: 6 6 8 ;`iV @UddYb]b[g ) t e n u L May 31 (Mon) Ichetucknee Springs Picnic s Be at the north entrance by 9 am. New entry fees are $4 for i single occupant car, $5 up to 8 in a car, $1 for bikes/peds. Bring a l salad or dessert to complement Sonny’s meat and beans. RSVP to Chandler with cow/sow/cluck choice ([email protected]). c June 5 (Sat) Off-Road Trip to Santos y Details will be posted on GCCMail (listserv). June 6 (Sun) Adopt-A-Road Cleanup and Pig Out E Meet at 4 pm to get organized for a 4:15 pm sharp deployment. ) Please don’t be late; it’s hard to get you supplied and assigned after we have started. We need about 14 people for an optimal crew. Please RSVP to [email protected] or call Diann at e 378-7063. The club will help pay for dinner after the cleanup. l l July 4 (Sun) POOL PARTY! 4 c i Rides in the morning, jump in the Pres’s pool in the afternoon. n K ) 2 Bring a covered dish. Ride schedules and final details will be b v posted on GCCMail (email list) in late June. u l E ) g July 17 (Sat) Fanning Springs Rides and Picnic, 9 am s n i l It's picnic time again! Bring your bike, swim suit and your appetite c y to Fanning Springs State Park. Chandler will serve gourmet grilled E e ) e food. Please bring a covered dish so there is healthy food. l l i v Fanning Springs is next to the Nature Coast Trail, a rail-trail that s n e goes in three directions to Cross City, Chiefland, and Trenton. n i i a Visit the Dairy Queen (next to the trail!) in Cross City, and enjoy I ) crossing the Suwannee River on the old railroad bridge. e a h t ) Fanning Springs is perfect for family recreation, with excellent f o ) swimming and a safe and scenic paved bike trail. r e I t t Fanning Springs is 42 miles west of Gainesville on State Road 26. e l ) Take SR 26 until you reach US 19. Go west (turn right) and s w Fanning Springs Park will be ½ mile on your left. The park entry e n e fees are $3 for a single occupant car, $4 for 2 to 8 persons in a ) y l car, $1 on bike or on foot. h t n h o m 3 i b ) V e h V GCC To Affiliate with USA Cycling Racing Team Being Formed ood news for all the present or future racers out there! Our GCC GBoard has recently given the green light to apply for membership GainesvilleCycling Club Inc. with USA Cycling. Board of Directors President USA Cycling is the "official cycling organization recognized by the George Edwards 333-3184 USOC (United States Olympic Committee) and is responsible for [email protected] identifying, training and selecting cyclists to represent the United States in Vice President Rob Wilt 380-0561 international competitions. USA Cycling, doing business as the USCF [email protected] (United States Cycling Federation), NORBA (National Off-Road Bicycle Membership Secretary Newsletter Editor, Webmaster, List Manager Association) and USPRO, controls nearly two dozen major events each Roger Pierce 378-7063 year and issues permits for up to 3,000 more." [email protected] Treasurer Lee Edwards 333-3184 This in turn paves the way for a formal race 'team' to be formed within our [email protected] GCC family. These efforts are as yet in their larval stage and we welcome Lantern Rouge any interested riders to become involved. Further information will be Chandler Otis 377-1728 [email protected] forthcoming in newsletters and via our listserv regarding upcoming Recording Secretary meetings and general information as it develops. Bob Newman 378-8229 [email protected] Adopt-A-Road Director Please join me in thanking our GCC Board for allowing us this Diann Dimitri 378-7063 opportunity to represent our local club when competing. [email protected] Off Road Director Leslie Folkerth 367-3856 Contact Alex Price [drew the short straw] at H:) 352.591.9895 [email protected] cell:)352.494.6998 or [email protected] with any questions or Ride Leader Coordinator George Hecht 374-0647 interest. [email protected] Regional Brevet Administrator Jim Wilson 373-0023 [email protected] \ss-_|nq Member At Large Bud Jones 335-3857 [email protected] by Leslie Folkerth Non-elected Support Persons ummer riding is in full swing now, and more and more people have University of Florida Liaison `been out on the trails. Currently our regular rides are Sundays at 8:00 Ben Fein am at the San Felasco bike trailhead, just south of Alachua. We've been [email protected] Santa Fe Community College getting a great turnout, beginners and experts alike. All