January/February 2006 2005 Volunteers; 2005 Wednesday Evening Rides Recap; El Tour de Tuscon XXIII; Mt. Washington Double Challenge; New England, part 3
March 2006
April 2006 SVBC Officers (back at full strength); Cycling Studies (JMU); Bike Summit Report; Club History; Bicyclists as Minorities; Dennis Herr (condition) Update
May 2006 Let’s Talk Some Sense about Riding Side by Side
June 2006 How Much Does it Cost You to Get to Work?
July 2006 Triggering Camera-Activated Traffic Lights; China Wants to Reverse Auto Domination Trend
August 2006 100 Centuries
September 2006 15th Annual Ice Cream Ride Recap
October 2006
November/December 2006 20 Centuries; 24th Shenandoah Valley Century Recap; Researchers Identify Bicycling Gene – Origins Unknown

2005 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January/February 2005 Thunderhead Publishes Complete Streets Report; 2004 Volunteers
March 2005 Cancer; Icicle Ride 2005; Design and Construction Standards Manual
April 2005 Library Donations (see Tidbits); From Your Door; 2004 Mileages
May 2005 More on the Bike Summit; Trash Talking
June 2005 Bicycle Chosen as Best Invention; 11 Pounds of Fat; 462 Millions of Gallons of Gasoline Can be Saved; Cookie Lady Thanks; Better Bicycling Fact Sheets
July 2005 The Crash on Thunder Ridge: A Bicycle Helmet Success Story; SVBC Ride Board; Knee Pain and Bicycling
August 2005
September 2005 Virginia’s Bicycling/Pedestrian Coordinator Named; 2005 Mountain Mama Road Bike Challenge; The Ride of My Life
2005 October 15th Annual Ice Cream Ride Recap; Time Trial Results, New Women’s Record Holder; New England, Part 1; New Life for Old Chains
2005_November December www.svbikeclub.org; New England, Part 2; Shenandoah Valley Century Recap; Bike Lane Paths on Google Maps; The Newly Redesigned Banana Guards are Here!!!!; Bicycles With Icicles

2004 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January/February 2004 France (Part 4)
March 2004 Night Riding; 2004 Icicle Ride Recap
April 2004 France (Part 4, the Final); 2003 Mileages
May 2004 How to Commute by Bicycle; Why Commute by Bicycle; Learn the Skill of Soft Pedaling; How to Lose Weight Through Exercise
June 2004 A Map of Scenic Roads in Virginia; Lunchtime Muse: How do Temperature/Humidity/Elevation Affect Air Resistance When on a Bike Ride?; Why Should a Fitness Rider do Training Time Trials? (see Time Trial Results)
July 2004 300k; Ouch!
August 2004 Aggressive Driver Busted
September 2004 La Marmotte (Part One) – A Ride in the French Alps
October 2004 Chain-Wear Check
November/December 2004 New Study: Sprawl Makes You Sick; Winter Survival; Winter Biking Excuses

2003 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January/February 2003 Pittsburgh to DC, Car Free; Bicycling in the Southern Alleghenies Region of Pennsylvania; Rider’s Block
March 2003 Getting in Shape for the Season
April 2003 A Scary Incident; The Fattening of America (see the National Bike Summit Recap); Drafting; 2002 Mileages
May 2003 Drafting Tips; The New Shenandoah Mountain Bike Club
June 2003 Rolling Resistance; Riding in Traffic; Smarter, Not Harder
July 2003 Scenic Roads Ahead; Two June Rides to Remember – Storming Thunder Ridge and Charlottesville/Farmville MS150; A Planned Day’s Ride
August 2003 Common Sense Cycling
September 2003 France (Part 1)
October 2003 France (Part 2); The Amazing Banana; Ice Cream Ride Recap
November/December 2003 Shenandoah Mountain Bike Festival Recap; Wannabes Picture; Trash Pickup Recap; No, I am NOT All Right!; France (Part 3)

