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JULY 2005<br />
.COM<br />
bicycle club<br />
newsletter<br />
Alticor (Amway) Bike Safety Rodeo<br />
Alticor’s first bike safety rodeo for<br />
their employees was on June 4th.<br />
They had e-mailed the Club requesting<br />
our help in putting this on. Unfortunately<br />
it coincided with the 100<br />
Grand, which already had most of the<br />
board and other members busy that<br />
day. I let them know about 100<br />
Grand, but told Mike Larabel, Chief of<br />
Fire Protection at Alticor, and the<br />
other organizers I would make<br />
myself available to help<br />
out. (If one of the<br />
largest corporations in<br />
west Michigan requested<br />
our club’s<br />
help in a bicyclerelated<br />
event, we needed<br />
to be there to show our community<br />
support.)<br />
Alticor did an absolutely outstanding<br />
job for a first-ever rodeo! I exchanged<br />
business cards with a number of their<br />
people. We all agreed to discuss this<br />
much earlier in the season next year,<br />
so it doesn’t coincide with 100 Grand.<br />
If they do this again, hopefully the<br />
RW can be there in force, to promote<br />
our club and bike safety.<br />
I brought my bike stand and tools to<br />
do bike safety checks, but I didn’t<br />
have to unload them because Ada<br />
Bike Shop was there in force with four<br />
mechanics, including RW member<br />
Julia Miller. They checked and adjusting<br />
bikes, and performed helmet<br />
checks as kids rolled in on their bikes.<br />
proper fit of helmets, with emphasis<br />
to tell their parents that we said to<br />
wear a helmet when they ride with<br />
you. Steve & Todd both did a great<br />
job, and they promoted the <strong>Rapid</strong><br />
<strong>Wheelmen</strong> to the kids (and parents<br />
who were listening)! It was obvious<br />
they been doing safety rodeos for a<br />
while, and the kids loved them.<br />
Alticor had a large course set<br />
up for each group to ride,<br />
reinforcing the safety skills<br />
and rules of the road they<br />
had just been instructed<br />
in. A team member took<br />
each group through the<br />
course, and reemphasized<br />
everything they had learned. I<br />
helped out with a middle-aged group,<br />
and got my mile in for the day!!<br />
Spectrum Health was there with a<br />
pamphlet on bike safety, and donated<br />
all kinds of items including water<br />
bottles. Lifesavers was on hand with a<br />
supply of goodies. Ada Bike Shop<br />
donated 100 water bottles.<br />
A representative from the Safe Kids<br />
Coalition was on hand to work on<br />
helmet safety.<br />
There were several<br />
search & rescue<br />
dogs with their<br />
handlers for kids to<br />
meet. They had a<br />
table set up for the<br />
Club, with our logo<br />
already printed out<br />
on it. I put out all<br />
kinds of pamphlets<br />
and club info, and<br />
was quite busy for<br />
a while talking to<br />
moms and dads<br />
who we are.<br />
Club water<br />
bottles now<br />
available!<br />
The Ada Fire Department was there in<br />
force to help out, not to mention<br />
Alticor’s fire department; they have<br />
such a huge complex, they have their<br />
own fire dept. They had Aero-Med fly<br />
in with their helicopter, and all the<br />
kids got a tour of the helicopter. This<br />
was a definite high point for them.<br />
At the end they held a raffle, including<br />
6’ Darth Vader & Chewbacca cardboard<br />
stand-ups, one $50 and two<br />
$100 gift certificates from Ada Bike<br />
Shop. We donated a club membership.<br />
Lastly, 4 bikes were raffled off,<br />
donated by local businesses. Each<br />
child left with a plastic grocery bag<br />
stocked full of goodies.<br />
I was truly impressed with the effort<br />
that Alticor put forth, not just in all<br />
the items they gave away, but how<br />
dedicated all Alticor team members<br />
were, to promote bike safety to their<br />
children. We need to make sure we<br />
can join with them next year, if they<br />
do indeed repeat this. —Mark Hagar<br />
$<strong>3.00</strong><br />
Officer Steve Bukula from the Lowell<br />
Police (with our Colorburst-donated<br />
Cannondale Interceptor bike) was on<br />
hand, as well as Deputy Todd N. from<br />
Get yours at the picnic<br />
Kent County. The three of us talked to<br />
each age group about bike safety, the<br />
or a club meeting<br />
rules RAPID of WHEELMEN the road, and BICYCLE reinforced CLUBthe<br />
about the RW,<br />
JULY<br />
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Club Officers<br />
President<br />
Caroline Terlecki<br />
616/453-7400<br />
president@rapidwheelmen.com<br />
Vice President<br />
Geri Mariano<br />
616/554-4746<br />
vp@rapidwheelmen.com<br />
Secretary<br />
Mike Burden<br />
616/531-6153<br />
secretary@rapidwheelmen.com<br />
Treasurer<br />
Leslie Wills<br />
616/846-7467<br />
treasurer@rapidwheelmen.com<br />
Internet<br />
John Crankshaw<br />
616/447-8607<br />
website@rapidwheelmen.com<br />
Head Ride Captain<br />
Judy DeYoung<br />
616/245-3341<br />
ridecaptain@rapidwheelmen.com<br />
Safety Chair<br />
Jochen Ditterich<br />
616/361-9809<br />
safety@rapidwheelmen.com<br />
Membership & mailing list<br />
Mark Hagar<br />
616/987-9198<br />
membership@rapidwheelmen.com<br />
Marc Talsma<br />
616/241-5460<br />
MarcATalsma@aol.com<br />
Special Events<br />
Anne Harrigan<br />
616/874-5741<br />
events@rapidwheelmen.com<br />
Race Chair<br />
Laura Melendez<br />
616/531-4504<br />
race@rapidwheelmen.com<br />
Newsletter Editor<br />
Karen Missavage<br />
616/304-8306<br />
newsletter@rapidwheelmen.com<br />
Event Chairs<br />
Colorburst<br />
Carolyn Lee Peacock<br />
616/975-2633<br />
chairperson@colorburst-tour.com<br />
Maple Leaf<br />
Kevin Flannery<br />
616/977-0730<br />
100 Grand<br />
Geri Mariano<br />
616/554-4746<br />
100grand@rapidwheelmen.com<br />
NEWS & VIEWS<br />
We get<br />
letters...<br />
Jeez, I<br />
knew there<br />
was a<br />
reason I wanted to join a<br />
bike club, and I’m extremely<br />
pleased I joined the<br />
<strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>Wheelmen</strong>. I have<br />
received all kinds of suggestions<br />
and advice on my<br />
recent “parts dilemma,”<br />
both at the yahoo site as<br />
well as my own personal e-<br />
mail. Now I just have to<br />
decide what to do.<br />
Later, Jeff S.<br />
Ride of Silence update<br />
As of June 2, with half of<br />
the 125 sites reporting, R of<br />
S founder Chris Phelan<br />
reported that there were<br />
6,149 cyclists in the U.S.<br />
who participated in the<br />
Ride, and 1,100 in Canada.<br />
Dallas again held the<br />
largest Ride, with an<br />
estimated 2,500 cyclists.<br />
Our 95 riders in Grand<br />
<strong>Rapid</strong>s was a greater turnout<br />
than cities like New<br />
York (20 riders) or Chicago<br />
(24 riders). A big thanks to<br />
Jochen Ditterich for having<br />
the 150 racers out at<br />
Grattan ride one lap in<br />
silence that evening.<br />
Thanks again to all who<br />
attended; I hope to see you<br />
next yearon May 17, at 7<br />
PM. (Chris has submitted<br />
my name to the Ride<br />
directors to be the state<br />
coordinator.) —Mark Hagar<br />
Charles Samfilippo, June 3<br />
Pat Nielson, June 7<br />
Jeff S Smith, June 12<br />
Molly Updike, June 12<br />
Cameron Scripps, June 14<br />
Mike Bitson, June 16<br />
Eric Hackbarth, July<br />
Sally Scripps, July 3<br />
Ken Afman, July 4<br />
Come out to our next meeting:<br />
our annual<br />
CLUB PICNIC<br />
at Warren<br />
Townsend Park<br />
Cannonsburg Rd NE at<br />
Ramsdell DR<br />
12:30 pm<br />
food & games<br />
The Club will provide<br />
a main dish. Please<br />
bring a side dish or<br />
dessert to share<br />
2 pm rides<br />
for all paces — no one gets dropped!<br />
Best wishes to Jeff Wert<br />
and Maegan Anderson,<br />
tying the knot on<br />
July 30.<br />
Everyone is welcome!<br />
Sunday July 10<br />
Reminder: If there’s something you’d like<br />
to see covered in the newsletter, it helps to<br />
send it to the editor.<br />
Happy birthday!<br />
Nick & Alex Scripps, July 7<br />
Joshua Lowell, July 13<br />
