FEB 2006 - Bike Santa Barbara County

www.sbbike.org
Serving Santa Barbara
County
We’re a countywide advocacy
and resource organization
that promotes bicycling for
safe transportation and
recreation.
How to reach us
Santa Barbara Bicycle
Coalition
PO Box 92047
Santa Barbara CA 93190-2047
phone 962-1479
email info@sbbike.org
web www.sbbike.org
February 7th meeting
Join us on the first Tuesday of
each month for our general
meeting:
Tuesday, February 7th
Santa Barbara Bank & Trust
Community Room
1021 Anacapa Street
Santa Barbara
12:00 noon
Online email list
We sponsor an online email
forum where you can post and
read messages that pertain to
regional bicycling issues. It’s
easy and free. To subscribe to
our general forum, just send
an email message to:
sbbike-subscribe@lists.riseup.net
Leave the subject line and
body of the message blank.
That’s all!
Join the Coalition
You can help improve
bicycling safety and conditions in Santa Barbara County
by joining others in our own
regional Bicycle Coalition
advocacy group. Together we
will continue to make a real
difference. See page 6 for an
application form.
Tax opportunity window shuts in April
were given the task
We’re rushing toof obtaining comwards a deadline
munity input in
mid-April—the
February and March,
end of public inand incorporating
put on the content
or
those ideas into a
of Measure D renew tax structure.
newal language.
These upcoming
Measure D is the
meetings are vital
current half-cent
places to make our
general sales tax
How do you want your sales tax money spent?
voices heard! We
that benefits
urge you to attend
transportation
and
tell
everybody
how
you
want
your elected offiwithin our county.
cials to spend your tax dollars.
After the Association of Governments
At our January 26th Board meeting, it was
(SBCAG) Board meeting in December, when
agreed that some major tax elements to ask for are:
many criticized the proposed half-plus-quarter• Complete Streets Policy. Our transportation tax
cent tax, it seemed dead. Then at the SBCAG Exshould benefit all users. Read about the Complete
ecutive Committee meeting on January 6th in
Streets program at www.completestreets.org.
Buellton, the results of a new survey of county
•
Dedicated Safe Routes to School Program.
voters showed that 73% would vote for the halfReduce school-related congestion and improve
cent, and 60% for the quarter-cent add-on tax.
safety and access to schools with a set-aside each
That brought them to believe that the whole
year. Marin County has a very successful prothree-quarter-cent tax might work after all if it’s
gram. Look at www.saferoutestoschools.org.
just modified to satisfy voters.
• Dedicated Bicyclist/Pedestrian Program. We
At the general SBCAG Board meeting on Janushould dedicate an amount each year for improveary 19th, Measure D consultant Larry Tramutola
ments. Over 72% of county voters want more
recommended public input into the planning prosidewalks and bike facilities.
cess. Interest groups, the cities, and public in
• Road Maintenance. We all want better road
general had to be listened to. The plan, he exconditions for motorists, buses, and bicyclists.
• Bus and Rail Service Policy. All new large bus
plained, needs revision, balance, and integrity in
and commuter rail service should provide accomterms of community desires. Craft it, he advised,
modation for bicycles.
so that the half-cent part addresses all transporThe
tax meetings haven’t yet been scheduled, so
tation needs, and the quarter-cent part gives exwatch for them. They will be before city councils,
tra funding to speed things up.
the county supervisors, business groups, PTAs,
At the end of the SBCAG meeting, director Jim
and community groups. Attend and speak out!
Kemp, Larry Tramutola, and the SBCAG staff
County, Carpinteria and UCSB get bicyclist funding
Our CycleSmart program
The Santa Barbara Bicycle
Coalition’s CycleSmart bicyclist
education program offers
bicycling skills classes for
school children and adults.
Look for details of upcoming
classes inside Quick Release,
or contact our Co-coordinators
Dru van Hengel and Erika
Lindemann by email
CycleSmart@sbbike.org.
February 2006
This bridge on the popular Obern Trail
will get replacement planks for longer
life and smoother cycling.
Bicycling projects within Santa Barbara County have recently
been funded. The County Supervisors voted on January 10th to
award Coastal Resources Enhancement Fund (CREF) money to
two bike projects in Goleta and Carpinteria. Separately,
Caltran’s Bicycle Transportation Account funding went to UCSB
for needed bike racks.
• Obern Trail Bridge Decking, $19,000. This will provide new
4-inch thick recycled-plastic bridge decking on the Obern Trail
bridge west of Puente Drive near Hidden Oaks Golf Course.
