I am pleased to report that on May 19, 2026, William Chronister was appointed editor of the Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar (OBEC) by OBF Chair Chuck Smith. Bill succeeds me in the position and is only the fourth person to serve as editor. Previous editors include Peggy Skoniki, who established the publication; David Fortier, who upgraded the Calendar to a glossy and full-color piece, and established the listing style; and me, responsible…
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We are pleased to announce that the 2024 Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar has been printed and is shipping to distributors across Ohio. The cycling scene has made a slow recovery from the COVID disaster of a few years ago and, once again, opportunities abound for fun, adventure, and challenges via bicycle. Unfortunately discovered too late to correct for print, a duplicated typographical error: A letter was left out of the URL in…
Call us crazy but the Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar is created new, from blank pages, every year. So when we say that we’re launching into a new edition of the Calendar, we are, in a real way, beginning again. We expect to put the 2024 Ohio Bicycle Events Questionnaire in the mail during the last week of November. Our deadline for event entries is January 14, 2024. The form is available now…
We have received our first ride entry for the 2024 edition of the Ohio Bicycle Events Calendar. This may be the earliest we’ve received a completed listing. For ride directors/promoters, please know that there’s no need to panic! We plan to mail our Event Questionnaire form package in November, as we have these many past years. The mailing goes to events listed this year (2023) in the Calendar for which we have…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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