Beginning to Believe
We have had a thrilling first half of the year with many activities and group rides while mentoring new ones on their bikes! The Henry County Bike Club participated in the Fast Track Trade Show this winter; The Friends of Philpot Environmental Expo in spring and this summer, The VMNH's Fun Festival! The word is spreading throughout our community about the bike club and people are beginning to believe that they too can ride a bike for fun, fitness and/or transportation!
While gas prices continue to rise across the nation, our city and county is undergoing a revitalization to assure a safe community for cycling. With that being said, we are partnering with Activate M/HC, DRBA, FOP and other local organizations to assist with their missions as it relates to both road and mountain biking.
Significantly, our partnership with Activate is the "yeast" to "Activate" our bike club, school system, Police Departments and other local organizations in creating the exposure, policies as well as infrastructure to assure all the logistics necessary will come to pass for a biker friendly community. We greatly appreciate all that Program Manager, Jeannie Frisco has done in her short tenure with this new organization funded by The Harvest Foundation! While this organization initially is a 3 year program, it has quickly become obvious that a lot of work needs to be done to meet the long-term goals of the grant. We also thank Harvest for their "out of the box" vision in beginning this program and will continue to volunteer our efforts towards assisting this initiative to success.
Please come out and ride with our club! We invite you to become a member and to choose your mentor!! We now have two phases of Beginner Rides. Feel free to email me with questions. See you on the roads & trails soon!
Ride well & stay well!
Susan Perkins - President, HCBC
Lunch on "the Run"
Every Tuesday & Thursday in Uptown Martinsville, join the HCBC during 30 minutes of your lunch hour to walk/jog or bike in the Uptown area.
Our members lead two groups. Leave from the Farmers market at either 12:05 or 1:05. Don't forget to bring your tennis shoes and before you head back to work, stop by the Daily Grind, Art's Etc. or Tasty Crème for a discount on a special lunch. Just tell them you are part of the Lunch on "The Run" program!
In addition, all participants receive a ticket each time they walk/bike for a quarterly giveaway sponsored by Activate M/HC!! Must be present with ticket to win. We gave a bike away in May and our next drawing is Tuesday, August 5th!
This Week's News
Saturday July 26th at 10AM: Join us for our monthly Beginner Bike Ride - Phase 1 Fieldale Trail on River Road. (Canoe access and gravel parking on the left)
For more experienced riders, a 30+ mile road ride will leave from the same location and same time.
See everyone there and bring your mentoree!!
Susan
