TWBC Newsletter - June 1995
TACOMA WHEELMEN'S CLUB
Tacoma Wheelmen's
Bicycle Club
P.O. Box 112078*TACOMA, WA 98411
Inside This Issue:
June ride calendar
on pages 2-4. 13th An-
nual Peninsula Metric
Century.
Bicycle Rodeos on
page 4.
Commuter Of The
Month on page 5.
“Special Treatment”
and Tandem _ Rider
Alert on page 6.
Kent's Corner and cy-
cling ads on page 7.
The next TWBC Board
meeting is on Tuesday,
June 6, 1995, at the
Skyline Village Apart-
ment’s Recreation
Building, 5702 N. 33rd
Street, Tacoma, WA.
The meeting starts at
7:00 p.m. All members
are welcome. Bring
your own food and bev-
erage. Call 759-4464
for directions.
A Day In The Sun
That Was Really Fun
Take a room full of plan-
ners, a t-shirt design, a lot of
phone calls, running
around, a 24' truck, 15,000
flyers, permits, friends, ded-
ication, humor, boxes and
boxes of water bottles, pan-
cakes and hamburgers, pot-
luck, bananas, bagels and
buns, community support,
sunshine, 2451 riders and 93
volunteers. Mix them all up
and what do you have? A
great day! Thank you and
thank each other. You did a
great job!
Joyce Clifford
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TWBC
NEWSLETTER
Bicycle Maintenance And
Election Of Club Officers
Fill June Annual Meeting
Shane Lynch from Bike Tech in Tacoma will
demonstrate a wheel truing device and offer
tips on basic bicycle maintenance at our June
TWEC Club meeting.
This meeting also gives our membership an
opportunity to vote for new Board Members
for 1995-96. Our By-laws call for this election
at our annual June meeting. Come out and
vote!
Our June meeting will be on Tuesday, June
20, 1995, at 7:00 p.m. at the South Park Com-
munity Center, 4851 South Tacoma Way.
For more information call Dave Tison at 272-
4571.
PMC Update
by Carla Gramilich
The final days are approaching for the
Peninsula Metric Century. Volunteers will
spend many hours preparing for the ride on
Sunday, June 4th. To help prepare for the
PMC plan to attend the Potluck on Friday,
June 2nd, starting at 6:30 p.m. Greg Torfin has
volunteered his home for this social function
and final preparation for the ride. His address
is 9903 40th Ave., and food will get you in for
the potluck.
On Saturday, June 3rd, we will spend the
day buying food, loading the truck, and pre-
paring 800 peanut butter and jelly
sandwiches. Volunteers are needed to make
this day shorter and allow us to get much
needed rest for Sunday.
There is still a need for a few more volun- teers on Sunday. Volunteers can try to sched- ule three hour shifts and still have time for riding. After everything is loaded we will be able to celebrate another PMC. Volunteers are invited to attend the Pizza Party which will start at 6:30 p.m. at Roundtable Pizza in Gig Harbor. Roundtable Pizza is in the Olympic Village off highway 16.
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Founded In 1888
June, 1995
The work is not quite over. If you can help, we will work on cleaning and unloading the equipment on Monday afternoon. Then, thank you notes are sent out, a final update is writ- ten for the Newsletter, and information on the ride is recorded for next year’s coordinator.
Call me at 752-4038 to volunteer or for any
information.
STP Is Coming—Volunteers
Report For Ecstatic Duty!
by Hank & Hazel Giddings
Yep! It’s that time of year again! We’ve completed the Daffodil Classic (a great way to figure out what sort of condition you and your machine are in before you make a final com- mitment to the STP), we are about to get past the Peninsula Metric (this is really the final test of human and machine before the big day of the STP), and here we are, face to face with the realities of the STP.
To the two day riders in this event—“Have a wonderful time.” For you one day peo- ple—here is an opportunity to psych yourself up, socialize, check out the bikes, the people, and maybe even carbo load a little, the whole while putting in some time and effort for your beloved bicycle club. The rest of us have the wonderful opportunity to observe, learn, assist, serve, and sympathize with two days of this season’s best bikes and most committed riders.
To qualify for some or all of these perks all
you have to do is be willing to work at the best
STP rest stop (Spanaway) a few hours on
Saturday, June 24th between the hours of 5:45
a.m. (WOW!) and 2:00 p.m. or so, and/or
Sunday, June 25th between the hours of 5:45
a.m. and around noon.
The most help is needed during the follow-
ing four times:
=Saturday morning unloading the
truck full of food and setting up the distribu-
tion system.
=Around noon and until everything is
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TWBC RIDE CALENDAR FOR JUNE 1 to JUNE 29, 1995 Questions about rides or activities? Call the leader!
Fort Steilacoom Park Mountain Biking
All Dave Tison
Entrance. 272-4571 11:00 a.m. 20 Southworth PMC Pre-Ride 25K 12 Carla Gramlich 752-4038 Greg Torfin’s Home Stuffing Party & Greg Torfin 9903 40th Ave. E. Potluck. 537-5823 Tacoma, WA 9:00 a.m. Fred Meyer Decide To Ride 2 Call The Ride Line Puyallup 759-2800 Toledo, WA Mt. St. Helens 4 Bob Myrick
Frontside
473-7455
20,50, | Fauntleroy, South- 13th Annual Peninsula
Carla Gramlich
752-4038
Dena Wessels
857-5658
| 100K, & | worth Ferry, P.C. Fire | Metric Century. |
|---|---|---|
| 100mile | District #5, Gig Harbor | |
| Call The Ride Line Tuesday Ride |
Call The Ride Line
759-2800
Starbuck’s at Westgate | Tour de Point
Skyline Village Apts.
