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Fall 2014 • Volume 24 / No. 3

SANTA BARBARA BICYCLE COALITION

SBSANTA BARBARA BICYCLE COALITION

BIKE

QuickRelease

Thank You!

2 Quick Release Fall 2014

BOARDMichael Chiacos, PresidentCourtney Dietz, Vice PresidentDavid Bourgeois, TreasurerDavid Hodges, SecretaryByron BeckRobert CaizaHector GonzalezJohn HygelundMike VergeerSue Carmody

STAFFEd France, Executive [email protected]

Christine Bourgeois, Education [email protected]

Shawn Von Biela, Shop [email protected]

Howard Booth, Membership [email protected]

Joey Juhasz-Lukomski, Volunteer [email protected]

Sam Franklin, Avocacy [email protected]

GOVT. LIAISONS & ADVISORSMatt Dobberteen, AdvisorCounty of Santa [email protected]

Kent Epperson, AdvisorTraffic [email protected]

Teresa Lopes, AdvisorCity of [email protected]

Ralph Fertig, President Emeritus(deceased)

GRAPHIC DESIGNCynthia Stahl, [email protected]

EDITORHolly Starley, [email protected]

CONTACT US506 E. Haley St.Santa Barbara, CA 93103

PO Box 92047Santa Barbara, CA 93190

www.sbbike.org617-3255

CONTRIBUTEYour time: www.bicicentro.org/volunteerIn-kind: www.bicicentro.org/wishlistFinancially: www.bicicentro.org/donate

Our Vision

The Santa Barbara Bike Coalition (SBBIKE) vision is that Santa Barbara will be a leader

in creating a bicycle-friendly community and transportation system. Extensive on-road

and separated bikeways, a coordinated transit system, parking, and amenities allow us

to enjoy a culture where the majority of daily trips include a bicycle. As a result, our

community is healthier and encourages balanced living within our resources. Universal

cycling education for all ages supports the development of safe and respectful road

behaviors from both motorists and cyclists. Widespread community and political

support for bicycling is in place. By 2040, because it is a cycling-centered county,

Santa Barbara is both a great place to live and work and a nationally acclaimed cycling

destination, boasting a year-round calendar of successful, fun, and inclusive events.

COVER PHOTO: Background: The 675 members of SBBIKE, as of this printing.

Thank you for being the soul of our cycling community. Center: “We did it!”

Drawing by ALLI RICKARDS – inspired by building donor Matt Dobberteen’s joy at

the celebration of the building closing captured in a photo by Paul Wellman.

BACK IMAGE. The celebration on the day SBBIKE closed on its Haley Street

building and community center this July. By PAUL WELLMAN

Letter from the Editor“It takes a village.” I know, the saying ends in “to raise a

child.” Still, as we were putting together this issue, those

four words kept coming to my mind. So many individuals

and organizations; so many acts of kindness, donations,

and contributions; so much elbow grease and collaboration

power the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition that we couldn’t

possibly list them all, even if we quadrupled the QR’s pages.

This is a little of how planning meetings for this thank you issue sounded:

“Oh and we can’t forget …” “And remember when …” “And then there was

…” Each was followed by the story of a donation that came at just the

right time, an individual who is always there so willingly giving of his or

her time, an organization that offered the perfect space for a class, or a

partnership that made possible a program that benefited so many.

SBBIKE was born twenty-three years ago. Just as difficult as

compiling a complete list of all we are grateful for was delineating the

accomplishments of the coalition over the past two decades and listing

the individuals who made them possible. So we give you a taste.

Here too we honor a man whose dedication to this community, to

bicycling was unmatched. Aside from his advocacy work, Ralph Fertig

started this publication in 1991, and he published an issue a month

for twenty years! For this, our community is deeply grateful.

Joy, it is said, is the simplest form of gratitude. At SBBIKE and here in this

issue of the QR, you’ll find an abundance of joy. Here, too, you’ll find

yourself. For each of you comprise our village—the village in which Santa

Barbara’s cycling community and coalition is being raised by us all.

It’s a great village to be part of.

