Gail Ryba Medical Fund

I'm posting this on behalf of several BCNM Board members.

Many of you know Gail Ryba personally from the many years she served as our Bike Coalition President, Chief Cook and Bottle Washer, League Cycling Instructor.... as well as other do-good non-profit activities. Many of you are aware she has been fighting Cancer, and doing well! Unfortunately, medical co-pays and some non-covered services are making things pretty tight financially.

This email is in part to suggest that we all consider what I will call 'delayed recognition' for all those years of hard work, all those good deeds, and all that inspiration.... and consider donating to a Fund we have set up at Los Alamos Natl Bank. You can mail donations for deposit to

the 'Gail Ryba Medical Fund'
c/o Los Alamos National Bank
301 Griffin St.
Santa Fe, NM 87501
or call 505-954-5400 if you have questions

Air Caddy

This looks like a cool product.

Fast Food Drivethrough Turns Down a Cyclist (initially)

This is my favorite fast food joint in the world, which apparently had a stupid rule about bicyclists using their drivethroughs:

Burgerville and Cyclists.

Commuter/Cross bike for sale

2004 Redline Conquest Pro cyclocross bike, disk and canti compatible frame and fork, never crashed or dented. Used as a daily commuter, not raced.

Selling because it is too tall for me (shoulda researched Redline’s dimensions better).

54 cm (C-T), 31.2 inch standover clearance with 700-23 c tires.

Components are a mix and match since the bike was set up for everyday commuting:

8 speed Shimano (Ultegra bar ends, 105 front /XT rear derailleurs)

Nashbar 13-32 cassette and compact 50-34 crank

32H Sora hubs/Mavic MA 3 rims no-name spokes currently shod with Vittoria Randonneur Pro 700-35 tires.

Avid Shorty 4 cantilever brakes/Dia Compe drop bar levers

Turbo seat, Nashbar micro adjustable seat post

Asking $475 or make offer. Suitable for commuting as is. Will also sell just the frame and fork/headset (make offer) if you are gonna race it or are otherwise not interested in the prosaic parts.

Call Khal Spencer if interested. 665-2418 W 661-8141 H

More info on bike here.

Paging the Secretary of the NM Dept. of Logical Inconsistencies

The State Dept. of Health's Anna Hargreaves, who runs the Diabetes Prevention and Control Program's efforts to promote walking and other physical activity is likely to see her efforts fail if we do not treat pedestrians and cyclists as integral parts of our mobility system. She therefore needs to have a chat with the State Dept. of Transportation's Gary Giron, head of the agency famous for designing wide urban roads with few and dangerous crosswalks (S. St. Francis, Cerillos, Trinity), and rural roads with dangerous shoulders or roads completely lacking in same (NM-4). Such designs don't do much to encourage walking or bicycling and point to the hopeless stovepiping of government agencies working at cross purposes to each other.

I suppose the cynic would say that the NM DoT's designs actually weed out the slow runners and walkers among us who cannot make it across the street, thus encouraging survival of the fittest. That's actually not my comment. It was made at a state Bike-Ped conference a few years ago by one of the Espanola representatives, discussing the two main drags running through his city, which as Federal highways fall under State jurisdiction.

This is what Complete Streets is all about--designing transportation that promotes the public welfare in more ways than by moving cars, e.g., moving people in a way that benefits the greater good, including considerations of health, energy efficiency, intelligent urban planning, and less pollution. Its about time someone explained that to our Dept. of Transportation. And, to some of our parents around here who create massive gridlock at our schools every morning by carting Dick and Jane to class in Old Belchfire.

Graphic Text Messaging videos from the UK

Watch these after dinner.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-most-effective-texting-psa-ever (Clip for 30 minute movie)



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