*FCC FACEBOOK WEEKLY WRAP-UP* *(An anti-social media compendium for our non-Facebook members)*
*BIKE TRAVEL PHOTO CONTEST*Take a photo during a bike trip in 2020 that you really like? Enter it in the Adventure Cycling photo contest. You’ve got until Dec. 31 to enter.
www.adventurecycling.org/adventure-cyclist/bicycle-travel-photo-contest/
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*QR CODES ADDED TO GS FATBIKE ROUTES PAGE*Some nice fatbike routes on this Goldstream Sports page!
Shared from Goldstream Sports Dec 22 A Christmas gift from us to all of you! We have added QR Codes to our Fat Bikes Trails Page (ow.ly/QvjD50CSxly). Now just scan the code with your phone to see the trail! The code on this post is for the Goldstream loop. All codes placed on the web page!
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*BIKE BITS ARTICLE HIGHLIGHT*Riding on a penny-farthing is one thing, but using one to tour the world? That’s crazy!
Meet the Man Who Bikes Around the World on a Penny-Farthing
This was featured in the most recent edition of Bike Bits, which includes lots of other cool stories, mostly about national and international bike travel, but other stuff, too.
Read about it all here:
mkt.adventurecycling.org/email/view/5fda4d390df17454987487
And here’s the penny farthing story:
gearjunkie.com/penny-farthing-cyclist-joff-summerfield-bikepacking
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*JAY CABLE’S SNOWBIKE JOURNEY* yak.spruceboy.net/2020/12/new-bike-day.html
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*FCC BOARD PROFILE: JENNY CAMPBELL*Here’s a Q and A with the new FCC Secretary Jenny Campbell! Thank you for serving, Jenny!
www.fairbankscycleclub.org/2020/12/new-fcc-secretary-jenny-campbell-likes-biking-all-year-in-all-sorts-of-weather/
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*LOTS TO SAY ABOUT HOOKS*Who knew there was so much to say about bike hanging hooks?!
Shared from Adventure Cycling Association Dec 19 Let the discussion commence!
bikerumor.com/2020/12/04/why-bicycle-storage-hooks-are-still-the-best-way-to-store-a-bike-especially-in-park-tool-blue/
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*CYCLING ‘BAN’ IS ACTUALLY A MISTAKE*The recent call to action over a proposed Federal Highway Administration rule that would ban bicycling on many U.S. roadways has been updated. The FHWA has issued a statement saying this was an “inadvertent” mistake. See major update at end of this story. Not sure how the mistake was discovered and whether it was cycling advocates who first alerted officials, but it’s always good to remind authorities that cycling is essential.
bikeportland.org/2020/12/17/proposed-fhwa-rule-would-outlaw-bicycles-on-many-u-s-roadways-324120
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*HUGE NEW BIKEPACKING ROUTE BEING FORMED*This sounds like a huge, interesting, and exciting project! Find out more about it here: www.bikepackingroots.org/orogenesis.html
Shared from Bikepacking Roots Dec 19 Mountain bike from Canada to Cabo? The Orogenesis (@orogenesiscollective) Route is grand in vision, but with dozens of folks pedaling, pushing, and bikeshwacking along its 5,000 miles over the past several years, we’ve developed an incredible backcountry singletrack-focused alignment that includes over 1,400 miles of trail.
Expectedly, there are some formidable obstacles. Over the next year Bikepacking Roots is working with regional partners to inventory the roughly 200 miles of new and historic trail connectors that need to be rebuilt. Shown in these photos @trail_whisperer and @chris__mcnamara explore some of these gaps in connectivity through the ancestral lands of the Washoe people (Lake Tahoe region) and envision some of the stunning trails to make this cross-continental journey possible. Your contribution goes directly towards making sure visions like Orogenesis become reality.
Become an annual member or make a donation today at www.bikepackingroots.org/givetoday.html
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*IDITAROD TRAIL INVITATIONAL 350 IS ON*Looks like the ITI 350 is happening in 2021 — in modified form.
Shared from Iditarod Trail Invitational Dec 18 As we all adapt to evolving conditions, the 20th anniversary ITI will offer a new challenge.
www.iditarodtrailinvitational.com/news/2020/12/18/course-modifications
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*GOOD NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL BIKING ADVOCACY GROUPS* People for Bikes peopleforbikes.org/
League of American Bicyclists www.bikeleague.org/
International Mountain Biking Association www.imba.com/
Adventure Cycling www.adventurecycling.org/
Bikepacking Roots www.bikepackingroots.org/
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