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Just ride.

Why is That Bicyclist in My Lane? Who To Contact

2

Members, Links, The Mirror Man

3

Road Apples, Pictures 4

October Adopt-a-Road 7

Bike Up the Mountain Points Series

8

Bike-Friendly Freder-ick

10

Odds and Ends 11

Club Info 12

Inside this issue:

Calendar

- Club Meeting—Thursday January 10, 6:45 pm, Mexicali Can-tina

- Frederick Pedalers Annual Club Meeting & Elections—Saturday March 16 noon-2pm; Ar-mory (Bentz St)

- Bike to the Apoca-lypse Day—Dec 21

- Bike Club Calendar:

http://www.frederickpedalers.org/pages/calendar.shtml

The city of Frederick is a League of American Bicyclists Bike-Friendly Community

Club Officers Through March 2013:

President: Harry DeMoll [email protected]

Administrative Vice President: Kathy Dollar [email protected]

Touring Vice President: Mike Procario [email protected] (Ride Schedule)

Secretary: Vicki Smith [email protected]

Treasurer: Bob Dollar [email protected]

=============================================== Webmaster: Mike Procario [email protected] Assistant Webmaster: Lynn Galiatsatos

Yahoo Groups: Randy Buxbaum [email protected]

Newsletter: Bill Smith [email protected]

Mountain Biking in Nepal—October 20, 2012

(by Brian King)

So I'm hanging out in Nepal doing some sightseeing and trekking up in the mountains

when a thought occurs to me. With all the incredible mountains here, I wonder if they do

any mountain biking in Nepal? I fire up the Google app on my Tibetan singing bowl and a

quick search of "mountain biking Kathmandu" brings up a link for an outfit called Himala-

yan Single Track. Based in the Thamel district of Kathmandu, they are a one-stop-shop for

bike sales, service, accessories, and two wheel guided tours to anywhere in Nepal. I got in

touch with one of the owners - Jenny Lama - who hooked me up with a bike and a guide

for a day trip in the hills around Kathmandu.

Jenny said that my guide Bikash Shresther would come pick me up near my hotel in the

Bouda district of Kathmandu around 8:00 AM. She also mentioned that another cyclist

would be joining us for the day's ride. Waiting on a busy downtown street, I'm on the look-

out for a vehicle with a big Himalayan Single Track logo or maybe a bike rack on top.

What I didn't expect was Bikash to ride right up to me with our cycling partner and an extra

bike in tow. I was quickly introduced to Ido Bashan from Israel as I hopped on my bike and

off we went through the streets of downtown Kathmandu - in morning rush hour no less.

Bikash had ridden with Ido a good twenty minutes in downtown traffic to come pick me

up - while rolling the extra bike along side him with one hand the whole way. Lesson # 1

learned - in Kathmandu, no one drives to a ride start.

After 15 minutes navigating the streets of Kathmandu, we stop at a tea house for some

Masala tea, and to discuss plans for the day. Lesson # 2 - there is always time for tea in Ne-

pal. Bikash's English was pretty good but I wasn't quite following the program he laid out

though he was certainly using the words "up" and "down" a lot. As we were chatting I

learned that Ido just finished a three year gig in the Israeli Army. I had a brief flash of im-

pending doom but it faded quickly as we left the tea house, turned off a main street and

(Continued on page 5)

Volume 40.10

Out Of Bounds

How To Do It/Who To Contact

Club web site: http://www.frederickpedalers.org

Main club email: [email protected]

Who to contact to lead a ride: Mike Procario—<[email protected]>

To join the club Yahoo Group: send a blank email to <FrederickPedalers-subscribe@yahoogroups.

com>

Ride leader sign-in sheet: http://www.frederickpedalers.org/docs/ClubRides_signin_sheet.pdf

Membership application: http://www.frederickpedalers.org/docs/membership_application.pdf

Insurance waiver for membership: http://www.frederickpedalers.org/docs/FPBC-RENEWAL-

INSURANCE-WAIVER-PACKAGE.pdf

Past Newsletters: http://www.frederickpedalers.org/newsletter

The out-of-bounds events listing will return in the January-February newsletter

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New: Mike Adams, Spud Morgan, Arthur Radley. Renewing: Dianne & James Fullerton, Todd Whitman, Barry McMahon, Brigitta & Paul Bastek, Art & Julane Anderson, Isaac Miedzinski, Koman Nambiar, Harry DeMoll, Arnie Glim.

