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The Bent Fork Chronicles
January-February 2006
In This Issue:
President’s Message ...............................................................................................................................1
From the Editor ......................................................................................................................................3
Letters ....................................................................................................................................................3
New & Returning Members....................................................................................................................4
Buena Vista Bike Festival.......................................................................................................................4
UMCA Year-Rounder Challenge ............................................................................................................6
Bicycle Advocacy...................................................................................................................................8
Help Needed Fixing Up Bikes.............................................................................................................8
Big Event Ban Delayed 1 Year ...........................................................................................................8
Bicycle Colorado’s 2006 Gala Celebration........................................................................................10
CSCC Ride Mileage .............................................................................................................................10
Sponsors...............................................................................................................................................14
Commercial Ads...................................................................................................................................15
President’s Message
know that for many, it's hard to get excited
about riding in the middle of "winter", but come
on... it really doesn't get much better than
January in Colorado! What a beautiful month it
has been and I'm looking forward to a
couple/few more nice weekends before the real
snow for the year heads our way. OK... I lie, I'm
dying for 8" of fresh powder for Sunday, the
studs are still on the mountain tandem. 
This message contains a few items that need to
be communicated and are of interest to many in
the Club.
BVBF, May 20th 2006
The committee for the eighth annual Buena
Vista Bike Fest (BV8) is in full swing and many
aspects of the event are already being
coordinated and resourced. A monumental
amount of effort goes into putting on this
spectacular ride and it is truly a labor of love as
it is the yearly fundraiser for CSCC and a great
weekend spent in Buena Vista, Colorado. We
are actively looking for volunteers and will
happily train anyone who would like to help the
I hope that this message finds everyone doing
well in the New Year and eagerly anticipating
many safe miles during the months ahead. I
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Club put on this fantastic and well loved early
season Century.
please contact me at [email protected]
or just give me a call at 351-3205 to arrange for
pickup. The canopies are especially a concern
because we believe at least two are in need of a
bit of repair prior to the event.
Please
visit
the
event
website
at
http://www.bvbf.org for all the details. Bob
Smith has done an amazing job creating a
visually appealing web page and you can find
out more about the history of the ride, current
information and photos from 2005's event. You
can volunteer to help with this year’s bike fest
here: http://www.bvbf.org/VolForm.htm.
Ride Leaders needed!
Kerry Hefta is the Ride Committee chair and is
looking for a few good ride leaders. OK, *a lot*
of new leaders would be grand! Seriously, if
you've wanted to volunteer with the club in
some way, leading a ride is an excellent way to
give of your time and energy for the good of the
whole. Ride leader training is being coordinated
and information should be available on the
CSCC website soon. Coming from the most
directionally challenged ride leader out there
(me!), it's really not that hard and is a lot of fun!
Most of the riders are pretty self-sufficient and
the group does great as long as you point them
in the general direction.  If you would like to
find out more about starting out as a new ride
leader now, while the weather is cool and ride
sizes are smaller, please contact Kerry at
[email protected].
Once again, Radere is offering an early preorder deal on BVBF ride jerseys for club
members. This is quite a bargain at only $42.50
per jersey if your order is received and paid in
full by Tuesday, February 28th. Last years
jerseys were a hit and this year’s look to be just
as nice! You can see the jersey design at
http://www.bvbf.org/Jersey.htm Please print the
order form found on the CSCC web site here:
http://www.bikesprings.org/Jersey/BVBF%20Offer.pdf
and mail it in with your check for $42.50 per
jersey.
We are looking for any Club items that may be
living in your garage.  Specifically the folding
canopies, water containers, first aid kits, SAG
boxes or any other items that have found their
way out of the BVBF stash. We will need them
for this year’s event. If you have any items,
Cheers and many safe miles to you,
Allen Beauchamp
CSCC President
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From the Editor
Belated Happy New Year to all. My pre-New
Year’s resolution to get the newsletter ready
over the holidays for early January obviously
did not happen. So this is the combined JanuaryFebruary 2006 issue. Let me start by thanking
Ann Coy for her service in producing The Bent
Fork Chronicles for the last couple years. She
did an outstanding job – please thank her the
next time you see her. I will be trying to keep
the same high standard for the newsletter. I
welcome any suggestions or contributions.
Please e-mail your thoughts or ideas to me at
[email protected]. If you have
interest in working on the newsletter, by all
means let me know that as well! We are always
in need of writing and editing support.