Gina Veltman, July 16<br />
Rick Jansheski, July 19<br />
Jeff Pyper, July 19<br />
Jim Rademaker, July 20<br />
Jim Peterson, July 24<br />
Rob Van Eck, July 24<br />
Judd Ring, July 25<br />
Mike Burden, July 27<br />
Scott Booth, July 30<br />
Please include your birthday<br />
when you send in your membership<br />
renewal! About 2/3 of the<br />
membership don’t have birthdays<br />
in the database. If you’d like to<br />
see yours listed here, send Mark<br />
Hagar an e-mail with the details.<br />
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MEMBERSHIP CORNER<br />
Membership as of 6/20<br />
New members<br />
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Please be sure to say hello<br />
at the next club event<br />
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How Members Join<br />
New Memberships<br />
Note: 95% of Time<br />
Trial and 1/2 of club<br />
meeting memberships<br />
are filled out on club<br />
brochures.<br />
Membership still rebounds from the large drop after April 1. Currently there<br />
are 120 members who didn’t renew, with a few still coming in. The Board will<br />
review the list of these members and contact them on why they choose not<br />
to renew. We’ll ask what we could do as a club that would make them want<br />
to rejoin.<br />
On a positive note, since January 1 we’ve had 128 new members join.<br />
Twenty-one of these are returning members, memberships that had lapsed<br />
by more than a year. First in April, then in May, we set records for new<br />
monthly memberships (based on database records received from the previous<br />
board). —Mark Hagar<br />
Dave Besteman, GR<br />
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Randy Beckman, GR<br />
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Mike Bitson family, GR<br />
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Jeff Brodien, Hudsonville<br />
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Paul Bybee, ** Hudsonville<br />
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Ed & Penny Carrigan, Ludington<br />
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Robert Dean, GR<br />
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Debby Descheneau, Wyoming<br />
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James Dyke, ** Hudsonville<br />
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Kevin Einfeld, GR<br />
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Jeff Festian family, GR<br />
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Martin Finch, GR<br />
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Elizabeth & Dan Hager, ** GR<br />
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Kurt Halland, Belmont<br />
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Craig & Sigrid Hampton, Holt<br />
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Steve Hayford, San Diego CA<br />
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Eric Hugger, GR<br />
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Al Northouse family, Hudsonville<br />
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Cindy Jovanovic, Ada<br />
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Chris Miller, Belmont<br />
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Jim & Katie Peterson, GR<br />
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Harry Plantinga, GR<br />
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Andrea Preston, GR<br />
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Jeff Pyper, GR<br />
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John K Pyper, GR<br />
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Judd & Susan Ring, Casnovia<br />
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Charles Samfilippo, Hudsonville<br />
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Sally & Jerry Scripps family, GR<br />
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Jeff S Smith, Norton Shores<br />
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Kurt Swanson, ** GR<br />
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Jeremy & Lisa Tesch, GR<br />
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Dan & Cathy Updike family, **<br />
Greenville<br />
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Michael Walenta family, GR<br />
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Welcome to the club!<br />
June 20: 335 members<br />
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RAPID WHEELMEN BICYCLE CLUB JULY 2005 Page 3
AROUND THE REGION<br />
places to go, invitationals to do<br />
If you’re traveling to<br />
another area on business?<br />
visiting relatives? seeing an<br />
exhibit?), take your bike<br />
along and enjoy another<br />
group’s invitational. Wear<br />
your RW jersey!/And be<br />
sure to share your travel<br />
plans on the Yahoo group—<br />
to car pool, and coordinate<br />
schedules!<br />
Events from the LMB<br />
calendar <br />
July 9 Saturday<br />
ONE HELLUVA RIDE<br />
Chelsea Fairgrounds,<br />
Chelsea 15, 30, 39, 54, 63,<br />
76, 100 $17 by 5/28, $20<br />
by 7/1, $25 thereafter, DOE<br />
Merchandise available.<br />
Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring<br />
Society—Laurie Adams<br />
PO Box 1263 Ann Arbor<br />
48106 734/913-9851 24/7<br />
ohrinfo@aabts.org<br />
www.aabts.org<br />
July 10 Sunday<br />
COVERED BRIDGE BIKE<br />
TOUR<br />
13944 Covered Bridge Rd.<br />
Lowell, 49331—12, 28, 40,<br />
50, 62, 78, 100 ., $15 fee/<br />
$25 fam, $20/$30 after July<br />
5, DOE Beautiful rural<br />
areas. Homemade spaghetti<br />
meal.<br />
Fallasburg Historical Society<br />
Kerry Schubach<br />
13944 Covered Bridge Rd<br />
Lowell 49331<br />
616/897-7161 24/7<br />
cbbiketour@yahoo.com<br />
July 16 Saturday<br />
HOLLAND HUNDRED<br />
BICYCLE TOUR<br />
Holland Christian High<br />
School 950 Ottawa Ave, 18,<br />
36, 67, 100, $15 indiv/$40<br />
family $20/$60 after 7/1,<br />
DOE Route options, rolling<br />
farmlands, orchards,<br />
Saugatuck chain ferry,<br />
pancake breakfast, nutritious<br />
foods and drinks,<br />
lakeshore view, majestic<br />
overlooks, and the quaint<br />
shops and restaurants of<br />
Saugatuck.<br />
Macatawa Cycling Club and<br />
Macatawa Greenway<br />
Partnership<br />
Cory Schaeffer<br />
PO BOX 2305<br />
Holland 49422<br />
616/396-2353 M-F 9-5<br />
tourinfo@hollandhundred.com<br />
www.hollandhundred.com<br />
July 16 - 17 Sat - Sun<br />
MICHIGANDER XIV<br />
2-Day<br />
Paw Paw Approx. 35 $85<br />
fee, $98 after 7/1., NO DOE<br />
800 riders. ATB camping<br />
tour on Kal-Haven and Van<br />
Buren Trails, back roads.<br />
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy<br />
Barry Culham<br />
416 S Cedar St. #B<br />
Lansing 48912<br />
517/485-6022 8-5 M-F<br />
rtcchigander@railtrails.org<br />
www.railtrails.org/<br />
July 16 - 17 Sat - Sun<br />
GM MS 150 BIKE TOUR<br />
METRO DETROIT<br />
Oakland County Springfield<br />
Oaks Park 75 - 100 each<br />
day, $40 fee, $50 after 4/15<br />
+ $200 Pledge NO DOE<br />
Davisburg to Lansing.<br />
Overnight at MSU, dinner at<br />
finish on Sunday.<br />
National MS Society<br />
Kristin Alger<br />
21311 Civic Center Drive<br />
Southfield 48076<br />
248/350-0020 M-F 9-5<br />
Bike@g.nmss.org<br />
www.nmss.org<br />
July 17 Sunday<br />
FLOWERFEST BICYCLE<br />
TOUR<br />
Kalamazoo Valley<br />
Community College—<br />
15, 30, 62, 100 .<br />
plus a 12 mile<br />
escorted family<br />
ride, $15 indiv./<br />
$30 fam, $20/$40 after 7/1,<br />
DOE Ride through some of<br />
SW Michigan’s most scenic<br />
farmlands and vineyards.<br />
Flat and rolling terrain.<br />
Kalamazoo Bicycle Club<br />
David Jones<br />
2732 Jessica Drive<br />
Portage 49024<br />
269/760-8869 8–5<br />
flowerfest@aol.com<br />
www.kalamazoobicycleclub.org<br />
July 17 - 22 Sun - Fri<br />
MICHIGANDER XIV<br />
Mountain Bike Tour<br />
South Haven H.S. South<br />
Haven —40-55 miles per<br />
day, $250 fee, $285 after 7/<br />
1, NO DOE 800 riders. ATB<br />
camping tour on scenic rail<br />
trails and back roads of<br />
Michigan. South Haven to<br />
Lake St Clair.<br />
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy<br />
Barry Culham<br />
416 S. Cedar St. # B<br />
