Summer Passion Trail Bikes News! Issue #4

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This week's Topics:

1. Wednesday Wride: White Socks
2. Open Space District Board Seat Candidates sought
3. July 19-21: Downieville trip still has a few spots available
4. ROMP Donner Lake Trailcare and Campout Par TAY!!! Aug 8-10
5. Alison Dunlap Advanced Women’s Clinic in Marin August 2&3




1. Wednesday Wride: White Socks

Note: The new Weekly Wride page is updated weekly on Tuesdays for the next day's Weekly Wednesday Wride. For all the details, please refer to this page on our website. If your questions aren't answered there, you can also email us for info at info@passiontrailbikes.com.

Sunset is at 8:26pm this Wednesday 07/16/08.

Special this week: White Socks. Yes, we’re dressing dorky, and doing it with honor. We learned today that our friend Rodney “White Socks” Johnson died yesterday of pancreatic cancer. Rodney was an inspiration to us and we are very sad to learn of his passing. Rodney was one of the founders of IMBA in 1988. Rodney suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome, and was always happy to pedal along slowly. He was immediately recognizable on the trail because he wore tall white socks to protect his legs. He also helped form Mere Mortals, the club whose motto is “Our fast is everyone else’s slow.” If you would like to learn more about Rodney’s tremendous contributions to our sport, please read the post on our blog. In honor of Rodney we will have a slower paced “White Socks” group at 6:30 that will pick a pace and distance between the FBG ride and the Regular Ride and will pay special attention to the last rider in the group.

Rodney Johnson, RIP

Also, there will be the usual variety of rides on the twisty narrow singletrack that makes Waterdog famous. All rides start pedaling from the shop: Passion Trail Bikes, 415 Old County Road, Belmont, CA 94002 650-620-9798

The EARLY rides group will go out at 6:15 PM.

The REGULAR rides group will go out at 6:30 PM.

The FBG or Fat Bottomed Girl ride will go out at 6:10 PM. This week Patty sez "I would love the pleasure of your company."

For those that can't sneak out of work on time, or are habitually late, we will be offering a STRAGGLERS ride group that goes out at 6:45 PM.

Please bring a blinky light for the back of your bike, and a white handlebar light for the front.

All groups will meet back here at Passion Trail Bikes shortly before dark (about 8:45pm) for the usual story telling & beverage enjoyment. We will have stuff for the BBQ along with some carb laden side dish, chips and fatty snacks and EANABS to pair up with the Devil's Canyon Brewery offerings. We will hang out until about 10pm, so come on down, even if you can't make the ride! Passion Parties are better with YOU in the mix!

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2. Open Space District Board Seat Candidates sought

An article on the Coastsider website reports that MROSD’s Ward 7 seat on the Board of Directors is open in the upcoming election. If you live in Ward 7, which includes parts of Redwood City, San Carlos and much of the San Mateo coast, including Half Moon Bay, we encourage you to consider being a candidate in the upcoming election. MROSD does not have term limits and incumbents who are unopposed do not appear on the ballot and are never subject to review of their votes or positions on various topics, such as access to trails for mountain biking.
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3. July 19-21: Downieville trip still a few spots still available

The weekend we have reserved at the Riverside Inn in Downieville is just a few days away, July 19-21 Come join us as we sample some awesome Sierra singletrack, assisted by some elevation gaining shuttles provided by Yuba Expeditions. The main group will be heading up early Saturday AM, riding DH Saturday, doing an EPIC ride Sunday, and something easier on Monday, coming home Monday night. Trust us, a three day weekend with Monday off is AWESOME. Options include adjusting your schedule with a room added on Friday or Monday night.

The weekend will be fun, casual, and supported with logistics and meals. Given that most of the dining establishments are iffy these days in terms of actually being open, Patty will be doing a bunch of cooking, and serving several meals on the deck overlooking the Downie River. Also providing breakfast and sandwich makin's. And on Monday we will have a room reserved just for showers and changing prior to returning to the Bay Area, so it adds a great relaxing element to the end of the weekend.

