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Expanding Universe P2 - P3
Chain Gang Rides P4
Mountain Bike Rides P4
Top Bridge Fundraiser P5
Bikes on Ice P6
Cycling Policy Review P6
Happenings P7P7P7P7P7
BCCC News P7
Cycling Policy in BC P8
Fresh Eyes P8
Meeting Schedule
All meetings are held at BowenPark, Act. Room One at 7:00 pm
The next General Meeting isMarch 19, 2003Bob Goerzen will be showing slides fromhis trip to the Kootenays.
Our next Board Meeting isApril 16 (Full Moon!)
Everyone is welcome.
SpokeloreThe Greater Nanaimo Cycling Coalition
A member of The B.C. Cycling Coalition
Riding in SRiding in SRiding in SRiding in SRiding in Stytytytytyle!le!le!le!le!Clare and Graham Shuley go for a spin...How does he rate Nanaimo cycling? See page 8!
SpokeLore March 20032
My first bike appeared on a brisk au-tumn Saturday morning of my seventhyear. Unannounced, my father had goneout and found a used two wheeler to re-place my neglected tricycle. I had quitriding the trike maybe a year or two be-fore, having long outgrown it. It now satidle in a dark corner of the cellar. I hadtried to improve the appearance of thattrike by brush painting the frame blue andthe rusting spokes that supported its threesolid rubber tyres white. But it was stilla tricycle, one that had never travelledfarther than the paved sidewalk of ourown block�the limits of my personaluniverse. I had, in a childlike way,begun to sense that possession of a twowheeler would define a difference be-tween being a little boy and becom-ing something greater.
I sat cross-legged in front ourblack and white television with its tinyscreen and perpetually snowy picturewhile my new bike stood poised atarm�s length. While I watched theconclusion of another serial of my fa-vourite western, my attention continuedto wander to this unfamiliar and excitingaddition to my life. I studied the bike fora long while. It had, I was told, 20-inchwheels. The bike was a bit big for menow, but as with so many things acquiredat that age, my parents said that I would�grow into it�. It wasn�t all shiny andsparkling new like the ones I�d admiredin the hardware store. Instead it had apurposeful, almost military, no nonsenselook about it with its dull brown two-tonepaint marred by a chip here and a scratchthere from some earlier adventures. Thesaddle was covered in faded-to-grey can-vas, which had been worn away on therear so that fuzzy threads grew out of itin all directions. But it was a big kid�sbike, it belonged to me now, and it stoodready to take me beyond the confines ofour little sidewalk. I remember smilingso much that the muscles in my face be-
How the Universe Expanded
gan to ache. I sat there eagerly anticipat-ing Dad�s call to wheel the bike outside.
The year was 1951 and the KoreanWar was in the news. We were living onthe outskirts of an older neighbourhood.Behind our house ran the railroad withits clanking steam locomotives thatbelched black coal smoke and hot clink-ers onto the washing that my motherwould hang out in the back yard. Thetracks marked a physical and cultural bor-der of the neighbourhood.
Exactly what lay in the land be-yond was a mystery to me. It appearedindustrial in a slightly ominous way andthe people over there that I could occa-sionally glimpse through our fenceseemed somehow different from us.
Finally, Dad announced that it wastime for me to try out my new bike. Ibounced up excitedly and wheeled it care-fully out of the living room. The thingwas a lot bigger and heavier than I ex-pected and I struggled to get this ungainlymonster down the steps from our frontporch.
The lesson began on the sidewalk withme seated on the bike and Dad graspingthat fuzzy saddle. It was worrisome tome that I couldn�t touch the pavement with
both feet while seated. With Dad�s en-couragement, I eventually began to feelpretty confident about mounting, dis-mounting, and pedalling. Steering, ofcourse, was another matter. There wasno possibility of simply stopping with myfeet on the pedals and lounging across thebars, the way I imagined Roy Rogersmight have done. This was certainly nohorse, nor was it even remotely like myold trike. No, I had to keep on steeringor I would begin to list alarmingly first toone side then the other. After a countlessnumber of unsuccessful tries, I began tofeel exasperated at this unexpected diffi-culty. Dad decided that a break wouldbe good for both of us and that, perhapswe�d try again later in the day.
