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A Message from Our President • President: Matthew Morse by Matthew Morse • Treasurer: John Trezza THE LINK Volume I, Issue I July/August 20-16 Board of Directors A Message From Our President • President: Matthew Morse By Matthew Morse • Treasurer: John Trezza • Secretary: Jill Palmer Let’s Celebrate Accom- view mirror shows just how you who make up the Cyn- • Ride Director: Glenn Page plishments, Look Forward true this has been. ergy Cycling Club. Without • Advocacy Director: Penny Page to the Future! From the initial idea and you and our corporate Now that a new riding • Events Director: Jorge Carmona club formation we estab- friends (who generously season, along with some Volunteers Director: AnnMarie Horan lished an executive board donated 12 gifts and a bike • great training rides, adven- that is creating the structure to raffle off at the party), I • Communications Dir.: Joe Jalkiewicz ture rides that are true ad- to help us move forward and truly believe Cynergy never ventures, and more social carry out the mission of the would have gotten beyond events are under way, I club. We started a member- Stage 1. think it’s important for us to ship drive and launched a So pat yourselves on the take a moment to look back new website that is secure back, people! You’ve all and acknowledge what we Our Mission Statement and is expandable to meet done a great job in such a all have accomplished in the The mission of Cynergy is to our evolving needs. We short time---just imagine past year. What started as create a fun, safe and support- even have a new kit on the what we can do in our sec- nothing more than an idea ive environment for cyclists; horizon. And, in the middle ond year! I’m so excited and last July has evolved into to advocate on our sport’s of all this, we still managed looking forward to working behalf and to collaborate with the Cynergy Cycling Club. to complete dozens of rides, with all of you. Our second our communities to foster an Our club name both sym- make many new friends and year is going to be a truly equitable road environment. bolizes our focus on com- have a ton of fun along the great year We fulfill our mission through: munity and emphasizes that way. 1. Group team-style rides that together we are greater than Matthew Morse is President of are led by knowledgeable ride All of this came together Cynergy Cycling Club. Email leaders that observe road eti- the sum of our parts. With with the after-holiday ex- him at [email protected] quette and that cooperate with all of us riding and working together we can accomplish travaganza, which was not motorists only the best one yet, but 2. Training cyclists of all experi- so much more than we can ence levels and ages to under- by ourselves. Even just a also served as a tip of the stand and practice safe cycling quick look back in the rear hat (cycling cap?) to all of technique 3. Advocacy outreach to the non- Welcome to The Link: Your Link to Cycling in Community cycling community on behalf of cyclist rights to access By Joe Jalkiewicz roads equitably and safely I’d like to welcome you and goals for the year cling Club in particular. I Cynergy believes that the ac- to Vol. 1, No. 1 of The Link, ahead. You’ll also get the also welcome and covet your ceptance of the sport of cy- cling in the suburban environ- your new connection to inside scoop on upcoming help. Please don’t hesitate to ment depends chiefly on our Cynergy Cycling Club news rides and special events as reach out and let me know of ability to establish a collabora- and information. This hum- well as “tools and tips” of any interest, skills, and/or tive relationship with our ble newsletter represents the cyclist’s trade. ideas you might have with communities and to adopt a another step forward in our My hope is that you’ll regard to writing for, proof- cooperative approach to our mission “to build a commu- not just find this first issue reading, and laying out The road presence. nity of friends who enjoy of The Link informative and Link. We believe that our focus on riding together for personal entertaining, but that you’ll When all is said and done, safety and team style riding growth and development.” is the most direct way to also want to contribute to its this isn’t my newsletter or the create an enjoyable, excit- The key word is growth and success. There- Cynergy Directors’ newslet- ing and fulfilling experience “community.” In the pages fore, I welcome your own ter. It’s our newsletter. On for our riders. that follow, you’ll hear stories, your own pictures, behalf of the club