Holly Starley, QR editor

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Bronze and Steel Members

Marcia Burtt Gallery

Pacific Pedalers/ Santa Barbara PedicabHoffman ArchitectureMesa Business AssociationService ObjectsHorny ToadPedal Born PicturesMesa ArchitectsREIIsla Vista Food Coop We Bike Electric

Tailwinds Bicycle Club of Santa MariaRevolution Coaching LLCEbike Santa BarbaraThe Dirt Club Jones Precision WheelsKendrick ConsultingHelloHarvest Pedal Power BicyclesRace CorpsSB Turtle Riders

Chatenever CeramicsRincon Cycle CapCranks

PLATINUM MEMBERS

GOLD & CARBON FIBER MEMBERS

TITANIUM MEMBERS

Santa Barbara Cruisers

SILVER & ALUMINUM MEMBERS

DIAMOND MEMBERSThank you, Business Members

Want to read more and participate in the discussion? Visit sbbikelab.org.

A view from inside our cycling community center’s office. Photo by HECTOR GONZALES

L A B


O n July 18, 2014, the day the Santa

Barbara Bicycle Coalition closed

on its building, Ralph Fertig passed away.

A founding member of the coalition, the

father of the Quick Release, and a tireless

advocator, Ralph will forever remain at

the heart of SB’s cycling community. The

QR asked a few folks to share memories

of Ralph. Here are highlights of the

heartfelt outpouring of responses.

“Ralph was dedicated to the safety,

security, and joy of any person, of any

age who chooses to enjoy bicycling or

walking,” says Don Lubach, assistant

dean of students and director at UCSB.

Those who knew Fertig describe a man

whose efforts to that end spanned twenty

plus years (the fruits of which are so

abundant they’d be nearly impossible

to list). “If any kind of bike-related issue

was at stake,” remembers Kent Epperson

of Traffic Solutions, “Ralph was there.”

All mentioned Fertig’s articulate, fact-based presentations. He was known

for the graphs and tables he created for the QR. Lubach and Dru van

Hengel, formerly SB City’s Mobility Coordinator, worked with Fertig in the

coalition’s early days. “Ralph constantly surprised me with his calm approach

to those who don’t understand cyclists,” says Lubach. He recalls times the

bike community felt attacked. “Ralph would quietly remind us to imagine

why a project, opponent, or angry letter writer was so passionate.”

Van Hengel remembers Fertig as, “Tireless. Passionate. Optimistic.

And a little pesky too.” He didn’t let an issue go. “Yet on the other

hand,” she recalls, “he was reasonable—so reasonable policy

makers would ask, ‘What is Ralph’s position on this?’”

Why cycling?

Fertig’s friends wished they knew more about what inspired his passion

for two wheels. “It all came down to his fundamental joy in riding on

such a marvelous invention,” Lubach concludes. Fertig, he says, wanted

everyone to safely share that joy. Adds Michael Chiacos, SBBIKE board

president, “I think Ralph, as many of us do, believed the bicycle was a

simple and logical way to solve so many of modern society’s problems.”

Fertig’s passion and dedication extended to traveling, his garden, and his

cats. Lubach recalls a tour of Ralph’s hillside garden. “We felt like we were

on a climbing adventure with a brilliant park ranger.” Coalition meetings at

THANK YOU, RALPH

REMEMBERING RALPH

Fertig’s house are a part of his legacy. Van

Hengel enjoyed Fertig’s inclusion of her young

son, who accompanied her to noontime

meetings. “He was sweet and considerate of

my blossoming bike advocate,” she says.

Ralph’s vision

Limitless, says van Hengel. He wanted to

improve bicycle access, add facilities and

programs, and increase the number of

riders of all ages and abilities. Noting Fertig’s

world travels, Lubach says, “I believe his

vision was constructed as sort of an urban

planner’s plate of Dim Sum—one of these,

a couple of those … He wanted to bring

civility and wonder to Santa Barbara.”

All agree Fertig led by example. “Ralph

transitioned this organization from an

idea into an entity,” says SBBIKE executive

director Ed France. “He had the best

manners of any man in town,” adds Lubach.

“And when he rode his bicycle, he set an

example as a refined gentleman riding one

of the most civilized forms of transport.”

DOGGED, PREPARED, PASSIONATE, REASONABLE ACTIVISM

Ralph Fertig. Photo by PAUL WELLMAN

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THANK YOU, VOLUNTEERS

Last year, 300 plus

volunteers dedicated 4,552

hours to Bici Centro’s shop,

education programs, and

bike valet. Add to that board

and committee meetings

and event volunteering,

and 2014 six-month data

shows 5,690 volunteered

hours will power SBBIKE

this year. Given donations

of parts and equipment

through the first half of

the year ($31,000), the

shop is projected to receive

over $60,000 in in-kind

donations in 2014.