Lee Herman
Editor and CSCC Board Member
Letters
This is a new section as an experiment for
communication from members to the club. As
with letters to the editor, submissions will be
accepted subject to limits of relevance, taste and
appropriateness.
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ride here and especially enjoy mountain biking
with 2 of my sons that live in Portland.
I regret not getting more involved with the club
activities and volunteering for special events.
My only contribution was an article I wrote for
the newsletter.
After riding with the club for several years, I
sort of dropped out about a year ago. However,
I did continue to ride occasionally, but not with
the club.
I made many friends through the club and
several lasting friendships - people I will see
when I return and some that plan on visiting me
in Seattle. Those friendships are the best part of
joining the club.
Now a new frontier. I recently got married
(October 1) and last week moved to Seattle. I
will miss the club members and will always
remember all the fun times. I will continue to
Some of my best memories of Colorado and
greatest laughs were because of joining the
club.
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I wish you and all the club members the best of
luck.
If I were to mention names, I would
unintentionally forget someone. So just say hi
from me at the next ride.
Mike Wiater
New & Returning Members
New Members: Nora Durham; Scott DeLeeuw; Steve Fuhrmann; Matthew Granberg; Hans and
Camella Koeller; James Woods
Returning Members: Warren Barta; Gary and Janice Brewington; Chris Conboy; John Cunningham;
Charlie & Barb Czarniecki; Chris Davenport; Michael & Jeanne Galvin; Craig Highsmith; Jim
McCreary; Sean and Hope Mullally; Lee Murphy; Dean & Becky Myers; Janet Rose; Dave Rowe
and Family; Mark Rowe; Michael Wallace; Joan Stahl and Ron Wesley
Buena Vista Bike Festival
Mark your calendars now! The Buena Vista Bike Festival (BVBF), http://www.bvbf.org will be held
Saturday May 20th, 2006. Plan to volunteer for this exciting event or be one of the riders. If you
volunteer, you can still ride in the volunteers’ rides on Sunday, May 21st. As noted in the President’s
Message, if you order and payment is received by February 28th, 2006, you will receive an excellent
discount on your BVBF jersey. This price is good only for CSCC members and is lower than any other
price for the jerseys. In fact, you save almost enough to pay for membership! The order form is on the
next page.
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CSCC Members Only
2006 Buena Vista Bike Jersey Discount Offer
Good through Tuesday, February 28, 2006 Only
Paid in full must be received by February 28th
Mail-In Order Form
Name: ____________________________________________
Street: ____________________________________________
City: ______________________________________________
State: _________________________ Zip: ________________
Men’s Sizes:
Small: ______
Mail payment to:
Medium: ______
CSCC
Large: ______
PO Box 49602
XLarge: ______
Colorado Springs CO 80949-9602
XXLarge: _____
XXXLarge: ____
Women’s Sizes:
Small: ______
Note: Women’s and 3XL men’s
Medium: ______
will not be available after 2/28/2006
Large: ______
XLarge: ______
XXLarge: ______
Total # of shirts x $42.50:
_______
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UMCA Year-Rounder Challenge
-- The Y-R Gold award recognizes riders who
log at least 3,000 miles in Y-R rides.
-- The Y-R Platinum award is for cyclists who
complete at least 5,000 miles in Y-R rides,
including at least 2,000 miles in one of the
divisions (explained below).
Can you ride a century EVERY month in 2006?
--The Y-R Who's Who riders are the top five
Platinum riders in each division.
Club centuries are the highlight of many
endurance riders' season: the fun of a day on the
bike with friends and the challenge of riding 100
miles. And, at least for the day, an unrestricted
diet!
Year-Rounder participants receive:
- an e-book Century Tips on training, nutrition,
equipment and technique;
- an e-newsletter, sharing tips and stats;
- a bi-monthly Year Rounder column by Russ
Loomis, who rides centuries every weekend;
- a section at ultracycling.com devoted to the
best century stories sent in by riders;
- a rider with at least 1,000 miles in the YearRounder gets a discount on Accelerade and
EnduroxR4.
The Ultra Marathon Cycling Association
(UMCA) Year-Rounder is designed to showcase
consistent endurance performance in your
cycling throughout the year. The Year-Rounder
provides a structure to motivate you throughout
the season and to recognize your personal
achievements. Find more at:
http://www.ultracycling.com/standings/umc.html
For routing reasons some centuries are just
under 100 miles, or exceed 100. So the YearRounder counts a Century as a ride of 90 - 149
miles.