are welcome, and Jon Keener there is always someone to ride with. [email protected] Jersey Coordinator There will be some other fun rides later this summer. We're planning a Greg Grooms 367-3143 [email protected] June 5 trip to Santos (watch the listserv for time and other details, but the Membership Card Lamination outing WILL involve food!). Plans are in the works for a July or August Diann Dimitri 378-7063 trip to Razorback as well, for those of you who love the steep descents and [email protected] lung-busting climbs. I'll also be posting a few evening rides now and then. So stay tuned! GCC Web Page www.floridabicycle.org/gcc See you on the trails, Leslie 8 Vhe)Iainesville)Eyclist Lune)866: Q s f t j e f o u ( t !M f u u f s Dear Friends: receives. If we want a ride on the On April 17th we held the Nature Coast Trail second annual running of the next Spring, we NatureFest Bike Tour, with need to find another event to use as an anchor. great success. We had nearly Mayor Pete Randolph of Trenton has asked us to 100 entries on a weekend full have a ride during their Pioneer Days, and we will of conflicting events, be working on that. With the new Trail including two major arts management by Chris McKendree of the OG&T, festivals, and big bike rides we may be able to pull something together. But it to our North and South. will have to be done with other management from Somewhat surprisingly, about 30 paid entrants GCC, as I am not going to be able to carry the load failed to show, so we ended up with their money next year. and a lot of left over water. And the weather was really great. In other news, the addition of a wide shoulder for bicycles along US 441 through The Office of Greenways and Paynes Prairie is nearly complete. Trails, who recently took By the time you read this the charge of bike trails in the contractor should have finished work State (with the I think sole and be off the site. exception of the Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail, Also relating to 44 and the adjacent which stayed with Paynes loop and spur roads which constitute Prairie Preserve State Park) the Old Florida Heritage Highway supported the event designation, the Council which extensively, with several of manages this corridor has asked for a their staff members entering, study to determine bicycle facility and others volunteering to Riders at Trenton train station needs so that they can approach work. They sent us a big FDOT and the Alachua County bunch of water bottles to hand out. The enthusiasm Commission for support. We will be working on by the OG&T folks for our trails speaks well of the this, and will keep you informed. future of dedicated bicycle facilities in Florida. A recent meeting in Newberry found a lot of interest We also received a lot of participation by the City of in acquiring the right-of-way of the old Florida Trenton, who provided bottled water and special West Coast Railroad between Newberry and T-shirts. The Olde Boarding House Restaurant Trenton for a multi-use trail. There are problems helped us out financially. And down in Chiefland, ahead with this (there always are), but the Trust for the Greenway Sub Shop generously provided Public Land and the Office of Greenways and Trails bottled water to thirsty riders. are pushing ahead with the concept. We will keep you informed. The bad news is that this is the last year for this ride in this format. At the NatureFest we got the word Cheers, that there will be no more NatureFests: The event is just too much work for the limited Fanning Springs State Park staff, in terms of the return the Park Tr|Ätr-U;-RqÖnÄqÅ Lune)866: Vhe)Iainesville)Eyclist 9 T-Shirt Design Contest Gainesville Receives Bicycle esign a T-Shirt for the Horse Farm Hundred Friendly Community Award Dand win two of the shirts and free entry to the Horse Farm Hundred. Designs should incorporate he League of American Bicyclists kicks off both cycling and horse themes. The TNational Bike MonthTM by awarding 11 words “Gainesville Cycling Club” communities its prestigious Bicycle Friendly and “Horse Farm Hundred” must be Community (BFC) designation. Among the included or space accounted for to communities receiving the BFC designation, the accommodate them. We may alter standouts are Boulder, Colorado—which was the font to substitute our event granted the League's gold-level BFC award—and signature fonts.