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2004 Pennsylvania Bicycle Rally July 16-18 The Bicycle Access Council invites you to enjoy a weekend rally in Lewisburg, PA. Meet new and old bicycling friends in this rural Susquehanna Valley area. Join us for the rides, the food, the fellowship, the entertainment and the learning opportunities available. Support bicycling advocacy! Proceeds benefit the Bicycle Access Council.
Terrain is mostly flat to rolling, but some hills are nearby for an optional challenge. Cue sheets and maps are provided. Rides are tandem friendly. This rally has everything a bicyclist could want—rural country roads with well-manicured farms, shady woods and streams, and hills, if you want them. Historic small towns dot the valleys, and the traffic is as friendly as the people you meet. All rides leave from the host hotel parking lot. Bicycle helmets are required.
All participants will enjoy a catered Saturday picnic lunch and evening banquet. Full breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday plus Friday night ice cream social are included with rally site and off-site registration.
Seminars and presentations by bicycling organizations. Learn about bicycling advocacy and opportunities in Pennsylvania. An informal Swap Meet will be available on Saturday—bring your stuff to sell and look for those bargains!
Instructors will be on hand to conduct the LAB BikeEd Road I course. There will be a fee for materials and additional time must be scheduled to complete the course. When you indicate your interest for this course on the registration form, you'll be contacted to make the necessary enrollment arrangements. Course fees are paid directly to the instructors and extra accommodation cost may be necessary. What is the LAB BikeEd Road I course? See www.bikeleague.org/educenter/courses.htm
The host hotel is the Best Western Country Cupboard Inn, Lewisburg. It is a first-rate hotel with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, sauna, hot tub, and fitness area. Room TV includes HBO. Bikes may be stored in the room or in a secured area. Contact Bicycle Access Council to get rates for 3 or more per room and suite upgrade. The Lewisburg area has many other accommodation choices of B&Bs, campgrounds, and other hotels. The Susquehanna Valley Visitor Bureau can help provide that information: www.visitcentralpa.org or call 800-525-7320.
A late fee of $25 is required after this date.
Cancellation requests made in writing before June 14 will be refunded less a $25 processing fee per person. NO refunds for any reason will be made after June 14. If you must cancel after June 14, you may substitute another rider and submit their signed registration form and waiver.
Download Rally Registration Form here (PDF format). Download Rally Ride Waiver here (PDF format) NOTE: You will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer in order to download these forms. Click here to obtain a free copy.
PARTICIPANTS COMMENTS FROM THE 2003 RALLY RIDER FEEDBACK SURVEY “Excellent
rally, everyone did a great job—thank you! ” “Thank
you! This was an extremely
well-organized rally. ” “Very
well organized event. Good site.
” “I
would like to come back to Lewisburg for another BAC rally. ” “Please
do the same event next year. ” “Good!
You deserve high praise for doing this. ” “Would
like to see a tandem rally in this area. ” “Well
organized event, looking forward to the next one. ” “I
was very impressed and liked the riding. ” “Thank
you for the fine rally. I know you
worked long and hard to make it happen. It
was all around a good location, good accommodations and good routes. ” “I
would prefer to return to Lewisburg, PA. It
was a great setting.” “I plan to spread the word around the Lancaster Bicycle Club about what a great event this was. I would expect more people next year.”
From an article by Steve Trobovic in the Bicycle Club
of Philadelphia’s July 2003 Quick Release newsletter: The
newly formed Pennsylvania Bicycle Access Council (BAC) sponsored its first
weekend bike rally, June 13-15, in Lewisburg, PA, about a three-hour drive from
Philadelphia. Three BCP members
attended. Howie Wiener, Arnie
Roseman and myself. Although
lightly attended (just over fifty riders), it was an all around success.
Much more was offered (for the same price) and it was much better run
than the last two LAB sponsored rallies that I attended in 2001 and 2002.
Accommodations were excellent. We
were booked in an upscale Best Western just north of town, rather than a college
dorm. All rides started and ended
there. Many routes were offered
with varied terrain; short and entirely flat; longer moderately hilly. Hard
to believe, but the weather cooperated and allowed the three of us to ride every
day. The four routes that we rode,
covering 125 miles, took us along some of the finest rural Pennsylvania country
side that I have ever biked. Our
package included a banquet, two full breakfasts and a catered picnic.
We were entertained with a magic show put on by a member of the Lancaster
Bicycle Club. Guest speakers from
the Chambers of Commerce of Union and Lycoming counties warmly welcomed us and
told us about the 500 miles plus continuous biking/hiking trail being developed
along the Susquehanna Valley from the New York border to Maryland.
Effective Cycling author John Forester spoke about his mission to reform
LAB and the need for bicycles and cars to share the same roads using the same
rules. Joe
Stafford, BAC president, has worked hard long to establish BAC as a statewide
bicycle advocacy organization. Over
the last two years, he has spoken at a number of BCP events and at other local
club meetings. He regularly attends
the PENNDOT Bike Task Force meetings, and other such gatherings, advocating
issues to improve the roads for cyclists. This
rally was a first attempt to bring cyclists, from all parts of Pennsylvania
together. We think the rally will
be run again next summer and we encourage you to participate. The
BCP executive committee supports his efforts, and I sincerely hope that many of
our members will do the same. NOTE:
This was an unsolicited article written by Steve Trobovic for his bike
club newsletter.
Thank you, Steve—Joe Stafford, Bicycle Access Council Executive Director.
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