2002 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January/February 2002 2001 Wednesday Ride Statistics; Winter Fluid Tips; What Keeps You from Riding All Winter?
March 2002 Fixed Gearing; The Rub Down
April 2002 2001 Mileages; On the Road Again
May 2002 Three and Free; Riding Outside the State Lines – Rome, Georgia; Visitors Respond
June 2002 The Perfect Day; C&O Canal Path Shuttle Service; How to Ride in a Paceline; How to Ride in a Group
July 2002 Wannabe Ride Report; Outside Travels – Scranton, Pennsylvania and Monterey, Virginia
August 2002 The Twentieth Century; Three Cold Ones; Oops, I Did It Again!; Another (Close to) Perfect Day; In-Town Riding
September 2002 Bike New York 2002; Mountain Mama Recap
October 2002 Mountain Bikers Find New Species in West Virginia; The 20th Century (recap); Bridge to Bridge – Lenoir, North Carolina
November/December 2002 Off-Road Skills; Pedal Stroking; Seat Height

2001 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January/February 2001 Swoope Ride
March 2001 Cross Training; 2000 Mileages
April 2001 I do SO Belong on the Road; Slot Machines Attached to Exercise Bikes
May 2001 The Virginia Outdoor Plan
June 2001 Cycling in a Group
July 2001 A Memorial Event to Remember; The Mini-Mama Ride
August 2001 Joe Hiney Memorial Ride Picture; Service and Maintenance Schedule for Your Bike
September 2001 Ice Cream Ride Recap; Water Replacement
October 2001 SVC Recap; Pedal the Peaks – Colorado and Utah; Out of Bounds Centuries – Reston, Berryville, and the Gap Gallop (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania); Stem Length
November/December 2001 A Glow-in-the-Dark Bicycle?; Commuting in the Snow

2000 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January/February 2000 Time; July 4th Traveling; 1999 Wednesday Ride Statistics
March 2000 Icicle Ride Recap; Chili Ride Recap; 1999 Mileages
April 2000
May 2000
June 2000 The Zen of Bicycling; Highland County Recap
July 2000 Bicycling in Bloomsburg, PA; A Day’s Ride
August 2000
September 2000
October 2000 Critical Mass; Fall Springs Tour
November/December 2000 2000 Wednesday Ride Statistics; Mountain Biking Tips

1999 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January/February 1999 Winter Musings; Advocacy; Augusta County Autumn
March 1999 Chili Ride; Five Comebacks to “Bikes Don’t Pay the Gas Tax”
April 1999 ‘Cross Cultural Experience; Bob’s Place; 1998 Mileages
May 1999
June 1999
July 1999 Long Run, Gloves, and Tears
August 1999 Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons
September 1999 The Grand Tetons; Pedaling into the 21st Century
October 1999 Out West, Part III; The Pocono Century Tour – Scranton, PA
November/December 1999 America’s 1st All-Nude Bicycle Race; Special Offer; Fueled by Fat

1998 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January/February 1998 Death of a Bike Club
March 1998 SVBC Web Page
April 1998 Crashes; The Cyclists’ Dictionary; Financial Audit Report
May 1998 The Cyclists’ Dictionary, Part II; 1997 Mileages
June 1998 Gear South – Johnson City, Tennessee
July 1998
August 1998
September 1998 Down the Road; 8th Annual Ice Cream Ride Recap; Earth Force; Car Sharing
October 1998 Bob’s Place; Nova Scotia Getaway; More Roads Equals More Traffic
November/December 1998

1997 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January/February 1997
March 1997 Pot Luck Roast Comments; A Letter from the Heart; 1996 Mileages
April 1997 Financial Audit Report
May 1997
June 1997
July 1997
August 1997 Perspectives
September 1997 Sticks & Stones
October 1997
November/December 1997 Trans-am; Mountain Biking on Public Lands

1996 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January/February & March Missing
April 1996 1995 Mileages
May 1996
June 1996 Skyline Drive (see Editor’s Column); 21st Assault on Mt. Mitchell
July 1996 Songs in head while riding (see Editor’s Column)
August 1996 Club Members Chart, 5/1983-7/1996
September 1996 2-speed (see Editor’s Column); SVBF Letter from Jim Ratterree
October 1996 Canceled 14th SVC Recap
November/December 1996

1995 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January/February 1995 Effective Cycling Notebook – Sharing the Path; Mountain Bike Update
March 1995 Effective Cycling Notebook – Reasons for Riding on the Right; Icicle Bike Ride; 1994 Mileages
April, May, June & July Missing – If you have a copy let the news editor know
August 1995 Ride Recap – mountain bike outing
September 1995 Rides Recap – Marcia’s Zoo Tour, No Quiche Ride, Matt’s Mountain Bike Ride, Ice Cream Ride – IV; Car-Free Skyline Drive; 1995 Shenandoah Valley Bike Festival
October 1995 Effective Cycling Notebook – Before Your Ride: The ABC Quick Check; Century Recap; Remembering Norm Gulliksen
November/December 1995 Thanks, John Zban; Effective Cycling Notebook – Intersections: “Messy Merging”; More Century – fan mail

