GVR CYCLING

We recently had a request from a Green Valley resident who was looking for someone to assemble an e-bike that she planned to buy online.  She indicated that the Bike Hub said that they don't offer this paid service.  
We referred her to bike shops in Tucson, and told her that members can post want-ads for items or services in the newsletter. 

What could/should our club be doing about handling this type of request?  Please comment below.

Our GVR Cycling website received a question from a non-member who thought we might have some expertise to share. Click on Comment and then type in your helpful hints- make sure you include your name.  Here's her question: 

I'd like to start riding again after MANY years. I doubt I'll ever be up to the level of being able to join your group, but wondering if someone could guide me in how/where to buy a women's 26" comfort bike for casual riding in parking lots and easy trails.

Thank you!
Suzy

We have been sending out newsletters since mid-April to all paid members of GVR Cycling.  We wanted the newsletters to be more widely available to potential new members, so we added a new page to the website.  In the menu, however over NEWS and you'll see a drop-down for Newsletters.  

If you have information to submit for upcoming newsletters, please email it to gvrcycling@gmail.com.

​Plans are underway for the GVR Cycling Club’s Bike Drive in support of BICAS.   It is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, March 20 and 21, from 9-12 am and the drop-off point is the Good Shepherd Church, 17750 North La Canada.  Everything cycling-related can be donated. Three bikes and several boxes of bike gear have already come in. 
To make this event a success, we need to get out as much publicity as possible.  GVR has put notices about this on their bulletin boards. There has been an article in the Green Valley News and we hope to have a second notice closer to the event date.  We will also be on the KGVY radio program on the Wednesday before the event.

There is a poster for the event giving all the event details- click HERE to download it. 

We would really appreciate your help in publicizing this event. If you can get this poster out to any groups you belong to – HOAs, Clubs, churches, Public Bulletin Boards – this would be really, really appreciated.  If you are riding with a group, let them know this event is coming. If you think of other avenues for publicity, don’t hesitate to let us know. If you need more information about BICAS, you can go to their website - https://bicas.org/about/awards-facts/ 
If you have questions, please contact Tom Wilsted, tom.wilsted@uconn.edu, 860-214-2822 or Hank Deutsch, hankdeutsch@gmail.com, 608-498-5619. ​

Acting GVR Cycling President Hank Deutsch is proud to announce that the GVR Board of Directors voted on January 29th to approve our application to become a GVR-affiliated club.  

On our first official day as a club, we had 145 members on our interest/ membership list, and we thank each and every one of you for your continued support and enthusiasm. 

We're working on treasury policy so that we can begin collecting dues of $10 per person per year to support the website, the non-profit application, and other startup and ongoing costs of running a vibrant club. 

Join us to celebrate at the February 12th meeting at 3pm at the Santa Rita Springs Center.  

Click HERE to see the Minutes from the Board of Directors Meeting held on Jan 7, 2020. 

Here's a sneak peek at our bike drive in March. You'll be hearing lots more about this during February and March.  Last year we picked up and donated 80 bikes, and we weren't even a club yet. 

The GVR Cycling Club will be holding a bike drive on March 20th and 21st in support of BICAS in Tucson.  For those of you unfamiliar with BICAS, it is an organization that recycles and refurbishes bicycles for youth and adults for free or at low cost.
BICAS accepts and, indeed, needs not only bikes but bike parts, bike clothing, bike, racks or anything to do with biking. 

The Club will be getting out publicity through GVR as soon as we are an official club.  However, in the meantime, tell your friends and let them know about this event.
If people are going to be away for those dates or are unable to deliver bikes or parts off to the drop-ff point, contact Tom Wilsted – tom.wilsted@uconn.edu or 860-214-2822, and he can arrange to have bikes or gear picked up.

If you would like to help with this event: receive bikes/bike gear on the bike drive dates, pick up bikes/bike gear, or help with publicity, please contact Tom.

Tom Wilstead, our VP, recently compiled the first draft of a list of informal cycling groups in the Green Valley, AZ area.  Click HERE to see the list as of January 1st, 2020.

GVCC has several communication channels. 

• The GVCC website (under construction) will serve as a central site for static information. 
• Emails to interested cyclists will be sent out during the week before, and the week after meetings. 
• GVCC meetings provide a monthly opportunity to connect with other cyclists. 
• The GVCC collaboration site is called GroupWorks. It provides members with a safe space to interact. Right now we need people willing to join us on the GroupWorks platform to test the functionality for good fit with our needs. 

GroupWorks Pilot Test – Would you like to interact with other members about events, ideas, or news?  Are you an early technology adopter? Would you like to control how often you get emails from the club and manage your own breaks from club emails when you’re out of town? Would you like to have a voice in evaluating how well a technology fits our group and how it should or shouldn’t be used? 

If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, please join the pilot program for implementing the GroupWorks club management software.  
​Click on this link to a form.

1. You’ll be asked to provide the following information:  First name, last name, email address, and GVR # and to select all the sub-groups you’d like to be part of including: Roadrider-faster, Roadrider-slower, MountainBiker, Females only, BikeMechanics. 
2. You’ll receive an email from gvrcyclingclub@gmail.com with helpful information for using GroupWorks. 
3. You’ll receive an email from GroupWorks inviting you to join the GV Cycling Club and create a profile. 
4. We'll be running the pilot until we get enough feedback to determine whether the app fits our needs. We'd like to make that decision by late January, 2020.