New/Renewing Members

Get Your Mitts on a Pair of These:

http://cozywinters.com/shop/bar-mitts.html

FPBc—How to Make a Cue Sheet:

https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1whAwXy78EyJSJa3qcKLnI5VLzoiWiucjShDd5eUFQGI&hl=en&authkey=COWkgOgF

Bicycle Commuter Page Blog:

http://www.commuterpageblog.com/

Bicycle Movies—A New Film:

http://www.bicyclemovies.com/bicycle-movies/

How to Trigger a Traffic Light:

http://momentummag.com/videos/how-to-trigger-a-traffic-light-on-your-bike

To Catch a Thief (Bicycling.com):

http://bicycling.com/blogs/roadrights/2012/11/12/catch-a-thief/

New Short Documentary of Greg LeMond (7-minute short):

http://www.steephill.tv/players/vimeo720/?title=New+short+documentary+of+Greg+LeMond+w%2F+ride+footage+from+Carson+City%2C+NV&dashboard&id=52880703

World’s Most Entitled Driver Sentenced to Wear “Idiot” Sign:

http://dc.streetsblog.org/2012/11/07/worlds-most-entitled-driver-sentenced-to-wear-idiot-sign/

Vague Direction—A Bicycle-Powered Documentary Project:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_qDSBhduiw

Utility Cycling—Bagladesh Villages on a Bike: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20121101/DA292U480.html A C & O Canal Ride Attempt—During Hurricane Sandy: http://prollyisnotprobably.com/2012/11/recent-roll-brovet-2/#1 David Byrne—From Talking Head to Leading Urban Cyclist: http://www.openculture.com/2012/04/david_byrne_from_talking_heads_frontman_to_leading_urban_cyclist.html Sharrows on 7th St Frederick (WHAG TV): http://your4state.com/fulltext?nxd_id=284282 Will the Major Taylor movie ever get made? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMm9iluwmy8 Federal Highway Admin—Bike Trasportation Bill:

http://blog.bikeleague.org/blog/2012/10/federal-highway-administration-interprets-transpo-bill-good-news-bad-news/

Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

http://urbanplacesandspaces.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-western-baltimore-county-pedestrian.html

What Is A Green Lane?

http://greenlaneproject.org/what-is-a-green-lane/

Links

OHIO’S MIRROR MAN REMEMBERED

(from Adventure Cycling Association’s Bike Bits)

On August 20 we received a message from Chuck Harmon, a dedicated Adventure Cycling member and volunteer in Ohio, who had this to say: "I know that Adventure Cycling is a national organization, but I wanted you to be aware that Chuck Harris, a legend in the Ohio bicycle community and beyond, passed away on Saturday, August 18. Chuck was fa-mous for his handmade mirrors and was quite an inventor -- but beyond that, he was one of the most kindhearted individuals that I have ever met … I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to know him and I am saddened by his death." You'll find a me-morial page for Mr. Harris at this Facebook link:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chuck-Harris-mirror/434695303248672

You can also read a story about him written and photographed by another bicycling legend out of the Buckeye State, Greg Siple:

h t t p : / / w w w . a d v e n t u r e c y c l i n g . o r g /resources/201104_MirrorMan_Siple.pdf

We Got Jerseys; People!

The Club has For Sale jerseys as follows:

• Short-Sleeve: Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large; $50.00 each

• Long-Sleeve: Medium, Large, Extra Large; $55.00 each

Jerseys are available from Club Treasurer Bob Dollar, 301.788.9076

Volume 40.10

Pictures

A Great Allegheny Passage Ride

(Terry Eskuchen)

On October 13 Frederick Pedalers

members George Ruszat, Tom Moore and

Terry Eskuchen went with three members

of the Boys & Girls Club Riding Club

(Nate, Olivia and Ayonna), executive di-

rector Pat Gunnin and director of the TJ

Middle program, Steve Neagle to ride on

the Great Allegheny Passage from Mey-

ersdale to Cumberland (32 miles). The

kids loved the outing and rode strong

(what a change from last April when we

started!). We all enjoyed the scenery, the

tunnels and meeting other people.

Pictures: https://picasaweb.google.

com/105857075264216085801/20121013BGClubG

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Tom Moore and Brian McEntire on the Three Bakeries

Ride

Road Apples

At the beginning in Meyersdale

This is a “sharrow”. You will find many

of these on 7th St in Frederick city.

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Mountain Biking in Nepal (continued)

(Continued from page 1)

within minutes were riding through pastures and rice

fields. I could have dubbed this The Rice Ride as we

were never far from dense fields of growing rice

which is Nepal's number one agricultural product.