Recreation Building
5702 N. 33rd, Tacoma
TWEC Board Meeting
Call 759-4464 for
directions.
2-3 Bob Myrick
473-7455
Kent Wienker
474-9395
Joyful Cycling
Orting Valley
Mountain Biking
York Park (Lake Tapps
check point).
De Coupsey Park
Puyallup
Joyce Clifford
759-2393
All Kent Wienker
474-9395
Ride To Wenatchee
30+
Ww
30
80-100 | North Bend
Bob Myrick
473-7455
7:15 to 30,60, | Cascade School Klein Classic All Twin City Chamber 8:45 a.m. 100, Chehalis, WA 8-9 a.m. start. of Commerce 150K $25.00 single. 1-800-525-3323 $35.00 tandem 262-3305 748-8885 8:00 to 100,50 | Call Ron Rodrigues Apple Century & Half- All Wenatchee Sunrise 10:00 a.m. 509-664-5061 Century-Wenatchee Rotary, P.O. Box 1433 Wenatchee, WA 98807
TWBC NEWSLETTER June, 1995 Page 2
Fort Dent Park (See
ride note).
Sat
6/10
N. 11th & Union Street
Sun
6/11
Call The Ride Line
Tues AM 3
6/13
Tues
6/13
6/11
UPS Fieldhouse
Sun 3:00 p.m 30-40 | Fred Meyer Parking
6/11 Lot, 72nd & Pacific.
Louie Boitano
922-6156
Call The Ride Line
759-2800
Kent Wienker
474-9395
Ballard Locks
STP Packet Pick-up.
Picnic, Ballard Locks.
Union Store to Rainier
Ale to Microsoft Grand
Prix.
“Free Wheel” Ride.
Terry Melvin
472-4994
Call The Ride Line
759-2800
Tuesday Ride
2:
2
Thur
6/15
20 Performance Bike Tour de Mall & South 23 Bob Myrick
Shop Tacoma. Eat at Machis- 473-7455
mo Mouse. :
Mountaineers Joyful Cycling 3 Joyce Clifford
Brown’s Point 759-2393
Freighthouse Square Mt. Bike Puyallup 2-3 Bob Myrick
River to Milton Tavern 473-7455
for snack.
Mountain Biking All Dave Tison
272-4571
Fri 11:00a.m. | 20-30 | Spoke & Sprocket
6/16
4
1
Wed 5:45 p.m. 3
6/14
Sat 9:00 a.m.
6/17
1
Call The Ride Line.
Tues AM 3
6/20
Tues South End Community
6/20 Center, 4851 S. Tacoma
Way, Tacoma, WA
South End Community
Center, 4851 S. Tacoma
Way, Tacoma, WA
Ohanopecosh Camp- Paradise to Parkwood 4+ Bob Myrick
ground. Ramrod Training. 473-7455
Sun 7:00 a.m. Ohanopecosh Camp- Triple Bypass Ride 4+ Bob Myrick
6/18 ground. Ramrod Training. 473-7455
Tea Ride
2 Connie Reitzug
265-2127
Tuesday Ride Call The Ride Line
759-2800
Bob Myrick
473-7455
2.
2:
Water Ditch Ride
Pre-Club meeting ride.
TWEC Club Meeting
Shane Lynch
Election of Officers
Dave Tison
272-4571
Point Defiance ferry.
Joyful Cycling
Vashon Island
Joyce Clifford
759-2393
Dash Point State Park
5
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Thur 6:00 p.m. Victor Falls
6/15
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Fri 11:00 a.m. 2 Peggy’s Friday Tea Ride
6/23 Freighthouse Square
3
Mountain Bike All Kent Wienker
474-9395
2. Carla Gramlich
752-4038
TWBC NEWSLETTER June, 1995 Page 3
Sat-Sun Kingdome, Seattle Seattle To Portland All Cascade Bicycle Club
6/24-25 $60.00 pre-reg. Bicycle Classic. 206-522-BIKE
$55.00 CBC members. | 10,000 rider limit.
Tues Call The Ride Line Tuesday Ride Call The Ride Line
6/27 759-2800
Tues Antique Sandwich Government Affairs 2-3 Bob Myrick
6/27 Shop. Meeting. Ride at 5:30 473-7455
p.m.
Wed 5:45 p.m. Roy “Y” Park & Ride Joyful Cycling Joyce Clifford
6/28 Hart’s Lake 759-2393
Thur 5:30 p.m. Fort Steilacoom Park Mountain Biking Dave Tison
6/29 Entrance. 272-4571
Ride Code Definitions (See column six in ride calendar): 1.Easy pace—frequent stops to catch-up and re-group. 10-13 mph.
2. Moderate pace—occasional stops to catch-up and re-group. 13-16 mph. 3. Steady pace—limited stops. Cue sheets or map
provided. 13-16 mph. 4. Fast pace—very limited stops. Cue sheets or map provided. 16+mph. Maps provided for all rides
over 35 miles.
For More Information About Rides, Call The Ride Line At 759-2800. (To record
your message on the ride line without waiting for the other messages to play, press the *
button on a touch tone phone.)