Dad disappeared to do another of theseemingly endless chores that our housedemanded of him while I sat on theporch steps, dejectedly considering my
reluctant dream machine. Learning toride was turning out to be a lot harderthan I thought it would be. I ponderedthis for a long time. The bike was aw-fully big and I felt very small. Maybe Icouldn�t do it. Perhaps I was one of thosekids that had something wrong with them.As my mother called me in for lunch, mysmile of the morning was gone.
Saturday was the day that Dad wouldwalk down to the corner store located atthe far end of our block to purchase anygroceries we might need for the week-end. He came over to the steps where Ihad returned, now disconsolately eyeingthat stupid old bike with its worn out sad-dle. Dad sat down next to me and spokequietly. He told me that he knew I wouldlearn to ride if I just kept at it. After awhile I began to feel better and the bikewas looking okay again. We went downto the store together, me proudly, yet nerv-ously astride my new steed and Dad trot-
Tom Hocking
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ting along beside, still grasping the sad-dle in his strong right hand. We weretravelling faster and more smoothly nowbut still the occasional lurch to certaindisaster was saved by that guiding hand.We arrived at the store; Dad made hisselections and talked with Mr. Klein, theshopkeeper, while I looked over the trad-ing cards and candied wax lips and mous-taches on display. Before we departed,Mr. Klein congratulated me on getting mybike. �Use it well!� he smiled.
The return journey changed drasticallyin a new and terrifying way. Dad nowheld a large brown paper grocery bagcradled in his left arm and a carton con-taining six bottles of Pepsi in his righthand. As we began the homeward leg,Dad grasped the rear of the saddle again,the six-pack swaying from that same hugehand. As we were now on a slight down-grade, our speed began to increase. Irecall Dad running along beside me as Iwobbled precariously left and right. Iknew that Dad was beginning to havesome trouble, trying to carry the grocer-ies and Pepsi, control my wobbles, andrun all at the same time. I heard himstart to breathe harder and say some badwords. Then the panic hit. I began towail, �Daddy! Daddy! Don�t let me go!�And Dad�s response, �I�I�can�t(huff)�hold�it (puff)�any�more�.� Iknew I was about to go into the dreaded�death wobble�, but then things seemedto get easier. I�d guessed that, somehow,Dad had managed to catch up and washolding onto me tighter than before. Wewere tracking smooth and straight. ThenI heard Dad�s voice coming from far be-hind. �Keep pedalling!� he was yelling.�Just keep pedalling!� Instantly I knew Iwas doing it. I was riding alone, unas-sisted. I was on my own, pedalling myown two wheeler!
Maybe I got a little bit of what ChuckYeager felt when he broke the sound bar-rier three years earlier. His little rocket
plane nearly shook itself to bits as it ap-proached that threshold then suddenly be-gan to fly smooth and silent. And now Ihad mastered the art of balancing a bicy-cle. There could be no going back to theworld of trikes.
My next trip was a solo down the blockto show Bobby Scott how I could ride.Although he was a year older, poor Bobbyhadn�t learned how to ride yet but I wastoo overcome with joy to feel pity. Thefollowing day I rode entirely around theblock. No more sidewalk riding for me.I rode on the street just like the big boys.
By summer�s end I had riddenthroughout the neighbourhood. I hadbecome mobile. Dad helped me to in-stall a wire basket on the front so I couldride to the store on my own. Some daysMom would give me an envelope that Iwould hand to Mr. Klein and he wouldprovide me with the family groceries.
In grade three I rode my bike to schoolevery day.
That was the year I began to meet otherkids who rode. We started to hang outtogether after school. Of course therewere crashes, many of those awkward,low speed, embarrassing dismounts andmore than a few spectacular wipeouts, butwe all survived with just bruises, scrapes,and the occasional stitch. Everyone�s biketook on a distinct personality and gotnamed accordingly. My bike came to beaffectionately known as Fuzzy Jones, af-ter one of our favourite cowboy sidekicks.Our little biker gang could ride down tothe firehouse where they�d let us play onthe fire engines. During the year thatfollowed, we began to explore fartherafield, to other neighbourhoods and eveninto that strange world on The Other Sideof the Tracks.
