Velo Girardeau
Volume 28, Number 2 May
2007/July 2007
CLUB MEETINGS
The
Velo Girardeau Bicycle Club meets the first Monday of each month at 7:00 pm at HEALTH
POINT PLAZA, the corner of Independence and Kingshighway. The next meeting will
be the 1st Monday in March. All
interested cyclists are invited to attend the meetings, participate in the
bicycling events, and to join the club.
Yahoo Group for the Bike
Club
For
quick communications a Yahoo Group has been set up. Please use the following link to sign up.
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/velogirardeau/
Overnight Ride to Brazeau
Tammy
Leible needs RSVP for the Overnight Ride on June 9th, 2007. Please
contact her ASAP.
Bike Trail Cleanup
We
will do our part to keep the La Croix trail clean by picking up trash on the
bike trail.
Starting
at 8:00am May 12th, July 14th, and September 8th. Please bring gloves, trash bags will be
provided.
Safer Streets for Bikes
Chris
Moore is chairing a committee for improving our streets for bikes. If you are interested, please contact Chris
573-335-6402 or chrismoore@onemoore.net.
Safe Streets Petition
A
petition for the improvement of the streets and the safety of bicyclists is
posted around town. Please contact
Chris Moore or go by Cape Bike or Grace’s Café and sign up. We want to gather 1000 signatures or more to
take to the Cape City Council. WE
NEED YOUR HELP!!!
Saturday Afternoon
rides:
Saturday afternoon rides will leave from Capaha
Park across from the Rose Garden, (northwest corner of the park) at 1 PM.
The route and pace will be decided by the riders.
Dues
are Due: The yearly club dues are
now due. The club dues are $10 per year for an
individual membership and $15 for a family membership.
Ride
leaders needed: Bryan Walker is in need of additional ride
leaders for the upcoming riding season.
Your help in leading these rides is greatly appreciated. Please contact Bryan Walker 573-450-6913
Tuesday
and Thursday rides: Starting May 1st!!!!
The
Tuesday/ Thursday rides will begin May 1st and will end August 30th. Start time will be 6:00p.m., leaving from the
Rose Garden in Capaha Park. These group
rides are at a slow to moderate pace with a total ride time of about an hour
depending on daylight. These rides will
help prepare you for the longer Sunday rides.
The group will meet at Port Cape’s Ice Cream Shop for a treat after the
ride. (Dutch treat)
If
you wish to ride some additional miles, there are a group of riders who start
from the pavilion in front of Hutson’s Furniture on Main Street at 4:30 every
Tuesday and Thursday. There is no ride
leader and no maps will be given out.
Velo Girardeau web site
CLUB JERSEYS
The
club has a new inventory of jerseys. $40 for no sleeve, short sleeve and $48 for long sleeve. Contact Gene Magnus, 573-334-7088. Current inventory: No-sleeve –med, large,
xl. Short-sleeve – sm, med, large, xl,
2xl. Long-sleeve – XL
To see more about MoBikeFed's current programs and
future plans, see
http://MOBikeFed.org/WhySupport
Remember that you can report unsafe drivers with
MoBikeFed's Motorist Contact Letter.
This is one of our most important programs for MoBikeFed members. More info:
http://mobikefed.org/motoristcontact.html
Bike
Clip Art @ http://www.bicycle-stuff.com/clipart/
SUNDAY RIDES
Each
Sunday, March through November, Velo Girardeau has a ride into the surrounding
countryside. Rides usually originate at
the Dempster Hall parking lot, corner of Henderson and New Madrid at 1:30 pm. However, some rides may deviate from that
time and place. Always check beginning
time and place in the ride schedule.
Call Touring Directors, Bryan Walker, 450-6913; or Tammy Walker, 450-6913;
or the ride leader listed with the ride for further information. Also, if you desire a map before the ride,
contact the ride leader.
The first Sunday of the month a group ride will start in
the afternoon and will stay together.
If a large number of riders are present we will breakup into smaller
groups of four to ten. All riders must
stay with their group!! If the lead
rider of a group cannot see all riders in the group he is riding to fast and
must slow down. Maps will be provided.
|
Time |
Leader |
|
Ride |
|
|
20-May |
1:30 PM |
Tammy Leible |
|
TEEN CHALLENGE CHALLENGE, 30 miles.
