TBC Affiliations ...
| The Tulsa Bicycle Club, (TBC) sponsors a year round program of rides and events. Rides vary in length from 5 to 125 miles and in difficulty from very easy social rides to hard and fast tours through and around Oklahoma's green country. Learn more about TBC... |
Diabetes 101 and 2012 Tour de Cure! - February 2nd General Mtg
What you should know about diabetes. Join us for our general meeting on Thursday, February 2 at 7:00pm, where our guest will be Lauren Teague, Manager of Fundraising & Special Events for the American Diabetes Association. Lauren will be joined by Josh Conant and his mom, Melanie. Josh is 12 years old with Type 1 diabetes and sits on the Community Leadership Board as a Youth Ambassador. He and his mom ride every year in Tour de Cure. Melanie is a Certified Diabetes Educator and a National Safe-at-School Advocate for ADA. Josh and his mom tell a powerful story. Join us Thursday evening, February 2, 2012, at 7pm in the Martin Regional Library auditorium, 26th and Garnett, Tulsa. Need directions? Here's a map to the library. |
February LINK is online!
Navigate to the Members Only section of the web site to get the latest issue of TBC's monthly newsletter, The Link. |
GENERAL INFORMATION
TBC SPONSORED RIDES AND EVENTS CALENDAR
The TBC Sponsored Rides and Events Calendar shows upcoming club sponsored rides and events. |
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POPULAR CYCLING ROUTES - CONTSTRUCTION UPDATE 
(Info as of 01/17/2012) WHO TO CALL TO REPORT AREA TRAIL CONDITIONS Surf to the bottom of the TBC Rides Page to see a listing of area trails and the appropriate organization to call to report needed trail repairs, unsafe conditions, or other concerns. RIVER PARKS TRAIL CONDITIONS Tulsa River Parks has a new Trail Conditions web page ... check it out for all the latest info on River Parks Trail conditions: River Parks Trail Conditions webpage
TULSA AND WEST TULSA
River Parks East Bank Trail Watch for dump trucks and construction vehicles entering the north end of the parking lot by the Creek Smokeshop (north of 81st St South). River Parks West Bank Trail between 71st and Turkey Mountain Parking Lot As of mid January the repairs have been completed except for a section of missing pavement about 6-10 inches wide. Newblock trail (between SW Blvd and Charles Page Blvd) Closed until 2013. Osage Drive (between Apache and 36th Street North). Paving has been completed except where dirt work is still underway at the Tisdale expressway crossing. It looks like it might be a long time before this short section is completed. Riverside at I-44 The trail on the east side of Riverside (at the light south of I-44) which connects with the East Bank trail has been removed as part of the I-44 widening project. Instead cross at 56th St South, but be careful there isn't a light at that intersection. The wide sidewalk from Riverside to Boston (at the light just north of I-44 and Riverside) has been removed. W 51st Street (between highway 97 and 129th W Ave) The road will be closed the last half of Jan for utility relocation. The road will then be widened to 4 lanes. Construction is expected to continue through the end of summer. W 81st Street (between Union and Elwood) Construction is underway on this street rehabilitation project. Traffic will be one-way (east bound) during the construction, which is expected to last through late April.
SOUTH TULSA, JENKS, BIXBY
Long term closure of Creek Turnpike (LIBERTY) trail at 145th E Ave A new interchange is being built at 145th E Ave and the Creek turnpike. The trail is expected to be closed through at least July 1, 2012. See the INCOG Liberty Trail web page for more info. Bridge closed on 201st St South between Mingo and Memorial Riverview between 151st and 161st St South The base layer of pavement is down, but there are large drop offs in several places. It should be open soon. Detour around using Mingo. Riverview and 148th St S (At the park and soccer fields in Bixby) Utility and street work are underway. The intersection is currently dirt and gravel. Bixby plans to construct a traffic circle here, so expect a mess for several months. To detour you can turn at the portajohn along the river trail, go north through the parking lot, west on 148th St, then north on Armstrong to 151st Street.
** If you know of any construction on cycling routes feel free to contact Ross Snider at ross4@cox.net or 606-1519.
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TBC Photo Site The Tulsa Bicycle Club's historian has made a host of photos and documents from recent events and our several large scrapbooks available on a flickr photo site. To access, you can simply navigate to http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbchistorian
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Here's a sample of what you'll find there ...
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The Link, TBC's Monthly Newsletter Recent issues of The Link, the TBC monthly newsletter, are available to TBC members in the
Members Only area of this website. Non-members may view
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TBC Yahoo! Group TBC Members are encouraged to join the TBC Yahoo Group. This maillist provides a way to get notification of updates to this web site, changes to scheduled rides, notification of upcoming TBC events, as well as a way to exchange information with other TBC members. The TBC Yahoo Group is a TBC Members Only list. Find instructions for joining the group in the Members Only area. Find Us On Facebook TBC Members and non-members alike are invited to join TBC on facebook. This popular social network sight allows local cyclists to keep up with "what's goin' on ... add your name to our growing list of "friends" and connect with other Green Country cyclists. |
