) ; 6 6 8 <clY AXgg\e`e^j ) t t s u g August 20 (Sat) Festival Volunteer Party, 4 pm u s C Meet at George & Lee Edwards’, 6706 NW 18th Ave (from Newberry Road, turn north onto i 69th Terrace at the Red Lobster, then right onto 18th Ave). The club will have a main course l and sodas, bring a side dish. Bring a swim suit if you want to take a dip. We’ll find a place for you to help out at the Horse Farm Hundred or Santa Fe Century. c August 27 (Sat) 8th Annual Gliders Training Century, 7 am y Meet at the Hunters Crossing Chevron for a run over the Santa Fe Century course. Stops in High Springs, Watermelon Park, and Worthington Springs. This is a regular club ride – no sag support. Gliders pace (average speed around 19 mph). If you anticipate problems maintaining Gliders pace, print out a Santa Fe Century map from the web site. E ) September 5 (Mon) Labor Day Rides and Picnic Meet at Boulware Springs at 8:00-8:15, rides start at 8:30. There will be a variety of road e rides and a group may go to Gum Root Swamp city park for off-road adventures. A picnic is featured at noon, please bring a healthy and delicious side dish to complement the selection l of grilled flesh provided by our Lantern Rouge, Chandler Otis. The Gainesville Hawthorne l Rail Trail is located at Boulware Springs, so rides can easily access the trail. Boulware is on 4 c SE 15th Street in southeast Gainesville. i n K ) 2 b September 17 (Sat) Hawthorne Trailhead Gardens u v l Full Moon Festival E ) g n 4 pm til 8 pm. The Friends of the Gainesville Hawthorne Trail (FroGHaT) and Paynes Prairie s i l State Preserve invite you to attend this grand opening of their new Trailhead Garden. c y Included are: food vendor, live music, and a silent auction for sponsorship of garden E ) benches, picnic table, and trees that will assist in funding the garden site. Come enjoy: trail e e l hayrides, ranger led walks, and a full moon bike ride at 6:15 p.m. for all kinds of riders. l i v s n September 29 (Thur) Packet Stuffing Party e n i i a One of the fun things that you can volunteer to do to help out with the Gainesville Cycling I ) Festival. There are a limited number of volunteer slots available for this event, so sign up e early if you want to participate! h a t ) f o ) October 1 - 2 Gainesville Cycling Festival r e t I t The Santa Fe Century and the Silver Anniversary Horse Farm Hundred. Watch for details e l ) in the mail in early August. s w e n ) e Entry Certificates Gainesville Cycling Festival Gainesville Cycling Festival y l h t Will be mailed to you in early August. Please wait for yours before entering the Festival. n h o The Certificate has your GCC discount, and allows you to order special T-shirts not available m to non-members. It also has a place to volunteer! See page 5. 3 i b ) e V h V ) From The Editor Roger Pierce ris Williams has produced her Suzanne Newman has contributed GainesvilleCycling Club Inc. second installment of “GCC another travel piece, this time telling us Board of Directors KRider,” this issue all about Guana River State featuring Dave Wagner. Park. President Dave drew up the articles of Please note that the George Edwards 333-3184 incoporation for the club deadlines for the next [email protected] back in 1991 shortly after we newsletter are a bit early in Vice President both retired from the military September; the plan is to Rob Wilt 380-0561 [email protected] and settled in Gainesville. have the next issue on the Membership Secretary Velvet Yates has started street well before the Newsletter Editor, Webmaster, List Manager her series on Gainesville’s Gainesville Cycling Festival Gainesville Cycling Festival Director bicycle stores with our jersey kicks off on October 1st. Roger Pierce 378-7063 sponsor, The Bike Route. [email protected] Treasurer Lee Edwards 333-3184 [email protected] Lantern Rouge Chandler Otis [email protected] Recording Secretary Gainesville Cycling Festival Bob Newman 372-8195 [email protected] Roger Pierce, Director Adopt-A-Road Director Diann Dimitri 378-7063 [email protected] e still need a few people to was Dr John Saranko, who has only Off Road Director step forward to help out with missed riding both centuries one year Leslie Folkerth 367-3856 the up front planning for our since 1994! [email protected] W aid stops. If the club is unable to do The Boys and Girls Club is well Ride Leader Coordinator this planning, it is unlikely that