Sergio Jiminez, one of Bici Centro’s regular volunteer mechanics.Donated parts at the shop.Photos by HECTOR GONZALES

HONORING RALPHThe QR wanted to know: If Ralph could ask everyone who’s

pro-cycling to commit to doing something, what would that be?

“Be positive, persistent, productive, and patient.” (van Hengel)

“Ralph was very worried about a bike community that valued

celebration over substance. For a time, he worried there

wouldn’t be advocates who were willing to sit in long hearings

or at city and county meetings to advocate for cyclists … I could

see his concerns melting away as the much younger Ed France

delivered a well-prepared, passionate talk. Pretty

soon, I saw that big, wonderful smile.” (Lubach)

“I think he’d want us to participate in the process.

He saw the value of being part of the system—not

fighting it. He’d want people—from families to seniors

to kids—attending meetings, speaking to elected

officials, voicing their opinions. He saw the power of

one person. [He’d say] show up prepared, with good,

well thought-out solutions and reasoning.” (Epperson)


THANK YOU, FOUNDERS

The Birth and Early Stages of the Bicycle Coalition:

A Highlight Reel

1991 • The coalition is born

• Quick Release

is launched by

Ralph Fertig

1992 • SBIKE joins Earth Day (now

22 years and counting)

• Prop 116 funding nets repaving/

lighting of Atascadero

Creek bike path

• Trisha Davis is elected

first coalition president

• SBBIKE works with county

to plan Goleta bikeways

1993 • SBBIKE wins bike

lanes on Shoreline!

• Proposes lanes widening

at Mission/Hwy 101

• Helps Bicycle Ride Against

Drinking Drivers

1994 • QR reaches local businesses

Transportation Coordinators

• County hires Wilson Hubbell as Alternative

Transportation Coordinator

• SBBIKE first supports Traffic Solutions with 1,700-strong

Bike to Work Day

• Revises Bikeway Map w/

Traffic Solutions

1995 • Bike lockers are

installed around town

(w/city and county)

• SBBIKE secures 501(c)3

nonprofit status

• Launches website,

hosted by RAIN

1996• Bike racks installed on

three MTD bus routes

(thanks to advocacy

started in ’94)

• SBBIKE designs South

Coast bikeway signage

• Launches first “Earn a Bike” program

with Girls Inc. • Advocates bike projects

along 101 corridor

The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition will soon have twenty-five years under its tires. Here we pause

and look back at a few of its accomplishments as we plan for the next twenty-five and thank those

who helped craft improvements for bicyclists, and all road users in Santa Barbara County.

SBBIKE began as an idea over lunch in late 1990. Trisha Davis, then in the Rideshare

office (now SBCAG Traffic Solutions), and Jamie Newett from SB County saw a need

for bicyclists to present an organized voice in the community and wanted ideas from

cyclists about what the county should apply for from California’s Proposition 116.

On January 3, 1991, Newett sent out a memo to cyclists, announcing the formation of a coalition through

SBCAG and the county “to lobby for funds currently available for the improvement of bicycle lanes and paths.”

2003• For Bike to School Day, SBBIKE

partners w/COAST, and 1,350 kids ride

• Bike racks for 12 installed at

Santa Barbara Airport

• Successful fight keeps cyclist

access to San Antonio Creek

Rd. near Tuckers Grove

• Atascadero path renamed “The

Obern Trail” in honor of members

George and Vie Obern, who were

responsible for creating the bike path

• SBBIKE proposes safer

bikeway facilities on El Colegio

and Devereaux Area

• Advocates extensive bike trails on

Cachuma Lake’s north shore

• Persuades SB to create path along

Shoreline Drive above Leadbetter

2004• “Street Skills” bike commuter

classes are born

• SBBIKE distributes lights to

kids who bike to school (w/

Goleta Valley Cycling Club)

• Asks for safer conditions

for Mixtec farmworkers in

the Santa Maria Valley

• Urges Goleta to put bike lanes on

Cathedral Oaks/Hwy 101 crossing

• Supports bike friendly parts

of Isla Vista Redevelopment

and Master Plan

2005• 288 flashing lights

go to low-income

residents who bike

to jobs (w/GVCC)

• SBBIKE lobbies and

Amtrak puts racks on

all Surfliner trains!