Lansing 48912 517/485-<br />
6022 8AM-5PM M-F<br />
rtcchigander@railtrails.org<br />
www.railtrails.org/<br />
July 17 Sunday<br />
RIDE AROUND TORCH<br />
Elk <strong>Rapid</strong>s High School<br />
25K, 62K, 100K $15 fee,<br />
$20 after 6/25, DOE T-shirt,<br />
cookout/picnic after the<br />
ride. Ride around one of the<br />
loveliest and longest/lakes<br />
in Michigan. Lightly trafficked<br />
rural roads, farms,<br />
orchards, views of Torch<br />
Lake and Lake Michigan.<br />
Cookout on the<br />
beach, swimming.<br />
Cherry Capital Cycling Club<br />
PO Box 1807 Traverse City<br />
49685 231/941-BIKE 24/7<br />
RAT@cherry-capital.com<br />
<br />
July 17—Sunday<br />
PERE MARQUETTE RAIL<br />
TRAIL RIDE<br />
Midland—Distance optional<br />
on the 30 miles of paved<br />
trail, $10/$25 fam fee/ $15/<br />
$30 after 7/11, DOE<br />
T-shirt. One-day ride with<br />
various options. Rest stops<br />
with refreshments and SAG<br />
support. Final day of Midland<br />
Riverdays celebration.<br />
Friends of the Pere Marquette<br />
Rail Trail<br />
Sandy Clark<br />
PO Box 505 Midland 48640<br />
989/839-2633 9-5<br />
peremarquetterailtrail<br />
@hotmail.com<br />
www.lmb.org/pmrt<br />
July 22 Friday<br />
TOUR DE TART<br />
McLain Cycle Trail and road<br />
options, $20 Indiv/$45 Fam,<br />
DOE Evening ride on<br />
Leelanau Trail from Traverse<br />
City to Suttons Bay, catered<br />
dinner by the bay and<br />
return transportation. 10<br />
miles paved, 9 hard-pack,<br />
all-pavement option.<br />
Proceeds to TART Trails.<br />
McLain Cycle and Fitness<br />
Meagan McLain<br />
750 E. Eighth St<br />
Traverse City 49686<br />
231/941 7161<br />
M-F 10-6, Sat 10-5<br />
tart@mclaincycle.com<br />
www.mclaincycle.com<br />
July 23 Saturday<br />
WOMEN ON WHEELS<br />
Mason High School 17 - 50<br />
Under 5 free, 6-16 $8, 17+<br />
$20, DOE. Join over 500<br />
women, men, & children.<br />
25th tour.<br />
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TCBA<br />
Joane Gruizenga<br />
PO Box 1628 East Lansing<br />
48826 517/882-3700 24/7<br />
wow@biketcba.org<br />
www.biketcba.org<br />
July 23 - 29 Sat - Fri<br />
SHORELINE TOUR-<br />
MIDDLE OF THE UP<br />
Manistique Avg . 60 per<br />
day, Fees: 6-12 yrs $195,<br />
13-17 yrs $245, 18+ $295,<br />
under 5 yrs free Late fee<br />
+$35 after 7/1, NO DOE<br />
Gear transport, flag, gift,<br />
Mechanic Support. Loop<br />
tour from Manistique,<br />
layover day in Marquette.<br />
200 Rider max.<br />
LMB -MUP, Harry Wright<br />
PO Box 16201-PC<br />
Lansing 48901<br />
888/-BIKES 642-4537/or<br />
517/334-9100 24/7<br />
pcshoreline@LMB.org<br />
www.LMB.org<br />
July 28 - 31 Thurs-Sun<br />
WISH-A-MILE WAM/300<br />
BICYCLE TOUR<br />
GM Proving Grounds,<br />
Milford 300 miles. $65 fee<br />
after 4/1 $85 fee + $500 in<br />
pledges. 7/11 deadline, NO<br />
DOE. 3-day, 300 mile tour,<br />
Cheboygan to Milford.<br />
Make-A-Wish Foundation<br />
Rebecca Bunting<br />
3390 Pine Tree Rd Suite 20<br />
Lansing 48911<br />
734/953-0040 x 59 9-5 M-F<br />
rbunting@wishch.org<br />
www.wishch.org<br />
July 30 - Aug 6 Sat-Sat<br />
SHORELINE BICYCLE<br />
TOUR-WEST 7 DAY<br />
Pentwater Schools, 600 E<br />
Park Street. Avg 48 per day<br />
longer routes available<br />
Fees: 6-12 yrs. $185, 13-17<br />
yrs & fulltime college<br />
students $245, 18+ $295; 5<br />
yrs & under free. Late fee<br />
$35 after 6/1, NO DOE Gear<br />
transport, flag. Mechanic<br />
support.<br />
LMB -WEST 7 DAY<br />
Tracy Sth and Bud Preston<br />
PO Box 16201-PC<br />
Lansing 48901<br />
888/-BIKES 642-4537<br />
517/334-9100 24/7<br />
pcshoreline@LMB.org<br />
www.LMB.org<br />
July 31 Sunday<br />
AVITA WATER BLACK<br />
BEAR BICYCLE TOUR<br />
Grayling to Oscoda $20 fee,<br />
$30 after 7/1, $35 DOE<br />
Chase racing canoes into<br />
Oscoda. Ride century or<br />
enter McKinley Class and<br />
split distance with partner.<br />
Start 8am. Snack/water<br />
stations. 300 riders.<br />
Grayling Rotary Club—<br />
Wayne Koppa<br />
PO Box 373<br />
Grayling 49738<br />
989/370-5757 24/7<br />
jerrygosnell@hotmail.com<br />
www.grayling-area.com/<br />
blackbear2005<br />
July 31 Sunday<br />
MAJOR TAYLOR<br />
BICYCLE RACE & STATE<br />
ROAD RACE<br />
CHAMPIONSHIP<br />
8053 Miller Rd. Swartz<br />
Creek $15-$25 fee or $20-<br />
$30 after 7/15, DOE T-shirt<br />
available. USCF road race.<br />
15 - 90 miles, USCF categories<br />
and age groups. Oneday<br />
licenses available.<br />
Team Revolution Cycling Club<br />
Matt Assenmacher<br />
8053 Miller Rd. Swartz<br />
Creek 48473<br />
810/635-7844 9:30-6 M-S<br />
ride531@assenmachers.com,<br />
www.Assenmachers.com<br />
July 10 Sunday<br />
3RVS Festival Tour<br />
22, 47, 66, 104 miles $15,<br />
$20 after 6/29.<br />
Marked routes,<br />
maps, support;<br />
rest stops, water<br />
bottle, lunch,<br />
T-shirt. Rolling<br />
farmland,<br />
moderate<br />
hills. Rest stops include<br />
Cook’s Landing.<br />
Three Rivers Velo Sport<br />
Ryan Myers<br />
P.O. Box 11391 Fort Wayne,<br />
IN 46857-1391<br />
festival05@3rvs.com<br />
3rvs.com<br />
July 16 Saturday<br />
RAIN (Ride Across<br />
INdiana)<br />
158 miles $35, $45 after 6/<br />
14; No DOE T-shirt, rest<br />
stops, lunch, souvenir. Oneway,<br />
one-day, 158-mile<br />
crossing of Indiana on the<br />
Historic National Road.<br />
Personal challenge event.<br />
Bloomington Bicycle Club<br />
Joe Anderson<br />
812/333-8176<br />
PO Box 463<br />
Bloomington, IN 47402<br />
rain@rainride.org<br />
rainride.org<br />
July 30 Saturday<br />
Great Greenway Tour<br />
20 - 100 miles $12, $15<br />
after 7/16. Maps, food,<br />
homemade cookies and<br />
drink, T-shirts, door prizes.<br />
Indiana’s longest greenway.<br />
Rides start and end in<br />
McCulloch Park, Muncie.<br />
Delaware Cycling Club /<br />
Anderson Spoke & Wheel<br />
Club<br />
765/287-0399<br />
P.O. Box 763<br />
Muncie, IN 47308<br />
info@delgreenways.org<br />
delawarecyclingclub.com<br />
spokeandwheel.funurl.com<br />
July 2 Saturday<br />
Women Triathlon Clinics<br />
co-host by USAT Chicago<br />
July 2 - 8 Sat-Fri<br />
Bicycllinois<br />
492 miles. Cairo<br />
July 4 Monday<br />
Fourth of July Metric<br />
Century<br />
30 to 62 miles.<br />
Plainfield<br />
July 9 Saturday<br />
Hill & Hollow Charity<br />
Bike Ride<br />
20 -62 miles. Biggsville<br />
July 9 Saturday<br />
Pedaling for Kicks<br />
15 - 64 miles. Bloomington<br />
July 10 Sunday<br />
5-Star Century<br />
Series-The<br />
Firecracker<br />
100<br />
62 - 100 miles.<br />
Greenville<br />
July 17 Sunday<br />
Bicycle Picnic<br />
Elk Grove Village<br />
July 17 Sunday<br />
Ride for Wishes 2005<br />
10 - 48 miles. Dunlap<br />
July 17 Sunday<br />
Biking with Beanzie<br />
23 -103 miles. DeKalb<br />
July 23 Saturday<br />
Peach Pedal 2005<br />
14 - 41 miles. Belleville<br />
July 23 Saturday<br />
Chase the Moon Night<br />
Ride<br />
23 miles. Aurora<br />
July 31 Sunday<br />
Metro Metric XXV<br />
33 to 100 miles. Hampshire<br />
Know of any nearby<br />
rides or bicyclerelated<br />
events?<br />
Bike shops, trail<br />
friends, church<br />
groups? Please<br />
share them with us!<br />
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MORE RIDES<br />
July 2 - 24 Le Tour de France<br />
With Team Lance moved to a new<br />
sponsor, the Discovery Channel is<br />
likely to have Tour coverage, along<br />
with our old stand-by Outdoor Life<br />
Network. Last year various club<br />
members hosted TdF viewing parties;<br />
the Yahoo group will have details.<br />
June 25-Sept 18 SPORTS: Breaking<br />
Records, Breaking Barriers A<br />
travelling Smithsonian exhibit at the<br />
Gread Ford Museum. The featured<br />
item for our demographic is one of<br />
Lance’s yellow TdF jerseys.<br />
<br />
Saturday July 16<br />
HOLLAND 100<br />
Macatawa Cycling Club<br />
www.hollandhundred.com<br />
July 23 WOMEN ON<br />
WHEELS<br />
This is one of TCBA’s best day trip<br />
invitationals. Ride various loops out of<br />
Mason HS, return for some of the best<br />
bike tour food you’ll ever find, shop an<br />
array of vendors (massage! clothing!<br />
jewelry!). Intended as a non-competitive<br />
ride for women and families, in<br />