we will under way in lining up their sponsors; if Maria Fiedler 271-1251 be able to continue putting on a two-day you know of a company that would be [email protected] Regional Brevet Administrator event (or any event) of this magnitude. interested in sponsoring a rest stop on Jim Wilson 373-0023 Please give me a call if you can help the Santa Fe Century, have them give [email protected] out (or know of someone I should try to Keith Blanchard a call at 372-5342, or draft!). email [email protected]. The donation Otherwise, registration is all set up, for this is $350. Higher level and we have already had a number of sponsorships are also available. Support Persons entries. Our first registrant in the mail Office Manager Barb Thomas Membership Card Lamination Event Supplies Manager Diann Dimitri 378-7063 [email protected] GCC Web Page gainesvillecyclingclub.org gainesvillecc.org gccfla.org ))))))))8 Vhe)Iainesville)Eyclist Cugust)866;)))))))) IeXf\WXag%f EXggXe HERE COMES THE GAINESVILLE CYCLING FESTIVAL am always surprised when I look at successful cycling club, but we do not Please step up to the plate and the calendar and see that nearly a have the financial strength to hire volunteer to work. There will be a Iyear has gone by and another workers for these events (wouldn't that volunteer party on August 20 where Gainesville Cycling Festival is looming be nice? What a dream.). The GCF is you can sign up for specific jobs. up on the horizon, this year on 1 and 2 a major undertaking, with dozens of Please come to the party and/or October. The Festival is GCC's most people staffing several rest stops, contact Roger Pierce after August 3. important effort each year, and yields driving SAG vehicles, marking the Volunteering is a responsibility of a significant amount of money which course, packing trucks with supplies, club membership: It is also fun, and a directly benefits every member - registering the entrants, and the good way to interact with fellow money that helps finance picnics, thousand and one other jobs which cyclists. If you are new to GCC, parties, and annual brunches. make the event go. We cannot do it working these events is a good way to More importantly, the Saturn Santa without volunteers. get to know the Club and other Fe Century provides important income members. If you are new to the for the Boys and Girls Club of Alachua community, it is a good way to make County, our major charity. We who friends in your new home. take so much enjoyment from our area Come on out and work on the have a responsibility to give something Gainesville Cycling Festival - we will all back to the community, so it is have fun. incumbent upon us to put on a good and successful Saturn Santa Fe Regards, Century. And a good Horse Farm is our gift to our fellow cyclists. Tr|Ätr-U;-RqÖnÄqÅ Soon you will be asked to volunteer to work one or both the Saturn Santa Fe Century and the Horse Farm Hundred. The GCC is a large and Tour of Sebring, September 3-5, 2005 he West Palm Beach Bicycle The Kenilworth Lodge is pleased to the Club from 1995-1998, will be the Club has presented this event for announce that it will present this event event director, offering great routes, T23 years. Last year, Hurricane as a benefit for the West Palm Beach fine support and excellent meals, Frances forced the Club to postpone Bicycle Club, that is, all the proceeds along with games, raffles, etc., and a the event. The re-scheduling resulted from the event will be given to the Club congenial user-friendly atmosphere. in a major financial loss to the Club. to help it get back on its feet. For more information, contact her at The WPBBC, founded in 1963, is the Linda Leeds, who, since 1999, runs l i n d a m a r i e 7 @ j u n o . c o m ; oldest bicycle club in the state, and we three cycling events for the Kenilworth 561-683-2851, and check out the don’t want it to meet its demise. Lodge, and ran the Tour of Sebring for website: www.kenilworthlodge.com. ))))))))Cugust)866; Vhe)Iainesville)Eyclist 9)))))))) Guana River State Park by Suzanne Newman ocated on A1A between South inexperienced off-road cyclist, I found Ponte Vedra and Vilano Beach, the trails mostly easy to negotiate on LGuana River State Park offers my fat tire “city bike.” I was glad that nine miles of recreational trails. We color coded trail maps were posted at discovered it on Bike Florida a couple every intersection.