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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002876548_boomerbikers20.ht
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Good to see that not all communities have the Woodside mentality. A
community near San Francisco that wants to ban all non-resident cyclists and
hikers from their roads and parks.

Colleen

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Monday, March 20, 2006 - Page updated at 12:00 AM
Oregon seeks bigger share of boomer biking crowd
By The Associated Press

EUGENE, Ore. - They're middle-aged but not grown up. They like to play
outdoors but take their creature comforts come nightfall.

They're baby-boomer bicyclists. They're people who can drop $1,000, $2,000
or even $8,000 on their two-wheelers.

Recreation and tourism officials see gold in promoting Oregon as the premier
place for them to ride. They have organized an Oregon Bicycling Summit on
April 1 in Eugene.

"Bicycling is one of the most affluent sporting activities out there right
now," said Jerry Norquist, executive director of Cycle Oregon, a nonprofit
cycling organization.

He said many boomer cyclists "no longer like to just go out and camp in a
tent and cook on a stove. They like to stay in a bed-and-breakfast or a
hotel and they like to eat at a good restaurant. ... We call it credit-card
touring."

He said officials are pushing to improve Oregon roads for cyclists, get
cycling routes marked and mapped, grease the tourism communications, "brand"
Oregon cycling and market it nationally and internationally.

The state draws people from around the globe for bicycle-touring events and
wins recognition for its cycling environment.

Eugene landed on Bicycling magazine's list of best medium-size cycling
cities this year. And Portland won the title as the best cycling city of any
size in the nation.

"It can't hurt to have that reputation developed even more," said Jan
VanderTuin, executive director of the Center for Appropriate Transport in
Eugene.

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