years past it has featured an allfemale<br />
sag crew, and men working<br />
the lunch stop. There’s always a<br />
unique<br />
attractive T-<br />
shirt. (The<br />
LMB calendar<br />
listing<br />
says 25th<br />
annual, but I<br />
am certain<br />
that I still<br />
have the<br />
shirt from<br />
1983.) Not<br />
limited to<br />
females;<br />
guys, you’ll<br />
enjoy the<br />
scenery! <br />
Sunday July 31 <strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>Wheelmen</strong>,<br />
Macatawa Cycling Club of Holland,<br />
and Jade Cycles of Zeeland Rides.<br />
Join us for two joint rides with the<br />
Macatawa Cycling Club and Jade<br />
Cycles. MCC & Jade will Ramble On to<br />
Ramblewood Tennis club and<br />
join us for a ride through southern<br />
Kent Co. We’ll apply the Quadzilla<br />
concept. Join us for food and drinks at<br />
a local watering hole after the ride.<br />
(rain date 8/7)<br />
Sunday August 14 the RW<br />
will Ramble On to Holland, to Velo City<br />
Cycles at 3:00 PM, where we’ll join<br />
MCC & Jade in a ride along the<br />
lakeshore, and out to Lake Michigan<br />
(some of my favorite roads when I<br />
lived in Holland). Food & drink will be<br />
provided afterwards by MCC at Velo<br />
City. Look for more info on this ride in<br />
the August newsletter. rain date 8/21<br />
Get ready to wear your club jersey<br />
and have a great ride with our<br />
fellow west Michigan cyclists.<br />
—Mark Hagar<br />
August 5-7 Amishland<br />
& Lakes<br />
On Saturday, the route takes<br />
you through bucolic Amish country<br />
in northern Indiana, through small<br />
towns, past Amish general stores.<br />
Stop by Shipshewana, and check out<br />
“plain” bikes on the road. On Sunday,<br />
ride through rolling wooded lake areas<br />
north of the border, with a blueberry<br />
sag stop. Camp out at Howe Military<br />
School, rent a cadet room indoors, or<br />
drive to a nearby motel by the turnpike.<br />
Various meal options on-site,<br />
and vendors in the school dining hall.<br />
In the early 80’s this ride would sell<br />
out months in advance, but nowadays<br />
they accept walk-ins.<br />
<br />
August 21- RWRRY 2 Still kicking<br />
yourself for missing last year’s Road<br />
Rally? Cancel your vacation plans, line<br />
up the babysitter, locate your thinking<br />
cap and be ready to roll again on<br />
August 21 for the <strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>Wheelmen</strong><br />
Road Rally Year Two.<br />
Caroline Terlicki and I have new<br />
devious puzzles, physical challenges,<br />
and other tests of your creative and<br />
logical selves. Teams of three or four<br />
cyclists will compete for largely<br />
meaningless prizes, while testing their<br />
knowledge of cycling, <strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>Wheelmen</strong>,<br />
the city, ability to follow directions,<br />
and whatever else we can think<br />
of. Cost per rider will likely be $10 or<br />
so. There may even be a RWRRY 2 t-<br />
shirt. We’ll begin/end at Millennium<br />
Park.<br />
Please contact either Caroline or me if<br />
you would like to enter. We’d like to<br />
have a preliminary head count by<br />
August 7. Be there for this unique<br />
event. Tandems welcome. RW members<br />
only. —Judy DeYoung<br />
All summer: Friday Night Multi-<br />
Scoop Ice Cream Ride<br />
The 10, 20 & 30 mile Scoop Rides<br />
continue through the summer; check<br />
the ride schedule for times and<br />
starting locations. Come out and join<br />
us for ice cream in Rockford. The<br />
short route is easy-casual, for families<br />
with children; the more the merrier.<br />
See my note below on loaner kidhauling<br />
equipment. The last Friday of<br />
each month, the Club buys the ice<br />
cream. As of June 22, there are a few<br />
open dates on some of the 20 & 30<br />
mile rides for a co-captain. Want to<br />
help out? Please contact me.<br />
For the 10 or 20 mile Scoop rides:<br />
If you have 1 or 2 small children you’d<br />
like to bring along, but have no<br />
equipment for them to ride in, contact<br />
me a few days before the ride. I have<br />
a Nashbar kid kart that will hold 2 kids<br />
(up to 100 lbs.) and mounts to any<br />
bike in seconds, a Ketler child seat (up<br />
to 45 lbs.) that will take about 10<br />
minutes to mount to a bike, and a<br />
trail-a-long bike that will take a couple<br />
of minutes to mount to a bike. (If you<br />
are in the market for one of these<br />
products, this ride would make a nice<br />
test drive. —ed.) See page 2 for<br />
contact info. At work: 531-7581, ext<br />
15. —Mark Hagar<br />
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Web site ready for<br />
life after Lance<br />
From the Austin American-Statesman<br />
Before Lance Armstrong, competitive<br />
cycling was barely on the radar<br />
screens of Americans unless they<br />
wandered on to the Champs-Elysées<br />
in Paris in late July.<br />
But after winning six consecutive Tour<br />
de France races and writing a book<br />
about his battle with testicular cancer,<br />
Armstrong has won legions of fans<br />
who follow his every move and buy<br />
whatever he endorses.<br />
With Armstrong planning to retire<br />
after next month’s Tour de France, his<br />
sponsors, cancer charities and promoters<br />
of the sport want to make sure<br />
that his fans stick around and keep<br />
following the U.S. cycling team.<br />
Last year, Capital Sports and Entertainment<br />
created ,<br />
a Web site dedicated to the Discovery<br />
Channel U.S. Pro Cycling Team. The<br />
site is a way for cycling fans to get<br />
updates several times a day, inside<br />
information such as Armstrong’s<br />
training progress, diary entries from<br />
riders during competitions, and<br />
happenings at the Lance Armstrong<br />
Foundation. More importantly, it’s a<br />
way to keep fans interested in the<br />
sport when Armstrong retires.<br />
Chris Brewer, who started<br />
in 1997,<br />
managed that site on his own time for<br />
a while. As Armstrong became more<br />
popular, the site included a mishmash<br />
of information from his sponsors,<br />
cancer groups and the cycling world.<br />
The Armstrong site is now a portal<br />
with links to other sites.<br />
“Paceline is for die-hard enthusiasts<br />
who want to know about the wind<br />
tunnel, who fell down and hurt their<br />
knee, and then want to see a photo of<br />
a knee,” one of its web designers said.<br />
The site is less about revenue and<br />
more about promotion.<br />
“At your fingertips you have 120,000<br />
people who come to the site and are<br />
interested in cycling,” said Courtney<br />
Graber, director of sponsorships at<br />
Capital Sports and Entertainment.<br />
“They need to buy helmets and want<br />
to buy Powerbars. It’s a great way to<br />
target people (that sponsors) want to<br />
target. If we say there’s a great<br />
contest at Dasani water, and we think<br />
you should sign up for it, thousands of<br />
people will do it that morning.”<br />
Cancer survivors and Armstrong wellwishers<br />
frequent the guest book.<br />
Earlier this year, Springbox revamped<br />
The Paceline to help convert Armstrong<br />
fans into cycling fans. Now,<br />
when fans click on the link, they<br />
usually won’t see Armstrong on the<br />
main page.<br />
“We’re trying to get (other) riders in<br />
the public eye. We want them to be<br />
familiar to readers,” Brewer said. “But<br />
if something significant happens, we<br />
will switch it out. During the tour, it<br />
will be all about Lance.”<br />
But just because Armstrong is retiring<br />
doesn’t mean that fans will have to go<br />
without him. “This is not the last time<br />
we’ll see him,” Graber said.<br />
She said that regardless of the Tour<br />
de France’s outcome, Armstrong will<br />
continue to promote cycling, and<br />
Paceline fans will still get plenty of<br />
information about him.<br />
Bike GR map,<br />
version 2.0<br />
The new edition of the city bicycle<br />
map is out. This version will show<br />
Kent County at a larger scale, GRPL<br />
branch locations, updated proposed<br />
trails, sponsors, and all of M-6 (that<br />
