Hey, Portland Bicycling Clubbers! There are ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT to register for the 2022 AWARDS BANQUET!! Are you due to receive a pin, mug or plaque for reaching your mileage goals last year? Even if you aren’t, you won’t want to miss the festivities on Thursday, February 2, at the… Read More
Hello Ride Leaders and Ride Leader Wannabes. This is for you only, because you are special. Remember the upcoming workshop? WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8. Remember the previous QR article about it? Remember the ride leader email about it? Of course you don’t, because you either didn’t read it, or it was too… Read More
Seattle to Portland (STP), officially the Kaiser Permanente Seattle to Portland presented by Alaska Airlines, is the Pacific Northwest’s largest multi-day bicycling event and is scheduled for the weekend of July 15-16, 2023. This is our first call for volunteers to help with this major source of income for our… Read More
Do as I say, don’t follow my example…! Upfront, I have to tell you it pains me a great deal to once again be the object lesson in my own safety article, but here goes. Last August, I was visiting my brother, who lives in Englewood, Colorado. I figured to… Read More
Last month, your board allocated more than $12,000 to various causes and organizations around the area. Among them were a couple that are dear to my heart – the Community Cycling Center and Friends of Stub Stewart State Park. I mention the CCC because I volunteered there for about 20… Read More
FINANCES Board member Dave McQuery broached the subject of generating more interest with the club’s cash assets. You can get more information (on all these matters) in the January 2023 board meeting minutes. ✎ However, the outcome was this report from Corey, our treasurer, on January 24: “I… Read More
Another reminder that our club will be running Reach the Beach training rides. Dick Weber has been the lead on this series for probably about ten years. Prior to that, Dick Adkins, then Larry Eades and Mishell Goodman ran them for years as well. I’m probably omitting… Read More
One thing I like about this time of year is peering into the future and looking at my prospective riding calendar for late spring and summer. We have Pioneer Century® (yes, century) in early June; the Jim O’Horo Memorial Columbia Gorge Explorer and Bud’s Central Oregon Ménage… Read More
