Fresno County Bicycle Coalition

Join the Fresno County Bicycle Coalition

The FCBC is working hard to promote cycling as an enjoyable, low-impact alternative to the automobile! Use your bicycle to get to work, the grocery store, your favorite bar or restaurant, or to go out and have fun with friends.

Won't you join us? Your membership donation will be used to field all the great stuff you're coming to expect from us, such as Bike Month, the Poker Run, the Halloween Bike Ride, Fall bike-light giveaway, and much more!

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Join the FCBC!
Champion $500
Supporting $100
Organization $50
Family $40
Individual $20
Tight Budget $10

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2009 Halloween Ride

Our next event will be the Halloween Ride. Come on down to Tower Velo on Friday night, October 30 for a ghoulishly good time! Click the picture to download a poster. Here are the details:

• Tower Velo, 1435 N Van Ness Ave
• Meet at 6:30 PM.
• We'll be handing out free bike lights (front and rear set) and helping you get them properly attached to your bike. So if you don't have lights, be there on time... we only have ten sets!
• Enjoy hot apple cider and Halloween candy. Decorate your bike!
• Come in costume for spooky fun!
• Route to be determined, but the speed and distance will be appropriate for beginning riders, so don't be daunted, come join the haunted!

Two versions of the poster are available. Choose the Scary Color Halloween Poster or for economical duplication for widespread dissemination, go for the Lovely dark black and white poster. Either way print it, email it to your friends, or otherwise spread the word!

FCBC is embracing the coming darkness of winter with a pre-emptive strike! Ride with us this dark season! Time changes on Sunday, get some lights and make sure you have batteries!

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The Board

The Fresno County Bicycle Coalition is a 501(c)(3) governed by an elected board of up to nine members.

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• Chair, Steve Lewis
• Vice-Chair, Ed Smith
• Past Chair, David Lighthall
• Membership Coordinator, Tony Molina
• Recorder, Wendy Begley
• Treasurer, Lori Cherry
• Member-at-large, Nick Paladino
• Member-at-large, Louise Colbert-Mar
• Member-at-large, Nancy Ellis

Our Bylaws

You can download the Bylaws of the Fresno County Bicycle Coalition as a PDF document.

The Meetings

We meet on the third Thursday almost every month. The location varies, but the time is usually six o'clock. We post our meeting on Upcoming and we send a notice to our announcement mailing list. All of our meetings are open to the public, and we are always eager to hear about your experiences bicycling in the county. We are always open to suggestions and we can definitely use your help!
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Our Contact Us Form

Our Mailing Address

Fresno County Bicycle Coalition
P.O. Box 883
Clovis, CA 93613

Our Email Address

info at fresnobike dot org.

Our Phone Number

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Tour de Fresno 2009

This was the best ride I've had all year! -- Enthusiastic Tour de Fresno participant.

The Fresno County Bicycle Coalition was a key part of the organization and execution of a major event in downtown Fresno this past weekend. When Varoujan DerSimonian of the Armenian Technology Group approached us earlier this year, we agreed that this was going to be a low-key test to acertain the level of interest for such a ride in our community. Little did we know how richly our labors would be rewarded.

Although I don't have access to the final records or the accounting of the event (FCBC handled organizing the ride event; ATG handled finances, most of the public relations and sponsor relations, and is the designated non-profit beneficiary of the proceeds from the event), the last count I heard was that 139 riders registered, many of them on the day of the event. The Fresno Police Department rode with us, helping to control the group and traffic. Local celebrities including Bill McEwan appeared at the start, and the ride was covered by television news.

The weather was warm but pleasant, and while riding in the group, the comments were profuse and positive. Many of the riders found this to be an extremely pleasant diversion, taking a leisurely biycle ride in a little cocoon of sunny happiness on a gorgeous day. As we rode by resident of the City came to their front doors to wave and watch us ride by. Car drivers, their vehicles stopped by the seemingly endless stream of passing bicycles, were more amazed than annoyed.

The people of the Fresno County Bicycle Coalition donated time, hard work, sleepless nights, and creative event organization for a few clear, meaningful resons:

• We want to see more people riding bicycles in Fresno, and we believe that the more bicycles non-cyclists see, the more they will consider the simply as other roadway users and less as interlopers and usurpers in the domain of the motor vehicle.
• We want to see more people riding bicycles in Fresno, and we believe that increased bicycle ridership is an important component of a comprehensive approach to dealing with the challenges we face today, including congestion, poor air quality, obesity and obesity-related medical conditions.
• We want to see more people riding bicycles in Fresno, and we believe that there is no better way to get to know the built environtment in which we live than by bicycle. Escape from your car, slow down, and appreciate the fine architecture and historical legacy that has been left to our care.
• We want to see more people riding bicycles in Fresno, and we believe there is no better way to get started than in the safe company of dozens of like-minded friends and under the watchful eye of those men in blue who ride the streets every day and are eager to share their enthusiasm and knowledge.

This ride would not have been possible without volunteer labor and we would like to profusely thank you for your help. We really couldn't have done it without you!

• Cassie Ellis
• George Madrid
• Louise Colbert-Mar
• Lex Crump
• Thor Smith
• Wendy Begley

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