Exciting News! ONCE AGAIN, the Williamsburg Area Bicyclists, James City County Parks & Recreation and BikeWalk Williamsburg will be offering the Bikes Out of Hibernation Event and it will be held in conjunction with Pedal the Parkway! It will be held on Saturday, April 20 from 9 AM to 1 PM at the Jamestown Settlement Parking Lot, adjacent to the Colonial Parkway. What a great way to kick off May is Bike Month! So get that neglected bike out of your garage and get it ready for Spring! Free tire pumping and minor adjustments will be given by several local bicycle shops. FREE helmets and helmet fittings! FREE refreshments! Then take your bike for a spin on the adjacent Virginia Capital Trail or the Jamestown Island loop! NO REGISTRATION - just come on down!
The various items of WAB cycling apparel are offered for sale a couple times of year (usually the Spring and the Fall). Cold weather apparel is normally only available during the Fall ordering window. The process to purchase a WAB jersey, shorts or other items is as follows:
1. WAB Storefront on the Ascend website is opened for a limited time period. (usually 2 weeks)
2. WAB members visit the storefront webpage, select the items and place their order.
3. Items are manufactured and shipped directly to the WAB member.
The storefront will be opened from 3/18/24 to 3/31/24! The URL/Link to the storefront is:
http://teamstore.agile-sportswear.com/store/williamsburg-area-bicyclists/
Items offered are:
- Short Sleeve Cycling Jersey
- Thermal Long Sleeve Cycling Jersey
- Cycling Shorts
- Cycling Bibs
- Cycling Long Bib tights
- Cycling Wind Jacket*
- Cycling Thermal jacket*
- Arm Warmers
*SIZING NOTE on the Jackets:
The Cycling Wind and Thermal Jackets fit to their Sport Cut. Semi tight fit just like the Sport Cut Cycling Jersey fit.
- If you fit into a Sport cut Male large cycling jersey you would want to order a Large Male Jacket
- If you fit into a Sport cut Female medium cycling jersey you would want to order a Medium Female Jacket
- If you fit into a Relaxed cut Male large cycling jersey you would want to order up a size- a XL Large Male Jacket
- If you fit into a Relaxed cut Female medium cycling jersey you would want to order up a size - a Large Female Jacket
To help you decide what size to order, a "fit kit" will be available at the General Membership Meeting on Thursday, 3/21.
Questions? Contact Jim Day at Jimda356@gmail.com or 757-755-5190
by Rick Nevins
Facebook is a powerful tool and is a very popular means to share cycling related information. There are a number of Facebook Pages and Groups that target our geographic area and cycling communities. There may be some question amongst our membership about when to use Facebook versus our website Message Board. I thought I’d take a few minutes to share what I know about Facebook Pages and Groups so that you can better understand how you might want to engage.
Read more: Taking Some of the Confusion Out of Facebook (I hope!)
The WAB jersey design (pictured below) is inspired by a jersey WAB developed back nearly 20 years ago as part of the 300th anniversary of Williamsburg. This jersey is manufactured by Hincapie and the sales and distribution of the jersey are done directly through the Hincapie website. The Hincapie storefront for WAB is typically opened two times a year for a couple weeks. The next time the storefront will be open is likely to be Spring of 2023.