Rides 150-miles and over count as
"Long" rides.
Y-R awards recognize either riding a century
every month or total endurance mileage. Make
either your goal ... or both!
-- The Y-R Larry Schwartz award honors riders
who complete at least a century every month.
Centuries can be either Organized centuries or
Personal rides that you design yourself
(explained below). Longer rides also count
toward the Larry Schwartz award.
The Larry Schwartz award allows make-ups for
up to two months, in case it's too snowy or icy
some months. For example, if you get snowed
out in January, just do two centuries in
February or another month.
Other awards recognize your total endurance
mileage throughout the year:
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The Larry Schwartz award honors Larry
Schwartz, who finished first in the UMCA
Mileage Challenge (predecessor to the YearRounder) in 2001, was second in 2002, and was
leading in 2003 when he was struck and killed
by a school bus. For a profile of Schwartz go to:
www.ultracycling.com/about/hof_schwartz.html
Any Year-Rounder ride counts toward the Larry
Schwartz award- centuries, brevets, double
centuries, 12-hour races, etc.
We like to keep the holidays free for time with
the family, so the Year Rounder ends on
December 21 of each year. (The next year's Y-R
Challenge starts 12/22.)
To get started, join the UltraMarathon Cycling
Association at:
http://www.ultracycling.com/about/join.html,
add in 10 bucks for the Year-Rounder, put on
your wool jersey and head out the door!
For complete rules and ride documentation form,
go to:
www.ultracycling.com/standings/umcrules.html.
Submitted by John Hughes, Director, UMC
Rules Summary:
The Y-R is structured in four divisions:
An "Organized Century" is a ride of 90 to 149
miles and has: a name, designated start/finish
location and starting time(s), route plan,
organizer, and advance publication of the ride or
ride series in club newsletters, etc.
A "Personal Century" is a personally designed
ride. For credit, you must complete at least 90
miles in a 12-hour period including off the bike
time (and maintain an 8.33 mph average after
that). Personal centuries provide century-length
riding opportunities for riders in seasons or
locales where Organized centuries are sparse.
An "Organized Long" ride is organized like a
Century, but is 150 miles or more.
A "Personal Long" ride is a Personally designed
ride of 150 miles or more.
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Bicycle Advocacy
Help Needed Fixing Up Bikes
Al Brody, CSCC member and Chairman of the
Pikes Peak Area Bikeways Coalition is looking
for volunteers to help assemble bikes the week
of February 13th. The City of Colorado Springs
donated 27 fairly decent bikes from the
Colorado Springs Police Department impound
lot as a Charitable Release.
Memorial Hospital will donate a new helmet to
go along with each of the bikes. Bicycle Village,
REI, Old Town Bike Shop, Bikepro-Mobile, CS
West Cycling Hub, Brian's Bicycle Repair
Shop, Colorado Springs Cycling Club members,
Colorado Springs Pub Crawlers, and other
cyclists have agreed to help refurbish the bikes
in various ways. Elke Glavan and Valerie Sweet
will be coordinating the distribution to the
recipients.
The bikes are currently in Al’s garage. Al would
like to arrange a few work parties the week of
February 13th at various times so that folks can
help get the bikes roadworthy. Another option,
if you can work on a bike or bikes is to take
them and work on them at your convenience.
Please contact Al at 719-266-6846 to let him
know what days and times work best for you. If
a number of people help out, the bikes will be
ready in short order.
Big Event Ban Delayed 1 Year
Bicycle Colorado meets with State
Patrol to discuss bike
event cap
event cap. This taskforce will include Bicycle
Colorado, State Patrol, and CDOT staff. This
group will look at ride safety, State Patrol event
resources, and motorist behavior.
**ACTION UPDATE**
On December 12, Bicycle
Colorado, met with the
State Patrol, state
legislators, transportation
planners, and event
organizers to discuss
concerns about the State
Patrol’s cap on big bicycling events. The
meeting was respectful and productive.
BIG EVENT BAN DELAYED 1 YEAR
The Colorado State Patrol has delayed the
implementation of their new policy banning big
bicycle events in Colorado until December
2006. Their new policy bans bicycle events
with more than 2,500 riders, but this limit can
be lowered at any time putting every event at
risk. Bicycle tours, races, charity rides, group
rides, and triathlons are all affected.
