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SEAGULL CENTURY
By Jennifer Galvin
Greetings from Richmond, VA. Since I’ve moved here, I’ve been exploring the city to find good cycling routes. This is much harder than in Nashville or Sumner County, as the roads typi- cally don’t have shoulders, and are interspersed with busy, fast highways. So, I’ve been attending organized rides in VA, MD and DE for added variety.
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WHEN A CENTURY JUST ISN’T ENOUGH
By Tom Benim
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I think the normal progression for many of us as recreational riders is to gradually in- crease our time and distance during our local rides. Eventually we sign up for a shorter orga- nized ride of 35 miles or so, and then perhaps a metric. Perhaps the second or third year you do an organized century. Then you branch out farther into the state and neighboring states, collecting all the tee shirts you never wanted.
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If you have been down this road and still want more, I can suggest two alternatives, one will satisfy the itch for longer, scenic, non-competitive rides; and the other will appeal to your competitive spirit, either as a self-challenge or true long-distance racing against the best in the world.
The non-competitive sport is called randonneuring and is organized under the auspices of the national group Randonneurs USA (RUSA).
The competitive sport for long distance riding/racing is organized under the auspices of the national group Ultra Marathon Cycling Association (UMCA).
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KENTUCKY BICYCLE AND BIKEWAYS
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US Bicycle Route 23 is official. By now most of you have heard that AASHTO, the route designating agency, has officially designated USBR 23 through Tennessee. Directions, maps and cues will be on the TDOT bicycling website and Adventure Cycling will have links on its USBR site. Plans are being kicked around to pedal the route next Spring as a multi-day Fogbee Ride.
This is a significant achievement. Not only is it the first new US bicycle route in the south in over 30 years, it is the first in the south to be done through grassroots support. This has not gone unnoticed by advocates in our adjoining states. As the regional expert in developing a USBR David Shumaker was invited to present at the Kentucky Bicycle and Bikeways annual meeting at Jenny Wiley State Park near Prestonsburg, KY on November 7th. His presentation was well received as evidenced by a lengthy question and answer session following the main presentation. Such collaboration with adjoining states is crucial to the development of the US bicycle route system. It was also instructive to again see just how valuable is our good working relationship with TDOT and Tennessee's local governments.
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Hang around Dave Shumaker and he'll make you famous. Janice now graces the home page of Adventure Cycling Association. Also fortunately for us, our FOGtographer, FACEBOOK author/editor, jersey sales lady, Turtle Queen, and general FOGBEE promoter is wearing her FOGBEE jersey.
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BIKE 'N WALK HENDERSONVILLE
By Tom Evans
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In a joint project Biker's Choice Bike Shop and the FOGBEES have relaunched Bike 'n Walk Hendersonville, www.bikinhville.com, a website focused on bicycling and walking for the community. The website was originally established in 2005 by the Hendersonville Greenways Committee to promote and share its 2020 vision for Hendersonville Tomorrow. Some of its projects were the city's current Bike/Ped Master Plan, the Streets of Indian Lake Greenway, and, of course, the FOGBEE Bicycle Club.
Since 2005 Bike/Ped inclusion as an integral part of Tennessee's Transpor- tation planning has grown from 5% to 70% of all new projects in the Nashville Metropolitan region. Communities around Hendersonville have been cashing in on this new emphasis. Our goal is to advance priorities and our opportunity to participate.
Starting with the December issue of Indian Lake Peninsula Living maga- zine we will have a monthly column promoting bicycle education for the general public. Please take time to visit our website, read our column, and send your suggestions to advance our cause to FOGBEES@gmail.com.
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SPINNING AT THE Y
By Spinmaster Gary
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Fogbee Spinning at the Y is now in its 6'th year. You can join every Tuesday and Thursday at 6:30 pm and, if the weather outside is frightful, on Saturdays at 10 am. Thanks to Mike Grubbs the Y has waived the registration fee and Fogbees can join for 3 months. If you have any questions contact me or you can call Jeremy Tackett, Sr. Program Director at the Y at 826-9622.
Don't sit around, complain about not riding, and losing that Fogbee PHYSIQUE. Come to the Y and spin, swim, run, walk, lift weights or join a Zumba class. Make sure you let the Y know your a Fogbee.
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23mm or 25mm
By Tom Evans
On a recent ride we had this discussion -- which width tire is better -- 23mm or 25mm. I was surprised we were having this conversa- tion. I thought, to quote Al Gore, "the debate was over."
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NEW BIKING COLUMN FOR H'VILLE
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David Hardin of Biker's Choice has purchased space in the new Social Publication for Hendersonville. Each month we plan to have an article on bicycle education for the community. Emphasis will be on safety and knowledge of laws as they apply to driving a bike.
The first article appears in the soon-to-be-released December issue. This month the publishers pulled stuff from the new Bike 'n Walk Hendersonville website www.bikinhville.com that is being provided by the FOGBEE Bicycle Club. Look for photographs of FOGBEES and links to Biker's Choice and to our website
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INTERNET INSTRUCTION - GRAPHICS
Animated GIFs
Vector Graphics
When you post to our blog, you use raster graphics (e.g. jpg, gif, or png). They are the files that cameras produce. They can be edited by photo-shop type programs. You can find many different offerings (many FREE) for use on smart-phones, tablets, and computers. However, if you wish to create graphics for clothing, such as jerseys, t-shirts, embroidery, etc) or for posters, banners,logos, etc., you must supply vector graphics, such as eps, pdf, ai, svg files. Programs that create vector graphics are expensive and few are available. The default standard is Adobe Illustrator.
However, you can get an old version of Adobe Illustrator for FREE for use on your computer at http://www.techspot.com/downloads/5724-adobe-illustrator-cs2-free.html . Some companies say they have software that converts raster graphics to vector graphics, such as Corel Draw. The results are horrible and generally useless. Vector graphics must generally be drawn from scratch.
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HEAD INJURIES
This year the FOGBEES have had an unusual high number of injuries, including three serious head injuries. David Miley's accident this last Friday was the worst. He ended up at Skyline in intensive case. Fortunately, he is expected to come home this Monday and fully recover, but will be off his bicycle and unable to drive for at least six months.
Because head injuries are potentially life threatening, we asked a para- medic what we should do when a bicyclist suffer such an injury. His answer was call 911 immediately if any of the following occur:
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loss of consciousness at the time of the injury
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short-term memory loss (keeps repeating questions)
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confusion
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vomiting
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dizziness
He added transporting him/her to a hospital instead of calling 911 immediately may seem like a good idea, but unless you have a trained medical technician with you and are in contact with the hospital, you are wasting valuable time.
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ADMINISTRATION STUFF
NOTICE: Anytime you see Click here with the percent sign % that links to a PDF files with embedded hyperlinks. To view these links, download the file to your computer and open it with Adobe Reader. These embedded links will then be active.
Membership List - All members have access to the membership list. However, for everyone's security it is password protected. You must login using the ID ALLFOGBEES@gmail.com and enter the password Big Looys. Do not share this list with anyone whose name does not appear on it. Please be patient if you enrolled and don't immediately see you name on the list. I have to transfer your info from the MailChimp enrollment to it. I do that about once every couple of months. LIST UPDATED 11/25/13
Calendar - We try to schedule upcoming events on the calendar that appears in the right sidebar. All ride leaders and our internet administrators can login to the calendar and enter their plans. Dave Miley has been adding stuff. So if you need help ask him.
Archive - We have saved past newsletter articles on Google Drive. You can access them from the Website. It is listed as a menu item under Resources.
If you create a video, please send me a copy so we can archive your work of art.
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