Wow! it's February already. It

seems like yesterday we were

enjoying the Annual New

Years Day ride, what a great

ride. There were over 200 members who came out to

enjoy cold but sunny weather.

Once again Diana and Kendra

Herrington put on a great rest

stop for us. So, the first month of the New Year is history. Have you

been riding much in this cold

weather? If you have, you

have most likely utilized the

technique of layering to keep

THE PREZ SEZ !

FRESNO CYCLING CLUB

FEBURARY 2013 VOLUME XLIII , ISSUE 2

THE ROUGH DRAFT

SPECIAL POINTS OF

INTEREST :

Wine & Chocolate Week-

end Ride

Madera Ranchos Senior

Center Ride

Community Outreach

Committee

Bicycling California’s Spine

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

PREZ SEZ 1

NEW YEARS DAY RIDE 1

NEW YEARS PHOTOS 2-3

MADERA RANCHOS

SENIOR CENTER R IDE

3

CLUB H ISTORY

CONTINUED

4-5

W INE & CHOCOLATE

WEEKEND R IDE

5

TRIP REPORT 6

S IGHTS FROM THE

SADDLE

7

COMMUNITY

OUTREACH

7

LANTERNE ROUGE 8

NEW MEMBERS 9

MEETING DATES 9

BOARD MEMBERS

CONTACT INFO

9

B IKE SWAP MEET 10

warm, on the breakfast ride

I had 5 layers to keep me

warm. I hope you were

able to get out on some of

the Club rides last month. This month the All Club

level ride will be a tour of

some Madera wineries.

Come join us for the Wine

and Chocolate ride. See the

Calendar for details on Feb-

ruary 9th. Our new Ride Director

Doug Handy has been

working diligently to get

Cont. on page 2

Greetings Fellow Cy-

clists,

2013 NEW YEARS DAY RIDE

The cold weather didn’t hinder nearly 200 cyclists from participating in the annual New Years Day Ride. The ride began at Willow and Nees and made its way out to Friant Cove where members were treated to an array of baked goodies, coffee, and hot cocoa. Temperatures were in the high 30’s to low 40’s for most of the ride. Some rode out to Fri-ant, loaded up on snacks and headed straight back. Others made the trek on around the back side of Millerton Lake to add a few extra miles and a tad more climbing. The event was a great way to kick off the 2013 riding season. We hope to see all of you at the many events sponsored by your Fresno Cycling Club this year! Check out the photos on page 2 and 3.

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2012 FCC President Dennis Ball

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VOLUME XLIII , ISSUE 2

lots of rides on the calendar.

We know you like variety

and we know many of you

have your favorite riding buddies. In an effort to help

you plan your rides, we will

be listing up to two months of

rides on the calendar. Also

you will notice in the coming

months that we will be part-

nering with other groups who

host rides such as the local

bike shops in an effort to

make more rides available to

our members. One such popular ride, the monthly

Sunnyside Bicycles Waffle

ride, will be included on the

Club calendar as well as the

Dirt Friday Mountain Bike

rides and Sunday rides hosted

by Steven's Bike Shops. An-

other fun event that is gaining

popularity is the monthly

Fresno Bike Party held the

third Friday of every month.

These rides will be in addi-tion to all the great rides that

are hosted by our own ride

leaders. To serve the hun-

dreds of Club members, it is

important to provide rides for

all levels. We're always in

need of new Ride Leaders to

help lead the many club rides.

Contact Doug to schedule

your ride. Mark your calendars and

register to ride the upcom-

ing FCC BIG HAT Cen-

tury ride April 6th,

www.bighatcentury.com.

Last year the Club put on the Clovis Centennial Cen-

tury which was a well at-

tended. Clovis city leaders

were so pleased with the

success of the ride that they

invited us back to put on

another Century ride. This

years ride will be in con-

junction with Clovis Big

Hat Days. It is shaping up

to be an exciting event.