Wear A Helmet, And Carry Repair Items And First Aid Supplies On Your Ride!
June Ride Note:
Ballard Locks, Saturday, June 10, 1995: Start point, Fort Dent Park. Directions: N. I-5 Exit on 1-405 to Renton. Exit I- 405 at Exit #1. Turn left at stoplight on West Valley Avenue. Cross Green River and turn right into park.
Bicycle Rodeos: Dena Wessels, Peggy Fjetland, and Carla Gramlich helped fit 30 children with bicycle helmets at the Tillicam Safety Fair on April 28, 1995. The helmets were provided by “Helmets on Wheels” for low income children at a bargain price of $5.00. The afternoon was very positive, and more children are now aware of the importance of wearing a helmet. The following bicycle rodeos are scheduled for June and July: =June 3, 1995—Group Health Cooperative Bicycle Rodeos. Volunteers needed to fit helmets from 9:00 a.m. to noon. sJuly 9, 1995—Bicycle Rodeo for children who are not quite old enough to ride the Tour de Pierce. Volunteers are needed to run the rodeo and fit helmets. The rodeo starts at 11:00 a.m. sJuly 15, 1995—Tacoma Wheelmen’s Bicycle Club members will volunteer at a bicycle rodeo in Buckley on this date. The rodeo is part of a celebration to honor Dr. Douglas Tait. Dr. Tait started working on the Foothills Rails to Trails when the rails were lifted. His help and dedication will get the Buckley section completed. This is also a great opportunity to pay back Buckley for help provided during the Daffodil Classic. To volunteer all you need is the time and desire. Help and training will be provided. A great t-shirt will be rewarded for your time. For exact locations and other information call Carla Gramlich at 752-4038.
South Of The Border:
In 1971 the Oregon Bicycle Bill was passed into law. This law requires state, cities, and counties in the state of
Oregon to provide bikeways and walkways when roads and streets are built or rebuilt. In March of this year the Oregon
Court of Appeals reaffirmed this law.
Don't Forget To Vote For New Clik Officers rte The June rennual Meeting
TWBC NEWSLETTER June, 1995 Page 4
Commuter Of The Month
Laura
It’s More Fun Than Driving
by Judy Wagonfeld
Tilting back in her desk chair, Laura McGinitie appears framed between a picture window view of delicate spring leaves and her Massachusetts Institute of Technology degree. Filtered sun highlights Laura’s healthy appearance. Alert blue eyes contrast sharply with her wavy blond hair and clear plastic glasses. Papers piled haphazardly cover the desk while knick-knacks and photos instill personality in the academic setting. Next to stuffed bookshelves leans a worn road bike. Handlebars wrapped in hot pink tape, it serves mid-day impulse breaks.
Head For The Hills
A New Yorker, Laura arrived three years ago, accepting a faculty position at Pacific Lutheran University, despite her newlywed status. Husband Rich, with no job prospect, remained in New York for eighteen months, managing a tire and mechanic operation and hoarding money.
The bi-coastal marriage commute proved tougher than any cycling commute. Rich joined Laura last summer, finding work at Crystal Mountain. On his first bike ride, she relates, “Someone threw something at him, another opened a door as he cycled by, and a driver yelled. A rotten introduction.” Undaunted and hot to mountain bike, the reunited couple headed for the hills, seduced by the picturesque Olympic Mountains. Accustomed to flat terrain, “We had no idea how steep the trails are here,” she laughs. “We did go up the road to camp at Hurricane Ridge but a raccoon stole our food.” Depleted, they coasted downhill for dinner. Riding on to Crescent Lake and its flat off-road trail induced smiles of relief.
Van With A Vengeance
In upstate New York, Laura and Rich cycled rural, genteel, well-shouldered roads, devoid of our notorious, water-logged ditches plummeting from the white line. “Another problem with biking here,” she says, “is that so many roads don’t go anywhere except to loop around.” And, last spring, a beat-up brown van hassled her daily, intent on ending the Graham to P.L.U. commutes. This season, without a van sighting, trepi- dation diminishes as Laura attacks the 43 mile round trip with gusto.
Bones
Teaching electrical engineering, researching electric bone
fields, and updating accreditation provides no exercise, but
may offer insight into how bones heal—and maybe help
unlucky cyclists. Interest in bones evolved from her New York
laboratory job. There, Laura cycle commuted four miles all
year, no matter the weather. Later, at M.LT. in Boston, she
commuted only occasionally.
Here, hampered by the Northwest dark and wet, she commutes only April through September. She finds cycling to P.L.U., “more than three days a week, I’m worthless at work.” The one hour plus commute builds muscle but drains energy and requires recovery time. For serious training, Laura, Rich, and two P.L.U. friends hammer the pedals on weekends. Finishing her first century, the STP, RSVP, and the ride up Rainier isn’t bad for an ex-crew team member who started serious cycling in 1988.
Graham Acres
Growing up on the East Coast, Laura summered at her grandparent’s retirement home on San Juan Island. Attached to the Northwest, her Mom, Dad, and sister followed. Laura and Rich joined as latecomers, purchasing sixteen wooded acres in Graham. Content with wild blackberries and loathe to gardening, they cycle the acreage on Rich’s cleared trails. Winnie, their Australian Shepherd, and a white female mutt named Roger—what's in a name anyway?—tag along. No dog walking arguments.
