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Issue 138 - early winter 2016
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Going ‘beyond’ in japan
Noto Peninsula
SoCal & Beyond takes on new meaning as we explore bicycle-friendly Japan And experience The Wakura Onsen (pg 12)
Holiday Edition ‘16
BPM #001
Find the perfect Gift for the cyclist on your list (pg 11)
- featuring Meld Saddles
the 132 gram custom saddle VeloPress
300 pages of Greg LeMond +23 more
also
a focus on modern bike advocacy
multiple perspectives A cyclists retreat in Palm Springs
the monkey tree hotel
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BICYCLIST magazine
SoCal and Beyond
Contents
Inside this issue
Regulars 05 basics
Features 08 advocacy
06 Ask the bike coach
Multiple perspectives How to be more a bike friendly business, real-time advocacy perspectives and Advocacy group directory.
Beyond the print - socalBICYCLIST.com.
Addressing lower back pain after a bike fit.
07 Electric Age Your first electric bike.
09 Legislative Insider
A common sense approach to cycling laws.
11 BPM #001
Bicyclist Product Matrix ‘Holiday Edition’.
issue 138 Early Winter 2016 Designed and printed in Southern California. Read and distributed throughout the world.
10 DWR: Palm Springs Destinations Within Reach The Monkey Tree Hotel in Palm Springs, a boutique athlete retreat that caters to cyclists.
12 Bicyclist Beyond: Japan Exploring the Noto Peninsular By Bike Discovering traditional Japan and the Noto Peninsula.
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20 Event Calendar
Find your next adventure, race or local bicycle-friendly event.
23 Last Page
Profile: Interview with Remi Clermont, Lead Designer of Cafe du Cycliste.
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FIND THE CHAIN LINK
A small icon (exactly like this one: ) is hidden somewhere in this issue. If you locate it and enter our Find The Chain Link contest, you may win a FREE one-year subscription (or an additional year for existing subscribers) to the print edition of BICYCLIST magazine. To enter, go to socalbicyclist.com/ftc and complete the online entry form or send an entry with your name and phone number to Find The Chainlink c/o BICYCLIST magazine 14252 Culver Dr. Irvine, CA 92604. Entries must be received by February 15, 2017 for consideration. The winning entry will be selected using a random-number generator and announced in a future print issue.
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Winner Issue #137
Oscar Ensalmo of Alta Dena, CA correctly identified the chain link on page 15 of issue #137 (see left). For his efforts, he will receive a 1 year print subscription of the magazine and a care package of samples and SWAG from our sponsors and friends of the magazine.
Cover
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Wilnelia Recart lives the bicyclist experience while exploring the Noto Peninsula in Japan. (see page 12) Recart (right) gathers materials during an offbike excursion exploring local crafting methods developed over hundreds of years. @socalbicyclist
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