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What a wonderful start to a New Year!

The New Year’s Day Ride was a huge success with about 100 people stopping to eat at Frank Raines Hall.

Thanks to Gary Vacarro, who kept us in warm scrambled eggs and blew the place clean before we left and to Chuck & John who greeted and organized.

As we start the new year, we are already looking forward to SCBC volunteer needs.  We will be involved in these community wide events to help support biking and a more healthy lifestyle.

Please mark your calendars and let me know if you can help:
March 18 – Modesto Marathon – ‘riding SAG’ people are needed
Apr. 21 – Earth Day – SCBC booth, handing out information
May 6 – Turlock Lake Road Race (CdV) – course marshals needed
May 12 – Ride for Mom & health fair – SCBC booth and all volunteer positions
(I’m the volunteer coordinator! : )
May ?? – Ride to Work Day – SCBC booth
May 19 – Family Cycling Event – crit, SCBC booth
May 20 – Modesto Road Race – course marshals

Have a great riding year!

Susan

Our holiday dinner at the Johnson’s was wonderful!  Thank you so much, Tim & Katy, for opening your home to us.

Earlier that morning, we had a fantastic turn-out for the Spirit of Giving Run & Ride. SCBC led a ride from 11th & M to the Dry Creek Trail with a snack stop at the Claus turn-around.  We had an amazing group of about 60 riders, mostly families, who had a cold but very nice morning.

Many thanks to the SCBC volunteers who made it all happen! I talked to several riders who thanked us for making this such a fun ride they could do with their families.  I loved seeing them enjoy it so much, too!

Are you new to bike riding, and/or, a new member of SCBC?

We want to help you “learn the ropes” and to meet and get to know you better.  If you have questions or just want to listen to others’ questions about bike riding, repair or equipment, we would like to be available to you at a special meeting to answer your questions.

If you need more information about our rides, routes, or how to get more involved, please join us at these orientations.  When: Three times this year (in Jan., April & Sept.) at 6:00, before the General Meeting on the 2nd Wednesday of the month.

Now, we turn our attention to our annual NEW YEAR’S DAY RIDE.  I have a couple of volunteers in the kitchen but I could use a couple more. Other than that, RIDE! I’ll see you at the top with a warm fire and breakfast burrito.

Happy Riding in the New Year,

Susan

We had 280 riders participate in this year’s Cheese & Wine Century! We also had lots of wonderful volunteers, which insured that our event went very well! Thank you to everyone who helped!

It takes many areas of expertise and knowledge, to make this ride run smoothly. Thank you to all of you who gave your experience to this year’s event!

On December 10, we can look forward to two events. In the morning, SCBC is helping Modesto Park and Recreation with their Spirit of Giving Run & Ride. We are sponsoring a family ride on the Dry Creek Trail.

Then in the evening, we will have our annual Holiday Dinner and Social at Tim & Katy’s (details in Pacelines). Hope to see you at both events on Saturday, Dec. 10th.

Also, we will be starting a new SCBC club jersey order in January. I’m hoping to get at least 10 women’s jerseys ordered so I can have one! : )

Any winter items can also be ordered at that time. We need a minimum of 10 items of each kind to complete the order. You can start sending me your orders now!

Susan
president@stancobike.org

The Cancer Awareness Run & Ride was such an awesome community event last month.  Thank you to all our SCBC members who worked throughout the event to make it happen. We had 740 riders!! Wow!

Now for our own Cheese & Wine Century. We are still asking for a few more volunteers. Come to the Round Table meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 5 and see where you can help.

Then, let’s support other area rides, too.  The Fun Sport’s Ride to Cure Cancer is Sunday, Oct. 16.

The City of Modesto Parks & Recreation, along with ShadowChase and SCBC, are sponsoring a Spirit of Giving Run & Ride on Dec. 10.

Hope to see you at all these fantastic events!

Susan