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February 2009
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2009 Great Western Bicycle Rally News
Memorial Day Weekend
May 22 - 25th, 2009
Registration is Open!
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Hello
Riders,
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News & Notices
Rally
Raffle: There will be awesome prizes for the raffle on Sunday evening. Plan
to stay for the Raffle as you must be present to win. To date we have wine,
bicycle clothing, saddles, gift certificates and more to come! Every person
receives a free raffle ticket in their registration packet. So plan to
stay! |
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Family Riding and Kid's
Activities
 On of the best features of the Rally is the
involvement of kids and families. The Rally exposes kids of all ages to how fun
riding can be. The kids will grow up knowing that bike riding can be a great
form of recreation and exercise and hopefully encourage them to adopt bicycling
as a form of transportation as they become adults.
Our
family rates make it affordable for a family to attend and spend some quality
time together. Below are is a list of family activities and
competitions.
- Bicycle Roadeo (skills and safety)
- Family Ride to Star Farms
- Training Wheel Freedom Clinic
- Kids
Non-bicycling Games
- Huffy
Toss (older kids)
- Hill
Climb and Time Trial (older kids)
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10 Top Reasons To Come To The
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- To
have fun while riding your bike
- To
ride with your friends or mutual club members
- To
meet new people and see old friends
- To
introduce your family or significant others to riding
- To
train for other events
- To
drink good wine and eat gourmet food
- To
explore another area of California
- To
exercise
- To
get the heck out of Dodge
- To
relieve stress and increase your quality of life
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For
those that have not attended, you will find, that once you attend, you will
want to come back. We have many long-time attendees!  |
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Volunteers of the Month: Julene
Limoges
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The Rally is supported and organized by loyal
volunteers. Julene and has been a consistent volunteer that has helped a very
important job at the Rally: the sales of merchandise.
Julene is retired and resides in the Los Angeles
area.She is not a bicyclist herself, but really enjoys working the event each
year. She also helps to set up and clean up each year and we call on her each
year to a variety of "extra duties" at the last minute.
Julene,we thank you so much for all your terrific help.
Stop by the merchandise booth and meet Julene this
year! |
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Featured Sponsor: Cycle
California
 Cycle California has
graciously sponsored the Rally for many years by distributing our brochures
throughout Northern California and at major bicycling events. Cycle California
Magazine is owned and published by Bob Mac who gives bicycle event directors
the opportunity to promote their events via display ads and calendar listings
each month in the magazine and web site. Cycle California is distributed in
bike shops and at many cycling events. You will see Bob himself in his booth at
major cycling events with bicycle event brochures to pass out to particpants.
For many years, he has steadfastly promoted bicycling via the magazine, web
site and at events. Thanks Bob for being such a great ambassador of and
promoter of bicycling in California!
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Bring Your Mountain
Bike!
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 Calling All Mountain Bikers! In the
past, we have had mountain biking routes that were available to ride on your
own. This year, we are working with K-Man
Cyclery (a local Paso Robles Bike Shop and GWBR Sponsor) to lead
mountain bike rides. The mountain biking around Paso is incredible! As we get
closer to the Rally, we will post in our schedule when and where to meet.
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La Grange Pancake Breakfast ......
mmm...mmm.... Good!
 As you register online, you can sign up for the
Saturday morning La Grange pancake breakfast served on the fairgrounds.For
$7.00 The breakfast will include pancakes, bacon coffee and will be served from
6:30 - 9:00 am.
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We need volunteers!
It's fun to do and a
great way to meet other people.
Sign up
here
We look
forward to having you for the weekend! Please call us or email us if you have
any questions or suggestions.
Thank you to our sponsors!
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