1994 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January/February 1994 Changes in Dues; Elk River Touring; Effective Cycling Notebook – Do You See What I See?
March 1994 The Legal System Works; 1993 Mileages
April 1994 It Takes a Licking and Keeps on …; Bicycle Plan; Ride Recap
May 1994 Effective Cycling Notebook – Tools for the Road; Try Biking as a Pollution Solution
June 1994 Rides Recap-John Maxfield; Effective Cycling Notebook – How Far Right is Right?; Ride Recap-Neups; Thanks, Trashers
July 1994 Ride Recap; Tidbits – Calcium
August 1994 Effective Cycling Notebook – Drafting and Pacelines; Ride Recap – Tour duPont becomes No Quiche; one last 1993 mileage
September 1994 Ride Recap – Ice Cream; Shenandoah Valley Bike Festival
October 1994 Outtakes – The 6th Annual Tour de Valley Century
November/December 1994 Trash Pick-up; Tidbits – bananas; Effective Cycling Notebook – Preventing & Avoiding Motorist Errors; 12th Annual Century – Recap #1; Five Comebacks to “Bikes Don’t Pay the Gas Tax”

1993 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January/February 1993
March 1993 Effective Cycling; Effective Cycling Notebook – Rock Dodge; Thomas Stevens – First Bicyclist to Cross North America
April 1993 Tidbits – long steady distance; And More Tidbits – (Virginia) laws pertaining to bicyclists; Effective Cycling Notebook – Panic Stop; Our Club
May 1993 Tidbits – statistics; Trash Pickup; Brian & Debbie’s Ride; Effective Cycling Notebook – Instant Turn; 1992 Mileages; bicycle quote; Legal Briefs; Bike to Work checklist
June 1993 Elkton Festival & Tour du Pont; Marcia’s National Bicycle Weekend Ride; Skyline Drive Ride; Effective Cycling Notebook – Group Riding; Earth Day 1993
July 1993 The Reasons for Our Falls; Helmets
August 1993 Eye Protection; Stage 5
September 1993 Change to Constitution; Shenandoah Valley Bike Festival 1993; Reddish Knob Revisited; Effective Cycling Notebook – Lane Positioning I or Attitude Adjustment; Ice Cream Ride
October 1993 No Quiche Ride
November/December 1993 Effective Cycling Notebook – Lane Positioning II; Effective Cycling Notebook – Good Cyclists-Bad Choices; New Book – A Cyclist’s Guide to the Shenandoah Valley

1992 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January/February 1992 Letter from Bike Virginia
March 1992
April 1992
May 1992
June 1992
July 1992 Shenandoah Valley Century and Tee Shirt Contest; International and U.S. Cyclists Bike Across U.S. to Fight Global Poverty and Injustice
August 1992
September 1992 Stage 7 Recap; Shenandoah Valley bike Festival; GEAR ’92; Letter of Thanks from H-R Chamber of Commerce
October 1992 September Meeting Minutes – Bicycling in the Shenandoah National Park; 10th Annual S V Century Report; Bikecentennial Bicycle Parking Coupon
November/December 1992 Great State Trash Off; Commute by Bicycle

1991 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January – Missing, If you have a copy, please let your Webmistress know!
February 1991 Cleaner Air Now, Cleaner Roads Next; Faulty Wilderness Access Bill Fails; Membership (first foreign membership)
March 1991 Improved Bicycle Seat Patent from 1925
April 1991 Volunteering Add Years to Your Life; Dress for Safety
May 1991 Harrisonburg Cycling Classic; Dress for Safety, Revisited
June 1991
July 1991 Bike Virginia – June 23 – Todd Lake Rest Stop
August 1991 Reddish Knob Hill Climb II or Sardine Half Century; Who Speaks for Bicyclists
September 1991 Reddish Knob Ride
October 1991 Ninth Annual Shenandoah Valley Century; Developing a Bicycle-Friendly City
November/December 1991 Bicycling on Virginia’s Public Roads; Definitions: Traffic Controls: Where to Ride; Changing Directions