My universe was expanding.
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It�s time to start thinking about summer trips! If you have a trip you�re planningthis summer, let us know. (And don�t forget to write us up a trip report, we liketo hear what our members are doing!)
Chain Gang Ride Schedule
Nanaimo Mountain Bike Club - Ride Scheduleis Online!
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Here’s a story we heard on CBC. Threeintrepid adventurers, Kevin Vallely, FrankWolf and Andy Sterns are recreating anamazing journey.
In 1900, two remarkable one thousandmile bicycle trips forever shaped KlondikeGold Rush legend. Max Hirschberg, aroadhouse manager, and Ed Jesson, ayoung miner, had dreams of striking it richon the “gold-lined” beaches of Nome whenthey decided to ride a bicycle fromDawson City in the dead of winter. .
We know of their separate journeysthanks to detailed journals which are twoof the best personal accounts of gold rushhistory.
In 1900, rudimentary shelters called“roadhouses” were located along the stam-pede trail at regular intervals. The trip wasnormally made by dog sled back then andthe roadhouses offered the many GoldRush travelers shelter. Now, there are only
And I thought riding to the Crow and Gate was a major tour.....
widely scattered native communities alongthe barren route.
In the winter of 2000, Kevin Vallelyand Andy Sterns successfully skied the fulllength of the famous 1150 mile IditarodTrail from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.It was out there in that cold, unforgivinglandscape that they began to understandthe magnitude of suffering and risk thatMax Hirshberg, Ed Jesson and others hadundertaken. The idea of BIKES ON ICEwas born.
ITINERARY:
March 1 -April 15, 2003
Depart Dawson city to Nome. They willhead north along the Yukon river up tothe town of Circle where will enter theinfamous Yukon Flats. This confusingsection of jumbled ice stretches for sev-eral hundred kilometers and will bringthem north of the arctic circle. It will posethe first crux of the trip.
Once through this section they will con-tinue west along the Yukon River throughthe town of Tanana to the small commu-nity of Ruby. Here the Iditarod trailmerges with theirs and they will follow itanother 250kms along the Yukon until theymake the 160km “portage” from Kaltagto Unalakleet on the Bering Sea.
The final 400kms to Nome along thecoast will be their second crux where theywill be subject to fierce ground storms andshifting sea ice.
Sounds like fun, huh! Where do wesign up?! I think I’ll stick to the wilds ofCedar/Yellowpoint, where a little off-roadat Yellowpoint Park is a great adventurefor me.
You can follow Kevin, Frank andAndy’s excellent adventure while you curlup by the fire and sip a hot rum toddy onthe web at:
www.bikesonice.com
Many of you received this request byMoTH by email, and hopefully you re-sponded. For those that didn�t get thisin time to respond, it�s still worth a lookat the policy review and who knows,maybe you can sneak in a comment ortwo even if it�s late!
The Ministry of Transportationadopted a cycling policy in the spring of2000. The policy was a major shift fromthe 1992 interim policy, which lookedmore towards rules for the Ministry toexempt building for cyclists, towards amore positive policy, which looks to-wards accommodating and encouragingcyclists on new and upgraded ministryinfrastructure.
Ministry of Transportation � Cycling Policy Review
A copy of the policy is available onthe Ministry Cycling Websitewww.th.gov.bc.ca/bchighways/cycling/bicycle.htm (Editor�s note: See page 8for a printout of the policy)
Since the adoption of the policy theMinistry has done several key initiativesto assist in the implementation of thepolicy.
1. Publish the Ministry of Transpor-tation and Highways, Cycling Guide2000, which provides the policy alongwith valuable information on how toplan, design and construct safe cyclingfacilities;
2. Establish a Provincial CyclingAdvisory Committee, which provides
advice to the Minister on the policy andprovincial cycling issues; a regional cy-cling committee has also been establishin the lower mainland; and
3. Establish a Provincial CyclingCoordinator, whose duties include act-ing as a liaison between ministry staffand cycling stakeholders, maintain andupdate the cycling policy, and act as theadministrator of the provincial advisorycommittee.