To secure a spot, ACT FAST. Any remaining rooms by Wednesday at 6pm will be released. We require a $100 deposit to claim your space for the weekend. Send Patty an email at patty@passiontrailbikes.com to let her know of your intentions. Depending on which options you choose, (shared vs. private room, 2 vs. 3 nights) the trip costs between $195 and $475 per person for the entire weekend with meals, lodging, and shuttles included, depending on how many days and what accommodations and shuttles you choose. Note that we can accommodate non-riding partners, vegetarian food, and other special needs.

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4. ROMP Donner Lake Trailcare and Campout Par TAY!!! Aug 8-10

ROMP's prez Josh Moore stops in at Passion pretty often, and we caught this notice he posted to the ROMP email list:
August Tahoe Mountain Biking Trip (August 8-10 /Fri-Sun) It's a trail work and ride weekend that we are coordinating with several other local clubs - MBOSC, ROMP, FATRAC, BTCEB, and BONC.

There is a ride scheduled for Fri afternoon, trail work Sat morning and early afternoon, ride Sat afternoon, and an epic ride Sun. The plan for the weekend is as follows:

Friday afternoon: Sawtooth Ridge Ride 3PM (Truckee - fun trail that is SS friendly)
Saturday: Trailwork 9AM-2PM Glacier Way to Drifter Hut segment of the Donner Lake Rim Trail. This will be a new section of singletrack! Dirty Harry Ride 3PM
Sunday: 9AM Epic Ride - Hole in the Ground plus Donner Lake Rim Trail

We have reserved camp sites for Friday and Saturday at Donner Memorial State Park. Some people are planning to start our weekend on Wed Aug 6 - some of us want to get more riding in Tahoe..... For more info and to reserve a campsite, contact Josh Moore mtbikes@gmail.com.

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5. Alison Dunlap Advanced Women’s Clinic in Marin August 2&3

TWO DAY ADVANCED WOMEN'S CLINIC WITH OLYMPIC PRO ALISON DUNLAP

Increase your skills with Olympic athlete and pro mountain biker Alison Dunlap

Saturday, August 2 – Sunday August 3
China Camp and Tamarancho, Marin County, California

Who: Women ages 15+ with intermediate to advanced skills who would like to take their riding to the next level.

What: A skills intensive mountain bike clinic that will include work on fast cornering, uphill and downhill switchbacks, descending and ascending, and clearing obstacles on the trail.

Day 1: Full day of skill building and drills - China Camp, 8:30am – 3:00pm (lunch included).
Day 2: Let's hit the trails and practice our new skills with Alison: Tamarancho, 8:30am – 1:30pm (no host lunch with Alison and Team
LUNA Chix at the Iron Springs Brewing Company).

Cost:
This clinic will sell out. Please register early.
*Early Bird Registration: $150 Payment must be received by July 15
*Registration: $200 Payment must be received by July 25
*Late Registration: $225 Payment received after July 25 (space permitting)

In addition to covering all instruction for the weekend, your registration fee also includes:
*Continental breakfast and coffee on both days.
*Lunch on Saturday
*Luna Gift Bag

Normally Alison offers these intensive two-day clinics for $300. Since this is a fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Fund, we are able to offer this opportunity to women starting at $150. All proceeds go to Breast Cancer Fund www.breastcancerfund.org.

About our Coach, Alison Dunlap A two-time Olympian, Dunlap represented the U.S. in road cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics and mountain biking at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She won the World Cross Country Mountain Bike Championship in 2001 and has two Mountain Bike World Cup victories to her credit.

To register for this clinic, you must go to www.breastcancerfund.org/bambchix. At this site you can register for the clinic and make your donation directly to BCF. Once you've made your donation, your contact information will be forwarded to Team Luna Chix. You should receive an email within a few days containing additional details about the clinic. You must register and make your donation before the clinic or you will not be able to attend.

Questions? email teamlunachixmtb@yahoo.com. See you on the Trail!!

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Happy Trails, the PTB crew
Charles, Patty, Berry, John, Bret, Sterling, Daryl, Daniel, Peter, Reba and Buster

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