• SBBIKE coordinates

bike tour for “Parade

of Green Buildings”

(Sustainability Project)

• Advocates that SY River

Trail area stay within

Santa Ynez Valley

Community Plan

2006• Commemorative bike ride

follows death of Jake Boysel,

hit while biking to school

• Bilingual bike safety

brochures given, w/lights,

to low-income workers

• SBBIKE, w/UCSB’s BIKES

committee, fills in missing

link, “Broida Expressway,” on

campus bike path network

• Advocates for 7-block

section of lanes on

Chapala and return of

lanes to Anapamu

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3.

4.

6.

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THANK YOU, ADVOCATES

Note: The Spring QR 2014 included a timeline summary of Bici Centro history from 2007 to 2010 when it merged with SBBIKE and of SBBIKE/Bici from then to 2014. This reel includes only a few of SBBIKE’s many successes during its first eighteen years. Thank you, Dru van Hengel, Erika Lindemann, and Howard Booth, for compiling this reel. The photos here are from QR issues the late Ralph Fertig faithfully (and almost singlehandedly) published for more than twenty years.

1996• Bike racks installed on

three MTD bus routes

(thanks to advocacy

started in ’94)

• SBBIKE designs South

Coast bikeway signage

• Launches first “Earn a Bike” program

with Girls Inc. • Advocates bike projects

along 101 corridor

1997• SBBIKE conceives

Decide to Ride

bike safety video

1998• Fertig and Burgess

are recognized as

“Local Heroes” by

the Independent

• SBBIKE founds

coalition at UCSB

• Hosts national Pro Bike/

Pro Walk conference

– 520 attendees

• Supports adoption

of City of SB Bicycle

Master Plan update

• Launches annual all-

volunteer Bike Count

(15 years and counting)

• Advocates wide

shoulders/bike lanes

on Hwy 246 between

Solvang/Buellton

The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition will soon have twenty-five years under its tires. Here we pause

and look back at a few of its accomplishments as we plan for the next twenty-five and thank those

who helped craft improvements for bicyclists, and all road users in Santa Barbara County.

SBBIKE began as an idea over lunch in late 1990. Trisha Davis, then in the Rideshare

office (now SBCAG Traffic Solutions), and Jamie Newett from SB County saw a need

for bicyclists to present an organized voice in the community and wanted ideas from

cyclists about what the county should apply for from California’s Proposition 116.

On January 3, 1991, Newett sent out a memo to cyclists, announcing the formation of a coalition through

SBCAG and the county “to lobby for funds currently available for the improvement of bicycle lanes and paths.”

2000• SBBIKE advocates SB’s Ortega

bike/pedestrian bridge rebuild

• Asks MTD to put bike racks

on all large buses

• Holds “Why I Love to Bike

Commute” contest

• Wins $25,000 for Kids

on Bikes program

• Helps SB City appraise bike projects

1999• SBBIKE proposes

redesign of 101

Fairview overcrossing/

SB “Bikestation”

• SY Valley’s Dan Henry Bike Route is opened

• Bike to Work Day

expands to Bike Week

• Dru van Hengel becomes SB City’s

Mobility Coordinator

2007• Bici Centro is launched

at Casa de la Raza• SBBIKE Advocates for Jake

Boysel bike path (on La Colina/

Bishop Diego schools routes)

• Helps develop South Coast Measure

D 2008 transportation tax policy

• Proposes safer conditions on

101 near La Conchita

2008• Street Skills classes expand to

Spanish thanks to Robert Caiza

• GVCC grant buys Bici tools/

additional lights for giveaway

• SBBIKE partners to help

craft and pass bike-

favorable Measure A

• Supports California

adoption of “Complete Streets” requirements

• Helps Santa Maria craft an

updated Bikeway Master Plan

2009• Cycle MAYnia, an SBBIKE and Traffic

Solutions partnership, is launched

• SBBIKE partners with SB Bowl for bike

valet parking at all concerts

• Asks Caltrans to fund Goleta slough bridge

resurfacing, new racks for UCSB

• Works w/Team Tailwinds, Cycle Star, and Main Street Cycles to buy “Share the Road— Save a

Life” stickers for North County distribution

•

The coalition—a group of individual bicyclists (initially all county employees)—formed as a direct

result. Their first accomplishment was an application for Prop 116 funding that succeeded splendidly.

