The 2020 edition of the Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar is shipping now and will be available at a number of Ohio’s finest bicycle shops by the end of the first week of March. Contents include old favorite rides, a few new ones, and a somewhat expanded list of bicycle races of interest to the state’s cyclists. It’s also the 40th anniversary of our parent group, the Ohio Bicycle Federation, and we published…
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As usual, we are beginning our annual Calendar project with a post-Thanksgiving mailing to bicycle clubs and ride hosts. Completed Event Listing Questionnaires provide us with the information we need to assemble the annual listings of events for late-February to early March publication. We expect the Questionnaire packages to be mailed next Friday so, club officers and ride hosts, be on the lookout for that all-important envelope! We also hope to see…
Listings are trickling in for the 2018 edition of the Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar. As we ramp up to production of this year’s Calendar we took some time to give our website a fresh, sophisticated new look. We hope you like it. The menu at the top of our website’s pages now sports a couple of drop-down menus that may confuse some people. For example, say you wish to find our contact…
Well it’s November and time to start thinking about the next year’s edition of the Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar! Before the end of this month we will mail copies of our Events Questionnaire package to the contact addresses. The event entry form and other materials for ride promoters may also be found on this website. Click Here for Event Support. Do you have excellent photographs from an Ohio cycling event, something that…
The Event Questionnaires for the 2017 edition of the Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar were mailed today! Event contacts and bicycle club officials should begin receiving our mailing on Friday, November 25. The packages were mailed to every event listed in our 2016 edition (provided we have a mailing address), and to every Ohio bicycle club for which we have a mailing address. Our questionnaire is the primary means by which we acquire…
We are preparing for publication of the 2017 edition of the Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar. The first step, as always, is information collection. To gather the material that will appear in next year’s Calendar, we send out copies of our Event Questionnaire to hosts and promoters of this year’s events and to bicycle clubs. New events and those without postal addresses can access the form via our Support page: Ohio.bike/support/ As always…
Here are a couple of answers to FAQs (whether actually asked or not) regarding the 2016 edition of the Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar: When will the Calendar be published? The Calendar normally is published in late February or the first week of March. Timing is heavily dependent upon submissions reaching us promptly and then, the printer’s schedule. Our group is planning a new cycling event for this year; how do I get…
We hope you have had a wonderful cycling season this year. As things wind down, we are looking ahead to creation of the 2016 edition of the Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar. So now is a good time to repeat my appeal and make an announcement concerning photographs needed for the upcoming Calendar: First, we are looking for excellent photographs for use in the Calendar. In a nutshell, the sort of shot we like…
Although technically past our deadline, we’re still seeking an excellent image for the cover of the 2015 Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar. The image should depict cycling in Ohio and show actual riding — no trophy presentations, food lines, etc. — and safe cycling practice. Image orientation should be “portrait,” aka vertical, in order to fit the cover. The photographer or artist (image doesn’t need to be a photograph) will be paid for…