TO GET STARTED

A signed form for the current year is required before participating in any of our events.  You can obtain a form here.  The form may be mailed to Trail Boss at the address on the form, or hand-delivered at any time. Doing this in advance will avoid delays on the morning of a ride.

STAYING IN TOUCH

Email communication is done through the Yahoo Group. To join, go here: http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/BikeAroundLongIsland

WHAT YOU GET IF YOU JOIN:

• Notice of changes to our schedule. This will be done via E-Mail through the Yahoo Group.
• No forms to complete at the beginning of a trip, while other bikers fidget nervously, wanting to get going.
• The warm, fuzzy feeling that comes with knowing that you belong.

SOME WORDS FROM TRAIL BOSS:

This group took its’ first ride in 1981. A lot has changed over these years, but the reasons for planning another year remain the same.

Maybe you’ve been with us for so long that you feel like part of a family. Well, you are. You’ve gotten to know some of the others so well, and you’ve shared in some of the happy and not-so-happy moments in our lives. You’ve joined us for rides whenever your schedule and your inclination have allowed that to happen. You know not to explain why you couldn’t make the last ride. You’ve spent some weekends with us in other cities. You’ve made some new friends. You’ve been to places that you didn’t know existed. You’ve seen some of our loved ones come and go, in the various ways they have of doing that. You’ve gotten together for events that were not in our schedule. Hopefully, you’ve been with us for a few of those days when someone said, “it doesn’t get any better than this!” I hope for those days to just keep on happening.

Maybe you’ve just joined us recently, and even feel like the “new kid on the block”. Maybe you’re not sure about something as serious as a “bike club” (which we’re not). Maybe you’re worried about whether you can “keep up”. I’m glad you decided to check us out. I hope that you’ll find fun rides and new friends, just like many of the old-timers have. I hope that you’ll find us to be not very serious at all. And I hope that someday you’ll relate more to the previous paragraph than this one.

Those who have been with us in prior years will recognize most of the trips on the attached schedule. The formula is this: Same Trip + New People + New Day + ? = New Experience. What does the question mark stand for? We’ll find out when it happens.

Most of our communication now is via Email, the Bike Around Long Island website, and the Bike Around Long Island Yahoo Group. If necessary, I can send basic information via US Mail (you remember that, don’t you?), but you’ll miss those witty Emails that are generated spontaneously from time to time.

If you want to stay in touch this year, I am asking you to return a sign-up form with current information. This form could help us both if you do get hurt. It tells me whom to call if you can’t drive home (it has happened), and it might help in obtaining medical care (that’s happened, too). Of course the form also helps me to keep my records up to date.

When this year ends, I hope we’ll all be old-timers, and that we’ll have some new fond memories.

Regards, George.

Please visit the website at: http://www.bikearoundlongisland.com
Yahoo Group: http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/BikeAroundLongIsland
Email me at: gjwbiker@optonline.net
Call me at 631-499-3953.