A Happy High
Cycle commuting demands logistics and effort. Hauling gear on non-biking days, Laura rides unencumbered, cycling because “it’s a lot more fun to bike in than to drive.” Using the gym facilities, she can shower—after assisting clamoring students. Bike sweat or not, they are waiting. Last year, high from her first glorious spring ride, she had a student ask, “What's with you today? You’re so bubbly and cheerful.” Though perhaps a left-handed compliment, Laura considers that happy high her reason to ride.
TWEC Gwes 4 Hearty Welcome rnd 4 “Thank
Tou” To The Following New Wemlbers Aud Renew-
ng Members For The Month Of May, 1995:
New members: Byron Blount, Sharon Duensing, Bruce
and Judy Fisher, Dean Northrup, and Paula Tuckfield and
family.
Renewing members: Ron Cunningham, Bill and Ruth
Daugherty, Fran Jones, Louis Marret, and Richard Olexick and
family.
TWBC NEWSLETTER June, 1995 Page 5
Special Treatment
by Maynard Hershon
(Mr. Hershon has published two books on cycling, and writes an article entitled “At
The Back” for Velo News, The Journal of Competitive Cycling.)
Isawa rider ahead of me on the hill and picked up my pace, thinking it'd be good to have company on my ride. The rider turned out to be a woman, going faster than I would ever go by myself. I had to pedal extra hard for a half-mile to catch her—I rode alongside and gasped my “hi”.
“Hi”, she said back. “How’re you doing,” I asked. “Oh, not
too well,” she said, with a little self-deprecating I’m-so-slow-
it’s-laughable laugh. “I’m just out for a short ride at
lunchtime.”
Maybe she thought she was slow, but trying to keep pace
with her and chat was all I could do.
“Oh, a lighthouse,” she said, looking at my bike. “I’ve heard of those.” “What'd you hear,” I asked. “Oh, just that Maynard Hershon has one. Uh, you aren’t Maynard Hershon, are you?”
I confessed I was. She said she and her husband both read
my articles and she had bought my book and really liked the
stories and how I wrote and all. I tried to listen and breathe
silently as I pedaled 105 percent of comfortable next to her on
the hill.
I noticed I had to shout as we talked because she rode about half a bike length ahead of me. A five minute eternity passed as I continued chasing uphill just to stay even.
I thought about asking her if she recalled an article I wrote called “Half-Wheel Hell,” about people who persist in riding next to you, sort of, their bottom bracket in line with your front axle. Surely she has read it, I thought.
I decided I wouldn’t say anything, though. Funny. When
this woman read that piece, she probably shook her head,
remembering all the times some yo-yo half-wheeled her. She’s
getting even now, I thought.
Here’s this woman, I imagined anaerobically, who says she’s a fan of mine, says she’s read my stuff for years. We're here on this hill, riding almost side by side. Faithful a reader as she is, you would think she’d be a little more curious about the person behind all those stories, the guy who wrote about the tight shorts and Volvos and the Cinelli in the cellar. But no...
Seems like she wants to drop the guy behind all those stories. Or she figures either she gets fit enough, today, for the Olympic Trials or she doesn’t. It’s two weeks after Thanks- giving and cold and early in the ride, but let’s stick a fork in the turkey from the back page of VeloNews. See if he’s done.
Iremembered that a week or so ago my wife and I had gone to a Saturday night party. Eddie B, former U.S. National Coach and the guy who wrote “Bicycle Road Racing,” spoke briefly. Eddie told us that in his years of coaching, he had to stay on top of European riders, many of whom were lazy trainers. U.S. guys, on the other hand, typically tended to overtrain. He had to watch them.
He told us he recommended taking it easy in the winter,
getting some rest, doing alternative sports. Older riders,
particularly, he said, should ease off drastically in winter
months. Don’t train hard, he said, train smart.
The next morning I rode with a dozen or so guys, mostly in
TWBC NEWSLETTER June, 1995 Page 6
their 30s and 40s, who had been at that party. Among us was our celebrity guest, the much younger Ken Carpenter, the world class match sprinter. You would like Carpenter, I did. He is way too young and good looking, maybe too big across the shoulders, but a good guy nonetheless—fun to talk with.
Carpenter, in this off season, hadn’t ridden his road bike for
months—he had been lifting weights and riding a mountain
bike. Not a wiry roadie type, he hung in easily on the climb
out of town and for most of the 30 odd mile ride. But he was
dropped, yes dropped, by the lead group on the way home.
Yup. Ken Carpenter was visiting here, the guys had him out
ona training ride and they dropped him on the way back to
town.
But that would not happen where you live. Your club would
do it differently. You guys would ride with him and chat. You
would never, ever inhospitably drop him on your local roads
just because you felt momentarily frisky and he simply let you
go, would you? Sadly, maybe you would.
What would you show Ken Carpenter, dropping him like
that? You would show him you wanted to ride harder that day
than he did. That a half-hour of December training in a
lifetime of riding meant more to you than his company. That
you so overflow with combative lust that, male or female, the
odor of testosterone hovers around you.
Then, after the ride, you would go home and take an Irish
Spring shower and Ken Carpenter would go to the Olympic
Games. You could watch on TV and root for him. You could
remember the time he came on your club ride and you
dropped him with about five miles to go. Guess you showed
him, huh?
That's what I was thinking on that hill as I tried to keep pace
with my woman fan who said she wasn’t having a good day.
Near the top of the hill asked her why I hadn’t seen her out
on club rides on weekends.