• Carpinteria Old Town Trail, $24,500. This will pay for
planning documents for a multipurpose trail that will connect
Linden Avenue businesses with Carpinteria State Beach.
• UCSB Commuter Bike Parking Expansion Project, $54,450.
This will fund 500 new bike racks for the University campus.
Bike maps are back!
Out of print for a few months, we’re thankful to Traffic Solutions for printing a batch
of the very popular maps. They are currently
working on an updated version for release
this summer, so until then, this 2000 edition will serve us nicely. If you don’t have a
map, email for one from jhart@sbcag.org.
Cycling teams train in
Santa Ynez Valley
Two cycling teams are training in the
Solvang area prior to the Tour of California.
The Discovery Team arrived in mid-January
and received their new Trek bicycles. The
Discovery camp was reportedly like a stage
race, with riders on the road every day,
performing specific tasks—and then eating,
resting and recovering. Major riders are
Tom Danielson, Viatcheslav Ekimov,
Paolo Savoldelli, and George Hincapie.
Coming to train in California for the first
time, the Computer Sciences Corporation
(CSC) Team or 30 riders will arrive before
the Tour of California. The team includes
Bobby Julich, Christian Vande Velde, and
David Zabriskie.
Santa Maria to buy
open space
On January 17th, the Santa Maria City
Council approved purchase of Las Flores
Ranch, a parcel of 1778 acres. The land is
an abandoned oil field currently owned by
Chevron, and has deed restrictions prohibiting residential development.
The tract of land is east of Highway 101
and south of Clark Road. It is not adjacent
to the City of Santa Maria, and is located
across the freeway from the Orcutt area.
About 20% of the land will be used as a
North County landfill, and the rest will be
open space and active recreation.
Mountain bike trails, a BMX track and
bikelane access from residential areas will
hopefully all be part of the recreational
plans. It will take years to design, fund,
and construct anything, but the possibilities are totally open at this time.
Quick Release • February 2006 • Page 2
Feb 24-25th: the Tour of
California comes to us
The Tour of California that’s coming through Santa
Barbara county on February 24th-25th promises to be
a world-class cycling event. The race will feature 16
international cycling teams including Discovery, TMobile, Phonak, Gerolsteiner, Healthnet, Davitamon
Lotto, CSC, TIAA-CREF, KB Home Mexican National
Team, and others.
The local organizing committee coordinator Barney
Berglund attended our January 3rd meeting to describe the scope of this major event passing through
our area. We are grateful to him for one of his five local booths to spread the word about the joys of bicycling around our County. We’ll be sharing the booth
with Santa Barbara Car Free. Look for us at the health
and fitness festival grounds among other booths on
both the 24th and 25th. Come and enjoy the following
at the festival:
• Health and fitness tests.
• Fun activities inside the Kid’s Zone.
• Performances by BMX stunt riders and local entertainers.
• Bicycle safety information and bargains on gear in the
Cycling Center.
• Race info and merchandise in the Central Pavilion.
• A finish line Big Screen to watch live action of the
day’s race.
• And let’s not forget the food!
Stage 5, 105 miles
Starts San Luis Obispo at 10:00 AM
Enters Santa Barbara County
southbound Highway 1
L Clark Road
R Dominion Road
L Palmer Road
R Foxen Canyon Road
L Highway 154
R Hollister Avenue
L Modoc Road
R Los Positas Road
L Cliff Drive
R Shoreline Drive
Ends at Santa Barbara’s West Beach
arrives 2:00-2:40 PM
Stage 6, 90 miles
Starts Santa Barbara at 10:00 AM
Santa Barbara’s West Beach
eastbound Cabrillo Boulevard
L Hot Springs Road
R East Valley Road
R Toro Canyon Road
L Foothill Road
L Casitas Pass Road
L Highway 150
Leaves Santa Barbara County
We will need volunteers to staff our booth for both
days. As this goes to press, the booth hours haven’t
been set, but if you can help either day, phone Ralph
Fertig at 962-1479.
The Tour itself needs volunteers to help manage
things. It’s being coordinated by Steve Boelter. If you
want to hear more about volunteering, phone him at
565-5776, email him at steveb@capitalsb.com, or look at the volunteer form at www.sbbike.org/
docs/Tour.doc.
For more information about the Tour itself, go to: www.tourofcalifornia.com.