The main result of the meeting is the formation
of a working group to review ideas and best
practices for keeping events safe, instead of an
SAFETY HAS NO LIMITS
The State Patrol says that they are using this ban
to “ensure safety.” But a random cap has no
effect on the safety of bicyclists. Safety is based
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• Limiting the size of events unfairly punishes
charities – charity bike events raise millions for
important causes like curing diseases and helping
children
• Banning popular events reduces tourism –
bicycle tourism and events contribute more than
$167 million to our state’s economy and more
than 2000 jobs
• Banning popular events is contrary to the
culture of Colorado – it prevents the Colorado
public from enjoying the state on bikes as part of
a community
on good event planning, educated bicyclists,
traffic management plans, safe roads, and lawabiding motorists. A well-run event can be safe
for 10,000 bicyclists and a poorly-run event can
be unsafe for 100 riders. An arbitrary cap
punishes everyone and discourages all events.
What You Can Do:
Go to the Bicycle Colorado web site:
http://www.bicyclecolorado.org
EVERY EVENT AT RISK
The 2,500 rider cap on state highways is
subjective and may be changed at any time at
the whim of the State Patrol. If tomorrow they
decide that 500 is a “safer” number, it put
amazing rides like these at risk:
1. Add Your Name: Sign the petition to
overturn this damaging policy
2. Give Input: Share your ideas to make events
even safer. These will be collected and utilized
in taskforce discussions.
3. Strengthen the Effort: Bicycle Colorado is
here to lead this campaign and protect
bicyclist’s rights. Please add your financial
support to overturn this bike ban.
Elephant Rock
Triple Bypass
MS 150
Iron Horse Classic
BANNING BIG BIKE EVENTS is bad for
Colorado because:
...and on and on… Is this the bicycle-friendly
Colorado you want?
Courage Classic
Tour de Cure
Bicycle Tour of Colorado
Mt Evans Hill Climb
Feel free to visit our FAQ page for additional
information about this ban.
SUPPORT FROM LEGISLATORS
Legislators voice support-Read Sen. Brophy and
Rep. Carroll's letter here
STATE PATROL NOW CONSULTING
BICYCLISTS
Keep in mind that the State Patrol officers are
heroes to bicyclists. They cite unsafe drivers and
provide emergency assistance. We met with the
State Patrol on December 12 to discuss ways to
ensure event safety and access. We look
forward to working with the State Patrol to
reverse this policy.
EVENT BAN IN THE NEWS
Read recent press coverage of the event ban.
ABOUT BICYCLE COLORADO
Learn more about Bicycle Colorado and our
efforts to build a bicycle-friendly state.
CHARITIES AFFECTED BY BAN
See the list of charities benefiting from
Colorado's three largest bike rides.
TAKE ACTION NOW
Now is the time to act. With the holiday season
here, we may be strapped because people are
too busy to act. Apathy could let this ban
discourage bicycling in Colorado, but don't let
that happen. Take action today and protect your
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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right to bicycle. Together we can end bike bans
and build a bicycle-friendly Colorado. Thank
you for your support, we can’t do this without
you.
www.bicyclecolorado.org
Bicycle Colorado’s 2006 Gala Celebration
Bicycle Colorado’s 2006 Gala Celebration will
be on Saturday, April 22 at 6:30 p.m. at the
Walnut Foundry Event Center in downtown
Denver. This event is a festive evening to
celebrate bicycling in Colorado and benefits
Bicycle Colorado’s effort to build a bicycle
friendly Colorado. Tickets and more details
available at
http://bicyclecolo.org/page.cfm?PageID=689.
Meet Ned Overend, bid in live and silent
autions, enjoy hors d’oeurves and desserts and
open wine and beer bar and meet other cyclists
from around the state. Winners of the Bicyclists’
Choice Awards will be announced as well:
http://bicyclecolo.org/page.cfm?PageID=684.
CSCC Ride Mileage
Charlie Czarniecki has volunteered to compile mileage statistics for CSCC club rides. Each rider’s miles
to date will be shown in the newsletter each month. The first list is sorted by mileage and the second is
sorted by last name. Charlie is doing the tabulation but he needs help from both Ride Leaders and riders.