Also plan to attend the Club members only Kirch

Flat Century on May 4th,

both rides will also have

shorter rides available. Are you considering the Climb to Kaiser Challenge

this year? If so you will

want to attend the next

Club Meeting on Wednes-

day Feb 13. Our guest

speaker local racer Mark

Sasser will be talking to us

about how to train for the

Climb to Kaiser. Mark is

one of our local racers who

has not only done the C2K

numerous times but fin-ished first several times

over the years. In an effort to create a safer

environment for bicyclists

and pedestrians, the local office of The California

Highway Patrol has been

awarded a grant for tar-

geted enforcement and

educational efforts. They

have partnered with local

law enforcement agencies

to form an enforcement/

education task force. For

the next 8 months (through

September) they will be

targeting identified viola-

tions that result in vehicle

versus bicycle and pedes-

trian accidents. A word to

the wise, bicyclists that are

violating the laws will be cited. Common violations

are rolling stop signs, run-

ning red lights and riding

on the wrong side of the

roadway. Bicyclists that

violate the laws are as

much of the problem as

motorists that do. As part

of the Task force educa-

tion, a CHP officer will be

speaking at the March Club

meeting on March 13, 2013. That's all I have for

PHOTOS

FROM NEW

YEARS DAY

R IDE

The Ranchos/Hills Seniors would like to an-nounce the date for their fifth annual "Cycle For The Seniors" Benefit ride that will be on April 20th 2013. The location is just off of Ave 12, five miles west of highway 41 in the Ranchos. Upcoming details and registration will be avail-able on our web page at www.rhseniors.org probably by February 1st. Past events have started and ended at the center with at least four routes to choose from, and well stocked rest stations and Sag support. An after-ride meal will be included with a door prize for each participant. Also this year, we are toying with having an addi-tional poker prize pool for those who feel lucky. Door prizes are donated by various central valley sponsors and bike shops. Please make sure you visit their locations to thank them for supporting our great hobby. It is only with their support that we can put on an event such as this. Hope all of you had a healthy and wonderful holiday season. I look for-ward to seeing you all out there on the road.

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RANCHO HILLS SENIOR CENTER RIDE

MORE NEW YEARS DAY PHOTOS

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In those 4 issues of The Grapevine, our club’s newsletter during the 60's, there was much, much more informa-tion than we’ve been able to include in our 1-page format. There was one other article about a bike rally, which was apparently similar to the sports car rally’s that have been held all over the world for many decades, but that article ended mid-stream with the words “continued on last page,” only the last page wasn’t there (Lost sometime during the past 49-yrs.). But at least you’ve had the opportunity to read about the main activities which were reported in those 4 newsletters. And until last Summer we didn’t even have that much information regarding our great club’s beginnings. Now that we’ve covered most of the important info. in those 4 issues, we come to a point in time where we actually have no information about the club’s activities until it’s revival in the very early 70's. I’m quite sure that the club con-tinues for several more years during the 60's, but I have no proof of how long, and no information about what they did, or who the officers were, so we have to move on now to the club’s revival in the 70's.

From what I’ve been told by the few persons whom I’ve been in contact with, the Fresno Cycling Club had died off sometime during the 60's, but we have no idea exactly when that happened, or why. Just that it was during, or after 1964, and that several of the active members had graduated from High School and moved on to various Colleges or Universities. What we have learned is that it was primarily John Fulton, with the help of Barton McMurray, and Marvin Hopson, and perhaps others whom I have yet to learn about, who in the very early 70's, most likely ‘71, saw a growing need for a cycling club in the Fresno area once again. So apparently they put out the word, presumably with the aid, once again, of Richard “Buddy” Avakian at Broadway Cyclery, and probably other bicycle shops at the time, and revived the Fresno Cycling Club. Personally, I have spoken with both John Fulton and Marv Hopson on this sub-ject, but their memories have produced limited information. I believe that Barton McMurray was working at Broad-way Cyclery at that time (since he was working there when I bought my Raleigh “Grand Sports” there in ‘72), which ties him in to the revival of the club. Buddy has passed away, but I don’t know about Barton McMurray, and would still like to contact him in hopes of learning more about the club’s activities during the early 70's. So once again, if any-one knows anything about Barton McMurray’s current whereabouts, please help me get in touch with him. The last I heard was that he lived on his family’s farm somewhere near Sanger, and I have an old P. O. Box address, which I’m embarrassed to say that I have not tried yet, but no home address. I believe I might have an old phone number, but if I tried it (and I believe that I did) I probably left a message and didn’t get an answer. So if anyone can volunteer to try to find Barton, maybe he will remember what actually happened in the early-70's, and we can put more of the pieces back into the puzzle.

