Bike to Work! And more...

Well, we survived a boy turning 6 around here... And now it's back to "normal", whatever that is... We do, however, have quite a few things going on this week. Number 1 - Bike to Work week. Everybody's doing it. You should too. I've been tryin to convince myself to ride to Windsor since I took the new job. This is going to be the week. Someone out there hold me accountable.  If you haven't checked out the activities for Bike Week/Bike Summer, you ought to get over to FC Bikes website and check it out. DK and his crew have been hard at work.

News: The Board of Directors has recently approved a couple of grants. $3500 went to the High School Mountain Bike League to purchase a trailer to help keep them organized, use at races, etc. From what I understand, it's being put to good use.  $2400 went to Larimer County Search and Rescue. They're putting together a Mountain Bike Search and Rescue Team in order to get into the backcountry more quickly when duty calls. We're glad to help both organizations. 

Did you know? Each year, Overland Mountain Bike Club sets aside a portion of its funds to help other "bike-minded" organizations in the region? In the past year or so, we've granted over 20k to help the biking community. Know someone who has a cool bike program who could use a little help? Contact us. (Yet another reason to join our club!)

We'll be launching a 'new' website at the monthly meeting. Less sexy. More functional. Just don't want you to be surprised. 

Card competition is rolling. Get those cards out. Prizes to be awarded.

Patrollers: There's a ton of traffic on the trails with the weather getting nice. Please get out and patrol. And to those of you who have been, THANKS!

New Members: Welcome! We're happy to have you on board. Tell the WORLD! Please contact us if you have any questions about your membership, picking up your goodies, logging into our website and signing up for events, etc. You can always reach me at: koryswan (at) gmail.com.

Be aware: Some unfriendlies have been SMASHING and GRABBING at local trailheads. Coyote Ridge has been averaging 3 a month. It happens elsewhere too. Take precautions.
And please report any suspicious activity.

And Upcoming Stuff:

Tuesday, June 22nd: City Streets Crit at the Streets and Sanitation Department. Visit our friends at YOUR GROUP RIDE for more info. This supports the efforts of the H.S. MTB League. Kids race free. If they can pedal, they can race. (LAST MINUTE HELP: Jason and the guys had a couple of volunteers drop out at the last minute. If you can donate some time to help with registration tomorrow, that would be great! And Yes. We'll 'points' you if that helps. If you can help, please contact Rob Noble at: robinsonnoble (at) yahoo.com)

Wednesday, June 23rd: Bike to Work Day: For the past couple of years, we've partnered with Performance Physical Therapy and Catalyst Coffee to host a Bike to Work tent. Barb needs help. We only have 4 people registered to assist. If you can spare a couple of hours Wednesday morning, please do. Sign up on our website in the Member Resources section.
Social Ride at Maxwell: The Social Rides are heating up. 30 plus showed up at Soderberg last week and stuck around for some socializing. Another 12 showed up for the monthly Beginner's Ride at Maxwell.  Awesome turnout. This week we're back at Maxwell with some socializing afterwards. Please bring drinks and/or snacks/food to share. Riders of all levels, members or not, are welcome. These are social, 'no-drop' rides.

Thursday, June 24th: Beginner Women's Skills Clinic - Awesome chance to get some personalized bike handling skills information. The sign-up and information is in the right column of this page. Space is very limited. Looks like only 4 spaces are left.
The Overland Women's Ride: Meet at Maxwell and ride with the ladies. More info on our calendar. Non-members are welcome. These are social, 'no drop' rides.
Trail Work at Ginny:  6 p.m. Doug and Steve will be back out at Bobcat Ridge working on the Ginny Trail. So far, they've completed the majority of the projects that the City has asked them to do. Nice work fellas. Please volunteer. Sign up on our website under Member Resources. (If you aren't a member and want to help, just show up!)
Night Ride with Rob: Rob Foster's leading Night Rides on Thursday nights. For more info, call him at the Lee's Cyclery South Store. Don't knock it 'til you try it.

Saturday, June 26th: Trail Day at Horsetooth Mountain Park with LCHA. Help out if you can. More info on our calendar.

Monday, June 28th: Monthly Meeting at New Belgium - Join us for our Monthly Meeting. Buy the new Oveland $5 T-shirt. It's cool. We'll have jerseys for sale too and be talking about our new jerseys that we'll be ordering soon. The new website will roll out. We'll have awards, chatter, new patrol competitions, etc!  Members and non-members are welcome. These meetings are always a good time. Thanks to our friends at New Belgium for always being such wonderful hosts.

That's all for now. (BTW: Thumbs up so far to the tubeless conversion.) And now, I've got to get to work.

-Kory