alone will put it in demand). Several<br />
new sponsor advertisements fill the<br />
bottom tier of the City side, including<br />
one from A Certain Local Bicycle Club<br />
(shown above).<br />
As a sponsor, the club will be getting<br />
primary distribution on the map. We’re<br />
talking a couple of cases; the press<br />
run is 10,000 copies. Please think<br />
about good places to set out copies<br />
for folks to pick up. The map is<br />
already available at local bike shops<br />
and libraries, as well as City Hall. Use<br />
the300 Monroe entrance, where a bike<br />
rack is conveniently located out front<br />
of the City-County information desk.<br />
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To get the ride schedule via email (arrives prior to the<br />
newsletter) each month, email
CADENCE<br />
Bag Balm 2005 – Memorial Weekend This was one of<br />
the few BBs ever with no rain and pleasant temps both<br />
days! Breakfast at the start featured photos and stories of<br />
Bag Balm 1 provided by Terry VanderKolk (he said he’d ride<br />
again in 2006). Riding strong over Hardy Dam and into<br />
lunch were Ron David, Dan Hendricks, John Kowalczyk,<br />
Greg Blake, Dave Staublin, Rick Pearce, Bruce Gibson, Mike<br />
Gormley, Mike Burden, Marc Talsma, Brian Curtis, Nancy<br />
Lange, Geri Mariano, Marty Finch, Clyde Kimball, Bill<br />
Skinner, Bill Goodspeed, Frank Allen, and me. Sherilyn<br />
Kowalczyk tried to keep us all on the route and properly<br />
fed and hydrated. Dave caused quite a commotion and left<br />
some skin on the pavement after lunch, and accepted a<br />
ride for the last 25 miles into Cadillac. We relaxed in the<br />
hot tub and pool, and replenished our weary bodies with<br />
pizza & beer.<br />
Day 1<br />
Intros, food, hardy dam<br />
where’s rick and nancy? hills<br />
Thank God, Cadillac!<br />
Day 2 began without Clyde, who became ill and spent the<br />
night in the ER in Cadillac (saw him back on his bike the<br />
other day, so I know he’s recovered). We hit the hills, raced<br />
over the flats, and had a fantastic run back to Rockford,<br />
arriving in late afternoon. Total 224 miles. Nancy and Rick<br />
had “bonus” miles, but you’ll have to ask them for the<br />
story. This was the largest group ever to ride BB - what a<br />
great time! Thanks to John for a terrific route and excellent<br />
maps. Sherilyn will always be the Queen of the<br />
SAGS (sounds bad, but it’s a compliment). —Judy DeYoung<br />
Day 2<br />
No Clyde. climb. dirt road.<br />
lunch flat zoomzoomzoom drizzle<br />
Rockford already?<br />
Tuesday May 31 – Six of us set out tonight: Lew Persenaire,<br />
Bill Friend, Don Glass, Bob Hurley, Riley Combs,<br />
RC Tom Herold, and Ben showed at the end of the ride. (If<br />
you’re going to be a couple minutes late call my cell phone<br />
at 915-5646 and we’ll hold for a few minutes for you. I’ll<br />
try to leave maps on someone’s windshield also.) We had a<br />
great ride, Bill, Bob and Don made up the fast group. We<br />
regrouped every 5 miles or so for the first 20 miles, then<br />
let the fast guys go to the end. I actually used my official<br />
ride captain sign-in sheet this week! One good thing about<br />
it is I think I finally spelled Lew’s name right! We went out<br />
through Moline, the highlight of the ride was the three<br />
miles of smooth road, tailwinds and downhills from Kalamazoo<br />
and 142nd over to Division. Another highlight was the<br />
two hot-air balloons we saw on Hanna Lake Rd near 92nd<br />
on the home stretch. Great night for a ride, 32 miles, good<br />
pace plus a hair, no one got dropped. —RC Tom Herold<br />
reports from the streets<br />
Friday June 3rd – The inaugural<br />
Friday Nite Multi-Scoop Ice Cream ride<br />
met with mild success. With sprinkles<br />
at the start, a festival in GR, and 100<br />
Grand the next morning, I was<br />
pleased with the turn-out. As I got<br />
my bike out at the 30 mile start, up<br />
rides 20 mile sub-co-captain Jeremy<br />
Center on his way to the Belmont<br />
trail head. No one else shows for the<br />
30, so we roll out to Belmont for the<br />
20 miler. Let me mention that Jeremy,<br />
the animal, is on his fixed gear bike!<br />
No 20 milers awaited us, though JC<br />
was late for the start, so off we ride up<br />
the trail. A few miles north of Rockford I<br />
thought we passed Angel Rodriquez. (who was riding the<br />
20) The last stretch of steady incline before Russell Rd.<br />
took its toll on poor JC and his ‘shiftless’ bike. We turned<br />
around, head back to Rockford, with me screaming down<br />
the nice long decline.<br />
We get to the Custard Shop to meet Angel, 10 miler cocaptain<br />
Rich & Renee Kipke, with sons Jacob & Julian, both<br />
on their first club ride, along with Beth & Katie Hamel.<br />
They’re also on their first club ride. 8-year-old Katie has<br />
200+ miles in so far this year. You go girl!! I sadly regret<br />
that we lost Jeremy to the dogs at this point…..hot dogs<br />
that is. He decided stay in Rockford, grab a few dogs, a<br />
coke (so he says!) and hang out at the falls on the Rogue.<br />
The rest of us had some much needed ice cream. We<br />
headed back as a group, but separated after a few miles,<br />
each going their merry way back to their respective start<br />
points. I ended with 35 miles in. Thanks to all that came<br />
out for the inaugural Scoop ride. —RC Mark Hagar<br />
Tuesday June 7 – Nice to have a guest rider from Ohio;<br />
Tom Meara from the Lake Erie Wheelers joined us<br />
tonight. Also out on this warm evening: Ril Combs, Ben<br />
Weirsma, Jim Rademaker, Tom DeJager, Rik Jansheski and<br />
RC Tom Herold (this ride is also known as the three-letter<br />
first-name ride). We stayed together nicely on the way out<br />
to Middleville and found out that the Three Brothers Pizza/<br />
Ice cream stop no longer has ice cream. Guess one brother<br />
must have taken his soft-serve machine with him. We tried<br />
an alternate route on the way home that worked out well.<br />
The group spread out a bit on the way home,<br />
and enjoyed the slight tail wind and cooling<br />
temps. 37 miles, good pace +, but no one was<br />
dropped. —RC Tom Herold<br />
Wednesday June 8 – The Irish and the<br />
wannabes gathered at Fenian’s in Conklin<br />
for our first ride/jam session of the season.<br />
Enjoying a 20 mile spin through Ottawa<br />
County were Greg Blake, Rick Hudson,<br />
George Bradshaw, Rick Pearce, Nancy<br />
Lange, Caroline Terlecki, Linda Doran (on<br />
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her new bike!), Judy DeYoung, Scott<br />
Chapman, and Dave Staublin. We<br />
hurried back in time to place food<br />
orders before the kitchen closing at<br />
8:15, and enjoyed sandwiches and<br />
Irish brews of varying hues. Joining<br />
me and about a dozen others for the<br />
jam session was Karen Missavage,<br />
who plays a pretty mean fiddle. We all<br />
thoroughly enjoyed this unique<br />
evening. Check the ride schedule for<br />
the same event in July. —R/C Anne<br />
Harrigan<br />
Friday June 10 – Lots of members<br />
attend their first club ride, for this<br />
week’s Ice Cream ride. Rain again<br />
threatened as we unloaded bikes in a<br />
light shower. Just as we’re about to<br />
leave on the 10-mile ride, up rides 30-<br />
mile co-captain Jeff Wert, on his first<br />
club ride, the lone rider on the 30. We<br />
bid him adieu and plan to hook up at<br />
Custard on the Dam. Passing us as we<br />
headed up the trail are 20-mile cocaptain<br />
Rich Kipke with Linda Doran.<br />
As we arrive in Rockford, we’re<br />
welcomed by a carnival. We continue<br />
to the turnout overlooking the Rogue<br />
just north of Rockford, the halfway<br />
point of the 10-mile ride.<br />
Back to Rockford battling the carnival<br />
crowds, and stop at Custard for some<br />
really appreciated ice cream on a very<br />
hot and humid night. Jeff W. was able<br />
to get a fast pace in, once away from<br />
the crowds. A nice leisurely ride back<br />
to the Belmont trailhead, with an<br />
occasional burst of speed by some,<br />
ends the ride.<br />