So here’s what I do know. According to very recent e-mail correspondences with Dave Mitchell, the club put on what I believe was a non-sanctioned road race in Woodward Park. In Dave’s own words: “I was 15 when I won the Non ABL race at Woodward Park (my first race).” In an e-mail dated Nov. 22, 2011 he states: “I think my first Wood-ward Park race was in 1971. The race was 1 lap. I raced the 1972 edition as an ABL [A.B.L. of A.] Junior. It was one of my first sanctioned races. I went on an Earth Day ride in 1971. John Fulton and Barton McMurray were at Court House Park where they had a Fresno Cycling Club booth. John announced that they were planning an overnighter to Grant Grove. That really caught my imagination. They held training rides for people to get ready for Grant Grove. I remember going up to the town of Tollhouse on one of the rides. Steve [Dave’s brother] and I both went on the rides. The people were great and I was hooked on cycling after that.” In his next e-mail (11/24/11), he says: “The other memorable ride the club put on was an overnighter to Kirch Flat. I think it was in the fall. We did a midnight ride with a full moon from the campground to the turn off to Black Rock Reservoir. There were at least a dozen people there. Someone’s family drove and took our gear to the campground so we didn’t have to carry anything. I think that was ‘72, but not sure.” This correspondence just sort of came out of the blue one day after I had written to Dave in re-sponse to an interview of Eddy Merckx that he had sent me, that interview triggered some of my own memories, and my comments seemed to trigger some of Dave’s memories so I asked him to keep sending me stuff like that, and in a short time we included John Fulton in our e-mail exchanges. I learned quite a bit from those e-mail correspondences.

FRESNO CYCLING CLUB - THE REVIVAL - PART 7

On Nov. 26, 2011, Dave sent me another e-mail with more early 70's memories: “Some of my first training rides with the club started at Manchester. We did fast pace-line work going out Shields, Motel Drive, Golden State, Herndon, Forkner, and back to Ashlan. I remember regulars being John Fulton, Barton [McMurray], Hank King, Dave [I think Lewis - MAP] ... and a few others. They started at 5:00 PM. I remember it being over 100 degrees when we would start. That was great training to learn how to ride in a group. Some time early on we would go on night time rides down Belmont with all the kids dragging the main in their cars. We just had leg lights. One of the riders was Val Valentino. He would draft Barton so close that their tires would rub and they never crashed that I remember. There were also time trials at Fort Washington. I think it was a four mile loop. There was no housing out there then, so you could see the riders going around the whole route. A little later I was doing a lot of riding with Blayne Devine and Ron Lipton who were both in high school. Ron and I did 700 miles in a week during spring break. Steve men-tioned that he met John Fulton at Broadway when his Schwinn Continental was stolen and he bought an Italvega Gran Tursimo [Tourisimo?] from Broadway. I think that was before the Earth Day ride.”

Since that e-mail, John Fulton has told me a more clear story about how and why the club was revived. John told me that he had become interested in bicycle racing, but he found out very quickly that racing as an “unattached” rider (a racer with no club affiliation), cost more for entry fees. So he began asking around Fresno, and eventually asked Richard “Buddy” Avakian at Broadway Cyclery, about cycling clubs in the area. Of course Rich-ard had been a part of the Fresno Cycling Club from even before the club was chartered in ‘63, and was able to help John contact the right people. And with that information, and the help of the people mentioned above, the club was revived. I believe that was sometime in 1971.