1990 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January/February 1990
March 1990
April 1990
May 1990 Harrisonburg Cycling Classic; Earth Day
June/July 1990 Inspiration vs. Rain or Battlecry of the Beleaguered Mountainbiker; MS 150 – June 9 & 10. Charlottesville to Leesville Lake
August 1990 Adopt-A-Highway
September 1990
October 1990 Eighth Annual Century
November/December 1990 Virginia Laws Relating to Bicycling

1989 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January 1989 Pedaling Into the Future
February 1989 Dry River Time Trials – Best of ’88
March 1989
April 1989
May 1989 President’s Draft: Ride Report
June 1989 President’s Draft
July 1989 Other Notables … Todd Lake Ride
August 1989 Reddish Knob Hill Climb Time Trial – Results
September 1989 Reddish Knob; How Much Protein Do Athletes Really Need? Bikecentennial Bike Bits
October 1989 President’s Draft – Adopt-A-Trail; Other Notables…Century Summary; Bikecentennial Bike Bits
November/December 1989 Oct Nov/Dec President’s Draft (more on the trail)

1988 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January 1988
February 1988 Eastern Pa. Stage Race
March 1988 Super Sunday Mountain Party; X-C Fling Successful; First Event of the Jamaican Cycling Calendar
April 1988 Sunraycer; Hard to Believe
May 1988 Tips For Riders; Sue Rippy Selected to Whole Wheel Velo Club; Bill McCarrick Triumphs in North Carolina; Ride of the Dirty Seven
June 1988 5 Myths That Hurt Bicyclists; The Augusta County Spring Circuit
July 1988 Open Letter to the Members of the SVBC; Racing Results; McCormick’s Mill Ride; Techno Trivia
August 1988 Pizza, Prizes, Bicycling Fun Highlight Shenandoah Bicycle Tours; Team Time Trial Results; Skyline Ridge Ride; Rails For Trails
September 1988 X-President’s Corner; Rockingham Road Rash Race; Pancake Power Inspired by the Grape!; Rails To Trails Public Hearing; Shenandoah Valley Century (best times to date); “Got Loose In Linville”; Reddish Knob Hillclimb – Part II
October 1988 Century Summary; A.L.A.V.; Bicycles; A Consumer’s Guide to Bicycle Helmets
November 1988 President’s Corner; Historic Triangle Tour
December – Missing

1987 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January 1987
February 1987 Super Sunday; Notes From Our Foreign Correspondent…(Jamaica)
March 1987 AGVITHH-V Profits; A “No Quiche, but Pancake” Ride
April 1987 Racing News; Skinny Tires; Fat Tires; Blue Mountain Hill-Climb; Fat Tip
May 1987
June 1987 First Annual Shenandoah Valley Coors Classic
July 1987 Racing News – Local Vets Trounce Tush, Racing Skinny Tires, Blackwater 100 Race Through The Mud, Bill Mccarrick Wins USCF District Time Trial; Canaan Mountain Series Picture
August 1987
September 1987 Fifth Annual Shenandoah Valley Century (best times to date); Congratulations to Ironman Dennis Herr; Bicycling Terms a la Mauck; What Have You Been Up To, Sue Rippy?; Bike Aid ’87; Riding Fat Tire
October 1987 President’s Column (SVC Recap); Fat Ladies….And Gentlemen; Racing (Tour de Montezuma); Ride Calendar-Sunday October 18 (No Quiche Recap)
November 1987 Racing-Some Memorabilia, Spring Hill Road Race, Reddish Knob Hillclimb; Safety; Eleanor’s “Fall Inventory Clearance Ride and Fall Frolic”; “No Quiche” ’87; Dress For Success
December 1987 Century (Recap); Brainwashed in 88?; November 15 Ride Recap

1986 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January 1986 The Last 1985 Moonlight Ride; Voyageur; Eastern States Open Cyclo-Cross; USCF National Cyclo-Cross Championships
February 1986 Cleveland Welding Company; Super Sunday 1986
March 1986 Fat Tire Tips
April 1986 Racing News – Racing; Fat Tires – Racing Courses / Fat Tire Tips / Trials; Recycle Your Kid’s Trike…
May 1986 USCF Racing in North Carolina; Fat Tires–Tips;
June 1986 Fat Tires; Locals Sweep Canaan (also see correction in next newsletter)
July 1986 Touring; Women Back From Canada; Correction; Racing News–Skinny Tires; Fat Tires – Fat Tire–Social, Fat Tips; 6th Annual Staunton Ten-Miler
August 1986 Fat Tire News; Skinny Tires
September 1986 Racing News: Fat Tires
October 1986 Century a Success; Racing News: Skinny Tires; Fat Tires
November 1986 Shenandoah Valley Century; Fat Tire News; 22 Mile Time Trial; Ocean City Time Trial Challenge; Third Annual Tour de Montezuma
December 1986