The cycling policy states that therewill be a review of the policy no laterthan three years from the effective date.The process will include consultationwith stakeholders. As part of the con-
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We had our latest British ColumbiaCycling Coalition (BCCC) boardmeeting here in Victoria on Sunday,January 26th. Some of the itemsworked on include the following:
· In response to the Kyoto Accordbeing ratified, a BCCC committee wasformed to lobby the federal governmentfor funding for non-motorised transpor-tation. Plans are underway to contact thekey federal decision-makers.
· We are continuing our strong ef-forts to ensure that rumble strips on pro-vincial highways are only installed ac-cording to the guidelines established inconsultation with the BCCC. In severalareas of BC, these installations have beendone incorrectly, and the BCCC has beensuccessful in seeing these corrected.Despite working closely with the Min-istry, these improper installations con-tinue. Firm steps are being taken to en-sure this does not continue.
· Tactile rain lines are a rumble stripalternative that the BCCC proposed tothe Ministry of Transportation. This isnow an option the Ministry is consider-ing, and the BCCC is now working on
BCCC Update
Allan Dunlop
development of standards for these in-stallations.
· A committee was formed to re-new provincial partnering with munici-palities on the cost of cycling infra-structure, as was done with the Cy-cling Network Program (note: the CNPis still technically in place, but fund-ing from the current government is atzero). To facilitate this, a presentationis being developed which will demon-strate proper road treatments and howcost savings can be realised by theirbeing put in place.
· Organisational changes: AllanDunlop now represents the GVCC, andRichard Campbell is now representingB.E.S.T. (Better EnvironmentallySound Transportation).
· Our AGM will be held in Victo-ria on Saturday, April 5.
Editor’s note: Don’t forget thatGNCC members are more thanwelcome to attend the AGM. Ourrepresentative, John van Beek,will be attending so if anyonewants to carpool, you might con-tact him.
Report from the British Columbia Cycling Coalition—February 19, 2003
Happenings
Women�s Cycling TrainingCampApril 11- 13, 2003
International Cycling Coaches (ICC) willbe offering the first annual Women�s CyclingTraining Camp in Victoria, BC.To help prepare female athletes for theupcoming mountain bike race season,this camp includes three full days of valuabletraining information, nutritional guidance,racing tips and basic bike repair instructionwith Kappa Cycling Team Pro/Elite levelracers with a weekend of practical knowl-edge in a fun and supportive atmosphere.The camp is geared towards women of allcycling abilities. Rides will take place through-out the Victoria region.Maximum of 16 participants. Cost is $395including transportation to and from VictoriaInternational Airport or Swartz BayFerries and accommodations near theprimary camp venue, the HartlandMountain Bike Park.For registration, contact ICC at:
(250) 883-1949, or e-mail:[email protected]
sultation process I would like to provideyou this opportunity to comment on thecycling policy and its implementation.
Please e-mail your comments to:[email protected]
Subject line:Cycling Policy Review
I will be compiling the results ofthis informal survey for discussion atthe next Provincial Advisory CyclingCommittee meeting in April. There-fore, I would ask that you provide com-ments by March 7th. 2003.
Alan CallanderProvincial Cycling CoordinatorMinistry of Transportation
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Log Train Trail Rally & RideSunday, March 30, 2003 10:00 amMcLeans Mill, Port Alberni(off Beaver Creek Road)
Timber West which owns large tracts oftimber above the trail has applied to theMinistry of Transportation to convert 4 kmof the famous trail (km 16 to km 20) to alogging road so they can haul their logsthrough there. This widening would ofcourse entail the removal of a whole strip ofbeautiful trees. The trail is registered withthe Regional District and the MOT as aRecreational Trail for non-motorized use. Arally is planned to protest this application
Contact Frank Stini at (250) 723-5589for more information.
SpokeLore March 20038
It�s been a pleasant surprise, really.Having emigrated fresh from bicyclefriendly Victoria (and before that bicy-cle-even-friendlier Vancouver) I some-how, in my cultural ignorance, imag-ined Nanaimo to exhibit the stereotypi-cal backwater, small-city traits: ball-cap�d pick-up drivers running cyclistsoff the road, mid-digit salutes flashedfrom the rear windows of Camaros andIROC Zs, pit bulls and their ownersstraining on their leads, and worse.