Even though rice is grown in every part of the coun-

try it's a sad irony that not enough is produced to

meet the growing needs of Nepal's population.

When Jenny mentioned there would be singletrack

on this ride I didn't think she was referring to the 8

inch wide pathways running down the middle of

long, irrigated rice paddies.

As we made our way further out of town we

crossed more fields and pastures with "organic ob-

stacles" you don't always encounter while riding

around Frederick. Out in cow fields yes. On down-

town streets or trails in the Watershed, not so much.

As happily as the muck was flying off our tires, it

was a better alternative than slowing too much and

having to put a foot down. At least the cow pies

stayed still. Once we cleared the pastures, we en-

countered obstacles of a more mobile nature includ-

ing ducks, goats, chickens and monkeys who all

acted like they owned the road. Considering it was

not so much a road as an implied path, they probably

did own it. As the hills loomed ahead I suddenly re-

alized I was riding a bike with gears, and I didn't

know how to shift. OK - maybe that's overstating it a

bit, but it has been many years since I had to operate

a bicycle gear shifter and my memory of the skill

was mostly absent. Luckily with a little trial and er-

ror I was cross gearing like a newbie again. My mad

shifting skilz returned just in time as we hit our first

significant upgrade on loose dirt that turned into a

deeply rutted cart path. It was still early in the ride

so I sat back to spin though I was definitely feeling

it when we got to the top of the rise. No time to rest

as we whipped around a couple of corners and

bombed down a washed out gulley where picking

the right line turned out to be somewhat important.

Ido was hanging it all out off the front with Bikash

effortlessly in the middle and me banging up the

rear. After whitening my knuckles somewhat on the

descent, I caught up to them just in time to hear Bi-

kash say "Ooops." Looking around I realized what

he was referring to. We were right back at the bot-

tom of the hill we had just climbed. There was no

way were were going back up the way we had just

descended, so we climbed the same hill again. Even

though I shifted down a gear, it was still tougher the

second time up. We were rewarded this time with

great views of Kathmandu and the surrounding hills as

we traversed a ridgeline through a small village.

Time for more climbing, though we were on some-

what of a road this time - if you can call it that. While

Bikash and Ido were out of the saddle puffing their

way up, the gradient was more than I could handle

even in my granny gear so I dismounted and walked

the latter half of the first climb. Things flattened out,

but quickly turned up again as an even steeper climb

had me walking again well before the halfway point.

After catching up to them at the top of the second

climb it occurred to me I hadn't really paid attention to

who I was riding with. I asked Bikash and Ido how old

they were. Bikash is 20 and Ido is 23. And just as an

aside, Ido mentioned that Bikash is a nationally ranked

MTB rider. So let me get this straight. I'm out on a ride

in the hills of Kathmandu, Nepal with a 20 year old

native who is the 8th ranked MTB pro in Nepal, and a

23 year old who just did his time in the Israeli Army?

No problem. I'll just downshift a gear. Maybe two.

We continue on with more wonderful views of the

Nepali countryside as we pass though several small

villages and finally stop in front of an interesting

building that Bikash says is where we will break for

lunch. The only catch is that this location does not ap-

pear to be open for business today. Unlike North Mar-

ket street, you can't just walk another 15 feet to the

next restaurant on the block. We were pretty much out

of luck until we got back to town. No problem. I

brought provisions half way around the world just for

such an occassion. I popped open a Vanilla Crisp Pow-

erBar and was good to go. Bikash and Ido? I don't


A quick pause to enjoy the view

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think they had really even burned off their break-

fast yet.

More riding along the ridge from village to vil-

lage enjoying one great view after another and see-

ing happy smiling faces everywhere we went. Then

without much warning we turned right down the

fall line and picked up some real speed making our

way down a fantastic set of switchbacks on an

amazingly well paved road, thankfully free of fer-

tilizer piles and livestock. We were much too far

from any reliable vehicular transport let alone a

medical facility to dwell very long on the possibil-

ity of crashing. As the road leveled out and our ve-

locity dropped below sub-orbital I turned to look

back at our descent and laughed that nervous laugh

you do when you don't really want to know if what

you just did was such a good idea. Then again, we

were all immortal back when we were 20 and 23

years old - right?

