Ride of Silence
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008 7:00 pm
We, the cycling community of the Conejo, are organizing a local observance of the annual International Ride of Silence that will start at 7:00pm Wednesday night on the east coast of the USA and progress around the world chased by the sunset. The Ride of Silence is designed to be a solemn observance of the death or injury of all our brothers and sisters due interaction between their bicycles and motor vehicles on the road.
These are our road too. Same Roads, Same Rules, Same Rights.
The local Thousand Oaks ride will organize in front of the CountryWide facility on Hillcrest at Wilbur, just to the west of Sears and the Janss Mall at 6:30pm on Wed. May 21st. There will be a brief program with words, directions and observance of this solemn occasion before our ride launch, at 7:00 pm.
Current route plans are to ride up Wilbur, down Moorpark Rd with a left onto Thousand Oaks Blvd headed east towards Westlake. We will ride east on T.O. Blvd in solemn silence at no more than 12 mph. This is not a race. This in not a demonstration. This is a procession. We will ride in front of Thousand Oaks City Hall and continue east on T.O. Blvd to a right at Lakeview Canyon. Lakeview will cross the freeway to Westlake and a right turn headed west on Agoura Rd through the center of Westlake Village. Our return will be a left at Willow Lane by Westlake Cyclery, the decent down Spectrum Hill, and a left onto T.O. Blvd in front of City Hall once again, and a slow solemn return to the starting point.
Bicycles and helmets are required of all. Lights, front and back are recommended. A firm commitment to ride at 12mph or less and to remain silent as best you can is required. This is a memorial funeral procession for all the Glenn Garvin’s that we have known or have known of. Or for those of us who have been struck by cars or trucks for no other reason than the vehicle’s operator wasn’t paying attention to the rules of the road.
These are our roads too. Same Roads, Same Rules, Same Rights.
For more information on this national event to be held locally in Thousand Oaks, please visit http://www.rideofsilence.org.
Posted by Kelly
Join team Amgen on the road to a cure and take part in the American Diabetes Association Tour de Cure on Sunday May 18th, 2008
Amgen Cycling Club friends and members are urged to join team Amgen in this year’s ADA’s Tour de Cure cycling event. The event will raise money for research and education in the fight against the epidemic of diabetes. Amgen has once again recognized this as a worthy cause and will be a presenting sponsor of the Thousand Oaks Tour de Cure.
The event allows participants to explore a health and bicycling expo while enjoying live music and entertainment. Participants are asked to raise a minimum of $150 and pay a registration fee of $20. The event is designed so that riders of most athletic abilities can participate. Three fully supported routes with rest stops will start and finish at Thousand Oaks Community Park.
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Posted in So. Cal by Kelly
Balcom Canyon BBQ Recap
Somis, CA - February 23rd 2008 - Members of Amgen Cycling Club, Giant Bicycle and Sundance Cycles made their annual pilgrimage out to Somis for the Amgen Tour of California Balcom Canyon BBQ. Racers from the ToC were in transit from Santa Barbara to Santa Clarita with a slight detour up Balcom Canyon.
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Posted by Ben
2008 Clothing
09/12/07 8:09
Amgen Cycling Club's official Super Model shows off the new goods
here.
Posted by Ben
2008 Membership
Clothing and Sponsors
The first clothing order has already been compiled based off of historical information. Based on member feedback, we have decided to change clothing vendors. For 2008 we are going with Hincapie Sportwear. Hincapie is committed to our membership and will offer a higher quality clothing at competitive prices. Hincapie will also offer a larger number of other clothing options which we have never received in the past (ie, knee warmers, base layers, sweaters, etc). Finally, Hincapie will inventory extras for us throughout the year, so no more delays in clothing ordering or shipment - to your house! The first clothing order will be delivered and in your hands around the Amgen Tour of California (Sponsor Night IV).
There are also a number of initiatives scheduled for the 2008 season. More information will follow at the beginning of the year. If you have any questions, please contact us. Welcome back.
New Application Process
Due to the new website being set up, Amgen Cycling will first be renewing memberships within the club and will NOT allow new members to join immediately. Our first task is handling all existing members and ensuring that no issues exist with their membership.
Once the application goes live on the website, simply complete the membership application process and wait. If you are an Amgen employee, your application will automatically be accepted.
Its that time of year again - membership renewal.
The process for 2008 is pretty straightforward and requires minimal effort on the member part to renew. If you are an existing member, please note that your membership status has been set to 'renew'. You will not have any access to the members' section until such time that you change your status (ie, pay your dues).
Renew Process
When you do renew, please be aware that your complimentary jersey is contained within this process, not the clothing process. This worked well in 2007, so we have stuck with the same flow. Please make every effort to renew as quickly as possible. This is a once a year deal and it's much easier for us to handle this over a couple of days. You will all be required to login in to the members section of the website in order to renew your membership and obtain your free jersey.
Posted by Ben
Thousand Oaks Bicycle Facilities Master Plan
09/12/07 8:09
Click
here to check out the Thousand Oaks Bicycle Facilities Master Plan.
Posted in So. Cal by Ben
Velogen Classifieds
08/27/07 9:08
There here. The
Velogen Classifieds are now live. Login now and start adding your goods.
Posted in Club News by Ben
An Open Letter to the Employees of Amgen, Inc. and the Members of the Amgen Cycling Club
08/15/07 9:08
My wife was diagnosed with advanced stage IIIa ovarian cancer in February of this year. As is the case for many ovarian cancer patients, she had no overt symptoms, no family history of the disease and was otherwise in perfectly good health. After the devastating diagnosis came the frightening statistics surrounding treatment. Just last year, the National Cancer Institute recommended an aggressive platinum-based intraperitoneal chemotherapy regimen as one of the few ways to improve the survivability rates for ovarian cancer patients. Intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy has been around for quite some time, but had fallen out of favor because of the severity of side effects and the significant reduction in quality of life experienced by patients. The treatment is so harsh that only 40% of the patients in the NCI study were able to complete the six-cycle IP regimen. Nonetheless, with the advent of improved anti-nausea drugs and other medications to help combat the side effects, the NCI felt that the resultant gains in life expectancy were significant enough to recommend the treatment. By mid-March, we had started our first IP chemo cycle.
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In The Paceline
08/05/07 9:08
A smooth working pace line is a wonderful thing to ride in and can be a very fragile creature to sustain. Last month I touched on a few points regarding pace lines and their benefits. This month I will try to expand on that with some of my personal thoughts and observations about safely contributing to a successful pace line.
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Posted in Club News by Ben
