Berkeley Pours it on - Connection Mag Features us and ...

08-08-2003, 01:41 AM

1. BATES BIKES BERKELEY !
2. Connection Magazine Features US
3. Jim Muelner's Bay Area Report
4. Skot Paschal's awesome Eugene to Arcata photos
5. Mayor Willie Brown to Receive Men on Tricycles

If all goes according to plan, it looks like I am going to Berkeley
tomorrow and San Francisco on Monday for all the Mayors' Ride
excitement that is taking place up there. Indeed I will keep you
posted. We are major burning over here at NBG central as the phones and
the email are all non stop. Wow! At nine days away from the Aug 17
Santa Cruz NBG Bike Fest, volunteers are coming out in force. I don't
want to name names because I don't want to put anybody on the spot, but
do know we are nothing without your help. In the words below, I will
endeavor to show you what not only our riders are doing but what kind
of wonder fills our computer screens here everyday !!

- Here is a news release I got from Berkeley Councilman Kriss
Worthington today. This man leaves no stone unturned as he uses our
event to promote bicycling in Berkeley. Soft spoken and fun, this man
carries a Big Stick where getting things done is concerned, For our
ride from Berkeley to Oakland, he's been burning up his phone and fax
lines with this news release:

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1. BATES BIKES BERKELEY !

Berkeley Mayor TOM Bates will bike Berkeley's Bicycle boulevards with
Corporate Executive, Jim Muellner, who left the successful leading edge
company he founded so that he could bicycle across the country.
Muellner will be welcomed to Berkeley after having ridden the three
wheel bike his
new company makes all the way here from Washington DC. Jim will also be
received by a pair of Hi Wheelers and local and national bicyclists.
This exciting local segment held at Berkeley City Hall, where Jim, a
former industry captain, will be named an honorary Berkeleyan, will be
followed by a 6-mile bike ride along Berkeley's Bicycle Boulevards to
Oakland City Hall.

Friday August 8 at 1 p.m.
Steps of City Hall
2180 Milvia Street, Berkeley

Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates will also welcome the National Bicycle
Greenway (NBG) ride that Jim represents. By the time the national ride
ends at the Santa Cruz NBG Bike Fest on Sunday Augist 17, this relay
will have been honored by 26 different big city Mayors. NBG
Coast-to-Coast cycling veteran, Max Chen, "Awake Again" author
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] and Santa Cruz NBG director, Martin
Krieg, also on a tricycle, and Council member Kriss Worthington will
also ride to Oakland. .

For more info please call:

Kriss Worthington 510-981-7170 or page 515-0007
Mayor Tom Bates 981-7100
Martin Krieg (831) 252-8830
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2. Connection Magazine did a tremendous job for us with a publication
that just hit the streets today!! A tabloid sized newsprint magazine,
like the Good Times feature that ran last year, our event is on the
front page and on both sides of the centerspread!!! A truly handsome
piece, it will draw a large new audience off people to our offering.
Publisher Pattie Mills went far beyond the call of duty to make sure
all of our performers were profiled and the local focus of our event,
promoting the Coastal Rail Trail from Santa Cruz to Watsonville, is the
unquestioned theme for our second annual Santa Cruz NBG Bike Fest. As
the official program guide for our festival, it will do a great job to
communicate the high level of quality people can expect from our soon
upcoming show!!

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3. Here is Jim Muellner
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Hi Everybody: You cannot believe how over whelming biking in the San
Francisco Bay Area can be. It includes several ferry rides, as they
sure don't want you on the bridges. Maybe some day there will be a bike
path off one or both sides of these bridges.

After arriving in SFO from Napa, via Vallejo, which I always want to
pronounce Valhalla or something like that from the Opera. First thing I
had to do was bike through Fisherman's Wharf. I have fond memories of
taking my children here. Once, Beth, my daughter and her friend Lisa
came. I dropped them off at 8AM and said I would meet them at 5PM. They
were only about 14 years old. When I picked them up I asked them how
they liked the water. They said what water? They had not realized they
were on the coast and had spent the entire time going from store to
store shopping. It still makes me smile today riding past where I
dropped them off 25 years ago.