“Oh, I’m not ready for those guys,” she said, even though she had to know I ride with them most weeks and she evidently had no problem keeping up with me. No problem.
Her answer made me think of another story I’m sure she has
read—one I wrote several years ago called “Miles.” You might
remember it. “Miles” is about a guy who trains like a triathlete
possessed by demons, starves himself mountain jersey skinny
and thinks of nothing but cycling.
All the while he protests he isn’t ready to race. Not yet. Not
against “those guys.” “Those guys are way too serious,” he
says.
Seriousness—sure is a lot of that stuff around. Check it out.
Tandem Rider Alert
20th Annual Mid-West Tandem Rally ’95
When: September 1-4, 1995.
Who: Central Indiana Bicycle Association (CIBA), and
Tandems Of Indiana Society (TOIS).
If interested call Steve or Phyllis Lay at 759-1816.
Applications are available.
STP Volunteers
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put away on Saturday.
=Setting things up again on
Sunday morning.
=And, from about 10:00 a.m.
until we have everything cleaned up on
Sunday.
Saturday, all day long, people are
needed to clean and cut fresh fruits. On
both days people are needed to mix
juice, control pedestrian, bike, and mo-
tor vehicle traffic around the Spanaway
high school and the Safeway parking ot
driveways, keep the food supply avail-
able for the riders, and keep our mess
cleaned up.
Now that you know the perks and the jobs call us at 894-2643 (Yelm). Let the phone ring a bunch—if we don’t answer leave a voice mail message telling us the kind of work you would most like to do, when you can work, and how we can reach you to confirm we heard from you.
This is a really big job. We need about
80 volunteers rotated in and out over
the two days of this event.
Kent’s Corner
by Kent Wienker, TWBC President
From the beginning, this year’s Daf- fodil Classic was a success—the flyer, the planning meetings. Joyce, Greg, and all of you made this year’s event spe- cial—you made it fun. Enough people shared the load to make this possible. Yes, the weather helped, but we showed we can handle large numbers. Good show.
Carla Gramlich will need the same
dedication for June 4th’s PMC. Call her
and see if there is anything she needs.
At the end of the month is our check-
point in Spanaway for the STP.
...And check our bulging ride calen-
dar. I am, so see you on the road and
trail.
Ride Line 759-2800
Cycling Ads
For Sale:
24" Takara Sport Series Frame,
w/BB, headset, water bottle bz on, cable
guides. 4130 Cro-Mo.
20" & 22" Schwinn Varsity’s
matching green metalic. Complete with
new bottle cages, fenders, handlebar
bags and alloy rims. One has a rack and
new tires.
$75.00 each OBO.
20%” Nishiki Cresta, bar end
shifters, cantilever brakes, triple crank,
rear rack.
Call Steve or Phyllis at 759-1816.
For Sale:
STP registration and return bus
ticket for Sunday evening.
Call Scott Pierson at 759-9519.
The Tacoma Wheelmen's
Bicycle Club
Board Members
PRESIDENT
Kent Wienker-474-9395
VICE-PRESIDENT
Dave Tison- 272-4571
SECRETARY
Dena Wessels: 857-5658
TREASURER
Hazel Giddings: 894-2643
TOURING CAPTAIN
Connie Reitzug- 265-2127
NEWSLETTER EDITOR
William Hoehne- 759-4464
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Bob Myrick-473-7455
DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL EVENTS
Mat Reitzug 265-2127
PAST PRESIDENT
Carla Gramlich- 752-4038
Staff
MEMBERSHIP
Phyllis Lay: 759-1816
PUBLICITY
SAFETY & EDUCATION
Jan Wieser - 833-6346
EQUIPMENT MANAGER
Steve Brown: 752-4038
RIDE LINE
Connie Reitzug- 265-2127
MAILING >
Don Izenman- 565-2720
Annual Committees
DAFFODIL CLASSIC
Joyce Clifford 759-2393
PENINSULA METRIC
Carla Gramlich 752-4038
BICYCLE SHOW BOOTH
Kent Wienker- 474-9395
S.T.P. COORDINATOR
Hank Giddings 894-2643
BANQUET COMMITTEE
Bob Myrick: 473-7455
ANNUAL PICNIC
Peggy Fjetland- 841-4458
Joy Roelofsz 847-1843
Send correspondence to: The Tacoma Wheel-
men’s Bicycle Club, P.O. Box 112078, Tacoma,
WA 98411.
Send Newsletter articles to the editor at: 5702 N.
33rd, Apt. 17B, Tacoma, WA 98407.
Send e-mail to the editor via Compuserve, User # 71570,446, or America Online, WHOEHNE.
Article deadline for the July, 1995 issue is June
20, 1995.
TWBC NEWSLETTER June, 1995 Page 7
Elections And
Bicycle Safety For
June TWC Club Meeting
by Carla Gramlich
TWC’s June 16th meeting will
allow members to vote and brush-up
on bicycle safety.
After regular Club business, all
members who attend this meeting can
exercise their right to vote for 1992-
93 officers. Nominations at the May
meeting were: President—Greg
Grenier and Bob Myrick. Vice-
President—Carla Gramlich.
Treasurer—Joyce Clifford.
Secretary—Bob Burton and Dena
Wessels. Further nominations can be
made at the June meeting.
The votes will be counted while
we watch a video on bicycle safety.
After the video, the 1992-93 Board
of Directors will be announced.
Refreshments and door prizes will
follow this excitement.