I, Mark Perkins, got into the club in a similar way, but in ‘72. My first 10-speed had been stolen, and I was shopping around for a new, and better bike. I met Marv Hopson at Big Wheel Bike Shop, and Marv invited me to go on a ride from Manchester Center out to the McKinley & DeWolf 10-mi. time trials. Dave Lewis has told me that he remembers that ride too. It was my first ride with other cyclists, my very first time trial, and my first ride further out into the foothills of Fresno County. However, I do remember that I had ridden over 100 miles before I moved to Fresno, when I still lived in Visalia. And I’m pretty sure that I didn’t join the Fresno Cycling Club until 1973. More next month.

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THE REVIVAL CONT . . .

By Mark Perkins Club Historian

This will be a 30 mile bicycle ride through the Madera Wine Trail for their Wine & Chocolate Weekend. We will be visiting three winer-ies: Ficklin Vineyards, Papagni and Birdstone. Cost for the wine tast-ing is $25.00 in advance and can be booked online through www.MaderaWineTrail.com. You must designate the first winery we will visit which is Ficklin Vineyards so you can pick up your glass and wristband there.

Please remember this is an adults only ride. You must be 21 years of age or older. We will also be having a sag or two. Also, please bring your athletic shoes. We don't want there to be any problems with anyone falling. Also, please drink responsibly. We hope to make this the first of many wine rides.

MADERA WINE &

CHOCOLATE WEEKEND WHEN: February 10th, 9:30 AM

WHERE: Children's Hospital parking lot in Madera off of Ave 9

FCC members Rick Benson, Bill Miks, Kent Tanaka and our SAG driver extraordinaire Kathy Tanaka chose this high Sierra route because of its varied scenery, and cooler high-altitude temperatures cycling from Lassen Volcanic National Park to South Lake Tahoe in four riding days.

Day 1 - Lassen to Chester. Mostly climbing, great downhills, beautiful scenery, thermals, steam vents. 58.7 miles and 4,395 feet of climbing.

Day 2 - Chester to Quincy. Sunny, great weather, fast riding, great views of Lake Almanor and the ride along the Feather River. 52.0 miles and 2,217 feet of climbing

Day 3 - Quincy to Truckee. Lots of uphills, great downhills, excellent roads, magnificent valleys, huge open fields. 66.9 miles and 5,465 feet of climbing

Day 4 - Truckee to South Lake Tahoe. Ride along the Truckee River bike path, beautiful weather, scenic Lake Tahoe (Emerald Bay). 47.8 Miles and 2,609 feet of climbing

Each night we stayed in fabulous hotels and ate great dinners. Breakfast was Continental and lunches were served by our gracious SAG driver, Kathy Tanaka.

Total Miles for trip: 220.6

Altitude climbed: 14,686

P.S. Put this trip on your bucket list.

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BICYCLING CALIFORNIA ’S SPINE

Story by Kent Tanaka

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SIGHTS FROM

THE SADDLE

Last month's Sights from the Saddle is a landmark that should be familiar to every cyclist. For lack of a better name, I refer to it as the "Home Stretch Wind Indicator Dude". The "Home Stretch" comes from the Strava seg-ment in which it is located and "Wind Indicator" refers to the flags it holds to gauge wind direction and speed. This guy is located on the west side of Auberry Road about 0.2 miles north of Copper Ave. Over the course of 2012, this sight has worn various costumes as appropriate for the season. I have recorded eight different incar-nations and have scrambled them in random order.

The correct order of each picture is as follows:

1. F (January 2012) 2. E (March 2012) 3. H (May 2012) 4. A (July 2012)

5. G (September 2012) 6. C (October 2012) 7. D (November 2012) 8. B (December 2012)

Unfortunately I did not have any responses to January's contest so I will be discontinuing the feature. Hope-fully this column inspired many of you to look around when you are riding, as you never know what interesting sights you might see.