Joining me for their first club ride<br />
(besides Jeff): Alicia Cody, Jennifer &<br />
Pete Gerardini (Pete had been to his<br />
first Time Trial that Monday) and Ron<br />
& Tanner Ogden. (Ron just completed<br />
his 2nd full marathon two weeks ago<br />
in Traverse City.) Also riding are Nick<br />
Shaffer and a terror on a trail-a-long<br />
bike, Ben “can we go faster now dad”<br />
Hagar, wearing his brand new birthday<br />
gift; a Descente Sponge Bob cycling<br />
shirt. Thanks to co-captains Jeff Wert<br />
and Rich Kipke. —RC Mark Hagar<br />
Sunday June 12 — Seven gathered<br />
to Ramble On a warm afternoon. As<br />
luck would have it, I blew my rear tire<br />
right in front of Gene TerHorst’s<br />
house, about four miles into the<br />
ride. While the group rested in the<br />
shade as Gene helped me labor on<br />
the tire, who should roll up, fresh from<br />
a 100-mile jaunt on the MS 150, but<br />
Rick Pearce and Greg Blake. Being<br />
gluttons for punishment, they joined<br />
us for the 35 mile run to New<br />
Salem. Both held up pretty well, but<br />
admitted to being eager to GET OFF<br />
THE BIKE by the end of the ride.<br />
Rolling through the country roads<br />
were Clarence Wynsma, Laura Melendez,<br />
Nancy Lange, Gene TerHorst, Ron<br />
David and Ben Wiersma. —R/C Judy<br />
DeYoung<br />
Thursday June 16 – Out to Holland<br />
for a ride with RW Steve Johnson, a<br />
ride he & friends hold out of Dutton<br />
Park each Thursday. Eight of us head<br />
south thru downtown Holland, which I<br />
hardly recognize anymore, on our way<br />
to Saugatuck and some of my favorite<br />
roads. At Holland Christian HS we’re<br />
joined by three other riders, one in<br />
Jade Cycle shorts. As we enter<br />
Graafscaap, another guy in Jade kit<br />
hooks up with the three. It’s Jade<br />
owner Jim DeGracia. We chat a while,<br />
me telling him I still have the Share<br />
the Road signs he gave us sitting in<br />
my garage, him telling me Allegan is<br />
putting up another 10 sets, and we<br />
might see one on this route. We<br />
talked about the upcoming joint<br />
RW+MCC+Jade rides. By now we’re a<br />
good ways in front of Steve & friends.<br />
(My chest puffed up, cuz I’M HANG-<br />
ING WITH THE JADE GUYS! I swear a<br />
couple of these guys had thighs as big<br />
as a 100 year old oak!)<br />
Said goodbye to Jim and let Steve and<br />
group catch up, then settled in for a<br />
18-20 mph pace into Saugatuck. We<br />
loop through downtown at a blistering<br />
5-10 mph, swing out of town past a<br />
golf course, across Blue Star highway,<br />
and head back to Holland on 60th,<br />
with its nice wide 5' shoulder. Barb<br />
starts the pace line, pulling us to 21-<br />
22 mph, then Donna pulls for a short<br />
stretch, then Tony kicks it in and hauls<br />
the group almost all the way back to<br />
Holland, my speedometer staying at<br />
24-25 mph the whole way, and I’m<br />
hardly working. Heaven on a bike!!<br />
Back thru downtown and to Dutton<br />
Park for me, Steve, Donna and Jean.<br />
Barb and the others go for another 20<br />
miles, to get 50 in for the night. I was<br />
tempted, but it was after 8:30, and I<br />
didn’t feel like getting home at 11 pm.<br />
Unofficial miles are 33.25, and estimated<br />
mph, after subtracting tearing<br />
up Saugatuck streets, 18.5 mph.<br />
—Mark Hagar<br />
Friday June 17 – Hostile clouds<br />
again threaten to erupt for the start of<br />
this week’s Ice Cream Scoop ride. As<br />
typical, no other rider shows for the<br />
30 miler, so out of Riverside Park I<br />
head. (Please, someone, change this<br />
trend!) A quick stop at the Belmont<br />
trail head to say hi to 10 mile cocaptain<br />
Rich Kipke, and off to Russell<br />
Road. Just before reaching Russell,<br />
Jeff Wert, the 20 mile co-captain, goes<br />
flying past the other way with 3 other<br />
riders in tow, holding 27 mph for one<br />
stretch down the long descent. I quick<br />
turn around at Russell and back to<br />
Rockford to meet the other Scoopers.<br />
Riding with Jeff on the 20 miler are<br />
Janice Vanderbilt, Pete Gerardini, and<br />
Keith Hesche, on his first club ride. On<br />
the 10 miler with Rich are sons Jacob<br />
& Julian, Jennifer Gerardini and Linda<br />
Hesche, on her first club ride. After ice<br />
cream at Custard, we head back in<br />
groups. Jeff, Janice & I pick up the<br />
pace back to Belmont, holding a cool<br />
22-24 mph the last couple of miles.<br />
Jeff & I say goodbye to Janice at<br />
Belmont, then we tow each other<br />
back to Riverside, holding a nice 20+<br />
pace. Thanks again to my co-captains<br />
Jeff W. and Rich K. —RC Mark Hagar<br />
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N24HC<br />
The 23rd annual National 24 Hour<br />
Challenge was held on June 18 in<br />
Middleville, under nearly perfect<br />
conditions. Club members made<br />
impressive showings in many categories,<br />
with special mention going to Jill<br />
Gibson, who took first place in the<br />
F18-24 category with 241.6 miles in<br />
her first ever N24HC. Caroline Terlecki<br />
completed 187.9 miles for first place in<br />
F55-59, and Laura Melendez rode<br />
325.3 miles to finish second in F25-29.<br />
Even more notable were the numbers<br />
of Club members who worked as<br />
volunteers. I saw familiar faces at<br />
each checkpoint, at registration,<br />
directing traffic, and performing all the<br />
mundane, behind-the-scenes tasks<br />
that are required for such a large<br />
event. It’s not always easy to give up<br />
your own weekend to volunteer for an<br />
event like this, but it is so much<br />
appreciated by the riders. Lots of loyal<br />
family and friends were also in<br />
attendance to provide sag support and<br />
encouragement.<br />
Listed below are the Club members<br />
and their mileage totals. If I missed<br />
anyone, please accept my apologies –<br />
did my best to cross-check the listings<br />
against our membership roster. —Judy<br />
DeYoung<br />
I want to thank John and Diane<br />
Obermeyer, Lew Persenaire, and all<br />
the N24HC volunteers for their excellent<br />
organization and support on this<br />
year’s N24HC.<br />
I’d also like to thank Carolyn Peacock<br />
for the “Care Package” that she<br />
created for me that helped get me<br />
through the 126 mile loop.<br />
I especially want to thank Bruce<br />
Gibson for the advice and support he<br />
gave me, and for sharing his crew<br />
with me. The Gibsons gave me their<br />
support and shared their food and<br />
drink with me unreservedly. Had it not<br />
been for Bruce and his family, I would<br />
have shown up at the N24HC with no<br />
crew, little food, and a bit of Gatorade.<br />
I probably wouldn’t have made<br />
it through the first two loops.<br />
Thank you very much to the Gibson<br />
family for taking me under your wing,<br />
treating me like one of the family, and<br />
making this a very wonderful weekend!<br />
—Mike Burden<br />
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Brian Baker 332.8<br />
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Greg Blake 310.3<br />
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Mike Burden 232.9<br />
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Lenny Crosby 180.4<br />
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Clarence Doornbos 225.4<br />
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Mike Gormley 286.6<br />
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Gene TerHorst 355.3<br />
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Sam Wilkinson 150.4<br />
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Tandems<br />
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John/Jan Reaves 202.9<br />
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Jay Muller/Darrin Oliver 302.8<br />
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Abe/Rosalie Bangma 202.9<br />
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100 Grand<br />
My view of the 100 Grand ride was from behind the<br />
counter, so to speak. I worked at the food stops. First, I ‘d<br />
like to thank Dave Besteman at J A Besteman Co for their<br />