After more rolling countryside we hit the out-

skirts of Kathmandu and stopped off at a local bi-

cycle shop to lube my chain that had been com-

plaining about too much manure. No description of

this bike shop will do it justice. You'll simply have

to view the pics linked at the end of this story. Af-

ter a quick grease and go we stopped for lunch at

an Indian/Nepalese restaurant which is a common

format in Nepal as the methods of preparing Indian

and Nepalese food are very similar. It's mostly in

the spices and flavoring that they differ. Chicken

curry, wild boar, chicken biryani, mixed vegeta-

bles, rice, dal and an endless supply of naan thor-

oughly satisfied any appetite we had worked up on

this ride. After checking three times to ensure my

brakes weren't rubbing, the loginess of lunch finally

wore off and we returned back to downtown Kath-

mandu. As we had circumnavigated roughly halfway

around the city while riding through the hills, we

worked our way back through town with plenty of

traffic to keep us on our toes. I quickly realized the

best strategy was to let Bikash lead the way with Ido

and I right on his wheel. This allowed us to navigate

through town somewhat as single unit, but it made for

some creative braking when we had to stop short due

to unexpected vehicles or pedestrians darting in front

of us. And dart they did. Downtown Kathmandu is a

colossal mess of illogical traffic congestion, pedestri-

ans everywhere except on the sidewalks, more motor-

cycles than all the Sturgis' combined, bicycles haul-

ing people, goods and animals, and finally all manner

of animals themselves such as dogs, goats, chickens

and cows meandering through the streets at their own

pace wherever their fancy takes them. It's both a rec-

ipe for cycling catastrophe and an adrenaline rush at

the same time.

As we neared my hotel where Bikash said they

would drop me off, I realized that meant he would

have to roll my bike all the way back to the HST of-

fices. I also wanted to see their operation in person so

we continued on together through downtown Kath-

mandu to the Thamel district where the streets got

really narrow and congested. Low speeds and track

stands came in very handy here until we finally

reached the Himalayan Single Track home office.

Lots of current model rental bikes parked outside a

well stocked retail

store that even Tom

Rinker could be

proud of. A very

western looking

store compared to

the entirely func-

tional shop where

we stopped earlier

in the ride. There

was also a well

maintained repair

nook separate from

the sales area with

two work stands

and numerous Park

tools scattered



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about. I expect the repair shop kept

busy from the look of our bikes at the

end of the ride.

Bikash wandered off to make us

some tea while Ido and I looked

around the store. As we sipped tea and

talked about the ride, I presented Bi-

kash with a cycling magazine I had

brought from the U.S. along with two

Bicycle Escape water bottles. He was

very appreciative of the bottles and

said he would use them during the up-

coming Trans-Nepal race where he

will be among the top contenders. If

you happen to be in Nepal in Decem-

ber and think you are up to the chal-

lenge, check it out here:

http://www.extremeworldchallenges.

com/index.php/future-challenges/87-

trans-nepal-kathmandu-to-pokhara

From beginning to end, this was an

amazing adventure that I can whole

heartedly recommend to anyone visit-

ing Nepal. Definitely hook up with

Himalayan Single Track for a ride

anywhere in the region, ranging from

a day trip to 21 day tours. You will not

be disappointed. After picking up a

way cool souvenir to wear on my next

ride back in the states, I said a final

Namaste to my new cycling friends

and hopped in a taxi for the ride back

to my hotel. A cab ride through down-

town Kathmandu? That's a whole

story in itself :-)

See my pics from the ride here:

https://picasaweb.google.

com/105804314583302680579/

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October Adopt-a-Road

Thanks to Mark Seymour, Bill Smith, George Ruszat, Martha

Bush, Barry McMahon, Tom Moore, and Dave Sweeney (the

keeper of the equipment and stink bug repository) for coming out

this past Saturday to keep our little slice of heaven on Bethel Road

clean for the masses. Who knew so many people still smoked and

drank cheap liquor from little plastic bottles! Nevertheless, it was a

rousing success. I have enclosed a link to some pics so those that

chose to ride instead can see what fun they were missing. It was a

veritable "Wild Kingdom" out there......

Catherine

Volume 40.10

Greylock Hill Climb Time Trial

September found me back in Massachusetts for the Greylock Hill Climb

Time Trial (http://www.nohobikeclub.org/nccwp/?events=greylock-hillclimb-time-trial). Mt. Greylock is the highest point in Massachusetts at almost 3500 feet. The course is 9.1 miles long with over 2800

feet of climbing. The average grade of 5.9% is very deceiving as there is plenty of flat riding at times.

The beginning miles of the race are the toughest with extended periods where the grade is 17% plus.