Aftermath of a troubling loss
An outpouring of messages, condolences,
tears, anger, alarm, and celebration of a
sadly-lost life have come to us as a result of
the death of UCSB Triathlete Kendra Payne
on January 11th. Most who have visited the
site where an asphalt truck ran over her
fault the truck driver for failing to wait for
her on the narrow section of roadway.
Questions immediately arose—what can
we do to prevent further losses? What will
the Highway Patrol report say? Should the
California Vehicle Code be changed?
There are no clear answers. We are still
awaiting the CHP report that may lead to legal action involving the driver, the truck
company, the Forest Service, or others.
Changes to the Vehicle Code have been
Friends of Kendra Payne laughed and cried at
the memorial service as they recalled times
spent with the charismatic UCSB student.
suggested, but several experts in California bicycle law feel that upholding the existing code should be sufficient—if we
insist that the police and courts apply it.
CycleSmart bicyclist education news
Bicycling Skills for
Women class
attracts 24 students
We couldn’t be more
pleased with the response
from our first offering of a
“Bicycling Skills for
Women” class. Twentyfour women participated and five others are
waiting to join a future class. The Santa
Barbara Bicycle Coalition, in conjunction
with SBCAG Traffic Solutions, offered a
two-day Bicycle Street Skills course designed for women on Saturday, January
21st and January 28th.
Participants learned the basics of driving
a bicycle confidently, in a supportive and
fun environment. This class attracted a
wide gambit of bicyclists, from women who
hadn’t been on their bikes for years, to
those who wanted to be able to ride more
confidently with their partners, and to
others who had begun to ride
regularly for fitness and commuting, but lacked confidence
while on the road.
There was also an enthusiastic response to learning basic bike maintenance, such as
changing a flat tire and performing other simple on-road repairs.
Many thanks to our instructor Erika
Lindemann and other dedicated League
Cycling Instructors who helped make this
class possible: Nancy Mulholland, Dru
van Hengel, Hildy Hoffman and Doris
Phinney. Thanks also to Kali Cowgill of
Open Air Bicycles, who assisted with the
bike maintenance component of the class.
Stay tuned for our next course offering
in March. If you have a specific group of
students you’d like the CycleSmart committee to design a class for, email us at
cyclesmart@sbbike.org or call Erika Lindemann
at 961-8919.
Increase in bicycling media coverage slowing
Over the past 14
years, Bicycle
Coalition president Ralph
Fertig has
clipped newspaper articles and
photos that mention or show bicycling in any
way. Then, each
January, he has
counted those
where bicycling
is a significant
part of the published item.
The resulting analysis shows a dramatic
increase in bicycling appearances for the
first eight years, and a lesser increase over
the recent six years. It currently represents
more than one mention or photo of bicycling each day—there were 405 of them
during 2005.
Out of that 405 total, 46 were letters to
the editor or op/ed pieces submitted by individuals. (They are grouped together in
the graph, and collectively called “Letters.”)
We’re pleased to see that 18 of those 46 bicycling letters were written by members of
the Bicycle Coalition. The most prolific contributor was Ralph Fertig with seven published. Next were Eva Inbar and Diane
Soini with three each. Erika Lindemann
had two published; and one
from these individuals made
it into print:
Don Lubach,
Robert
Bernstein, and
Curtis Ridling.
Your concern
for better bicycling conditions makes
our lives better. Thank you.
How to live longer
Researchers involved with the Baltimore
Longitudinal Study of Aging found that
while the capacity for aerobic exercise declines steadily with age, an active lifestyle
can slow the process. Seniors who exercise
regularly feel years younger and have a
better chance of leading longer, independent lives than their sedentary peers.
Just released, the 20-year study reports
on 800 healthy women and men. Dr. Jerome
Fleg said, “By participating in a training
program, you can raise your aerobic capacity 15%-25%, which in our study would be
equivalent to being 10-20 years younger.”
Freeland includes
cycling in lifestyle
by Ralph Fertig
Kenneth and Jill Freeland are people of
action. On a Friday five years ago they decided to escape Los Angeles with their lives
and move up the coast to Santa Barbara.
The following Wednesday they bought a
house in their new home town. They sought
a place to pursue an active lifestyle, raise a
family, and enhance their quality of life.
Kenneth at the Sea Center with one of his
commuting bikes, here a Schwinn Heavy Duti
bike with dual top tubes and stainless fenders.
