After a small snafu that delayed us by a day, the 2023 edition of the Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar (OBEC) is printed and begins shipping Monday, March 13. (Our online versions are “live” now.) That means circulation will be underway by the end of next week. Circulation in publishing is like circulation of your body’s blood — a good thing because without it, it’s all over! Our primary means of distribution is…
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Just now we approved the printing proof for the 2023 Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar; a good rainy day activity. Our project will be added to their work queue and scheduled for production. Delivery? Soon. That’s all we know.…
The 2023 edition of the Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar — our 40th annual issue — has been “put to bed”. That is, the digital file that will be used for printing the booklets has been uploaded to the art department of the printing company. At the printer’s, a number of steps remain in the prepress process but it’s a much more direct line than it used to be from the editor’s desk…
January 31 — The Associated Press (AP) has featured Ohio’s Bicycle Museum of America in their newsfeed. The museum is located in southwest Ohio’s New Bremen. Read the story online: https://apnews.com/article/d5b1a7b85bef642173e11434b1e734bc https://apnews.com/article/d5b1a7b85bef642173e11434b1e734bc…
Deadlines for submission of ride listings and display advertising have passed. The next step toward publication of the 2023 Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar is creation of its layout … bringing text, ads, and images together in what we hope will be a visually appealing and useful format, ready to print. Post-pandemic shutdown recovery continues — we’re seeing a few more event listings now over last year — so that gives us some…
We’re off to a flying start collecting information for the 2023 edition of the Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar. This will be the 40th annual issue. To gather the information we need, in November we mail questionnaire forms to the previous year’s ride contacts and to bicycle clubs, in case they’re starting something new. To secure means of circulation, we contact bicycle shops and clubs in January offering free copies of our publication…
New Ohio License Plate March 24 News from the Ohio Bicycle Federation: “We have updated the Share the Road license plate and hope you like it better. The icon has been updated to depict three cyclists of different types and the tagline was changed to Same Roads -> SAME RIGHTS. It’s still called the ‘Share the Road’ specialty plate, to avoid having to make a legislative update. The new plate will be…
A special note: Return to print in 2022 We don’t have to tell you the last couple of years have been tough. Lost business, few recreational events, and diminished social contact have taken a toll on us all. That said, we are moving ahead with plans for a return to print in 2022, with faith that bicycle event organizers and hosts will have found ways to stage their events with minimal COVID-19…
It is with regret that I announce we will NOT be creating a printed version of the 2021 Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar (OBEC). COVID-19 restrictions and precautions decimated the 2020 cycling event scene. Even with preventative vaccinations imminent, the sheer scope of the task of achieving immunity amongst the majority of the population will require months of continuing restrictions. Through good times and bad, since 1984 the Calendar has been published annually.…
This is going to be a sad season for cycling events. We are regularly receiving notice from event hosts canceling their 2020 rides with dates as far out as August. COVID-19 is an easily-spread and serious disease and it is only prudent, if disappointing, for some events to be called off. The virus is now “out there” and there is no prevention available but to limit interpersonal contacts. Cycling events, within the…
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