My cheering section could not make this trip so I drove up solo. The good news was that the hotel was

less than a mile from the race start and you could ride back down the mountain. For this race I had my

stock Madone 4.5 modified even further. James from the Bike Doctor and I spec’ed out climbing

wheels, lighter bars, lighter rear cassette as well as a few other odds and ends. The final result is a bike

that weighs 2.8 pounds less than off the shelf. Reducing the weight of the wheels really reduced the

amount of energy I needed to get them moving and keep them rolling. Of course the next tweak will be

to lighten the rider!

The weather at the start was warm and sunny but at the finish it was cold, windy and damp. The

biggest challenge of the day was fixing the flat I got while warming up. There is nothing like hiking a

half mile with your bike on your shoulder to get back to the car where all your tools and tubes were

waiting. I finished 22ndout of 25thin my age group and 154thout of the 183 that started. The time trial

format was fun as you could get a feel for how you were doing based on how many passed you and how

many you passed. Overall in the point series after five races I am ranked 94thoverall out of 225 riders.

In my age group I am 34thout of 78. Next up is the Allen Clark Memorial Hill Climb in Waitsfield,

Vermont.

Alan Clark Memorial Hill Climb

My last race of the year was on Sunday, October 7th. The drive to Vermont on Saturday the 6th was

in a cold driving rain. I had to spend the evening cleaning and lubing my bike in the hotel room so it

would be ready for the next day. It is amazing how much road grime a bike attracts while on the hitch

rack.

The Alan Clark Memorial Hill Climb time trial (http://www.achillclimb.org/) course begins at Stark Mountain Bike Works at the corner of Routes 17 and 100 in Waitsfield, VT and rises 1600 vertical feet

over 6.2 miles to finish at the intersection of the Long Trail at the summit of the Appalachian Gap. The

road was built in the 1950s and is currently the highest paved road in Vermont kept open year-round,

topping out at 2,356 feet. The road bed was laid out following the natural contours of the terrain and has

an average pitch of roughly 10 percent over the last 2½ miles. What made this climb a real challenge

was the first 3.7 miles you were riding hard at about a 2% grade (330 feet of climbing) and then hit the

“wall” and climbed the remaining almost 1300 feet in 2.5 miles! Kathy drove to the top to see me

finish. She knew my start time and I gave her an estimate about when to expect to see me nearing the

finish line. Of course this would be the only race this year where I beat my expected time. She had

gone off to take in the beautiful fall foliage when I was crossing the finish line. Not that I blame her as

the foliage was probably the better view anyway. (Continued on page 9)

By Mark Seymour

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I finished 18th out of 24 in my age group and

52nd out of the 68 that started. As with many

of these races I have done, this race is a fund

raiser for a local charitable program. The Allen

Clark Memorial Hill Climb benefits the

Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports program.

Final Mullings

Back in December 2011 I came up with a

hair brained idea that I needed to challenge

myself by riding my bicycle up some of the

tallest peaks in the Northeast. I began my

journey in May and each month through

October I trekked north up I-81 (over 7000

miles of driving) to another mountain to see

how far I could push myself. I learned very

quickly that as well as being physically

demanding, the mental challenge was equally

as tough. It was as much sheer will power as

pedal strokes that got me to the finish each

time. I have come to the conclusion that I

really like going up. It does not matter if it is

short and steep or a full century with thousands

of feet of climbing, the more up the better.

Although many of these races have been

going on for years, this was only the fourth

season where they have been combined into the

Northeast Hill Climb Championship Series or

Bike Up The Mountain Point Series (BUMPS)

(http://www.hillclimbseries.com). Only riders that

did two or more races were in the final

rankings. On the men’s side there were 230

riders in the final rankings. On the women’s

there were a total of 45 riders that completed

two or more races. Out of the 275 men and

women there were seven riders that finished all

ten races. This included doing Mt. Washington

twice. Seventy-six of us did five or more races.

There were many more that only competed in a

single race. By the 5th race there were 547

men and 95 women who had competed in at

least one hill climb (after the 6th race rankings

only included those who completed two or

more climbs). There was a real camaraderie

among the riders who competed. The more

seasoned veterans always provided advice and

encouragement to those of us new to the

fraternity. I think it was because of the shared

suffering and knowledge that only a few take on

this challenge.

My final results for the 2012 BUMPS are

based on my best five races. I ranked 80th

overall out of 230 riders and in my age group I

was 28th out of 81. Overall I rode a total of 43

miles in my six races and did a little over 17,100

feet of climbing for an average of about 400 feet

of climbing per mile or an average grade of near

8%. My favorite climb could only be Mt.

