A lot is happening right now regarding trail access on Marin County Open Space Lands. The recent Trail Workshop hosted by The Marin County Board of Supervisors, has given us a glimmer of hope. The Board of Supervisors needs to hear from you. So far about 3% of our membership has written letters, and we wonder why we have access to less than 3% of the trails on County Open Space. The main point we need to make, is we don't want this opportunity to get mired down in the Trails & Road management plan, we want action now. Write the County Supervisors today. For all the information go to:
http://access4bikes.com
Party with MCBC at the Bikers Ball!
7:00 to Midnight Saturday, November 14, at Servino Ristorante in Tiburon
MCBC is offering Bikers Ball tickets for $55
to BTC Marin and A4B members for all your help with Biketoberfest! If
you'd like to take advantage of this special offer, please CALL or
E-MAIL Joann Richards at MCBC directly, as the offer is NOT available
online.
It
really is a fun party, and there will be some cool silent auction items
like a Chris King headset, Thomson stem and seat post and a Gravity
Dropper!
Biketoberfest Raises $10,000 for Bicycle Advocacy
Biketoberfest Marin was a
huge success! Thousands of people came out to enjoy a day of celebrating
bicycles. There were so many amazing bikes on display, including a 23 lb Calfee
carbon fiber tandem road bike, a Sycip bike with beer taps for shifters and a
meticulously painted Retrotec single speed, with shiny White Industries crank
arms and hubs. Of course with Rivendell, Ahrens, Soulcraft, Hunter and Steelman
on display, there was plenty of eye-candy for everyone.
We had great music and and fantastic beer. 15 NorCal brewers supplying over
25 beers to sample. Lagunitas Brewing won the Audience Choice Award for Best
Beer of Biketoberfest 2009.
A big thanks to all the bike builders, bike vendors, race teams, clubs and
brewers that came out Saturday. Together we raised $10,000 for Access4Bikes and the Marin County Bicycle Coalition. Thank you, Tom Boss, MCBC and Heidi
Adler, Access4bikes for producing the event, and another big thank you to the 100+
volunteers who came out to help - together you contributed over 500 hours of
service. And greetings to all the new A4B members that we signed up at Biketoberfest!
Presidio Coastal Trail Improvements Proposed - Nov 17th, 4-7 pm
Open house November 17, 4-7 PM; or submit comments by email or mail .
The Golden Gate National Recreation Area, National Park Service staff is
preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) on a proposal to improve three (3)
miles of the California Coastal Trail within The Presidio of San Francisco.
They are currently soliciting public comments. The proposal would create an
accessible, multi-use trail from the southwestern end of the Golden GateBridge
to the BakerBeach
area, create multi-use access to the Golden
GateBridge
from Merchant Road,
and reconfigure beach access and visitor parking on the coastal bluffs.
The National Park Service is seeking your comments on the proposal. The Park
Service will be hosting an open house on November 17th, 4-7 PM, at the GGNRA
Headquarters in FortMason; and "walks
and talks" will showcase the project. Click here to learn more about the project, events and how
to submit comments.
RIDE SFO - BIKE EXPO - Nov 21st
Saturday November 21st Starts at 10am
Location: Cow Palace
Join SF Dirtlab and SF Urban Riders as we help host some of the crazy bike
events going down. BMX, Cyclocross, Dirt Jumpers, Tracksters and Fashionistas
will all be out in force. This event is for pure gluttony of all things bike.
More info: http://www.facebook.com/l/20547;sfbikeexpo.com/
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