Los Angeles loss has been our gain. Kenneth is now operations manager for the Ty
Warner Sea Center located on Stearns
Wharf. He is an avid long-distance cyclist
and trail runner. His wife Jill works for the
nonprofit Easter Seals organization. They
have two children in local schools.
Kenneth first came to our attention when
he phoned us in late December seeking
ideas about encouraging fellow workers to
bike to work at the Sea Center or its parent
organization, the Santa Barbara Museum of
Natural History. He had already arranged
to have the Museum give a $50 reward
each month to an employee who walks,
bikes or buses to work. I put him in touch
with Traffic Solutions’ Erika Lindemann
who can offer employees the information
they need to choose sustainable transportation over single-occupancy automobiles. If
Cottage Hospital can sponsor a Street Skills
class for cyclists, perhaps the Museum—
dedicated to the understanding of our endangered natural world—can as well.
With graduate degrees in anthropology
and law, and a few years of legal work behind him, Kenneth is aware of the need to
balance our lives and our world. Biking to
work treads lightly on our planet’s threatened ecosystem, and Kenneth is working
hard to help us all share the responsibility.
Quick Release • February 2006 • Page 3
SLO bike commuter
contest winners
Our neighbor Bicycle Coalition to the north
in San Luis Obispo recently held a “Why
Bike to Work?” contest for people to tell
why they commute to work (or school) by
bicycle. Their contest brought in 21 entries,
5 winners and 16 others, all of which are
posted on their web site at:
http://slobikelane.org/essaywinners.htm.
The contest is essentially the same that we
conducted in 2000 and 2002, with results
from our enthusiastic Santa Barbara area
bicyclists. If you need inspiration beyond
what SLO offers, read our 40 entries as
well at: www.sbbike.org/commute/commute.html.
Brummer is lauded
Tim Brummer, owner of Lightning Cycle
Dynamics in Lompoc, was cited by columnist John Schubert in a recent issue of
Adventure Cycling magazine. It describes
innovations introduced at the Interbike
trade show last September:
“Recumbent genius Tim Brummer has
made the world’s lightest racing crankset,
by a hefty four-ounce margin, by integrating each crankarm with its half of the
spindle. The two spindle halves join inside
the bottom bracket.”
UCSB’s TAB favors campus bicycling
The University of
California Santa
Barbara’s Transportation Alternatives
Board (TAB) is an
advisory committee
to the Chancellor.
The Board, established in April 2004,
considers projects
and ideas that support alternative
Current TAB chair Mark Frickel (center) leads a discussion about the
transportation on
committee’s vision for the year 2005-2006 at their January 18th meeting.
campus and in the
larger community.
started attending TAB meetings last fall
At their November 1st meeting last fall,
when he introduced our organization and
the TAB considered Chair Bruce Tiffney’s
described our ongoing involvement with
report on 2004-2005 academic year activities. campus issues. He found a ready recogniAmong the report recommendations are:
tion of bicycling as not merely the major
• Set up a central bicycle planning process.
• Consider concerns over the proposed
removal of the Pardall bike tunnel.
• Send a TAB representative to AS BIKES
student committee meetings.
• Work with campus planners to avoid bike
circulation problems during construction.
Bicycle Coalition president Ralph Fertig
Upcoming bike meetings & events
Only about a third of meetings and events
for the month are here. Others come in after this goes to press, but you can read the
current list of upcoming activities on our
web site’s home page www.sbbike.org.
FREE
BIKE
MAP!
February 1, Broida Bikepath Ribbon-Cutting, sponsored by UCSB’s AS BIKES committee. The new connector bikepath on the
eastern campus south of Broida Hall will be
officially opened to bicyclists with a ceremony that starts at 10:30 AM, at the western end of the new path.
February 5, Mothballs Criterium, sponsored by Echelon Santa Barbara. This series of Goleta races starts at 8:00 AM along
a 0.6-mile loop course. Application details
at www.echelonsantabarbara.org. Phone Mark
Musicant 966-4554 for other information.
For Santa Barbara
County Bike Maps,
info on ridesharing
and van pools, just
call: 963-SAVE.
Quick Release • February 2006 • Page 4
means of transportation on campus, but
also one that TAB members clearly support.
To learn more about the TAB, you can
read minutes of past meetings at: http://
committee.tps.ucsb.edu/tab_meetings.htm. If you
wish to be on the TAB email list, ask Dolly
Smith to add you to it, just email her at:
dolly.smith@park.ucsb.edu.
February 7, Bicycle Coalition General
Meeting, sponsored by our Bicycle Coalition. Meeting at noon, Community Room at
the Santa Barbara Bank and Trust building,
1021 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara.