Thank you to all the club members who participated in these contests, it was my pleasure to sponsor the fea-ture.

Alan Jacobsen

Home Stretch Wind Indicator Dude

The purpose of this committee is to publicize the Fresno Cycling Club by becoming involved in similar activities. The involvement will be composed of two parts: create a brochure highlighting the riding and non-riding involvement of the Fresno Cycling Club; create group of members to man a booth at all of the pay to ride events or other cycling events to publicize the Fresno Cycling Club.

Sound like something that you would be interested in? Drop me an e-mail at campyherrington@sbcglobal.net. Depending on the response, I will be in touch with all who respond by the 15th of February. We will meet and go from there. Thanks so much for taking the time to be involved. K. Herrington

COMMUNITY OUTREACH COMMITTEE

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THE LANTERNE ROUGE

In 2012 we took a closer look at some of the popular climbs in our area. We learned some new names or recalled some old favorites for these hills. This year, I thought we would take this space to describe a number of popular riding routes that many of us regularly enjoy but others may not be as familiar with. Some of these routes will be very well known and traveled, others perhaps not so much. Over the course of the year, I hope to present three routes for each of our four categories: A, B, C, and D. Each edition will include a route description, a cue sheet, a map and some statistics about the type of terrain .

This month we have a B level ride. The ride

begins at the parking lot at Willow & Nees

(Stevens Bicycles). This is an out and back ride

that is mostly flat and features a bike lane for

the entire ride.

This route is just over 20 miles. Most cyclists

who make their way out to Friant enjoy a drink

and a brief rest at the Shell station in Friant.

There are two possible hills for you to tackle if

you so choose. There is “The Dam Hill” or

“Broken Bridge”, either one will add a bit of

challenge if you find the flats out to Friant were

just too easy for you.

After your break, you return the same way you

came out along Friant Rd. Be careful as you

make the turn up “Willow Hill” as you’ll have

to cross oncoming traffic on Friant.

FRIANT OUT-N-BACK

You can print this page or you can print just this Cue Sheet if you go to: http://www.ridewithgps.com and do a search for “Friant Out-n-Back”

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GENERAL CLUB MEETNG

Feb 13th, 7:00PM

University of California, Fresno Cen-

ter: 550 East Shaw Avenue Calav-

eras Room (Across from Fashion Fair

Mall.)

Local Racer Mark Sassar will be our

guest speaker covering the topic of

Climb to Kaiser - training and time

efficiency.

The club continues to offer the ever-popular red and yellow

jersey. Blue/yellow and red/yellow jerseys are available in

both men and women specific sizes.

There are also blue/yellow and red/yellow wind vests with

back pockets. Cost of jerseys are $65.00; the wind vests are

$60.00.

To order contact Kathy Tanaka at

secretary@fresnocycling.com

or 559-999-4579

NEW CLUB MEMBERS

President ………………………………………………. . Dennis Ball (559) 960-7127 president@fresnocycling.com Vice President ……………………….. …….................. Mike Quiroz (559) 360-1574 Secretary / Memberships ……… ………….................... Jennifer Collins (831)-224-3482 secretary@fresnocycling.com Treasurer………………………………………………... Adrienne Moser (559)225-0224 treasurer@fresnocycling.com Newsletter Editor ……………………………………….. Mark Berry (559)779-9598 editor@fresnocycling.com Advocacy Legislation………………………………. ……. Nick Paladino (559)432-8830 advocacy@fresnocycling.com A/B Ride Coordinator……………………………………. Nancy Dooley (559) 875-6399 abrides@fresnocycling.com C/D Ride Coordinator…………………………………... Doug Handy (559) 681-8657 cdrides@fresnocycling.com Past President……………………………………………. Ron Quitoriano ronaldquit@comcast.net Director at Large………………………………………… Kent Tanaka (559) 269-9378 Appointee - Librarian……………………………………. Nick Paladino (559) 432-8830 Appointee – Honorary Historian …………………………. Mark Perkins (707) 274-7126 bicyclemark@hotmail.com Ride Director – Bass Lake Double …………………….….. Richard Hoff (559) 875-3736 rphoffjr@hotmail.com Ride Director –Climb To Kaiser ……………………...….. John Craft (559) 355-0534 kaiser@fresnocycling.com Ride Director – Kirch Flats…………………………...….. Ron Quitoriano ronaldquit@comcast.net Ride Director – Big Hat Days ………………………...…...Dennis Ball (559) 960-7127 president@fresnocycling.com