generous donation of all the wonderful fruit. It was a BIG<br />
hit, and really helped us make the ride a success. We had<br />
fruit left over at the end of the ride. So, we continued the<br />
cycling donations, and brought it to members of the West<br />
Michigan Coast Rider. They set it out for racers at their<br />
race (Tour of Cedar Creek) on Sunday. And secondly, I’d<br />
like to thank all the riders for their cheerful attitudes. I<br />
didn’t get a chance to ride, but had a wonderful day. I<br />
really enjoyed chatting with all the riders as they stopped<br />
for a break. When I left at the end of the day, I was filled<br />
with cycling cheer. —Leslie Wills<br />
Rumor has it the food was great, and the turn-out was the<br />
largest in more than ten years. Complete details next<br />
issue.<br />
Keep in touch with informal Club news via our Yahoo! Group.<br />
Look for last minute rides and cancellations, technical advice,<br />
as well as miscellaneous and inane cycling-related items (the<br />
continuing saga of Jeff’s drivetrain upgrade! TdF viewing parties!).<br />
Find us at Our group name<br />
is “rapidwheelmen” (without the quotes).<br />
Got the sunburn blues? It could just be that<br />
you’re not getting enough ketchup.<br />
Besides its natural mellowing agents, ketchup<br />
(and other tomato-based condiments) contain<br />
lycopene. Studies at the University of Illinois<br />
at Chicago show that lycopene boosts skin’s<br />
natural UV protection by 49%. Proven dose:<br />
30-35 mg a day. So pass the ketchup...and the<br />
marinara, the spaghetti sauce, the salsa.<br />
I am riding and plan on something in the 22 mph average<br />
range. Ha...kidding...17-19 (max) would be fine by<br />
me...and I wouldn’t complain if it were closer to 16-18..but<br />
then again, I do have tendency to jump on the tail of<br />
faster groups. I’ll try my absolute best to stay with any<br />
group that “wants” to stay together. Keep in mind that this<br />
is my first Century of the year and that 40 miles is my<br />
longest ride thus far. —Jeff Scofield<br />
After all the whining that this guy did about how weak he<br />
is and how he’s only done a mile or two on his bike this<br />
year, the sandbagger laid down a blistering pace. I got in<br />
front and pulled occasionally, but he was pulling about 5<br />
miles to my 1, and usually around 22-24 mph. Around the<br />
70 mile mark I finally couldn’t even hold onto this guy’s<br />
wheel anymore! I was still racking up a fair amount of 16-<br />
19 mph on my speedometer, but it wasn’t near enough to<br />
keep up. I met up with him again the second time through<br />
Grose Park, but it wasn’t long after that that I lost him<br />
again.<br />
I ended up with an 18.4 mph average, but Jeff was miles<br />
ahead of me at the end.<br />
Jeff, your new name is “Sandbag” Scofield! —Mike Burden<br />
Jerseys: coming soon<br />
We’ve re-ordered our old style jersey, and they should<br />
arrive sometime in August. Reserve yours with Mark Hagar.<br />
“Bicycling is a healthy and manly pursuit with<br />
much to recommend it, and, unlike other foolish<br />
crazes, it has not died out.”<br />
– The Daily Telegraph (1877)<br />
“Do not go where the path may lead, go instead<br />
where there is no path and leave a trail.”<br />
– Ralph Waldo Emerson<br />
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ARE YOU A CANDIDATE FOR CYCLISTS ANONYMOUS?<br />
You know you’re a candidate for<br />
Bikers Anonymous when…<br />
...you clean out your pockets and find<br />
five bike shop receipts, three of which<br />
have consecutive dates! —Mike<br />
Burden<br />
...when you find yourself posting<br />
incessently to rec.bicycles.misc when<br />
you should be working. Plus wondering<br />
if you will make it home early or<br />
stop and chat with every man, woman<br />
or child you see riding a bike so you<br />
can discuss riding a bike. And lastly<br />
when you think about when you will<br />
ride your bike next and if you will<br />
make it further than the last time.<br />
—Maggie<br />
...you hurry home to get the package<br />
from Performance off the front porch<br />
before LOML comes home. —Dick D.<br />
...you time your ride to finish just as<br />
coverage of Paris-Roubaix starts and<br />
you watch it on TV while patching a<br />
tube and leafing through the Excel<br />
Sports Boulder catalogue during the<br />
commercials, while sipping iced<br />
Cytomax... and munching a Power-<br />
Bar... while still in your sweaty bike<br />
clothes. —Diablo Scott<br />
... when you drive the car [or truck, or<br />
RV] to work, and the smokers standing<br />
about the rear entrance ask,<br />
“Where’s yer bike?!” —Lioninoil<br />
...or when people you’ve worked with<br />
for three years ask, “When did you<br />
buy a car?”<br />
And you answer, “I’ve owned this car<br />
for 9 years.” —mark<br />
• • •<br />
...when you ask if their twelve-step<br />
program is indexed or friction.<br />
...you no longer own any footwear<br />
without cleats.<br />
...you don’t spread peanut butter with<br />
anything but a wrench. —Zoot Katz<br />
...you actually tell your spouse you<br />
don’t have time to mow the lawn<br />
because of the century ride. —Chris Z.<br />
...there’re always reasons to join the<br />
club ride on Saturday morning:<br />
Fall/winter Saturdays begin: “This<br />
might be the last good weekend of<br />
bicycling this year.”<br />
Winter/spring Saturdays begin: “This<br />
is the best bicycling day so far this<br />
year.”<br />
...you rescue rummage sale bikes at<br />
the end of the day, because you hate<br />
to see them turned into scrap metal.<br />
(By the way, anybody in the Chicago<br />
area know a kid who could use a boys’<br />
16 inch *mart bike, in fair condition?)<br />
— Mike Kruger<br />
• • •<br />
You are NOT a candidate for Bikers<br />
Anonymous, if:<br />
...you hear “spoke,” and you think,<br />
“Past tense of “speak.”<br />
...you think of horses when anyone<br />
mentions a leather saddle.<br />
...and “Brooks” makes you think of<br />
men’s suits.<br />
“Stay” makes you think of dog training.<br />
“Going downhill” is a form of deterioration<br />
“Chain” has to do with jewelry, and<br />
“pump” is a shoe. —Leo<br />
• • •<br />
...when you see a member of the<br />
opposite sex riding along, and you<br />
CHECK OUT THE BIKE. —Bill S.<br />
...when you try to find ways to make<br />
the commute home longer. —Dukester<br />
• • •<br />
Are you a candidate for C.A.<br />
(Cyclists Anonymous) ?<br />
It never really hit me that I had a<br />
problem until the day I rode my bike<br />
into Winn Dixie and was in the produce<br />
aisle, scanning heads of lettuce<br />
and idly wondering if the worms in<br />
organic apples are organic worms,<br />
when a clerk politely enquired as to<br />
whether the bike racks outside were<br />
all full. I braked, dismounted, purchased<br />
my groceries in as dignified a<br />
manner as possible, went home,<br />
called Cyclists Anonymous. “Help,”<br />
was all I said.<br />
Hi. My name is Geoff and I’m a cyclist.<br />
(Hi, Geoff.) It started so long ago I<br />
hardly remember anymore.... My<br />
father taught me. My mum knew<br />
about it; she said nothing. My brothers<br />
and sisters encouraged my habit.<br />
All the kids on the block were doing it<br />
in those days. It wasn’t a question of<br />
peer pressure. It was a way of life.<br />
I still remember my maiden voyage. It<br />
seemed so terribly dangerous at the<br />
time. Then I got used to it. I was<br />
hooked: the speed, the wind in my<br />
hair, the freedom. As I got older, my<br />
mates kicked the habit; a bike wasn’t<br />
fast enough for them. They bought<br />
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cars. Not me. Everyone gave me a<br />
hard time, said “Why are you still<br />
doing it?” but it was in my blood and I<br />
refused all offers of a transfusion.<br />
There was constant pressure to quit,<br />
to move on to four wheels. You can’t<br />
go a day without being assaulted by<br />
the advertising. But my resolve never<br />
wavered.<br />
I met a woman. She was like me. It<br />
was us against the world. Sometimes<br />
we’d go tandem. The gear changes<br />
