RTA's plans to cut some of its most underused suburban routes do not sit well with Westlake Mayor Dennis Clough, a member of the RTA board.
His beef: Suburban residents pay most of the money toward the 1 percent countywide sales tax that supports the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority, but suburban residents increasingly are getting less bus service.
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 Halloween Ghost RideBike ride! Saturday, the 30th of October
We dare you to attend our third annual Halloween Ghost Ride! & Costume Party, to celebrate our first aniversary in the new workshop, on Saturday, the 30th of October. Featuring live music, including The Ornery, Cranky & Badly Coiffed Jug Band; Hot Cider, Great Lakes Ale, Vegiscarian Chili; Jack-o-lantern and costume contests; and Bike-skills carnival games! Tour the haunted shipwright's shed, if you dare! The ride begins at 7pm, to visit ten miles of scary places and join the party by 9pm (Helmets and lights are mandatory, and for sale [cheap] at the shop). Costumes strongly encouraged, for bikes and bodies! Children are welcome, accompanied by adults - Kids not riding can play games free from 7 to 9, and learn the carneys' trade! $13 ($20 for families) for the ride and first game/drink card, $6.66 for additional cards.
Ohio City Bike Co-Op
The easiest way is just don't stop.
You cycle all summer right? Just keep it up. See how late in the year you can be out cycling, whether for commuting or recreation. There is no inherent reason to hang up the bike at a certain date.
Don't think of it as attempting to ride all winter. Just think of it as riding today. Possibly tomorrow, conceivably next week, but definitely today.
In fact, you probably will not ride throughout your first winter. Most ICEBIKERS wimp out during the really harsh weather in the first year. This is because it seems daunting, and also it takes a year or more to figure out the clothing issues, find reliable equipment, and get it down to a science.
You will find that the weather is really not that bad, except when it IS that bad, which is not that often. The hardest part is getting started each morning (if commuting). You will find that it only sucks for the first mile. Then you are "into it", not to mention warmed up, and your confidence is restored.
If it sucks for much longer than the first mile, you may have an equipment problem. You may need warmer gear, or maybe you are having trouble handling the bike on the slippery surface and studded tires would be really nice about now. It might be that you are expecting summertime speeds into the teeth of winter gales. That too is an equipment problem. You need to invest in a different attitude. One that says you will get there just as reliably if only a tad later by going slower. Nothing is more uncomfortable than working up a drenching sweat when bundled up for winter conditions.
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"Velorution" seeks submissions.
New zine seeks submissions to document bicycle activism.
'VELORUTION' is a collectively produced zine and resource directory due to be published in April 2004 (issue #1). Our aim is to document and highlight the state of bicycle activism in the Eastern U.S. - everything from Critical Mass, to international bike-exporting, to community co-ops and repair clinics, to earn-a-bike programs, to radical bicycle protest and theatre, and everything in between.
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