BOARD MEETNG

Feb 6th 6:00PM

at Popolo’s Pizza on the corner

of Blackstone & Herndon

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PARTS, PARTS, AND MORE PARTS

Are you looking to buy or sells

some bicycle parts?

If you answered yes, be sure to check out the

bicycle swap meet

2-3-2013 at 8:00am

1010 Shaw Ave, Clovis CA

Weekday Rides

Date Time Rating Ride Leader

Phone Description

Wednesdays and Saturdays

Call for start times

D ride. Training

Eric Zentner

859-4131 Join Eric for a ride up in the Sierras to enjoy the mountains. Our rides always include a hearty lunch stop. Call for details.

Wednesdays 10:30 a.m.

A ride Social

Sandy Berry

299-2656 Mid Week Morning Rides: Join Sandy at the church on the corner of Friant and Champlain. The group will lap Woodward Lakes two or three times at a comfortable A pace (6-8 miles total). Come on out and support our NEW RIDE LEADER!

Mondays and Wednesdays

9:00 a.m.

C ride Tom Braner Mike Thompson Bob Lindsey

284-2777 240-1525 250-9090

The Mountain Men meet at the Park and Ride lot at Frwy 168 and Temperance (next to the fire station) for C paced rides of 60 to 80 miles. The routes are loops into the foothills with occasional regrouping and at least one stop for refreshments. Mountain women are welcome too. Call for further details.

Tuesdays and Thursdays

9:00 a.m.

B ride Social

Ken Herrington

299-2275 Mid Week Morning Ride: Meet Ken at Armstrong and Herndon for a mid week morning ride every Tuesday and Thursday for a 30-40 mile social ride. It's usually flat but might have some hills. Tuesdays will head toward the northwest while Thursdays will remain in the easterly direction from our Clovis start. We're usually back by lunch or one o'clock at the latest. Bring money for snack or food stops along the way or at the end at Cravings. Comfortable pace.

Weekend Rides Date Time Rating Ride

Leader Phone Description

Saturdays

7:00 a.m.

B/2/35 Social

John McCracken Vanessa McCrcken

255-7433 Sunnyside Ride: We are doing a rides on Saturday mornings from the shop. 16-17 mph, flat, 35-40 miles. Meet at 6:50am roll out at 7am. Thanks so much.

Saturday 2/2

9:00 a.m.

B/2/25 Social

Marshall Taylor Kathy Taylor

529-6761 Exeter Mural Ride: Travel east of Visalia to Exitor to see the murals painted on the buildings from the late 1800s with a lunch stop at Home Town Emporium. Meet at the Exitor water tower.

Sunday 2/3

9:00 a.m.

B/2/35 Social

Ken Herrington

299-2275 The Blossom Trail Cafe Ride: Meet Ken and Nancy at Shaw and Academy for our monthly ride out Belmont to Piedra. Bring your own snacks as Doyal's Store is closed. Ride over Tivy Valley hill, past the horse farm, and back up Belmont to the Blossom Trail Cafe for lunch. Finish the ride up the Academy bike lane to the start.

Thursday 2/9

9:00 a.m.

B/2/32 Don Green

307-4284

Cattleland Ride: Join Don at Armstrong and Herndon and ride out east of Clovis along Academy Ave. Returning to Cravings for lunch.

Sunday 2/10

1:00 p.m.

