Frequent Rider Club

There’s never a better time to get your name in the frequent rider club and earn the respect and awe of fellow members along with your custom BIKES patch kit, 500- or 1,000-mile prize.     

Just remember the basic goal: Get out and ride!

New Members:

Victoria Brill,

Doug Andrews

Robert Palm

Sabrina Horne

  BIKES would like to Welcome the following New members;

 We hope to see you on a ride soon!

BIKES would like to Welcome the following Renewing members;
 

Albert Penta
John Carlin
Tim Wise
Susan Lahti
Nancy Graham
Linda Allen

    We hope to see you on a ride soon!

Frequent Rider Club Miles

B.I.K.E.S. Club has a program to track miles ridden during club-sponsored rides. To qualify, the ride leader must either list the ride in advance in the club newsletter or post it on the website at least 24 hours in advance. That way, "club rides" are available for all members to consider attending, and they bring together people on bicycles. That is what a bike club is all about.

Sometimes, "club rides" are actually event rides hosted by other clubs in western
Washington. The ride still has to be listed in the newsletter as a club ride, but the ride "leader's" only job is to collect the names of all B.I.K.E.S. Club member attendees.
Participants don't need to ride together, though it's nice to have that option.

Why would you want club miles? Well, we always have nice little prize for riding 100 miles with the club, a little incentive for everyone to get on their bikes with us a few times each year. It's fun to see our numbers accumulate in the monthly newsletter "rider miles" listing, and to see what new names have been added and who is jostling for first place.

We give out "rider miles" awards for everyone in the 100, 500 and 1000+ mile categories at our annual Holiday Party. I hope to see many more names on the "ride miles" list by the end of summer.

Looking to ride your bike, but the rides that are listed are too slow or too fast or
know of a special bike route you would like to share?

Maybe you would like to lead a ride,
but are not sure about what is involved.

An experienced BIKES Club ride leader will ride with you on your ride and show you what is needed to lead a successful bike ride.  We are currently looking for members that want to lead a leisurely paced ride.  That’s right.  There are plenty of nice riding days this fall and winter.  It’s a great way to meet other people and talk over lunch.  Days and weekends are available! And it’s free!

Contact me tcjkwise@verizon.net to pair you up with a ride leader.

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Advertise in the Newsletter!

Here is a new section of the newsletter to advertise something to sell or buy.  Based on monthly available space, the listing priority will be as follows;

Priority 1; Club member selling or buying a bicycle related item.

Priority 2;  An associate of a club member selling or buying a bicycle related item.

Send an email to the newsletter editor at

bikeseditor@gmail.com