Ride Leaders, please send ride sheets to Charlie by the 20th of each month to allow time for tabulation
and inclusion in the newsletter. Riders, please make sure you sign the ride sheet at each ride (you get
bonus miles for riding to and from the ride). Happy riding to all. See you on a club ride soon!
as of 2/8/06
Last Name
CSCC Mile Log 2006
First Name
Total Miles
CSCC Distance & Rides
Osborne
Jim
Hill
Stan
Severn
Alan
Aten
"Bear"
Stansberry
Mike
286
286
263
198
131
120
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Club Rides
18
10
13
8
7
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Carter
Roberson
Wallace
Smith
Smith
Ford
Czarniecki
McMillen
VanDerWege
VanDerWege
Brody
Harris
Hefta
Zimmann
Babcock
Mullaly
Mullaly
Stahl
Horne
Harris
Dass
Devine
Dolan
Murphy
Villhard
Villhard
Smith
Beauchamp
Conboy
Brooks
Brody
Gearhart
Herman
Herman
Smith
Seidel
Groves
Bombria
Beauchamp
Mann
Sheets
Smith
Hill
Koeller
Aten
Koeller
Rush
Gary
Mike
Anne
Bob
Liz
Charlie
Pat
Dave
Kathy
Al
JW "Harry"
Kerry
Katie
Duane
Hope
Sean
Joan
Dave
Rhonda
Steve
Brian
Mary
Lee
Diane
Vic
Smitty
Allen
Chris
Myra
Tamara
Randy
Lee
Sarah
Terrence
Peggy
Alex
Chris
CeCe
Mark
Sally
Millie
Karen
Camelia
Trish
Hans
97
90
90
83
83
82
77
70
70
70
62
59
58
57
52
51
51
51
43
39
38
38
38
38
38
38
37
36
34
26
25
25
25
25
25
21
20
19
18
18
18
18
14
10
5
5
3
7
4
3
3
3
4
6
2
2
3
3
2
3
4
2
2
5
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
3
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
Bottom Line:
2,849 miles
51 CSCC riders in list.
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CSCC Mile Log
2006
as of 2/8/06
Last Name
First Name
Total Miles
Club Rides
CSCC Distance &
Aten
Aten
Babcock
Beauchamp
Beauchamp
Bombria
Brody
Brody
Brooks
Carter
Conboy
Czarniecki
Dass
Devine
Dolan
Ford
Gearhart
Groves
Harris
Harris
Hefta
Herman
Herman
Hill
Hill
Horne
Koeller
Koeller
Mann
McMillen
Mullaly
Mullaly
Murphy
Osborne
Roberson
Seidel
Severn
Sheets
Smith
Smith
Smith
Rides
"Bear"
Trish
Duane
Allen
CeCe
Chris
Al
Tamara
Myra
Rush
Chris
Charlie
Steve
Brian
Mary
Liz
Randy
Alex
JW "Harry"
Rhonda
Kerry
Lee
Sarah
Karen
Stan
Dave
Camelia
Hans
Mark
Pat
Sean
Hope
Lee
Jim
Gary
Peggy
Alan
Sally
Anne
Bob
Millie
286
131
5
52
36
18
19
62
25
26
97
34
77
38
38
38
82
25
20
59
39
58
25
25
14
263
43
10
5
18
70
51
51
38
286
90
21
198
18
83
83
18
18
7
1
4
3
1
1
3
1
2
3
2
4
1
1
2
3
1
1
3
2
2
1
1
1
13
2
2
1
1
6
2
2
1
10
7
3
8
1
3
3
1
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Smith
Smith
Stahl
Stansberry
VanDerWege
VanDerWege
Villhard
Villhard
Wallace
Zimmann
Smitty
Terrence
Joan
Mike
Dave
Kathy
Vic
Diane
Mike
Katie
37
25
51
120
70
70
38
38
90
57
2
1
5
6
2
2
1
1
4
3
Bottom Line:
2,849 miles
51 CSCC riders in list.
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Sponsors
http://www.bikepro-mobile.com/
http://www.cswestcyclinghub.com
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[email protected]
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Commercial Ads
Are accepted as follows:
Send clean ad copy, business card, disc with the ad copy, or e-mail a file attachment to
[email protected].
Send a check for the amount of:
$75 for 1/4 page ad
$25 for business card sized ad
(This amount is for 3 issues).
Mail check and ad materials to:
CSCC Advertising
Attention: Treasurer
P.O. Box 49602
Colorado Springs, CO 80949-9602
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