[DB!-Announce] December Bike Announcements

Fri Dec 4 17:11:55 PST 2009

*December Bike Announcements
*
*DB! is now a Non-Profit!  ...good news for year end giving; and how to
give.*  For everyone considering our year-end appeal for support, as of
November 23rd we are officially a California non-profit corporation.  Your
contributions to Davis Bicycles! are now tax exempt (EIN #83-0474165)  If
you didn't receive our year-end request for support, view it
here<http://davisbicycles.org/docs/2009_fundraising_letter.pdf>.
 Then download our membership
form<http://davisbicycles.org/docs/db_membership_form.pdf> and
send some support to Davis Bicycles! to reward our dedicated volunteer work
in 2009, and to set us up for a great 2010.  Thanks in advance of all gifts!
 We'll put them to great use to leverage volunteer's time and efforts.

*Back to School / Bike to School*
And they’re off and riding! As of 11/22/09, here’s how the citywide student
bike to school competition is shaping up:
School Team, most days logged: *Harper*, 1,249
School Team, most miles logged: *Harper*, 7,483
Classroom Team, most days logged: *Chavez-Nieves*, 83
Classroom Team, most miles logged: *Pioneer-Stanowicz*, 1,328
Total miles logged district-wide:19,695
December’s contest will run from 12/1 through 12/31. The prizes are a
two-day ski or snowboard rental, donated by Ken’s Bike and Ski, and . a $25
labor certificate to B&L Bike Shop. These will be awarded by random pick
from the students with the most days logged using alternative
transportation.  Note that December contest prizes are being revised from
what may have been published in school announcements in late November.
Questions?  Contact Christal Waters at chrystal2waters at yahoo.com

*Tour de Cluck Bike Guides Needed
*
Davis Bicycles! is helping to organize a bicycle tour of chicken coops
throughout Davis on Saturday, May 22 - The Tour de Cluck! This will be a
very fun event and a fundraiser for the Farm to School
Connection<http://www.davisfarmtoschool.org/>.
But we need guides to help show people the best routes to ride between
coops. If you would like to help please contact Maria Tebbutt at
funmaria at sbcglobal.net (no chicken expertise necessary).

*Fun Family Ride, Saturday, Dec. 5 at 7 pm
*Celebrate the coming of winter with a pedaling light show! Decorate your
bike with headlights, rear flashers, glow sticks and battery-powered
Christmas lights for a short, fun loop around town. Unusual bikes such as
tandems, recumbents, folders are encouraged. Ride leaves from the Veteran's
Center. For more information, contact Ted Sommer: 758-6806
cyclelovers at sbcglobal.net

*Ongoing Bike Activities*

*Bicycle Advisory Commission*, Monday, December 7th
In lieu of the December Commission meeting, the Commission will take a
walking/bicycling tour of downtown bicycle facilities, highlighting some
on-going
projects and issues.
*  6:00*  Tour of Downtown Bicycle Facilities. The group will start at the
Amtrak Station and work through downtown.
*  7:00*  Tour of Bike Forth and Meet-n-Greet with the Commission.  The tour
will end at Bike Forth, 1221 ½ Fourth Street,
          for a short introduction and tour of the Davis Bicycle Collective
shop.
The tour and the event at Bike Forth are open to the public.

*Davis Bicycles! Steering Committee*, usually the 4th Monday of each month,
6-8pm, 123 C St. (reply to this e-mail for more info.)

*Davis Bike Collective*. Bike
Forth<http://www.davisbikecollective.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49&Itemid=19>the
volunteer-run nonprofit community bicycle organization at 4th and L
Streets (on L behind Bikram Yoga).
*Open Bike Night!  *On Mondays from 7:00 - 8:30 p.m., following volunteer
training, Bike Forth will be hosting Open Bike Night.  This will be a time
to share crazy bike stuff of all sorts, from movies, to nifty bike projects,
to re-made bike accessories, to whatever else you can think of!!!  Come
celebrate bike-y-ness in Davis and beyond.
Regular Hours:
Mondays 1-5 PM
Tuesdays 5-7 PM WTF (Women Trans Femme) Workshop
Wednesdays 4-8 PM
Thursdays 4-8 PM
Saturdays 12-6 PM

*And a few bike links for this month:
*
Over thirty years ago the developers of Village Homes had to convince the
Davis planning department that narrow streets were safe by demonstrating
that emergency vehicles could use them effectively. Now the City of Fresno
has done much the same thing as outlined in Overcoming Resistance to
Narrower Streets
<http://www.planning.org/practicingplanner/default.htm>(one of the
authors, Bryan Jones, is a graduate of UC Davis Institute of
Transportation Studies)

The City of San Francisco is using an iPhone
app<http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/11/17/BA141AK16V.DTL>to
figure out where bicyclists ride, why they choose those routes, and
how
development decisions or transportation changes might affect them. This is
just one of many studies using bike GPS to understand cycling behavior in
cities including
Winnipeg<http://www.gpsmaniac.com/2009/04/winnipeg-using-gps-tracking-to-devise-cycling-routes/>,
Portland <http://bike.research.pdx.edu/>, and
Minneapolis<http://www.lrrb.org/pdf/200715ts.pdf>.
Could a similar study here help to understand how we should best invest in
our bicycling infrastructure?

To learn a little more about Portland bike culture, Meet Joe
Portland<http://bespoke.onthefourth.com/?p=998>.
So where's Joe Davis?

The holidays are coming so shop local, shop by bike, and use this great Guide
to Green and Local Gift Ideas<http://daviswiki.org/Green_and_Local_Gift_Ideas>
.

Enjoy the Ride...

   Leo Rainer
   President, Davis Bicycles!
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