Dear Parents
Congratulations to all who made it up Mt Soledad last Saturday. You are awesome.
Thank you for coming, and thank you to volunteers Sabine and Kate for the popsicles.
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The T-Shirt Contest Dead Line is on February 15th. That is tomorrow.
Here are the RAC T-shirt design contest guidelines.
Submit to Christiane via email or in person.
Please encourage your child to participate.
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Four friendly reminders.
Please follow our instructions, even when these instructions seem unreasonable. When we ask you to walk the bridge, we are not suggesting you are not capable of riding it. We are suggesting that the 5th grader behind you will want to ride the bridge because s/he sees you riding the bridge, and 5th graders, in the past, have fallen off the high sidewalk at Saturday’s bridge. Thank you for your cooperation.
Please bring two extra tubes per bike. Why?
← This is why. Please bring two tubes per bike to any training ride. The owner of this flat tire was lucky because he was close to the parking lot. If you have a flat and don’t bring tubes, you might walk to the car because volunteers might not carry your size.
A flat without extra tubes on the RAC might be the end of the ride for you. Bob is concerned. So, let’s all bring our two extra tubes per bike and show them to Bob next Sunday.
Need help deciding which size tube to buy?
Look for numbers on the side wall of your tire.
Please arrive 15 minutes early. If you don’t, you miss the oh-so-significant announcements. Announcements are always about safety. Safety is most important to us, so please make sure to arrive 15 minutes before the start of each ride.
In order for a ride to count as your ‘once-a-month ride with us,’ you need to finish the ride with us.
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Our next ride starts at 7:15 am. That is not a typo.
Sunday, Feb 19
Harbor Island Park. 1875 Harbor Island. SD 92101
is one of our most scenic rides.
Five cities, the longest-running business in San Diego County, parks, yachts, construction sites, a military base, factories, and mansions.
This ride includes a ferry ride from Coronado to San Diego
Ferry tickets cost $7 per person. Bikes are free.
Purchasing ferry tickets:
● with your credit card at the dockside ticket machine (which doesn’t always work)
● with exact cash on the ferry.
● The ferry leaves every hour on the half hour.
● We don’t all have to catch the same ferry.
● Harbor Island is a 30-minute drive from PQ.
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More existing stuff.
Please make sure that your bike is tuned up before the RAC.
Bob's Bike Tune-Up Details | Please contact Bob directly at rjacques888@gmail.com
Local bike shops that offer discounts
From Olav, our treasurer: The 3rd installment invoices went out and are due on February 15th.
We now have a Venmo account: @rideacrosscalifornia.
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Upcoming dates
There is a mandatory RAC meeting on Thursday, March 16 at 7 pm at Design 39
RAC reunion and potluck: Tuesday, May 2nd at Design 39
Food, pictures, certificates. By then, you will have missed us
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Our next fundraisers:
Thursday, March 9 | Panda Express | online orders only at pandaexpress.com
online order code 912973 | Panda Express Flier
Tuesday, April 4 | Fresco Pizzeria | 13350 Camino Del Sur | Time TBA
Tuesday, May 9 | Chipotle Carmel Mountain | 11134 Rancho Carmel Drive | SD 92128 online order code NCL636B | or show this chipotle flier in the restaurant
Thank you for considering us. Thank you for attending our past events.
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Thank you for reading. Remember the tubes.
Your friendly RAC volunteer team
Abhi | Ana | Bill | Bob | Christiane | Frans | Hannah | James | Jeff | Joel | Julie | Kate | Kirsten| Kumar | Mani | Olav |Robert | Sabine, and co-founder Dennis
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You are responsible for knowing RAC rules, procedures, and announcements and for sharing all information with your family.
You are responsible for reading all weekly newsletters.