Club Miles as of 5-23-2006

 Let John know if these numbers are inaccurate.

 John Carlin is the new Miles Coordinator.

Please send him your ride miles effective Dec. 11, 2005 through Holiday Party 2006.

Contact info: johnecarlin@comcast.net,
425-778-4529  
 

The signed ride sheets still go to Kristin for club record-keeping.

 Other Rides

June 4, Penninsula Metric Century, www.twbc.org

Aug. 26-27, Ride Around Puget Sound, www.rapsodybikeride.com

More rides can be found on the website.

Upcoming Events

Sunday, June 4. Sharing Wheels Kids’ Bike Swap

June 17, B.I.K.E.S. Club Picnic at Jack & Janell’s

Check our website for more rides  http://www.bikesclub.org/html/otherclubsrides.htm

Big Ride Pacific Coast!

My name is Ashley Hodgson I am from the American Lung Association. We have an event coming up called  “The Big Ride Pacific Coast” which is a ride from Seattle to San Francisco!

If Seattle to Portland is just a warm-up, try Seattle to San Francisco along the Oregon and Northern California Coast. There will be an informational meeting on the Big Ride Pacific Coast at REI in Seattle (222 N. Yale) at 6:30 in the evening on Monday May 3rd. Come join us and hear about this spectacular ride!

Contact the American Lung Association of Washington at 206-441-5100 or visit our website at http://www.alaw.org/support_alaw/big_ride/

RAPSody Riders and Volunteers Needed

B.I.K.E.S. Club members will be responsible for marking a portion of the 165-mile Ride Around Puget Sound bike event route the weekend of Aug. 12-13. We are in charge of the 30 mile Allyn to Shelton section, and will paint on Saturday. In the past the paint crew has stayed overnight at a Shelton motel, and RAPSody buys us dinner. You’ll be welcome to ride the rest of the course on Sunday to Tacoma, where at least some of us will start on
Saturday morning. If you are interested, mark the weekend on your calendar and contact Kristi at 360-658-2462.

 We also need volunteers to help at our RAPSody reststop on Aug. 26, and possibly a support vehicle volunteer on Aug. 27 to help work out the logistics so people can ride in the event on the second day (please register and support the Bicycle Alliance of Washington).

Yakima wine weekend.

Saturday morning dawned with clouds that soon turned to rain and brought all of the uncertainty of whether to ride or not. After waiting long enough for things to clear we piled into vehicles for the 35 mile drive to Sunnyside for our ride start location. This proved to be a good thing as we drove out of the rain. After a some fits and starts of the rain, a non paved road and some late arrivals we finally got underway and got the group re-united after some separation. We were able to visit about seven of the wineries or tasting rooms in the Prosser area with lunch "sandwiched" in between. A head wind for the return made the evening meal all the more enjoyable which was a group effort. We had a spaghetti feed prepared by Elaine and Jack and salads, veggies and desserts provided by other members for an enjoyable meal around the campfire.

Day Two was a rain shortened version out to Naches and back with compulsory tandem race for the return.