TWC meets at the South End
Community Pool, 402 East 56th
Street, between Pacific and
McKinley Avenues, just past
Concordia Lutheran School. The
Pool is about 300 feet off the street.
It is on the bus line. Ride your
bicycle, ride the bus—but come on
out.
TWC
NEWSLETTER
TACOMA. WHEELMEN’S CLUB
P.O. BOX 112078
TACOMA, WA 98411
TWC Officers will meet for a
Board of Directors meeting on
Tuesday, June 2, 1992, at Carla
Gramilich’s home, 4049 8. 302nd Place,
Auburn, WA. Time is 6:30 pm for
dinner, and 7:00 pm for the meeting.
Carla will provide dinner starting at
6:30 pm on her deck, weather
permitting, or inside, if it rains.
Members are invited to attend. Call
Carla, 941-3752, for directions, and
Bob Myrick, 473-7455, for
information.
Daffodil Classic Report:
Many People To Thank
by Bob Myrick
The 17th Annual Daffodil Classic
was again successful due to Club
members and others who donated
their time and their Company’s time
to this event.
Over 1750 people rode in the Classic, and we raised about $8500.00 to support our Club and our Community. We feel the ride would have drawn over 2000 people and raised $10,000.00, if we had not been in conflict with Spokane’s Bloomsday Run.
Thanks go to the Orting Lion’s
Club, and the Orting Pre-School, for
their fine lunch and breakfast. Also,
see the letter from Mr. Hornbuckle
of the Washington State DOT on
page 5 of this Newsletter.
A special thanks goes to the
following people who worked hard
for this ride. They marked the
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course, directed traffic, ran the registration desk, provided bicycle checks and repairs, ran the Peninsula Metric Desk, and worked the checkstops. If you are not listed, please excuse my lack of attention to proper record keeping. If you did not get a Daffodil volunteer hat, contact Carla Gramlich. If you would like the great honor of running the Daffodil Classic for 1993, contact Carla or me.
Thank you—David Barton, Bud
Blancher, Louie Boitano, Bill
Brewster, Steve Brown, Helen
Burgess, and Phil Burgess.
Joyce Clifford, Tom Cornell, and
Cyndy Crook.
Jim Davis, Ray Dezutter, and
Bernie Dixon.
Peggy Fox.
Carla Gramlich and the Grenier
family.
Cynthia Hammer, Rocky Hauge,
Diane Herbert, Bob Hinzman, Bill
Horn, and Chris Horn.
Milton Jacobson and John Joyce.
Rick Knoke.
Dale Longfellow, Jo Anne
Longfellow, Brion Lundgren, and
Shane Lynch.
Al Medak, Bob Mohr, Shirley
Morgan, John Morgan, Susan
Morgan, Tim Moss, and Kurt
MyKing.
Don Partington, Van Perdue, and
Claudia Peters.
Marty Roberson and Joy Roeloffz.
(Continued on page 5)
June, 1992
—_—————__ TWC RIDE CALENDAR FOR MAY 30 to JUNE 30, 1992
Questions about rides or activities? Call the leader! EXO)
pate TIME MILES START POINT ACTIVITY CODE LEADER
Sat 9:30 75 UPS Fieldhouse Ray Maines Hilly 4 Bob Myrick
3/30 AM N. 11th & Union Pierce, King County 473-TASS
Ramrod Training Ride.
Sun 9:30 67 Hwy 16 Park & Ride Peninsula Metric Pre- 3,4 Cynthia Hammer
5/31 Gig Harbor(3.5 miles Ride. Round Table 752-0801 !
from bridge). Pizza after ride. |
Tues 20-40 | Call The Rideline. Tuesday Rides. 2 Ride Leader Potluck. |
6/2 759-2800 Call Rideline 759-2800
Carla Gramlich’s TWC Board Meeting.
Home. 4049 S. 302nd 6:30 Dinner.
Place. Auburn, WA. 7:00 Meeting.
Bob Myrick 473-7455
Carla 941-3752
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Tues 3:55PM j 25-30 | Point Defiance Ferry to | MC ride series. Vashon
Vashon Island. Island Loop. Return on
8:10 ferry.
TCC Transit Center. Thursday Night Bus
12 miles by bus & Ride to Point Defiance.
bike. 20 miles by bike. | Bring $ for bus.
50, 80, | Wenatchee Apple Century and
Half Century. $20
includes T-shirt.
25-30 | McDonald’s Spanaway | Breakfast ride in Z Hank & Hazel Giddings
Military & Pacific McKenna. 894-2643
50? Ohanapecosh Camp: Ride to Paradise and Bob Myrick
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Ride.
20-40 | Call The Rideline. Tuesday Rides.
759-2800
Tues 5:30 Park & Ride off Hwy MC Ride Series. 3,4 Cynthia Hammer
6/9 18 near Auburn. Black Diamond Loop. 752-0801
Thur 6:30 10-15 | Fred Meyers Thursday Night Ride. 1 Louie Boitano
6/11 PM Puyallup 922-6156
UPS Fieldhouse. Pan- Ride to Farmer’s
cake breakfast before Market, Puyallup.
2 Steve & Phyllis Lay
759-1816
ride, and lunch after, at
Wright Park.
