2010
Sunday, March 14
Ride and Lunch at Donald Cafe
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Distance: About 30 miles
Location: Miley Rd. Call Al and Pat (503-582-
9104) Saturday evening to check to see if the ride
is on.
Saturday, March 20
Roberta and Donald will lead a 20-25 mile bike ride on Saturday, March 20th from the Orenco Station New Seasons store in Hillsboro: 1453 NE 61st Avenue, Hillsboro (just off of Cornell near Cornelius Pass).
The ride will start at 10:00 a.m. We will be given original-created Trivial Pursuit questions during the ride. At lunch at New Seasons, we answer the questions. Prizes for correct and most creative answers.
Questions?
Phone: 707 577-0525 (Donald's cell)
Save these dates (more details to follow):
Saturday, March 27
Club ride by Jeff and Kim.
Saturday, April 10
Club ride by Dave and Pat.
Saturday, April 17
Club ride by Michael and Diane.
Sunday, April 25
Club ride by Pat and Al.
Saturday, May 15
Club ride by Jim and Jessie.
May 21-23 Sisters Oregon led by Jim and Janice. We will stay at the Best western Ponderosa Lodge (http://www.bestwesternsisters.com/) and ride bike on Saturday and Sunday with optional walks or hikes. We will drive to Sisters on Friday evening, Saturday we will plan a group dinner out on the town where there is always interesting shopping and restarurants. This area gets warm and dry sooner then Portland so we should have good riding conditions. We will plan a group ride for each day and have an alternative short ride or walk/hike.
Sunday, June 6
Club ride by Michael and Diane.
Friday, June 18
Bike fair at Bienestar
THE BIKE FAIR IS ON! In the last edition of
the newsletter, TNT’s informal bike fair
committee proposed that the club sponsor
another bike giveaway and rodeo for needy
kids this year. Following an email vote, the club
unanimously agreed to organize the fair and to
spend up to $300 of club money for bike fair
related expenses.
Since the vote, the committee has been firming
up plans with our partners. Trauma Nurses Talk
Tough has again agreed to provide helmets
and the Hillsboro Police Department will teach
bike skills and safety and will run the bike
rodeo. Bienestar staff is working on identifying
kids who will receive the bikes. We plan to
schedule one or two work days in May when
club members can pitch in to clean the bikes
and make any repairs that are needed.
Our highest priority now is soliciting donations
of used bikes. We’re looking for bikes with 20-
24 inch wheels, suitable for kids ages 8 -11. As
of now, bike donations have been coming in a
little more slowly than they did last year so
we’re asking for help from other club members.
If you have friends or neighbors who have kids’
bikes that they no longer want, please let them
know about our project. Spreading the word at
your church, a local school, or through other
organizations would also be helpful. People
who want to donate a bike can arrange a pickup
by contacting anyone on the committee:
Jim and Janice, Karen and Gary, Larry and
Joan, and Roberta and Donald. We will provide
a receipt for a tax deduction.
July 4 Weekend
NWTR Medford.
August 6 - 8. Olympia Washington led by Pat Berkley and Amy Cook. This is a re-do of the rained out 2004 NW Tandem Rally. New routes and hopefully no rain. We will stay in downtown Olympia and ride Friday-Sunday. Details to follow. We are working with the Olympia Bicycling Club to get the "locals'" suggestions on good tandem rides. Stay tuned!
Other Biking Activities:
April 25 Monster Cookie Ride
May 1 Ride Around Clark County
May 15 Reach the Beach
May 16 NE Portland Sunday Parkways
June 5 Pioneer Century
June 12 Strawberry Century
June 27 N Portland Sunday Parkways
July 17 - 18 Seattle To Portland (STP)
July 16 – 18 Cycle Oregon Weekend
July 18 E Portland Sunday Parkways
July 24, 2010 CASA’s 7th Annual Ride Through
Paradise Cycling Event – In Klamath County
www.klamathfallscasa.org/events/cycling
July 31 Tour de Cure
July 31-Aug 1 Bike MS
August 1,8,15,22,29 Eola Hills Winery Rides
August 8 Portland Bridge Pedal
August 15 SE Portland Sunday Parkways
Sept 26 Portland Sunday Parkways
September 26 Peach of a Century
October 10 Harvest Century
November 6 Verboort Sausage Festival