The $462,000 award funded lights and resurfacing of the Atascadero bike path, bike-sensitive

loops, bicycle lockers, and new storm drains at various locations throughout the county.

None of the highlights in this reel would have been possible without the support of organizations

like SBCAG Traffic Solutions, City of Santa Barbara, and County of Santa Barbara. Among the

individuals whose contributions were paramount in the early years are Ralph Fertig, Wilson

Hubbel, Bob Burgess, Robert Bernstein, Sandra Wintermoss, Gary Weissman, Dru van Hengel,

Mike Hecker, Judy Keim, Don Lubach, and Erika Lindemann and many more over the years.

1. The original QR logo, Nov ‘91 2. Earth Day, April ‘97 3. Two examples of Ralph Fertig’s info graphics, a pie chart from May ‘94 and a graph from ‘97 4. Bike to Work day June ‘95 (JAY HILLJE) 5. SBBIKE’s Board (minus Ralph) in 2000 6. Vie and George Obern, Sept ‘03 7. Cycling classes and lights distribution, July ‘06

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5.

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THANK YOU, EDUCATORS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS

TOP: LCI Mike Vergeer teaches a 2014 summer camp participant how to fix a flat. Photo by DANIEL GIRARD. BOTTOM: LCI Hector Gonzales teaches six-year-old Melissa how to ride for the first time at Bici Family on September 13. Photo by JOHN ROUSSEAU.

CalTransCarpinteria

School DistrictCity of Carpinteria

City of GoletaCity of Santa Barbara

COASTCounty of Santa

BarbaraFood Bank

Franklin CenterGildea Foundation

Girls Inc.Goleta School District

Hutton Parker Foundation

McCune FoundationMTD

Santa Barbara School District

Santa Maria-Bonita School District

SB CenturySB Open Streets

SBCAG Measure A and Traffic Solutions

The Community Environmental Council

The Environmental Defense Center

Westside Boys & Girls Club

Community partners

Thank You!

100 miles 9000’

OCTOBER 18SATURDAY

also 63 and 34 mile routesOne of the most difficult century rides with a chip-timed 7 mile climb (age group and team awards).

www.santabarbaracentury.org for full details.

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THANK YOU, BUILDING CONTRIBUTORS

I n mid-July, SBBIKE closed on its building, securing the

Haley and Olive Street bicycling community center

and, with it, a vision that extends far into the future.

Read about the generosity that made the

purchase possible on page 10.

Says Ed France, SBBIKE executive director, “By purchasing

our own facility, it makes financial sense for us to invest

in improvements for the building in both minor and

substantive ways that will help transform this facility into

a vivid, artful, and ecologic community center.”

First on the agenda will be improvements to the Olive street

entrance. As a result of the sale, the coalition learned it owns the

Olive Street address—its shop entrance—in addition to the Haley

Street address, home of its education and outreach offices.

Up next? Solar panels, increased lighting, natural air ventilation, the

creation of an outdoor meeting space, a green roof, and more.

“We have a transformative vision for this space as a community

center,” concludes France, “and once that’s ready, we’ll be going

out to the community and asking for support to make it happen.”

AN ARTFUL, ECOLOGIC COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE MAKING These conceptual renderings show a vision of the transformations coming to SBBIKE community center’s. By ADAM GROSSHANS


THANK YOU, CYCLING COMMUNITY

Financial contributors

Building purchase donors and investors

Pro bono legal and brokerage counselors

Connecting Our Community campaign contributors

Event co-sponsors

Donors of bicycles new and used

Donors of parts and equipment

Countless other in-kind donators

Bike mechanics

Bici Centro shop volunteers

Bike builders for Pedal Power and youth giveaways

Bike valeters

Event tablers

Advocacy

campaigners

League of American

Bicyclists Certified

Instructors

Volunteer educators

Committee members

Board members

Graphic designers

Photographers

Writers

Artists

Visionary thinkers

Historians

Beer pourers

BBQ chefs

Computer techs

Contractors

Sweepers and cleaners

Food and beverage providers

Providers of spaces for meetings and classrooms

Gracious givers of the most precious

of commodities—time

You are the vibrant cycling

community of Santa Barbara!