While Nanaimo does seem to haveits share of ball caps and pick-up trucks,I have, during my daily commute toMalaspina College and other Nanaimolocales via bicycle, experienced cour-teous (albeit often curious) drivers,wide bicycle-safe shoulders and desig-nated lanes, traffic light trip signalsmade for cyclists, and friendly pedes-trians usually willingly moving asidewith a smile when I signal them frombehind. For all this I am grateful forthe advocacy and educational work doneby the Greater Nanaimo Cycling Coa-lition.
Nanaimo Through Fresh Eyes
Graham Shuley
A few benefits of bicycling in Nanaimo(and everywhere else!)
••••• reduces air pollution••••• allows cyclist to become better
acquainted with neighbours andneighbourhhod
••••• reduces pollution created by themanufacturing of cars
••••• saves fuel money (big time thesedays)
••••• reduces noise pollution••••• improves respiratory, muscular,
and cardio-vascular fitness••••• reduces water pollution (less
toxic oil other fluids washed
Granted, improvements for cyclingcan always be made in any city. It wouldbe great to see, to name a few exam-ples, better access along the old islandhighway past Rutherford, covered bikeracks at Malaspina, more expensiveparking options at Malaspina to discour-age car use, improved access on BowenRoad, and bike access along the seawallfrom end to end). But overall, I and myfamily feel basically safe and welcometo use my bicycle as a primary means oftransport in this, the Hub City.
Hey, not only does Nanaimo appearto be bike-friendly, but its air quality isbetter than Victoria, and far better thanVancouver, (except, perhaps, on certaindays when a certain breeze from thesoutheast carries certain odouriferousparticulates from a certain nearby mill).And this city�s sheer traffic volume posesless of a hazard to cyclists than in eitherVictoria or Vancouver (populations360,000 and 2.2 million respectively).
This, of course, is great consideringthe many benefits of cycling. So thanksagain GNCC, courteous drivers, friendlypedestrians, and Nanaimo!
into storm drains, lakes,streams and oceans)
••••• reduces car maintenance costs••••• increases mobility for citizens
unable to afford cars andassociated costs
••••• reduces stress••••• reduces health club costs (no
need for it as a regular cyclist)••••• makes parking easier and less
expensive••••• reduces health care expenses••••• it is very definitely cool.
Cycling Policy inBritish Columbia
Cycling benefits the Province’s envi-ronment, its economy, the health of itspeople and society at large. It is the goalof the Ministry to integrate bicycling byproviding safe, accessible and conven-ient bicycle facilities on the Province’shighways and to support and encouragecycling. Cycling supports the Ministry’smandate to provide British Columbianswith an integrated multi-modal transpor-tation system.
Reference Material - Cycling PolicyBrochure
Provisions for cyclists are made onall new and upgraded provincial high-ways. All exceptions to this Policy will besubject to an evaluation procedure, asdescribed in the reference material.*
Route evaluations that impact cyclistswill include consultations with cyclingstakeholders. An evaluation can be ap-plied on existing routes to identify meas-ures that will improve cycling conditions.
The Ministry will involve cycling in-terests and local government officials re-sponsible for cycling in all highway plan-ning consultations. Municipal bicycle ad-visory committees, the Provincial CyclingAdvisory Committee, and/or recognizedcycling advocacy organizations can beutilized to provide advice on cyclingneeds, facilitate issues and to monitor theeffectiveness of the Cycling Policy.
To accommodate the safety andtravel requirements for different types ofcyclists, the Ministry will plan, design andbuild for the appropriate type of cyclistbased on the type of facility.
The cost of meeting the Cycling Policywill be managed within normal businesspractices and annual budgets. The Min-istry encourages the use of alternativefunding.
Uniform signing and marking will beprovided for cyclists on all provincial high-ways. (see reference material*)
The Cycling Policy and reference ma-terial will be monitored on a regular ba-sis. The first review will be conducted nolater than three years from the effectivedate. The process will include consulta-tion with stakeholders.
NOTE: Reference material is subjectto updating & change without formallychanging the Ministry Cycling Policy.
