[BVC-INFO] April 13 ride

[Jonathan Coopersmith]

Folks,
         A reminder that this Sunday, April 13, at 4 pm we have 
invited the City Council to join us on a short ride.  So far, Mayor 
Ben White and members John Crompton and James Massey (and wife) have 
accepted.  I've also invited the two TV stations, the Eagle, and the 
police.  No response from any of them yet.

         To make this a success, we will need
-- as large a turnout as possible, ideally in jerseys.  Feel free to 
invite friends and neighbors.
         any sense of who can come?  I hope to take my son to 
emphasize the family friendliness of biking.

-  Ben White needs a bike -- not a road bike:  does anyone have one 
he could borrow?

-  White will need a helmet and the Masseys might (they were 
uncertain).  I have a spare helmet.  Anyone else have a helmet or two?

-  Could someone volunteer to bring a cooler with water bottles?  I 
suspect our treasury could handle this expense.

-  As far as I know, there is no BVC banner or other sign we could 
use as a rallying point.  The jerseys should be adequate.


The ride will start and end at Anderson Park.  We will take the 
federally funded bike path to Southwest Parkway, where we will head 
west until we turn left at Hondo.  We will turn left again at Nueces 
to reach Harvey Mitchell and again head west.  We would turn right at 
Welsh so everyone can appreciate the greatly improved 
intersection.  When we reach Holleman, we will turn right and then 
right again on Anderson to return to the park.  This route will show 
the wide range of biking conditions in College Station.

The weather is supposed to be sunny and in the mid-70s.

         Looking forward,
                 Jonathan


Jonathan Coopersmith
Associate Professor
Dept. of History
MS 4236
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas  77843-4236
979.845.8584
979.862.4314 fax

Secretary
History & Philosophy of Science Section (L)
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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