ABCD/1/? Susan McGuire Kirk Bailey

325-2453 Valentine's Ride: Meet at Clovis Bike Company (1010 Shaw Avenue Suite A - Sierra Vista Mall) This is a Valentine's ride for couples and tandems. We'll meet up at the shop for snacks, chocolate, wine, etc. and head out for a short little ride. The intention of the ride is to get couples to ride together no matter what their ability level. We'll go as far and as fast as the group determines. Some can go out longer and faster, and others can go slower. We won't leave anyone out. We'll also have a wonderful door prize to give away. Please feel free to bring your friends as well.

Sunday 2/10

9:30 a.m.

?/1/30 Madera Wine & Chocolate: Meet at Children's Hospital parking lot in Madera off of Ave 9. See additional information on page 5.

Saturday 2/16

9:00 a.m.

B/3/30 Bill Asselin Nancy Dooley

297-4169 875-6399

Clovis to Marshall’s Station: Meet at Bella Fruita on the corner of Willow and Shepherd for a ride past Millerton Store and half way to Prather and back.

Saturday 2/16

8:30 a.m.

C/1/60 Nick Paladino

432-8830 Orange Cove Flat: Meet Nick at Shaw and Academy for a 15-16 MPH ride out to Orange cove for snacks and a flat ride back

Sunday 2/17

9:00 a.m.

AB/1/29 Social

Nancy Dooley

875-6399 Sanger Starbucks: Meet Nancy at Clovis East High School (the SE corner parking lot on Leonard just north of Ashlan). Ride out the backroads to Sanger for a stop at the local Starbuck's. Then, continue into the river bottom and loop around through Centerville and return up Ashlan back to the start. Good entry level ride!

Saturday 2/23

9:00 a.m.

B/4/22 Michael Monge

(209) 321-0148

Millerton Store to Humphrey’s: Meet Nancy at Millerton Store and ride out east for a few short climbs to Humphrey's Station for snacks. Some good pulls on this route both coming and going.

Sunday 2/24

9:00 a.m.

B/3/35 Social

Nancy Dooley Ken Herrington

875-6399 299-2275

The Circuit: Join Nancy and Ken at Armstrong and Herndon. Head to Millerton Store for a rest stop and then to towards Table Mountain and unto Friant. Stop in the Dam Diner for breakfast heading back on friant road.

Sunday 2/24

10:30 a.m.

C/3/40 John Hazelton

974-9798

The Circuit: Join Nancy and Ken at Armstrong and Herndon. Head to Millerton Store for a rest stop and then to towards Table Mountain and unto Friant. Stop in the Dam Diner for breakfast heading back on friant road.

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Jerseys $65.00 Red____ or Blue ___ Wind vests Red____ or Blue ___ $60.00 Men’s: S M L XL XXL Women’s specific sizes: S M L XL

Total:_________

Which club activities could you volunteer to help with?

Climb to Kaiser, end of June _________ Bass Lake Powerhouse Double, 2nd

week of Oct.: ________

FCC members only: Kirch Flat Century/Metric early May: _____ Tour de Lakes end of July: ____