Phone president Ralph Fertig, 962-1479 or
email him at sb-ralph@cox.net.
February 7, Goleta Amtrak Station Improvements, sponsored by the City of
Goleta’s Design Review Board. Proposed
improvements include new secure bike
lockers with cell-phone access—especially
appealing to UCSB students living in Isla
Vista or nearby. Goleta Valley Community
Center, 5679 Hollister Avenue, Goleta, 3:00
PM. Details from Brent Muchow, 961-7568.
February 9, Support Celebration for the
Tour of California, sponsored by the
Santa Barbara Host Committee. This special celebration supports the first annual
Tour of California’s professional cycling
race through Santa Barbara. Great food,
beer and wine, music by the Austin Thompson Project, door prizes and a screening of the film NWD 6 Unchained. Mondial
Private Dining, 201 West Carrillo Street,
7:00-10:00 PM. Cost $85 per person. Make
a reservation by February 6th with Mandy
at 965-1936 or mandy@allwheelsports.com.
February 19-26, Tour of California, sponsored by Amgen. This new professional
bicycle stage race is attracting 16 professional cycling teams from around the
world. The race will pass through Santa
Barbara County on February 24 and 25.
An estimated one million people will watch
the Tour, with additional ESPN2 television
coverage. Details at www.tourofcalifornia.com.
January Coalition
meeting topics
Our January 3rd evening Bicycle Coalition
meeting attracted 16 people to Madam
Wu’s restaurant. We discussed these topics:
• Ralph Fertig described Caltrans’ promising
interest in placing bike lockers at the
Goleta Amtrak station.
• We all discussed the expiring Measure D
and the rejection of the proposed twocomponent tax at the December SBCAG
meeting. It is unknown what the SBCAG
Executive Committee will do January 6th.
• Barney Berglund, head of the local
organizing committee, talked about the
Tour of California and how we might be
involved at one of the booths.
• Distribution of the 288 flashing LED lights
for low-income workers is progressing
well, according to Dru van Hengel.
• The possibility of a future front-light
bicycle program was considered.
• Erika Lindemann described our Bicycling
Skills for Women class that will take place
in late January. Already there are several
women signed up.
• Our possible involvement in the Women’s
FitFest in February was considered. An
email will be sent to our list to gauge
interest in staffing a booth.
• The repercussions from the death of a horse
in Montecito, and press coverage, were
considered. It was decided to not fuel
emotional overreactions at this time.
• Ralph Fertig described Bike Week activities
so far. Ideas for additional events were discussed, suggestions for more were invited.
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Trail Volunteers improve local relationships
trail access, and environOver the past decade, the
mental protection.
Santa Barbara Mountain
SBMTV volunteers
Bike Trail Volunteers
have done trail mainte(SBMTV) have put a large
nance, passed out over
amount of effort into our
2000 bells for bikers,
trail community. There is
posted trailhead etiquette
increased trail use and with
signs, given “Ride Reit, an increase in irresponsponsibly” cards to
sible users of all types. The
shops, held “downhiller”
local press has emphasized
meetings to discuss bethe few reckless mountain
havior, hosted IMBA trail
bikers who don’t use bells,
management workshops,
don’t slow at corners, race SBMTV workers repaired sections of
attended conferences on
down trails, don’t slow for the upper Romero Canyon Trail on
sustainable trails, helped
others, do no trail mainte- January 21. Photo by Chris Orr.
build new trails at Elings Park, participated
nance, and disregard the trail community.
in the Front County Trails Working Group
A core of dedicated SBMTV members
and the Trails Alliance, hosted two “Take a
balance the damage those reckless riders
Kid Mountain Biking Day" events; and
do by creating an MTB group that is more
educated, responsible, and aware of issues. much more.
Visit their site www.sbmtv.org and consider
The SBMTV is working with the Trails Alliance on shared goals of safety, enjoyment,
supporting their efforts for better trails.
We thank our active
members
Please thank and support the following Bicycle
Coalition business members:
• Bici Sport & Company, Santa Barbara
• Bicycle Bob’s, Santa Barbara & Goleta
• Big Gear Bike Gear, Santa Barbara
• Commuter Bicycles, Santa Barbara
• Jeffrey Stoutenborough, Architect, Santa
Barbara
• Nett & Champion Insurance Services, Santa
Barbara
We welcome new Bicycle Coalition members Kenneth Freeland, Stephanie Stark and John
Berberet. We additionally thank those who renewed their memberships: Dru van Hengel, Dan
Henry, Alan Bergquist, Steve Mack, Robert
Rainwater, Sam Hartline, Ralph Fertig, Bob
Cooper, Judy Keim, Dick Kling, Steve Morris,
Jean Thomson and David Ramsthaller.