Sat 8:00 30-35
6/13 AM
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Sat
80+ Renton Park & Ride Lake Washington Louie Boitano
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: Walla Walla, WA 8th Annual 4000-in-40 Robert Watson
6/13 AM Ride fee $6.00. Wheatland Wheelers 1-509-525-9548
8:00 30, 50, | Rainier Brewery Rainier Ale Metric Team Green Death
6/14 AM Seattle Century. 206-361-7277
Charley’s Restaurant Enumclaw to Crystal
Enumclaw Mtn. hot tub ride.
20-40 | Call The Rideline Tuesday Ride 2 Ride Leader Potluck
759-2800 Call Rideline 759-2800
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Center & Pool. 402 E. Club elections.
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56th Street.(Between Bicycle safety video.
Pacific & McKinley)
726 Chelan, WA Cycle Washington I
9 day tour. $150.00 Ramrod training and
tourist ride.
Bob Myrick 473-7455
Wayne Martin-call at 6:00
a.m., Mon-Fri 509-682-
3568.
Cynthia Hammer Hl
752-0801
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3:30
30 Puyallup Fair Grounds | MC Ride Seties. Tour
Green Lot. de Pierce Loop.
Call The Rideline. Thursday Night Ride.
759-2800
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759-2800
7-8:30 | 80-125 | Salem, Oregon Capital | Pre-STP
Red Lot. Watermelon Rides.
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All Jon Turnipseed
565-8654
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Call Rideline 759-2800
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20-40 Call The Rideline Tuesday Rides.
759-2800
Mountaineer’s Club- MC Ride Series.
house, N. 30th Street. Brown’s Point Loop.
Call The Rideline. Thursday Night Ride
759-2800
35:30
Cynthia Hammer
752-0801
Call The Rideline.
759-2800
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All 100, Seattle To Portland STP checkpoint Rocky 752-6257
6/27-6/28 200 Spanaway— Volunteer. Karen 938-3706(Seattle)
Sun Day- 1707 Bob’s house. Burger TTP(Tacoma To 3,4 Bob Myrick
6/28 light King, Roy “Y” Park Portland) Ramrod 473-7455
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Tues 20-40 | Call The Rideline. Tuesday Rides. 2 Ride Leader Potluck
6/30 759-2800 Call Rideline 759-2800
Tues 5:30 30 Tides Tavern MC Ride Series. 3/4 Cynthia Hammer
| 6/30 Gig Harbor Gig Harbor Loop. 752-0801
Ride Code Definitions(See column six in ride calendar): 1. Easy pace—frequent stops to catch-up and re-group. 10-13
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mph. 2. Moderate pace—occasional stops to catch-up and re-group. 13-16 mph. 3. Steady pace—limited stops. Cue sheets
or map provided. 13-16 mph. 4. Fast pace—very limited stops. Cue sheets or map provided. 16+mph. Maps provided
for all rides over 35 miles.
TWC RECOMMENDS ALL RIDERS WEAR HELMETS, AND CARRY REPAIR ITEMS AND FIRST AID SUPPLIES
For More Information About Rides, Call The Ride Line 759-2800
(To record your message on the ride line without waiting for the other messages to play, press the #
button on a touch tone phone.)
Ride Notes:
MC Ride Series: Marvelous Cycling by Mark Smith and Cynthia Hammer continues throughout the summer. Dates and routes: 6/9, 7/21, 9/1-Black Diamond Loop, departing from Park and Ride lot in Auburn. 6/17, 7/28, 9/2-Tour de Pierce route, depart from Puyallup Fairgrounds green lot. 6/23, 8/4, 9/16-Brown’s Point Loop, depart from Mountaineer’s Clubhouse, N. 30th Street(near Old Town). 6/30, 8/1, 9/22-Gig Harbor Loop, depart from Tides Tavern. 7/7, 8/18, 9/29-McKenna Loop, depart from Pickle’s Deli in Spanaway. 6/2, 7/14, 8/25-Vashon Island, depart Point Defiance Ferry at 5:55 pm, return on 8:10 ferry.
4000-in-40:If you find yourself near Walla Walla on June 13th, join the Wheatland Wheelers Bicycling Club for their Eighth Annual 4000-in-40. You will climb 4000 feet in 40 miles. Registration is at 6:00 am in Pioneer Park, Fern and Whitman Streets, Walla Walla, WA. Ride fee is $6.00 and includes map, sag, snacks, and Dan Henry marked route. For information and a registration form call Robert Watson at AC509 525-9548.
Cycle Washington I:A nine day, 726 mile tour of the north half of Washington State. Overnight
camping, vehicle support, group cooking equipment, and camp out or restaurant eating(your choice) characterize
the tour. Itinerary: June 16(Tuesday)-Chelan to Sun Lakes State Park-78 miles-Moderate Climbing. June
17(Wednesday)-Fort Spokane (Coulee NRA)-79 miles-Moderate Climbing. June 18(Thursday)-Curlew Lake State
Park (Republic)-105 miles-Heavy Climbing. June 19(Friday)-Conconully State Park (Conconully)-87 miles-
Moderate Climbing. June 20(Saturday)-Pearrygin Lake State Park (Winthrop)-63 miles-Moderate Climbing. June
21(Sunday)-Rockport State Park (Rockport)-80 miles-Heavy Climbing. June 22(Monday)-Wallace Falls State Park
(Gold Bar)-100 miles-Little Climbing. June 23(Tuesday)-Lake Wenatchee State Park-60 miles-Heavy Climbing.
June 24(Wednesday)-Lake Chelan-74 miles-Little Climbing.
