EBC. If the weather is not so agreeable we Paul Sluder—Newsletter Editor Mark Oliver at [email protected], parking will just have food around 5 so please come 904-434-7227 [email protected] or any job not listed above or just want to anyway. help wherever - contact Melissa Stepro at Kara May—Membership & [email protected]. The pool is nice and comfortable to rinse Board of Directors all the salt off your body after a ride. No It does take a village to pull this great event 812-760-7975 [email protected] shower necessary before entering the off. You are guaranteed a fun time and pool. Bill Majors and Luan Greubel are Jim Niethammer—Board of Directors you might even get to know some of the helping to host this fun hosted ride. 812-618-8210 [email protected] members you don’t know so well yet. This Please plan to stay to eat. The patio is in year’s theme is School Days so put on your the shade in the afternoon and the pool is Paul Jensen—Board of Directors thinking caps and start planning your area’s pretty shaded too. Let’s end summer with 812 760-6158 [email protected] decor to go along with that concept. We a picnic! have great artwork by Dave Yeley again that will be on our t-shirts and maybe even a Happy Riding, www.evansvillebicycleclub.org jersey again this year. Speaking of jerseys, the new style EBC Diane jerseys are in. We have been delivering the ones ordered and have some inventory WWW.EVANSVILLEBICYCLECLUB.ORG AUGUST, 20163 EBC RIDE NOTES Saturday rides are all over the place again this month. Sunday Aug. 14 The Schweizer Fest Bicycle Tour is in We are trying something new by having a couple of Tell City at 8:00 AM. This is another fun bike ride. Saturday morning rides each month that are joint Read all about it at rides with the Tour d’Eville group. Please come out and represent EBC and promote cycling in Evansville. http://www.active.com/tell-city-in/cycling/races/sch- Just watch the calendar for locations and times of weizer-fest-bicycle-tour-2016 morning and afternoon rides on Saturdays. Thursday Aug. 18 and Saturday Aug. 20 are the Wednesday night rides continue on the Greenway Club Century days this month. We will be riding the from the Shirley James Plaza. It is hard to find this Folsomville Century this month at 7:00 from parking lot. If you are on Fulton Avenue headed Crossroads Christian Church. towards the river from the Lloyd Expressway, go under the expressway, pass the railroad sign but turn right Sunday AUG. 28 Please notice there is a HOSTED RIDE in the drive just before the actual railroad tracks. on the calendar on Sunday, August 28. It will be a fun This is tricky. We are usually at RiRa’s for $6 burger time to go for a bike ride and then take a little swim or nights around 7:15 if you want to just join us for just soak in the pool. We can all show off our amazing dinner. We are having a lot of fun on these evenings. biker tans. The ride is to be held at Diane Bies’ home 624 Greengate Ct. We will start the ride at 3:30, ride Sunday Aug. 7 The Strassenfest Ride is being held in for 24 miles then have food and fun in the back yard. Jasper this morning at 7:00 EDT. That is 6:00 CDT or Bring your swim suits to change into after the ride. Evansville time. The link for this ride is If you can’t make the ride, please join in the food, fun and swimming at around 5:15 or 5:30. Questions or http://www.jasperstrassenfest.org/Forms/Strassen- need for directions, call Diane 453-9966 fest%20Bike%20ride%20entry%20form2016.pdf Other reminders: Thursday Aug. 11 The monthly EBC meeting will be At Olmstead please park on the I-69 side of the access held at the Pizza Chef in Newburgh. Please come join road and PARK ON THE PAVEMENT NOT THE GRASS. us as we work on planning the GPM, discuss new po- tential routes and schedule changes, and other issues HELMETS ARE ALWAYS MANDATORY!!! relating to your bike club. Social time is 6:00, meeting at 6:30. Come for dinner and bring your family. New Riders need to be ready to leave 15 minutes early and are encouraged to start with a “Come Ride With Friday Aug.