Bits & Pieces March 2006
Calendar
March 11 - Frederick Pedalers Annual Meeting - See BelowMarch 21 & 25 - Oudoors Maryland Covered Bridges - See Below
March 25 - Bicycle Safety Rodeo - See Below
April 2 - Daylight Savings Time Arrives - Woo Hoo!
Chain Links
Winter Riding Tipshttp://edmontonbicyclecommuters.ca/cgi-bin/content/content.cgi?action=winter
The Right to Travel by Human Power
http://www.bicyclinglife.com/EffectiveAdvocacy/Marginalization.htm
John Gorham's Fixing Frederick Site
http://jfgorham.home.att.net/fixing_frederick.htm
Have a favorite website? Send it to us at clubmail@frederickpedalers.org
Frederick Pedalers 2006 Annual Meeting
The Annual Meeting and Elections will be held on Saturday March 11 from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm at the Talley Recreation Center at Bentz & Second Street in Frederick. The club will provide the usual drinks, cups, plates, plastic ware, etc. Food will be provided however if you are so inclined, please bring a dish to share.
On the agenda:
* Short Business Meeting
* Elections
* Special Presentation by Jill DiMauro, owner of Proteus Bicycles
Bicycle Safety Rodeo
Appalachian Trail District Cub Scout Pack 278 is sponsoring a bicycle safety rodeo on Saturday March 25th in the Best Buy parking lot adjascent to Guilford Drive and Industry Lane in Frederick.Frederick Pedalers members will be helping out with the bicycle and helmet inspection station to ensure participants have properly fitting helmets and safely functioning bicycles.
Come out to help on the 25th and see the pack's web site for more information:
http://www.pack278.org/Bike%20Rodeo/bike_rodeo.htm
Outdoors Maryland Covered Bridges Feature
The Outdoors Maryland Covered Bridges feature aired in late February. Members of the Frederick Pedalers were seen as extras in several shots riding through the Loy's Station and Utica covered bridges.The feature was very well done and we encourage anyone interested in covered bridge history to watch a re-air of the show coming up in March:
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 07:30 PM
Saturday, March 25, 2006 05:30 AM
Saturday, March 25, 2006 05:30 PM
You can view the full Outdoors Maryland schedule here:
http://www.mpt.org/schedule/series.cfm?series_id=2495
Copies of the feature will be available at the Frederick Pedalers Annual Meeting March 11th on CD in Windows Media format (.wmv)
Scamp 'n' Rascal
A new bicycle touring company called Scamp 'n' Rascal has opened up shop in nearby Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. They currently have three different tours on the schedule for 2006 and hope to add more in the future. Their web site states that they organize tours for "riders who love the intimacy of travel by bike and appreciate the creature comforts of better lodging when the day is done." They go on to say that the routes are challenging but not too hard for any fit cyclist and that the rides average 50 miles per day. See their web site for more information at http://www.scampnrascal.comFrederick Pedalers in the News
Our illustrious Club President Bill Smith and his merry band of winter pizza crazies were featured in a recent Frederick News Post article you can read here.Funny Foto of the Month
The only reason we haven't had this much snow yet is
because Brian King bought a new snow thrower this year...