S BBIKE relies on donations and volunteers

to run its programs and campaigns. The

story of the building purchase—the coalition’s

community center on Haley and Olive Streets—

this July exemplifies the thriving spirit of

contribution within SB’s cycling community.

“The stars of generosity aligned,” says Ed France,

SBBIKE’s executive director. He’s talking about the

outpouring of support that made the purchase

possible—“from private financing to tens of thousands

of dollars in donated professional services [legal and

brokerage] to the unbelievable support we received for

our down payment.” (The coalition received $310,000

from individual contributors.) “Astounding,” says France.

It all happened quickly, when just months earlier the

coalition learned of the opportunity to purchase or

risk rent hikes, if not moving, and the short deadline in

which to decide. SBBIKE and its education, advocacy,

and outreach programs had been gaining momentum

rapidly since the coalition moved into the building last

year, and the decision seemed obvious, if daunting.

So the coalition embarked on a fundraising campaign,

different from others in one primary way. “It’s not

like other efforts where the money is banked slowly,”

France explains. Instead, “here it comes; there it goes.”

Asked why support was so swift and generous,

France reflects. “I think donors to the building project

have faith in our ability to make change,” he says,

“and they share our vision of a bicycle movement

for a healthier, more vibrant Santa Barbara.”

Does he feel pressure now? “We’ve got to deliver,”

he says. But his confidence is clear as he adds,

“We’re very fortunate to have an organization with

staff, board members, and volunteers who are

committed. “We are delivering every day. From

teaching kids to ride for the first time to helping

retirees get around town, we’re making it happen.

And the building is at the center of it all.”

THE STARS OF GENEROSITY ALIGN

Thank You!

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OUR PROMISE

With gratitude“I promise to support the vibrant community

of supporters, from volunteers to members to

staff, educators, and patrons. Together, we will

do great things for the greater SB Community. I

promise to give my best as a part of this critical

effort to make bicycling safe and accessible

for all who choose here in our county.”

—Ed France, executive director

“I promise to continue to lead SBBIKE’s strategic

growth, so that we can effectively move

our mission forward and engage more and

more people in the bicycle movement.”

—Michael Chiacos, board president

“I promise to put more kids and more

Santa Barbara residents of all ages on bikes

through programs like Bici Familia and fun

community rides. I would love to do that.”

—Christine Bourgeois, education coordinator

“I promise to foster the growth of a safer

space for bicycle mechanics’ education

within the Bici Centro community.”

—Shawn von Biela, Bici Centro shop manager

“I promise to engage our community

and representatives to build support for

the bicycle friendly transformation of

Santa Barbara which will be beneficial to

everybody, cyclists and non-cyclists alike.”

—Sam Franklin, Advocacy campaign leader

“We promise our members and volunteers

will be part of a community of cyclists who

are working hard to provide resources for

cyclists of all ages and having fun together.”

—Howard Booth, membership coordinator, and

Joey Juhasz-Likomski, volunteer coordinator

“I promise to seek the best ways to communicate

SBBIKE’s vision and share its successes with

an ever-broadening audience and to help

the many voices and media talents in the

cycling community be heard and shared.”

—Holly Starley, communications coordinator

The Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition


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Adult Bike Education is supported by Measure A, County of Santa Barbara,City of Santa Barbara, City of Goleta and City of Carpinteria.

Register to Volunteer at http://bicicentro.org/mobile

November 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7


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The Spanish Language Outreach (SLOC) Committee of the Santa Barbara Bicycle coalition is leading their

fourth annual light give away to help low-income cyclists become more visible. JOIN US!

Free LightsLuces Gratis

Join Now!Why should you register or renew as a member of the Santa Barbara Bicycle Coalition?• It helps us assert our collective rights as road users.

• Power in numbers helps us influence local

government for better bikeways.

• We help you stay in the loop of local

bicycling-related events.

• We offer discounts with our local bike shops,

as well as for our classes and events.

• Membership enables you to volunteer at premium

opportunities like bike valet at the SB Bowl.

Register online today at www.sbbike.org/join.

Santa Barbara Bicycle CoalitionPO Box 92047Santa Barbara, CA 93190-2047


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