Arkansas Bicycle Club News Archives 
Arkansas LIVESTRONG Bike Ride... Posted Thursday, April 30, 2009 by Sprokets
From Chris and Jennifer Shaw...
It’s official…on May 5th Team Land Rover-Orbea racers (AKA Rubicon) will once again descend on LR to host the AR LIVESTRONG BIKE RIDE benefiting the Lance Armstrong Foundation. This year will be even bigger and better: we’ll have another raffle for lots of good schwag...but new this year is a silent auction with lots of great items!!! Just a few of the raffle and auction items include-
Autographed Team Land Rover-Orbea items
VIP spot in the Team Car at the Joe Martin Stage Race (Fayetteville, AR)
Hammer Gel Gift Basket
Autographed Darren McFadden items
LIVESTRONG Edition Oakley Glasses and Helmet
Nike Clothing and Posters, Lance Armstrong Posters, Bike Tune-ups, Arkansas Travelers Baseball Tickets, AND...whatever else we can find to give away between now and then!
Wanna fight cancer and win cool stuff? Then place a bid on an auction item and/or buy a raffle ticket or two, or three, or 50...all contributions are tax-deductible. You’ll get to place your tickets into the buckets of the items you want! So, go ahead, indulge yourself, you know you want this schwag!
I'll have tickets for sale at the ride! Cost is 5 for $5 or 12 for $10.
The starting point will be River Trail Rentals (near Arkansas Queen/sub area) off Riverfront Drive. The ride route will follow the NLR River Trail and Burns Park Golf Course Loop; appox 20-25 miles. Families and riders wanting a shorter distance may turn around at the Fraternal Order of Police. Festivities will begin at 5:30pm, ride will depart around 6:30pm. I've attached a flyer as a convenient reminder. Please spread the word and feel free to contact me if you have questions! This is going to be exciting....the Arkansas event was one of the largest attended LIVESTRONG events last year....let's do it again!
Thanks,
Jenn
Joe Martin Treat.... Posted Wednesday, April 29, 2009 by Sprokets
Aw yeah now....all you riders and volunteers will be in for a treat at this year's Joe Martin. Bruce Dunn sends word that Floyd Landis will be riding as part of team OUCH. Cop'ing a bit from the Democrat here....
We've never had an athlete of this magnitude" race director Bruce Dunn said.
So...man...get your tickets, get your ride, get whatever you need to get involved racing, volunteering, or cheering! ya know...this deserves some "Thunderbox"!
For all you 52"er's with some Klipsch horns....you know what to do!
April 2009 minutes Posted Saturday, April 25, 2009 by Jim Britt
Arkansas Bicycle Club Meeting Minutes
April 9, 2009
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by club president Jim Britt who made several announcements prior to the evening’s presentation.
- Rides
- -Trail of Tears Bicycle Tour, 4/18, NLR River Trail. Call Laura Miller at Nat’l Park Service, 501-374-1947, for more information.
- -Tour de Cure, 4/25. Still time to sign up and gather sponsors. Janice Peters is ABC team captain.
- -Arkansas Wine Tour, 5/2, Altus. Benefits Children’s Hospital
- -Tour de Toad, 5/2, Conway. http://www.toadsuck.org
- -Cycle for Sight, 5/16. Benefits Jones Eye Institute. Info and registration at http://www.uams.edu/jei/cycleforsight
- -Tour de Hoot, 5/30. McGehee. www.tourdehoot.com Camping will be available Fri night before ride. Free BBQ dinner and showers after the ride. Vegetarian fare will be available IF you contact Kenny G (kennygober@hotmail.com) well before the ride. Ride benefits the MeGehee Boy’s & Girl’s Club.
-Announcements
--ABC will have a booth at Riverfest, May 22-24, and will need members to man it during fest hours. Contact Jim if you can help. You’ll get a t-shirt and the club will earn $600.
--When you order a RoadID on line and indicate an ABC affiliation the club receives a residual. We recently received a check for $16!
--Planning for the Joe Webber Arky 100 is underway. Long sleeve T-shirts are being considered, possibly made from a tech-type material. If you know of anyone who would like to be a sponsor please let Jim know.
--Keep your BikeJournal and Blue & You logs up-to-date.
For this evening’s program Tom Ezell showed several film shorts with bicycling themes:
Riding in a paceline
Bicycle messenger in NYC
Return of the Scorcher
Riding at night
Meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM. Next meeting is scheduled for 7PM, May 14, 2009 at American Pie, Maumelle. .
Submitted by,
Jenny Rainwater
Secretary
Little Maumelle Bridge! Posted Friday, April 24, 2009 by Sprokets
Little Maumelle Bridge News!
Spotted over Central Arkansas Recreational Peddlers! Little Maumelle Bridge Design for support and development of the Arkansas River Trail.
Garver Engineering is at it again making our cycling life more beautiful than ever! Click on the image to see the pdf!
Bike and Build Concert at Whitewater, 5/13 Posted Wednesday, April 22, 2009 by Jim Britt
Bike and Build Benefit Concert
Whitewater Tavern in Little Rock
Wednesday, May13th at 9:00pm
The Mockingbird Quartet (with former members of Silverton)
and Joe Sundell (of the Damn Bullets) are performing.
$6 donation at the door to benefit non-profit organization, Bike and Build.
http://bikeandbuild.org/
contact: Lauren Johnson
501-772-7150
Gears for Ears April 30 - May 1 Posted Monday, April 6, 2009 by Jim Britt
George Cobb is at it again. He is doing a 24-hour endurance ride on the River Trail to raise money for hearing aids for children. He'll be riding from Children's Hospital at 9:00 AM, Thursday, April 30, to ride to the River Trail. Then he will be circling the trail every hour (clockwise) and expects to be at Murray Park Pavilion #1 on the hour. Donations can be given there and at River Trail Rentals and Wyndham Hotel (suite number to be given later). There is also a picnic at Pavilion #1 Thursday, 5:30 to 7:30 PM as a fund raiser. We'll plan an evening ride to try to catch up with him. Ride: Leave at 5:45 PM. End of road at the bottom of River Mountain Road, LR. We'll go downtown for dinner.