Gainesville Cycling Club
November 3, 2023 eNews

In This Issue

Jersey Order Deadline is Monday
Veterans Day Poker Run Registration Open
Festival Shirts Available
Successful Festival!
Take Action for Bicyclists


Jersey Order Deadline is Monday

The Voler store is now open offering the GCC Classic Jersey. Orders will close on Monday, November 6, at midnight for delivery around Christmas.

Items that are supported by our sponsors are the Voler Classic jersey, Peloton sleeveless/short sleeve jersey, Pro jersey, Peleton long sleeve jersey (both light weight and thermal), Wind Jacket, and Wind Vest.

Also available are Peloton and Pro shorts (both regular and bib), cycling hats, and arm warmers (solar and thermal).

Here are the sponsors that make the low prices possible:

Bikes & More (352)373-6574
Burkhardt Sales and Service (352)377-9092
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (352)792-1614
Fine, Farkash & Parlapiano (352)376-6046
Goodbike (352)327-3727
Ryan Saylor, BHHS Florida Realty (352)225-4700
The Wood Stove and Fireplace Center (352)377-9535
Tibbetts Software, LLC (352)359-2530

Veterans Day Poker Run Registration Open

Registration is now open for the annual Veterans Day Poker Run scheduled for Saturday, November 11. Use the link on the News page in the Members Area to register.

See full information about the event on the Facebook page.


Festival Shirts Available

Did you miss out on getting a Festival shirt this year? We have a limited supply left over available for purchase. First come, first served! Send email to info@gccfla.org.

We have a large and an extra large Santa Fe shirt at $17. Special: a large long sleeve at $20.

 

 

 

 

We have an extra large Horse Farm shirt at $17.

 

 

 


We had great weather and a decent turnout for the 2023 Gainesville Cycling Festival.

190 riders signed up for one of the Santa Fe Century rides (88 of whom were GCC members).

297 riders signed up for one of the Horse Farm Hundred rides (103 of whom were GCC members).

The Club cleared just above $3000 over expenses, which will help get our accounts into the black for the first time since the pandemic.

The event was made possible by the work of 57 volunteers, 43 of whom were GCC members. We were short volunteers in a number of areas this year. You may have noticed that some Santa Fe aid stops had only a couple of folks. Behind the scenes, we were short on load/unload crews among other things.

To be truly successful and be able to make a larger donation to our partner, the Boys and Girls Club, we really need a higher level of participation from our members. Please plan to participate and/or volunteer next year!


Take Action for Bicyclists

From the League of American Bicyclists

The Transportation Appropriations bill is coming up for a vote which means representatives are attempting to add amendments that weaken federal funding for bicycling safety. 

We need you to take action TODAY to defeat:

  • The Self Amendment (#6), which would prohibit the Department of Transportation from using funding to advance equity initiatives in infrastructure investments. 
  • The Perry Amendment (#71), which would prohibit the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration from requiring vehicles to have technology that detects pedestrians and applies the brakes before hitting someone. 
  • The Massie Amendment (#20), which would defund efforts to implement technology that could reduce or eliminate drunk driving.

Click Here to contact your Representative.

The details 
Representative Keith Self (R-TX) has proposed to strike section 192, thereby prohibiting the use of Department of Transportation funds to implement and enforce the administration’s Equity Action Plan. The Equity Action Plan was established under executive order 13983 to "Advance Racial Equity and Support Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government". This includes the work of the Department of Transportation and all initiatives passed as part of the bi-partisan Infrastructure and Investment in Jobs Act. Advancing equity in transportation initiatives have been approved by Congress before and is already being implemented. Don’t allow this amendment to abolish future progress.

Representative Scott Perry (R-PA) has proposed to prohibit federal rulemaking that would finalize the first-ever Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard for the safety of people outside vehicles, and would require Automatic Emergency Braking systems that can detect and stop for people walking. With pedestrian and bicyclist deaths at 40-year-plus highs, we need to take every action that makes people safer. This technology is already required on cars in other countries and we deserve just as much access to this technology in the US.  

Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) has proposed to defund implementation of Sec. 24220 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which requires the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to create standards for technology that can passively detect driver impairment and keep drunk drivers off the road. Roughly 10,000 people are killed each year by impaired drivers and this amendment would stop work to address those deaths in its tracks before any proposal has been made.
 


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