Cost is $150.00 for the nine days, with each rider providing most of the food. For further information and registration call Wayne Martin at 6:00 am, Monday through Friday, at AC509 682-3568.
Around The Wheel:
A red rose and chocolate truf fle to Diane Lister for editing the May Newsletter. She stepped-in without hesitation when a family emergency called the editor out-of-town. Thanks, Diane.
Pierce Transit Takes Bicycles For A Ride. Do not forget to use the buses with your bicycle this summer. Pierce Transit is allowing bicycles on buses for a trial period. The wheelchair and wide aisle areas will be used, and we recommend a bungee cord for holding the bicycle. Route 10 buses to Point Defiance Park will have outside racks. This program has worked in other cities. Help make it a success here.
Does anyone know how to join the Friday Flakey Jakes Club?
After almost a year of calling, protective warning signs have been installed on a bicycle path near the Tacoma Central Theater. This path has a down hill run with an immediate right turn. Two of our members, who own a Counter point tandem, thought that bicyclists were supposed to continue straight into the parking lot. That is fine, except for the cars and a six inch curb which launches a bicyclist into the air. The State Department Of Transportation and the City consistently refused to correct this problem, claiming it was the property owner’s responsibility. Many thanks to Steve Palevich of Terranomics Development for correcting this problem.
Articles, information, and letters to the editor are welcome for our Newsletter. Deadline for copy is the
third Tuesday of each month for the following month’s Newsletter. This is also our regular Club meeting day.
Copy can be given to the editor at the meeting, or mailed to: William F. Hoehne, 5702 N. 33rd, Apt. 17B,
Tacoma, WA 98407.
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Tacoma Wheelmen’s Club
Board of Directors
PRESIDENT
Bob Myrick « 473-7455
VICE-PRESIDENT
Carla Gramlich « 941-3752
SECRETARY
Sylvia Russell + 862-3288
TREASURER
Joyce Clif ford « 759-2393
Staff
TOURING CAPTAIN
Jon Turnipseed + 565-8654
MEMBERSHIP
Phyllis Lay * 759-1816
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
Bob Myrick » 473-7455
PUBLICITY
Cynthia Hammer + 752-0801
Sylvia Russell « 862-3288
L.A.W. REPRESENTATIVE
Sue Given + 565-0535
B.F.W. COORDINATOR
Diane Lister ¢ 752-8636
Jim Davis + 759-5616
Jan Wieser + 833-6346
EQUIPMENT MANAGERS
Tom Cornell + 582-0903
Louis Boitano + 922-6156
RIDE LINE
Steve Lay + 759-1816
Annual Committees
DAFFODIL CLASSIC
Tom Cornell 582-0903
PENINSULA METRIC
Cynthia Hammer + 752-0801
BICYCLE SHOW BOOTH
Sylvia Russell + 862-3288
S.T.P. COORDINATOR
Karen Whitney + 938-3706
BANQUET COMMITTEE
Jan Wieser + 833-6346
ANNUAL PICNIC
Diane Taylor + 759-4971
Newsletter
EDITOR
William Hoehne « 759-4464
MAILING
Don Izenman + 565-2720
For correspondence, indicate
appropriate officer, and send to:
Tacoma Wheelmen’s Club, P.O. Box
112078, Tacoma, WA 98411.
Daffodil Classic Report
(Continued from page 1)
Joan Sanders, Stan Sanders, Tony
Schwab, Mark Smith, John Space,
and Arthur L. Sphar.
Bob Vogel.
Linda Walters, Richard Walters,
Bob Warfield, Dena Wessels, Ralph
Wessels, Brian Wester, Karen
Whitney, Kent Winkler, Charles
Wolf, Mike Wood, and John Woods
and family.
Editor’s note: The following letter,
dated May 12, 1992, was sent to Club
President Bob Myrick from C. D.
Hornbuckle, District Traf fic Engineer,
Washington State DOT.
Dear Mr. Myrick:
All too often letters are written
about problem areas or occurrences.
I am writing to express my
appreciation for the manner in which
your recent Daffodil Classic Bike
Ride was conducted.
One of my frequent contacts in the
Graham area is Elsie Hughes. She,
along with her Dogwood Park
Garden Ciub, were instrumental in
developing the viewpoint along SR
161 south of Puyallup.
She called me on the Monday
following your event to express the
good feelings she received from your
coordinators and participants. She
was extremely pleased that your
folks left the area clean.
We all hope for comments like these from folks not directly involved in our activities. I appreciate them and know you do too. Keep up the good work and we look forward to your application next year.
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For one STP registration, call
841-3416.
For another STP registration,
call Sylvia or Brian at 862-3288.
BIKE CARRIER AND WIND
TRAINER
4 bike car top carrier, Lapre
Alpina, gutter mount, 56" bars,
locking 2 bikes, $50.00.
Bicycle wind trainer, heavy
duty, $75.00. Call 630-3372.
Ride, Run, & BBQ
On July 18th, individuals and
teams will travel 50 miles from the
Nisqually Gate of Mt. Rainier Park,
to the Orting High School, to benefit
the Diabetes Association of Pierce
County.
This benefit includes running and
riding your bicycle for a minimum
pledge of $50.00. Graduated pledge
amounts include more prizes, up to
$1500.00, which includes a new
bicycle.
Bob Myrick has a supply of entry
blanks (or call the Diabetes
Association at 272-5134).
number is 473-7455,
Bob’s
June, 1992