MilepostZeroBicycleClub

Welcome to the Milepost Zero Bicycle Club!

The club is proudly named after the starting mile marker of the majestic Blue Ridge Parkway, which is right in our backyard. We are pleased to offer local and visiting cyclists of all levels the opportunity to meet and ride with other cyclists. For a little road, cross or mountain biking, and a lot of camaraderie, we hope you will join us!

FIRST NEWSFLASH and some Questions!

Now is the time to decide if we are going to conduct the 25th annual Tour de Valley Century on September 1st, 2013. I am willing to direct this ONLY if I can count on the same level of support from other riders that we have enjoyed for the last few years. This will be the LAST Tour de Valley I direct and I only want to do that if we have enough help, participation, and enthusiasm to make it the best one ever. I'm even hoping for a course that ends up at our house like it did for seventeen years. (Not a promise but a good possibility). Now I need to hear back from you. Please send me an email, and let me know the following:

1. Do you think we should proceed with the 25th annual Tour de Valley Century?

2. Will you be training and planning to ride with us on Sept. 1st, 2013?

3. Are you willing to help us this year (same job you did in the past or some new job)?

Please Email me at harryc@cfw.com

If I hear from enough folks, we'll get started PRONTO!

sincerely, Harry Colman

SECOND NEWSFLASH and some more Questions!

Right now, the MILEPOST ZERO BICYCLE CLUB is in great financial shape (thanks to years of successful centuries) and lots of our past members are still out there riding regularly at all levels. We still have a small Tuesday/Thursday ride that folks show up for. We are flourishing on our Facebook page with 126 members. But this year we have not billed for dues and we have no elected officers (other than Janice Bales still valianting serving as our treasurer). I think it is a shame for riders in our area that we've had no bicycle socials, no other officers, no meetings, etc. since last year's Tour de Valley. I also think having a bit more activity and presence as a bicycle club would be a benefit to all bicyclists in our area. I don't think we need to get carried away with bylaws and rules again, but we could do a bit better than we're doing, don't ya think? Let's try a few more questions:

1. Do you think we should strive to have an active club or just be a Facebook group?

2. Would you be interested in purchasing and wearing a Milepost Zero Bicycle Club jersey if someone does a design and the treasury supplements the cost a little? (The old one is getting ragged after 15 or 20 years). It sure was nice when we rode our century and other rides with an MPZ jersey!

3. Would you be willing to be an officer (without working as hard as Russell did), willing to host a bicycle social sometime, or willing to do some tasks for our club (like being in charge of the jerseys for example).

4. Would you be willing to pay some minimum dues to be in the club or do you think we should accept official

memberships of some kind without any fees?

Please Email me at harryc@cfw.com

If I hear from enough folks, we'll get started PRONTO!

sincerely, Harry Colman