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Discounts to
members
“If you bicycle, you should join the Bicycle Coalition”
Application for Membership
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❏ Business, 1 year $100
❏ Student/Senior, 1 year $12
❏ Student/Senior, 2 years $22
❏ Lifetime $1000
❏ Household, 1 year $40
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nonprofit organization, so contributions are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition Regional bicycle clubs & groups Road repair contacts
President, Ralph Fertig, 962-1479
sb-ralph@cox.net
Vice President, Wilson Hubbell, 5681240, wilsonhubbell@aol.com
Secretary, Drew Hunter, 896-2119
watair1@earthlink.net
Treasurer, Gary Wissman, 964-4607
gary@gwissman.com
Director, Judy Keim, 687-2912
jkpedpad@aol.com
Director, Don Lubach, 964-7798
dlubach@mac.com
Director, Jim Marshall, 962-3531
Jim2Mars@aol.com
Director, Mark McClure, 967-5031
mcclure606@yahoo.com
Director, Nancy Mulholland, 563-9073
nmulhol04@yahoo.com
Advisor, Dru van Hengel, 564-5544
dvanhengel@SantaBarbaraCA.gov
Advisor, Erika Lindemann, 961-8919
elindemann@sbcag.org
Advisor, Matt Dobberteen, 568-3000
matt@cosbpw.net
Caltrans
Bicycle Touring Club of Solvang
Pat Mickelson, 968-5779
pat_mickelson@dot.ca.gov
Dan Henry, 688-3330
Echelon Santa Barbara
Carpinteria
Mark Purcell
markpurcell@cox.net
Dale Lipp, 684-5405 x402
dalel@ci.carpinteria.ca.us
Goleta Valley Cycling Club
Doris Phinney, 968-3143
Goleta
Steve Wagner, 961-7511
swagner@cityofgoleta.org
Cyclebug@aol.com
Lompoc Valley Bicycle Club
Lieven Peirtsegaele, 733-2707
Lompoc
locomotion.family@verizon.net
SB Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers
Chris Orr, 964-0362
mtbchriso@yahoo.com
Santa Barbara County
Mike Hecker, 966-1807
hecktone@cox.net
Matt Dobberteen, 568-3576
matt@cosbpw.net
Santa Barbara BMX
Dale Bowers, res0d201@verizon.net
SMtailwinds@verizon.net
UCSB Cycling Club
Matthew Post , 818-642-3553
plushk2@yahoo.com
Santa Barbara City
Dru van Hengel, 564-5544
dvanhengel@SantaBarbaraCA.gov
Santa Barbara Bicycle Club
Tailwinds Bicycle Club
David Cantero, 937-4097
Larry Bean, 736-1261
l_bean@ci.lompoc.ca.us
Santa Maria
Rick Sweet, 925-0951 x227
rsweet@ci.santa-maria.ca.us
Solvang
Brad Vigro, 688-5575
bradv@cityofsolvang.com
UCSB
Dennis Whelan, 893-7009
Dennis.Whelan@bap.ucsb.edu
Members of the Santa Barbara
Bicycle Coalition are offered discounts at local bike shops. It’s a
great reason to join our group.
To get your discount, take your
copy of Quick Release to the
shop & show them your address
label that says “MEMBER” on it.
Discount details are posted on
our web site at www.sbbike.org/
SBBC/who.html. Please visit the
following businesses:
Bicycle Bob’s
250 Storke Road #A, Goleta
15 Hitchcock Way, Santa Barbara
Bicycle Connection
223 W. Ocean Avenue, Lompoc
Big Gear Bike Gear
324 State Street #A, Santa Barbara
Commuter Bicycles, 569-5381
Hazard’s Cyclesport
110 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara
Mad Mike's Bikes
1110 E. Clark Avenue #G, Santa Maria
Open Air Bicycles
224 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara
Pedal Power Bicycles
1740 Broadway, Santa Maria
Santa Barbara Electric Bicycle Co.
630 Anacapa Street, Santa Barbara
VeloPro Cyclery
633 State Street, Santa Barbara
5887 Hollister Avenue, Goleta
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