were incredible. I thought it would last<br />
forever. But she grew jealous of the<br />
time I spent away from her on my<br />
bike. I was cycling alone more and<br />
more often. Sometimes before breakfast.<br />
Really blatant warning signals.<br />
And I’d come home late, claim to have<br />
been working overtime at the office.<br />
I was going far, far out of my way on<br />
my commute. I’d double the necessary<br />
mileage; triple it. Anything for<br />
more saddle time.<br />
I saw others like me: cyclists who had<br />
no earthly reason to be where they<br />
were at that hour. One guy took to<br />
circling roundabouts, just for that<br />
extra little kick. I saw his eyes. I could<br />
almost understand. I’d come home<br />
exhilarated and out of breath, rush to<br />
the shower to wash away the incriminating<br />
sweat. She always knew. It<br />
couldn’t last. It broke my heart when<br />
she left me for another man. He only<br />
rode on weekends. Someone told me<br />
he had a titanium bike. She said that<br />
sort of thing didn’t matter to her, and<br />
to be fair, it probably didn’t.<br />
It all got a little foggy after that.<br />
There were entire days I didn’t go<br />
home. My bike was my home. My<br />
work suffered, naturally. Everyone was<br />
very supportive. It’s a progressive<br />
company. They even have showers<br />
and other facilities for people like me.<br />
Eventually something had to give.<br />
They let me go. Gave me disability.<br />
Through it all, it never dawned on me<br />
to ask myself if I could control my<br />
cycling. Why would I want to control<br />
it? It wasn’t a problem. I knew my<br />
limits. But I guess you never really<br />
know them until you go over them.<br />
I see the way you’re all looking at me.<br />
You’re feeding off my inapropriate<br />
endorphin rush. You’re like vampires.<br />
It’s sick. Relive your own memories!<br />
Don’t siphon me dry of mine! No. I’m<br />
sorry. I’m... could somebody please<br />
give me a water bottle? (sucks<br />
greedily) Thank you. It’s just... these<br />
mood swings. They told me I’d learn<br />
control. My body would adjust. I’d<br />
channel my energy into something<br />
else. I want to believe them.<br />
After I was let go, I laid low for a<br />
while. Regrouped. Cut my cycling to<br />
almost nothing, only five days a week.<br />
I kept ‘commuting’ anyway, two<br />
round-trips a day.<br />
The only kind of companionship I<br />
could get was the sort you find<br />
advertised in phone boxes. “Full<br />
service.” “I’ll true your wheels.”<br />
“French mechanic.” I know what<br />
you’re thinking. But it wasn’t like that.<br />
I just paid them to talk. Routine<br />
maintenance, race results, tour<br />
reports. It ran the gamut. One girl<br />
specialised in urban transport issues.<br />
God, she was good.<br />
One night I was coming home. I saw<br />
a guy with a flat tyre. Stopped to lend<br />
a hand. He said he had it covered. I<br />
insisted. It got ugly. We scuffled. I<br />
was still drained from my “date.” He<br />
pinned me easily. Asked me what my<br />
problem was. I started blubbering.<br />
Couldn’t help myself. And I don’t even<br />
like to mend punctures. He said I<br />
needed help. I told him I knew. Then<br />
he told me about Cyclists Anonymous.<br />
He fixed the tyre while he talked.<br />
He admitted his own addiction. I said<br />
it wasn’t like that with me. He stared<br />
me square in the eye. Suddenly this<br />
incredibly compassionate look came<br />
over him. He said “We all have to<br />
find our own grid reference.”<br />
Then he was gone.<br />
The next day I cycled into Winn Dixie.<br />
I know I’m among friends. They’ve<br />
even given me the number of a<br />
cycling buddy. Somebody I can call<br />
when I find myself topping up my<br />
Continentals at two in the morning. I<br />
just have to take it one day at a time.<br />
So. Who’s up for a ride afterwards?<br />
Just kidding! No, really.<br />
— roadkill32 on bikejournal.com<br />
• • •<br />
Applies to all cyclists:<br />
When you know not one but two<br />
tailors that will replace chamois pads.<br />
Applies to MTBers:<br />
When the mud covering your brandnew<br />
frame doesn’t faze you.<br />
Applies to roadies:<br />
When you no longer think twice about<br />
wearing colorful spandex.<br />
Applies to weight weenies:<br />
When you spend $250 to replace a<br />
perfectly good component with<br />
another because it’s 30 grams lighter.<br />
—Bob H.<br />
• • •<br />
…when you bring home the “new” $30<br />
bike from the city auction, and in your<br />
stash find perfectly matched grips, toe<br />
clips, and saddlebag.<br />
Brand new. Still in the packaging. And<br />
this bike is a color you’ve never owned<br />
before. —Karen M.<br />
At a fireworks display, dontcha hate<br />
leaving, when you sit in endless lines<br />
of idling cars waiting at the exit?<br />
There’s another way. Guess what!!<br />
Commuter baskets are ideal for<br />
carrying lawn chairs or beach towels.<br />
The usual night-riding caveats apply,<br />
but once you get a couple blocks away<br />
from the traffic mess, you’ll be soaring<br />
along on an empty roadway.<br />
If the fireworks are too far from<br />
home, do a park & ride. I<br />
once took my nieces and<br />
our tandem/trail-a-bike rig<br />
to Windsor to watch<br />
the show over the<br />
Detroit River, leaving<br />
the four-wheeler at a<br />
Canadian Tire. Other times<br />
I’ve used the car as a bike<br />
launcher, parking just<br />
outside of the traffic zone and<br />
pedalling a few short miles to the<br />
fireworks site. Try it!<br />
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PO BOX 1008 • GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN 49501<br />
WWW.RAPIDWHEELMEN.COM<br />
PRESORTED STANDARD<br />
US POSTAGE<br />
PAID<br />
GRAND RAPIDS, MI<br />
PERMIT NO. 1233<br />
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<strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>Wheelmen</strong> Membership Application<br />
Name ___________________________________________<br />
Address _________________________________________<br />
Membership year: April 1 - March 31. Join after November 1 and you’ll<br />
be a paid-up member until March 31 of the following membership year.<br />
City ________________________________ State _______<br />
Zip __________Phone _____________________________<br />
E-mail address _______________________________________<br />
Family members ______________________________________<br />
& birthdates_________________________ New address? Y N<br />
Do not include my name in the printed membership list ________<br />
Membership ___new ___renewal $20.00<br />
Club jersey (at meeting) $60.00<br />
Club jersey (by mail) Louis Garneau semi-relaxed fit $64.00<br />
size (circle) S M L XL XXL<br />
Donation<br />
$_____<br />
Total<br />
$_____<br />
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What year did you first join? _____<br />
Waiver and Hold Harmless Agreement<br />
<strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>Wheelmen</strong>, Inc.<br />
PO Box 1008<br />
Grand <strong>Rapid</strong>s, MI 49501<br />
I acknowledge that bicycling is an inherently dangerous activity. I hereby agree to release, absolve and hold harmless <strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>Wheelmen</strong>,<br />
Inc. and its officers and members, and any other parties connected with the organization from any blame or liability for any<br />
injury, harm, loss, damage or death sustained as a result of participation in <strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>Wheelmen</strong>, Inc. activities. I shall abide by the rules<br />
and regulations of the <strong>Rapid</strong> <strong>Wheelmen</strong>, Inc., and traffic laws and regulations, and I shall practice courtesy and safety in bicycling. By<br />
continuing on to the ride schedule, i acknowledge that i understand the terms of this agreement as a legally binding waiver and hold<br />
harmless agreement and agree not to sue rapid wheelmen, inc. or its directors, members and agents.<br />
Signatures of all adult riders<br />
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