WPW Spring Gathering!

The WPW Spring gathering is this Saturday May 19th at Olympia Grove in North Park. 50, 12 and 5 mile options.

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Pittsburgh Ride of Silence – Wednesday May 16th 7 PM

Why:
• to honor those cyclists injured or killed on public roadways
• to raise awareness of cyclists on the road
• to demonstrate responsible road sharing
• to show that cyclists are not going away

When: Wednesday, May 16, 2011, 7:00 PM. Gather at 6:45 PM (evening)

Pittsburgh start location: Southside – 26th & Sidney (behind REI).

Pittsburgh Ride of Silence Contact for 2012: Jim Logan (jimlogan@verizon.net)

The weather forecast for Wednesday evening looks good.

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Charity Training Rides

Are you planning a big ride for your favorite charity? Train with people who have been there before. Please join our club rides to get the skills and training to complete your charity ride this season. The calendar will be marked with appropriate rides by our ride leaders. Jim Logan, Ken Cushey, Bruce Woods, and Lance Kennelty welcome all riders who are in training for their next big charity ride to join them. Please be sure to check our calendar often for ride additions and changes.


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PGH Cycling Expo

Thank you to everyone who attended. Christian and I had a good time meeting people and riding the rollers at our booth. Hopefully it encouraged everyone we met to ride with the WPW on one of our many rides on our calendar this season.

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WPW MS150 Team

For those of you that don’t have a team home for the MS150, we’ve created a Wheelmen team for this year’s ride. We’ll have a few training rides before the MS ride and perhaps even a couple other ‘team building’ events. Feel free to join the team at http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Bike/PAXBikeEvents/1794473770?pg=team&fr_id=18172&team_id=277781 and keep an eye on the calendar for charity ride training events.

Note that we’re not trying to pull you away from an MS150 team that you’ve been a part of in past years, but rather to be an option for those that are looking for a team and the encouragement and motivation that being on a team provides.

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Upcoming RAAM movie

Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Southside Works Cinema. Tickets are $11 in advance at www.imathlete.com/events/bicycledreams or $15 at the door the night of the show. This event is sponsored as a benefit by Bike PGH and co-sponsored by the OTB Bicycle Cafe. For more information, email gharrington3165@hotmail.com. For information about Race Across America, go to www.raceacrossamerica.org.

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2012 Icycle Bicycle Ride

When: January 1st

Where: REI Southside Works

What time: 11 a.m.

REI Southside will again be our sponsor with coffee, hot chocolate, tea and cookies the morning of the ride to help get the ride off in its 4th decade. REI will open at 10:30 a.m. to accommodate those who have last minute ride shopping needs.

The ride will leave REI at 11 a.m. Parents and small kids can head across Hot Metal Street on the South Side Trail while big people can cross the Hot Metal Bridge and head towards town. The ride will cross the Ft Duquesne Bridge and up the trail to the 16th Street Bridge. From there its down Penn to Smithfield St Bridge and over to the South Side Trail back to REI.

Ride goes no matter what the weather.

Helmets are mandatory.

For more information contact Marc Yergin 412-559-0054

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Ride Leader Appreciation Mtg – WEDNESDAY DEC 7 (Date change!)

Location: OTB, 2518 East Carson Street Pittsburgh, PA 15203

Let’s gather at OTB on the Southside WEDNESDAY night December 7th. For those that work in town or otherwise like to be prompt, we’ll start to gather at 6 PM – including appetizers and beverages. For those that have have farther to travel or want to avoid traffic, if you arrive by 7 PM the gathering will still be going.

Let’s thank our ride leaders. All club members are welcome and encouraged. We especially invite our ride leaders so we can thank them:

2010 Ride Leaders Ride Count (approximate!)
Paul Kopko 60
Ken Cushey 58
Alan Kincade 48
John Kozak 33
Bruce Woods – PMTCC 32
Lance Kennelty 32
Lance Letterio 31
Jim Logan 28
Fred Klehm 24
Judy Zawacki 20
ORTC 19
Dan O’Donnell 18
Melissa Ondesko & Wayne McCuen New! 17
Dan Blumenfeld 8
Lyle Seaman 6
Bill Campbell New! 5
Wayne McCuen 4
Stephen Hansen New! 4
David Cohen New! 4
Robert Sette New! 3
Chuck Kennedy 2
Mark Bedel 2
Pat Botula 2
Curt Vazquez 1
George Schmidt 1
Jan Kirkwood New! 1
Marc Yergin 1
Paul McKeown 1
Shinji Kawauchi 1
Ted Katz 1
Tom Rogers 1
Ron Bayline 1
Al Gaburri 1
Ray Paff New! 1

(Corrections to ride counts welcome!)

But of course we encourage all club members to attend to thank ride leaders.

No program or presentations – just a gathering of the club for informal thanks and sharing the bike season that was and the bike season that will be.

PS: We changed the date to avoid the Steeler game in-town Thursday evening.

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WPW Post Office Box

Due to an oversight, the WPW’s Post Office Box was out of service briefly this month but is now available. If your renewal or new membership form was returned, please resubmit it. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

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Website maintenance this weekend

We will be performing some maintenance on the website this weekend. While it is not expected to take long, it’s possible that you may visit the site while the maintenance is in progress and may see unexpected behavior. We appreciate your patience while the maintenance is in progress.

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