The year just flew by, didn’t it? And with it ends my second stint as the president for PBC. While I enjoy the role and working for you as club members, I also like to see new faces enter the picture to give energy and different vision to the… Read More
Not a new topic this month, but it continues to be important to me and I fear I may not be articulating my thoughts clearly. Portland Bicycling Club is a CLUB (a group of people, organizations, or nations having something in common). … Read More
Your board meets monthly, via Zoom, to discuss club issues. You have some excellent board members who each work hard at their assigned job and take the role of board officer seriously. You can depend on each of them to listen and give thoughtful responses, opinions, and rebuttals to… Read More
As mentioned last month, Portland Bicycling Club has built its financial reserves primarily on two annual events: Pioneer Century® and Seattle to Portland. We coordinate them, Pioneer being OUR event ride, and STP being Cascade Bicycle Club’s, but we manage the Finish Line, each and every year. We just… Read More
More THANK YOUs (following the Pioneer Century® Thank Yous last month) to all our club members, friends, and relatives who joined us at the Seattle to Portland Finish Line on July 11-14. Buses were filled. Bikes were loaded. Fencing set up. Bike… Read More
Relief, Appreciation, Gratitude, Elation and Respect. Those are some of my feelings as I look at Portland Bicycling Club’s 2025 Pioneer Century® in the rearview mirror. Relief: I’m glad it’s over. It’s a lot of work, a lot of moving parts and invariably. a few little glitches that need… Read More
June! PIONEER CENTURY® (on the 7th)! I am pleased to inform you that preparations are coming along, and despite one of our event coordinators suffering a serious injury (Cindy Bernert-Coppola), she is able to tap those keys on her keyboard, create Zoom meetings, and use that phone to organize… Read More
Many of us have led many rides over many years. Our youthful enthusiasm and idealism is slightly diminished. But new and inexperienced riders continue to join us on our rides, and each of them needs our best ride leader self. Let’s hit the refresh button and try to regenerate… Read More