leadership, straight from some of our and even your own thoughts I invite you all to help us club officers on their hopes on cycling in general and make it the best it can be. cycling with Cynergy Cy- Joe Jalkiewicz is Cynergy Cycling Club’s Director of The Riding Page The Advocacy Page By Glenn Page By Penny Page Go for the Flow--Safely We in the Cynergy Cycling Club have a unique Have you ever noticed that the best group rides are opportunity to make a difference in the cycling com- the ones that “flow?” They are smooth from start to munity. With your help, we can accomplish a great finish. Everyone stays together and everyone cooper- deal in areas that promote cycling. ates with each other. You get to the end of the ride and As leaders in the community, we can lend our voic- can’t remember one rider disrupting the pace or run- es and effort toward making our roads safer and more ning through intersections---it’s truly exhilarating. accessible. We can develop programs for children that These are the rides we remember – and it’s no coinci- teach them bike handling skills and the rules of the dence that these are also the rides that are the safest. road. Together, we can build a community that re- If I had to describe in one phrase what the goal of spects our rights and responsibilities as cyclists. We the riding committee is, it is to create the smooth rides can hold seminars for local officials and law enforce- that we all look forward to and that get us home safely. ment that instructs them on local laws that govern cy- Like anything that looks easy, this will take a lot of clists and motorists. hard work behind the scenes. We will train ride lead- If you have been itching to get involved in advocat- ers to a higher standard in Cynergy than we have ever ing for this sport that we all love, or if you would like done before. We are going to give our ride leaders to lend a hand to herd kids on a beautiful spring day, more support and visibility. In fact, they will get to let me know. I look forward to hearing from you! wear special jerseys identifying them as ride leaders. We are also going to reach out to everyone in the club Penny Page is Cynergy Cycling Club’s Director of with more rider-training classes than ever before. If Advocacy. Reach her at [email protected] you want to improve your riding skills, you have joined the right club. I volunteered to help with the ride committee for one simple reason: I like cyclists a lot, and I want eve- Upcoming Events ry one of my fellow cyclists to get home safely – pref- erably having had a wonderful time. With the talent Spellbound Century II Charity Ride to ben- and commitment of the people in this club I think we efit the Rancocas Valley Little League have an extraordinary opportunity to make a difference Saturday, July 30, 2016 to the cycling community and to each other. Spellbound Brewing, Mt. Holly We continue to need volunteers to serve as ride Cost: $40 individual rider/$35 team (15-member min.) leaders and trainers. If you would like to get involved, Registration: just let me know. And don’t worry, we will train you. http://www.active.com/mount-holly-nj/cycling/ spellbound-century-ride-2016?mailingId=f203c325- Glenn Page is Cynergy Cycling Club’s Ride Director. 6aa3-4adb-8a7c- You can reach him at [email protected] 5765545f969e&recipientId=61303FEE-3EB0-41C1- B917-0016E263B751 Giro de Vino Sunday, August 21, 2016 Campfire Night Saturday, October 8, 2016 After-Holiday Extravaganza Saturday, January 14, 2017 Under the Helmet: Matthew Morse By Joe Jalkiewicz and Karen Oglesby THE LINK: When and how did you get started in cycling? Virtually all of us know Matt Morse as the founder of MM: My first real foray into cycling started in 1990, Cynergy Cycling Club. But there is so much more to when I purchased my first mountain bike, a Giant Matt than carbon, spandex and ride leading. Herewith, Iguana---one of the originals. I was living in an area we open the debut installment of “On the Hot Seat,” a of upstate New York where mountain biking was regular Q-and-A feature spotlighting members of the popular. I caught the fever and away I went. The Cynergy Cycling Club, with Mr. Morse himself. fever went away a year later when I moved to Phila- delphia. I rode for a while, but I slowly lost interest. THE LINK: So tell us, who is Matt Morse outside Around 2009 I started to get the fever again to ride, of cycling? mainly because of the new cycling movement that MM: Well, I was born in New York City, where I was beginning to take hold and also simply as a way grew up in Queens.
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