| Subject: | Fwd: Wanted: Your Favorite Bicycle Ride--for new Portland |
| Date: | 10/19/2000 12:22 AM |
| From: | Candi Murray |
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X-From_: RCBic-@aol.com Fri Oct 20 00:44:52 2000 Delivered-To: ob-@teleport.com From: RCBic-@aol.com Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 20:44:07 EDT Subject: Wanted: Your Favorite Bicycle Ride--for new Portland Guidebook To: curtd-@juno.com X-Mailer: AOL for Macintosh sub 28 Contact: Dave Guettler, Owner River City Bicycles Curt Dewees, Promotions Manager 503-233-5973 rcbic-@aol.com SUBMIT YOUR FAVORITE BICYCLE RIDES; RIVER CITY BICYCLES TO PUBLISH RUBBER= TO THE ROAD, VOLUME 2 (PORTLAND, Ore.) Want to see your favorite bike ride in print? River= City Bicycles is looking for bike rides for Volume 2 of the highly successful Rubber to the Road, a guidebook of best bicycle rides in the greater= Portland metro area. Road cyclists and off-road riders alike are encouraged to submit their favorite rides to be included in the new guidebook, which is scheduled for publication in Summer 2001. "Send us your favorite ride, and we=E2=80=99ll check it out," says= Dave=20 Guettler, owner of River City Bicycles and publisher of the book. "If we include= your ride, we=E2=80=99ll give you a $50 gift certificate to our shop=E2=80=94and= a free=20 copy of the new book!" Since it=E2=80=99s first printing in 1997, the original Rubber to the= Road has sold over 3,000 copies at $10 each and raised nearly $8,000 to help support two local nonprofit organizations--the Bicycle Transportation Alliance and the Community Cycling. These groups work to create safer communities for bicyclists and to train youth about safe riding techniques and bicycle= repair. The deadline for ride submissions is January 31, 2001. Rides can be= =20 road or off-road, road rides can be up to 100 miles in length, and= starting/ending points can be up to one hour=E2=80=99s drive from Portland. Please include ride map (if any)= and notes that describe starting & ending points, ride length, directions, road= names, road conditions (shoulder, traffic volume, road surface), description of hills/climbing, and points of interest such as food stores and cafes. = Submit ride descriptions to: River City Bicycles Attn: Rubber to the Road II 706 SE MLK Ave. Portland, OR 97214. Email: rcbic-@aol.com Telephone: 503-233-5973. Fax: 503-233-6862 If you have questions, contact Dave Guettler, owner, or Curt Dewees, promotions manager. |