Christmas Party: _____ Ride leader: ____

RELEASE AND WAIVER OF LIABILITY, ASSUMPTION OF RISK AND INDEMNITY. In consideration of being permitted to participate in any way in Fresno Cycling Club (“Club”) sponsored activities (‘Activity”), I, for myself, and for my personal representatives, assigns, heirs and next of kin: (1) Acknowledge, agree and represent that Interest and the nature of cycling Activity and that I am qualified to participate in such Activity. I further acknowledge that the Activity w ill be conducted over public roads and byways open to the public during the Activity and upon which hazards of traveling are to be expected. I further agree and warrant that if at any time I believe conditions to be unsafe, I will immediately discontinue further participation in the activity. (2) FULLY UNDERSTAND that: (a) BICYCLING ACTIVITIES INVOLVE RISK AND DANGER OF SERIOUS BODILY INJURY, INCLUDING PERMANENT DISABILITY, PARALYSIS AND DEATH (“risks”); (b) these Risks and dangers may be caused by my own actions or inactions, the actions or inactions of others participating in the Activity, the condition in which the Activity takes place, or the negligence of the “ RELEASES” NAMED ABOVE; (c) there may be OTHER RISKS AND SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC LOSSES either known or unknown to me or not readily foreseeable at this time; and I FULLY ACCEPT AND ASSUME ALL SUCH RISKS AND ALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR LOSSES, COSTS AND DAMAGES I incur as a result of my participation in the Activity. (3) HEREBY RELEASE, DISCHARGE, COVENANT NOT TO SUE AND AGREE TO INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS the Clu b, the League of American Bicyclists, their respective administrators, directors, agents and employees, other participants, any sponsors, adve rtisers and if applicable, owners and lessees of premises on which the Activity takes place (each considered one o f the Releases herein) FROM ALL LIABILITY, CLAIMS, DEMANDS, LOSSES OR DAMAGES ON MY ACCOUNT CAUSED OR ALLEGED TO BE CAUSED IN WHOLE OR IN PART BY THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE “RELEASES” OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING NEGLIGENT RESCUE OPERATIONS. I HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, FULLY UNDERSTAND ITS TERMS, UNDERSTAND THAT I AM GIVING UP SUBSTANTIAL RIGHTS BY SIGNING IT AND HAVE SIGNED IT FREELY AND WITHOUT ANY INDUCEMENT OR ASSURANCE OF ANY NATURE AND INTEND IT TO BE A COMPLETE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF ALL LIABILTY TO THE GREATEST EXTENT ALLOWED BY LAW, AND AGREE THAT IF ANY PORTION OF THIS AGREEMENT IS INVALID, THE BALANCE NOTWITHSTANDING SHALL CONTINUE TO BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT. Applicant’s Signature:____________________________________________________ Date:________________________________ Parent or Guardians Signature: __________________________________________ Date: ____________________________ *Fees are renewed/paid on an annual basis

Bicycle Shop Directory Support Your Local Bike Shop

P.O. Box 27571 Fresno, CA 93729

Rubber Soul Bicycles 132 W. Nees Fresno, CA (559) 435-BIKE www.rubbersoulbicycles.com (Riverpark Trails Center)

Steven’s Bicycles 3132 N. Palm Ave., Fresno (559) 229-8163 Willow and Nees

Brent & Tina Kutzback www.stevensbicycles.com

Fresno, CA

Tri-Sport Unlimited 9433 N Fort Washington # 101

(559) 433-3000 www.tri-sport.com

Bike World 601 W. Shaw, Clovis (559) 299-2286 Doug Reitz

Bike Trax 1760 11th St. Reedley, CA (559) 638-2398www.biketraxusa.com

Cycle Path 1165 E Champlain Dr.Fresno, CA (559) 434-8356 www.cyclepathbicycles.net Roger Guzman

Fresno Schwinn2444 E Ashlan AveFresno, CA 93726-3100(559) 226-2453www.fresnoschwinn.com

Visalia Cyclery 1829 W. Caldwell Ave.

www.visaliacyclery.com (559)732-2453Visalia, CA

Sunnyside Bicycles6105 E. Kings CanyonFresno, CA 93727

www.sunnysidebicycles.com(559) 255-7433

Tower Velo 1435 N. Van Ness Fresno, CA 93728 (559) 268-2863

between Olive and McKinley across from Tom's Trains Michael Eacock

Special SupporterBlossom Trail CafeBelmont and Academy AveSanger, CA(559) 875-2500

Herb Bauer Cycling6264 N. BlackstoneFresno, Ca 93710559-435-8600 www.herbbauersportinggoods.com Jacob Cisneros, Manager

Clovis Bicycle Company1010 Shaw Ave. Suite AClovis, CA 93612559-325-2453clovisbikeco@yahoo.comwww.clovisbicycle.com