Another time my son Jon, who loves seafood, and I came down to the
wharfs at 6AM to have a final crab dish before driving back to
Minnesota. Suddenly there was a crack, very load. It sounded like a gun
shot. Everyone ran out to see, it sounded like it was right next to our
van. We looked down and the bubble mirror had fallen down and burst. We
were relieved and laughed, but we were glad to be on our way with the
taste of crab still in our mouths.

Today I had a new surprise. I had left Napa with $20 in my pocket.
Thought I would stop at the cash machine, but it would not give me any
money. Thought it was faulty, so I waited until I got to the ferry. I
tried again, a late Friday attempt. A little notice sprang up that
said, your cash card has expired. No warning, nothing. Why couldn't it
say your card will expire Monday, or in a few days. Why be so absolute
on a Friday afternoon. As I rode up and down the wharf thinking about
the great seafood that I could not enjoy. Yes, I have credit cards. But
when you are on a bike or trike, in the interest of keeping your bike
from being stolen, you are limited to the cash counters. I settled for
a bran muffin and a cup of coffee. Thanks to some dear friends who
advanced me some cash I was able to survive until Monday. I love all
the automatic cards, but unless you have every base covered, they can
be a pain.

It has been fun getting to know the various areas of the Bay Area.
Today after our picture taking session at city hall in Berkeley, Max
Chen gave me a tour of Berkeley. We had lunch at a unique Indian
restaurant, then went to the Pedal Express, a bike delivery service,
location. We got a tour of several related business who design bikes,
clothing and a whole variety of items for others. Then a special stop
at the Sake Tasting Museum, what a deal. Martin I even took a picture
of the sign with my last picture. I will send it tomorrow.

So now I am off to find my way back to where I am staying. It is a
beautiful area, all you need is money to live here, or a lot of
determination.

We are scheduled for a group ride on Friday from Berkeley to Oakland,
even the Mayor of Berkeley will ride with us, which should be fun.

Keep you posted.
Love to you all, Jim

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4. Skot Paschal's awesome Eugene to Arcata photos

Skot Paschal's awesome Eugene to Arcata photos are now on line!! And I
do mean a w e s o m e!! Especially if U view them in slide show mode:

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What had seemed like a formidable task was made easy and fast by the
Macintosh Iphoto software that Faye Saunders so expertly maneuvered me
thru!! With her help, I was able to resize and load 35 pix in 1/5 the
time it would normally have taken me ..

Arcata to Napa pix soon!!

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5. Mayor Willie Brown to Receive Men on Tricycles

DATE: August 7, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT: Martin Krieg - Phone: 831-426-8830, mailto:[Only registered and activated users can see links. ],
Cell 831-252-8830

Who: San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown
Who: San Francisco Supervisor Chris Daly
Who: 67 year old Smarte Carte inventor, Jim Muellner
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Wetherell, Martin Krieg

WHAT: Mayor Willie Brown and Car Free San Francisco Supervisor Chris
Daly welcome Corporate Executive, Jim Muellner, who left the
successful leading edge company he founded so that he could build
tricycles like the one he rode here from Washington, DC. Along the way
Jim has participated in National Bicycle Greenway Day receptions, often
with Mayors, in 25 other US cities. He will be joined by two other
celebrities on trikes, Parkinson's survivor Jim Wetherell
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] and "Awake Again" author
[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] and Santa Cruz National Bicycle
Greenway (NBG) director, Martin Krieg , as they ready for the 8/17
Santa Cruz NBG Bike Fest at San Lorenzo Park on Sunday August 17:
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WHEN: 12 Noon - Monday, August 11, 2003

WHERE: Noon at San Francisco City Hall Goodlett Place steps

WHY: To take part in Mayor Brown's Proclamation Ceremony proclaiming
this date as "National Bicycle Greenway Day in the City of San
Francisco." The NBG is a non-profit organization dedicated to
promoting the establishment of a nationwide network of interconnected
bike-friendly roads and bicycle
pathways that will connect cyclists to major cities throughout the US.
This event will also announce the second annual Santa Cruz NBG Bike
Fest which besides being the only US appearance by celebrated jazz
drummer Prince Lawsha, will also feature presentations about the Rail
Trail to Watsonville by lawmakers Sam Farr , John Laird, Mardi
Wormhoudt and Dennis Norton.

MORE INFO: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

MARTIN KRIEG: "Awake Again" Author c/o BikeRoute.com
79 & 86 TransAms, nonprofit Nat. Bicycle Greenway CEO
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