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Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society
The links on the left will take you to more information about our club. Go to our ride calendars and events page to view our schedule of rides.
We invite every cyclist to become a member; however you are not required to be a member to participate in an AABTS ride. New club memberships purchased after September 1 of any year are good through December 31 of the following year. Come ride with us!
Raymond Robert Fullerton
Ray Fullerton, an active member of AABTS and a longtime advocate for safe bicycling for kids and Safe Routes to School, lost his valiant fight with cancer on December 18. Ray was a wonderful man and good friend to all. Many of us have enjoyed talking with Ray and his wife Joan French at AABTS Potlucks. We extend our sympathy to Joan and to his daughter Lori Fullerton Melton, who came from Florida to help care for him this fall.
A memorial service will be held for Ray on Saturday, January 7, at 11:00 am at the First Baptist Church, 517 E Washington St (just west of State St), Ann Arbor.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made payable to Michigan Mountain Biking Association Metro South, 883 Sutherland St, Plymouth, MI 48170 (Please put "Ray Fullerton Memorial" in the memo line). Funds will be used to place a bench along the Island Lake Bike path, a path Ray rode with AABTS members many times.
New Barton Hills Bicycle Ordinance
You may be aware that in Barton Hills Village the roads are quite narrow, have practically no shoulders and are restricted to no automobile passing. Because of this, and due to some recent possibly dangerous incidents, the village has enacted a new bicycle ordinance. The ordinance says, in essence, that bicyclists must ride single file and stay to the right as far as is practicable.
The ordinance requires that cyclists comply with the Michigan Vehicle Code, ride single file, and have front and rear lights between sunset and sunrise. Each infraction is punishable by a $100 fine. Click to view the ordinance.
2012 Winter POTATOES
Join us for another exciting season of Pedaling Our Trainers And Tracing Our Efforts South! The clock starts January 1, 2012 and runs through midnight on March 31st. Details and mileage tracking sheet available at AABTS ride calendar and events.
Bicycling For Everyone
AABTS invites proposals to fund projects that attract youth and non-traditional riders to bicycle touring. Click here for details (PDF).
Join or renew
Visit our join or renew page for AABTS membership enrollment options. New club memberships purchased after September 1 of any year are good through December 31 of the following year.Latest update 1/14/12
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Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society P.O. Box 1585 AA 48106 
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