Leave from Dempster Hall.
We're off into the hills of the north. Some Challenging Hills to get your legs in shape! |
|
27-May |
1:30 PM |
Pete Kerr 573-450-6919 |
|
NATIONAL CEMETERY RIDE /
MOUNDS CITY. 72 Miles starting from the Pavilion Downtown across
from Hudson’s Furniture or 36 Miles if you start from Olive Branch IL. This is a mostly flat ride with some
rolling hills from Cape to Olive Branch.
**START TIME FROM DOWNTOWN 12:00PM.
START TIME FROM OLIVE BRANCH 1:30PM** Park at the Intersection of Hwy
3 & Miller City Road. |
|
3-Jun |
11:00 AM |
Bryan Walker |
|
Time
Trial - 642 - 12 miles. 10 am start time. The course is a loop
that will be ridden three times.
Start time trial at the top of CR642 hill. Go west on CR642 to CR621,
north (right) on CR621 to CR638, east (right) on CR 638 to CR 645, south
(right) on CR 645 to CR 642 back to the start. Each loop is approximately 4 miles. No ride leader, maps will be provided. Park your vehicle at Cape Jaycee Municipal
Golf parking lot. |
|
3-Jun |
1:30 PM |
Mark Farmer 573-335-4397 |
|
SAFARI 'N FOREST TREK. 22 miles.
A "wild" trek over rolling hills, past two local attractions, with
a couple of real hills for the "big game" rider. Leave from Dempster Hall. |
|
9-Jun |
1:30 PM |
Tammy Leible |
|
Brazeau Over Night Ride
35 miles or more on Saturday. 35
miles or more Sunday on the way back to Cape. Leave from Dempster - We're heading to the
small Town of Brazeau, with an overnight in "downtown". You can pitch your tent in the yard, or
sleep in the Historical Society's Tea House.
Please call or email (tamraleible@charter.net) by June 3rd to RSVP
for planning purposes. |
|
10-Jun |
1:30 PM |
- |
|
SHOW
AND GO. Ride will be decided by those that show up. Start at Dempster Hall. |
|
17-Jun |
1:30 PM |
Bryan Walker |
|
HIP HIP HURRAY! CAPE - TILSIT - CAPE. 36 miles. A
hilly ride to get to the back roads between Gordonville and Jackson. Leave from Dempster. |
|
24-Jun |
10:00 AM |
Bill Powless |
|
BILL POWLES PIG OUT, 37 almost all flat miles. Ride some new roads in Illinois. Start in Tamms, Illinois by the
caboose. Illinois 146 east from the
bridge, north on 146 to McClure, east on County 4 (Grape Vine Trail) to
Tamms, 21 miles from the bridge should you decide to ride to the start. |
|
1-Jul |
11:00 AM |
Bryan Walker |
|
Time
Trial - Shawnee Parkway - 9.6 mile. 10 am start time. The course is a loop that will be ridden
six times. Start at the shopping area
at the corner of Shawnee Parkway and Silver Springs Road. Go south on Silver Springs to Mt. Auburn,
turn right onto Mt. Auburn to Shawnee Pky, right on Shawnee Pky back to start
point. Each loop is approximately 1.6
miles. No ride leader, maps will be provided. Call the ride leader to check if ride is
canceled due to bad weather. |
|
1-Jul |
1:30 PM |
Jim DeBlois |
|
5H - SMITH FARM. 25
miles. Up and down the hills between
5H, Smith Farm, and Cape Rock Park.
Leave from Dempster Hall. |
|
8-Jul |
9:30 AM |
Marikka Showers |
|
ORAN RUN. 35 miles.
A very flat ride through farm country and small towns. Leave from Dutchtown. |
CAPE
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WERX WWW.CYCLEWERX.BIZ
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GIRARDEAU CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WWW.CAPECHAMBER.COM
CAPE
GIRARDEAU CONVENTION AND VISITORS
BUREAU WWW.CAPEGIRARDEAUCVB.ORG
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MISSOURI BICYCLE FEDERATION WWW.MOBIKEFED.ORG