Candi Murray
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Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 20:44:07 EDT
Subject: Wanted: Your Favorite Bicycle Ride--for new Portland Guidebook
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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.