1985 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January 1985 Eleanor Redefines the Layered Look; Don’t You Wish, Christmas Gifts; Dr. Bike Lives!!!!; Anchorage Use-A-Bike; A Windy New Year!!; Voyageur
February – missing, (if you have a copy contact the News Editor)
March – missing
April 1985 Dr. Bike Returns; St. Patrick’s Day Ride; A Windy March Ride
May – missing
June 1985 Area Bicyclists Sweep Canaan Mountain Bike Race; Visual Estimation of Wind Velocity
July 1985 Recognize Yourself
August – missing
September 1985 Voyaguer; Labor Day Ride
October 1985 Shenandoah Valley Century; And Now, It’s Art’s Turn…; Winchester Wheelmen 10 Mile Time-Trial; Fat Tires
November 1985 The Third Annual No Quiche Ride; Best From the East; Tour De Montezuma; JMU Bike Race
December 1985

1984 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

January 1984 Defective Cycling; Blueberry Pie Pursuit; Bail for Dr. Bike; Exercise Your Odometer for Long Life!
February 1984 Shenandoah Valley Gourmet Club???; Awards???; Justice is Served; Caterpillar or Butterfly; Dupont to Reward 65 MPH in Human-Powered Vehicle!; An Automatic Transmission for Your Bike?!
March 1984 Dr. Bike in Tennessee; Voyageur
April 1984 Mauch on Mountain Biking; Fat Tire Bike Rides; St. Patrick’s Day Ride – 26 Riders; Wimps Went Back; Voyageur; April Fools Day Ride; Return of Dr. Bike Delayed
May 1984 Olympic Report – Urban Cycling Team Training Underway; Bike Trail Petition Received; Voyageur; High Tech U.S. Olympic Track Bikes; Fat Tire Forum; Fun on the Fat Tires!!
June 1984 Of Infirm Minds and Pure Bodies!; Steepest Hill in the World Contest; Voyageur; Tips for Ride Leaders; Tips for Riders; Fat Tire Forum; Letters to Dr. Bike
July 1984 SVBC Meeting Are Useful – A True Story; Strawberry Pies Forever!!; Sue Rippy – VA State Veteran Women’s Road Race Champion (See SVBC Congrats To:); Over the River and Through the Woods; Fat Tire Forum
August 1984 25 Million Cyclists in the USA; Steepest Hill in the World Entries; A Fast Tip from Dr. Bike; TOSRV Stories; Tandem Foundation; July Meeting – Safe Cycling; Fat Tire Forum; Another Innovation from Runt Rentals
September 1984 Luxury Overnight at the Farm; Proud Parents; Dr. Bike on Vacation
October 1984 Shenandoah Valley Century – Another Success; Tips for Cooking on the Road (with a fettuccine recipe); A Day for the Ducks; Fat Tire Forum
November 1984 Fettuccine Al Dennis; Another Fine Highland Weekend; Voyageur; The Headwind Made the Difference; SVBC Members Frolic in Frederick, MD; SVBC Members Frolic in Harrisonburg; The Last Wednesday Night Ride; Insurance Advice; Second Annual No Quiche Mountain Challenge Century
December 1984 November Meeting – Eating the Right Stuff (with several recipes); Some December Bike History; SVBC First “Night Out”; Breaking Away

1983 – links are to downloadable .pdf files

March 1983 First Newsletter Issue; Picture of First Set of Officers
April 1983 Pictures of Events
May 1983
June 1983 Chesapeake Tour with Pictures
July 1983 Natural Chimneys Outing; Ask Dr. Bike; Uncertainty of the Mind and Destruction of the Body
August 1983 Shenandoah Valley Century; A Hot, Humid, Hilly and Enjoyable Holiday
September 1983 Ask Dr. Bike; A Hot Ride and a Full Belly; You Can Ride a Century; How Do You Spell . . . .?
October 1983 SVBC First Century a Success!; A Short Note; A Report from Fat Tire Bike Week; Dear Dr. Bike
November 1983
December 1983 No Quiche – No Piece of Cake; Swamp Bikes – All the Rage in Florida

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