Washington. The challenge of climbing almost a

mile (4720 feet) over 7.6 miles was amazing.

Add in the 30 plus mile per hour winds, the mile

of dirt road and the incredible view and what

more could you ask for in a ride! It was easily as

tough as any of the six marathons that I have run.

When this is published my training will have

started for the 2013 Series as I plan on doing the

same six races to see if I can improve my times.

There will be fewer than 180 days left until the

season opener at Mount Wachusett on Saturday,

May 11, 2013.

Bike Up the Mountain (continued)

© Bill Watterson

Volume 40.10

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Odds and Ends

Impromptu rides tend to pop up on the Frederick Pedalers

Yahoo Group. To sign up, send a blank email to:

[email protected]

NOTE: You need not necessarily be inundated with e-mail.

You can opt for a digest summary instead of individual e-

mails.

From the pages of the Frederick News-Post—November 7, 2012 (from the Art Anderson Collection)

Volume 40.10

About the Newsletter

Gearing Up is the publication of the Frederick Pedal-ers/Free State Cluster bicycle club. It is published monthly from March through November, and every other month in the winter, and is sent to all members. A one-year membership is available to all by filling out the membership application on the back of this newsletter and mailing it, with a check made out for the appropriate amount, to the club treasurer.

The Ride Schedule Deadline will be announced each month by email. Please email Mike Procario at [email protected] to submit a ride.

Submission of Copy for Publication: Send copy to the Club mailbox; the address is:

Frederick Pedalers

PO Box 1293

Frederick, MD 21702-0293

—or— e-mail to: [email protected]

The Bulletin Board service is available free for mem-bers (non-commercial only); send copy directly to the editor.

Paid Advertising (including bulletin board) is ac-cepted subject to editorial approval; contact the editor or club president for rates.

Newsletter Exchange: Frederick Pedalers encour-ages other bicycle clubs and organizations to send cop-

Frederick Pedalers Rides

The Ride Schedule, included in each newsletter, provides members with the information necessary to select rides. The format for the rides is reasonably self-explanatory, except for the first line. An annotated example first line is shown below: March 9 (Saturday) 10 am C/B 25 Grove Stadium Point of Rocks or Thereabouts (date and day) (start time) (class) (distance) (start location) (title)

RIDE CLASSES are as follows:

“Impromptus”: When a ride is designated as “Impromptu”, this means that there will be no formal ride leader. Riders should bring maps and perhaps old cue sheets appropriate to the ride description. At the ride start, riders discuss routes prior to the ride and then start out. Frederick Pedalers has a well-deserved reputation as a "friendly" club; most rides are at least somewhat social, and it is very rare for a rider to be dropped by the group. Be conservative in choosing your first few club rides, especially if this is your first bike club ride. Don’t hesitate to call the ride leader for questions; that's why the phone number is there! If the Weather looks threatening or otherwise inhospitable, the best thing to do is call the ride leader. You can do this the evening before the ride or in the morning before the ride otherwise. Call early enough to catch the ride leader at home, but use common sense; the ride leader’s family probably won’t appreciate a 6:00 am call on a Sunday morning, for example.

ies of their newsletters to Frederick Pedalers and will re-ciprocate in kind. When practical, Frederick Pedalers will include relevant events, announcements and articles from exchanged newsletters in Gearing Up.

About the Club

The Frederick Pedalers/Free State Cluster Bicycle Club, founded in 1972, is an all-volunteer organization whose purpose is to promote cycling for pleasure, health and transportation, defend the rights of cyclists and en-courage safer cycling.

The club publishes this newsletter 10 times per year and provides for the organization of member-led rides on most weekend days and holidays. The club sponsors evening rides on weekdays, allowing club members to unwind gracefully after the day's toil. During the winter, regular Sunday breakfast rides are scheduled.

The club's annual business/social meeting (and elec-tion) is held every March; other regular annual events in-clude a Club Picnic in the Summer, a Club Century in the Fall and a Club Banquet (also in the Fall).

How To Join

Go to <http://www.frederickpedalers.org> to download and print out a membership application and an insurance waiver. Mail them to the club address at the left with your payment to the club post office box (noted at left).

Ride Cate-gory

FLAT MODERATE HILLY

D 10-12 8-10 6-8

C 12-14 10-12 8-10

CC 14-16 12-14 10-12

B 16-18 14-16 12-14

BB 18-20 16-18 14-16

A 20 + 18-20 16-18

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