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02/06/10
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Fellow
Cyclist Passes Away
Steve
Ruane past away this morning 2/4/10. Many of us remember riding
with Steve and many others know Steve as a victim of a serious bicycle
accident with an automobile in the summer of 2007.
Reeb funeral home in downtown Sylvania will be handling the services.
John
Drake
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Spring Training Camp 2010
Spring
training camp in Lexington KY & Asheville NC is scheduled for April
14-18th the agenda is as follows:
For those who can leave after work on Weds. 4/14 we will travel to
Lexington Ky. and stay at the Days
Inn Lexington South.
5575
Athens Boonesboro rd.
Lexington, Ky 40509
exit 104
800-346-8357 or direct #859-263-3100
We will ride about 2 to 3 hours Thursday morning in the beautiful
Kentucky horse country and then travel to Asheville.
Everyone will arrive in Asheville sometime during the late afternoon or
evening and stay at either the Holiday Inn, or the Quality Inn which is
right next door.
I have booked 10 rooms at the Holiday Inn Biltmore East, these rooms are
on a first come first serve basis. the rooms for Thursday night are
$79.00 plus tax and for Friday and Saturday $90.00 plus tax. Please call
and book your own rooms, tell them you are with the Maumee Valley
Wheelman to receive the group rates.
Holiday
Inn Biltmore East
1450 Tunnel road
Asheville, N.C. 28805
888 298 5611
Other folks may choose to stay at the Quality Inn, please call and make
your own reservations
Quality
Inn & Suites Biltmore East
1430 Tunnel road
Asheville, NC 28805
828-298-5519
The ride:
We typically start the ride at 10:00 am and ride on the Blue Ridge
Parkway to either Mt. Mitchell or Mt Pisquah each days ride is
approximately 55 to 60 miles. Mt Mitchell is the highest elevation east
of the Mississippi at an elevation of 6,684 ft. www.romanticasheville.com/mtmitchell.htm
Mt
Pisgah is a beautiful climb in the opposite direction of Mt. Mitchell at
an elevation of 5,721 ft. It has 7 tunnels on the climb so please bring
a rear flasher, there is auto traffic on the parkway
After the ride each day we usually lounge around or go downtown to shop
etc. We meet each evening at 6:00 for dinner, usually downtown
Asheville.
Most folks depart Sunday either early or after a ride up the parkway
again.
Plan to attend our spring training camp in beautiful Asheville NC, if
you need any more information feel free to give me a call at the
following numbers or e-mail at mike_faehnle@yahoo.com
Work: 419-878-9030
Cell: 419-367-6386
Home: 419-882-7362
See you out there,
Mike Faehnle
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Mentoring
Program
The club is starting
something new this year called the Mentoring
Program. We would like a
few more experienced riders/racers to volunteer to be Mentors.
I have created a Mentors page on the website, with Links from
most pages, that will have a picture of the Mentors and a link to their
email address. This job will
require you to field any questions directed to you from members or
non-members. If you feel
like taking this job to the next level you can, such as talking over the
phone, setting up rides with people etc.
The additional activities will be completely up to you as the
Mentor. Please email Steve
Sams if you are interested.
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Escorts-
“Breakfast Rides” & Races in “C” Group
No not that kind!
We would like to have at least one rider show up for the earlier
Breakfast Rides to “Escort”
any new riders, less experienced etc. down to Grand Rapids.
Basically if you show up for the earliest group you could hang
out and see if there is a need for an Escort, if not just go with the
next group to leave and so on. We
would also like to have someone be an Escort in the “C” group races
(excluding TT’s), each week. You
would answer any questions, give instruction on cornering, tactics,
sprinting, etc. This would
be considered a volunteer activity over and above your 2 race worker
requirement. The plan at
this point is to offer 20 pts for this as well, so plan accordingly
towards the end of the year, we will only need one person per race.
I think we will have people sign up in advance just like we do
for Race Directors, you can email Heather
Mitchell and/or Steve
Sams, and we will post it on
the Race Schedule page.
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Membership Registration
The registration page is up and ready to go on the website, so don’t
procrastinate; get your 2010 Membership
done now. The link can be found on the main web page.
WE ARE OFFERING FREE MEMBERSHIP TO ALL NEW CLUB MEMBERS, THOSE
WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN A MVW MEMBER BEFORE.
Want Ads
The want ads page has been purged of all items as of last week.
If you would like something posted, please email Steve
Sams with details.
Additions
to Website
I have made a number of changes to the website.
I have added an “Activities/Rides”
Tab, which will take you to a table of all the local rides in town,
check it out. We can add more if needed.
Several new Links have been added to the Sidebars as well. The
“Breakfast Ride” page has been updated
with more detailed information. Check
out the News Archives, especially if you
are new to the Club.
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ABC
Racing Format
The
club will be moving to a new racing format for 2010. This new format was
chosen based on a number of things, most importantly attracting new
members to race, feedback that the club races were inaccessible for new
riders etc. The ABC format is outlined in detail in the following link. ABC
Racing Memo.
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2010
Clothing Update.
The
club will be ordering new clothing this year. The plan is outlined in
the attached memo. Please follow the link. Clothing
Memo.
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Dave
Teall Podcast - Bikepath Etiquette, another fine
piece by Dave.
Find
the Podcast here. Your MP3 player should launch and play the
podcast.
In
my comp 1 class students are completing a SoundScape audio podcast. As
always, I urge my students to seek a wider audience through publication.
Having fashioned a model podcast for the students to follow, I thought
it wise to practice what I preach. It's titled Bikepath Etiquette.
David Teall
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Wanted-
Used Road Bike
I
am
relatively new to biking and am looking to purchase a used bike. Do you
know where the best place to locate a bike would be. I am looking to
spend under 600 for my first bike. Size would be 56 as I am 6 feet tall.
Chris
Mathews
chriscmathews@gmail.com
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2009
Awards Banquet
| Wheelmen
of Year |
Heather
Mitchell |
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CC
Omnium |
Mark
Armstrong |
| Most
Improved |
Mike
Peiffer |
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Will
McGlaughlin |
| Club
Champ |
Mark
Armstrong |
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Jason
Mishka |
| Sprint
Champ |
Mark
Armstrong |
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| TT
Champ |
Mark
Armstrong |
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CC
Crit |
Chris
Brinkman |
| Womens
TT |
Heather
Mitchell |
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Rob
Foshag |
| Womens
Club Champ |
Lavinia
Raffoul |
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Jeff
Crawford |
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| Buckeye |
Mike
Faehnle |
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CC
TT |
John
Card |
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Tom
Wisniewski |
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Jeff
Crawford |
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Gary
Tarsha |
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Mark
Armstrong |
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| Vets |
Mark
Armstrong |
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CC
Road Race |
Mark
Armstrong |
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Jon
Brinkman |
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Dave
Komives |
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Chuck
Plaskey |
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Tony
Gwin |
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| Master |
Tony
Gwin |
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CC
RR Women |
Rachel
Steele |
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Horst
Obereder |
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Karen
McKee |
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Adam
Slough |
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Lavinia
Raffoul |
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| Senior |
Chris
Tracey |
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CC
TT Women |
Karen
McKee |
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Chris
Brinkman |
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Heather
Mitchell |
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Mike
Peiffer |
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Lavinia
Raffoul |
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| Women |
Lavinia
Raffoul |
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CC
Crit Women |
Rachel
Steele |
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Rachel
Steele |
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Heather
Mitchell |
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2009
Iceman Results and Photos.
We
have have the results and photos for all individuals who participated
which can be found Here..
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Starting
Saturday
September 26, the starting times for the Breakfast Club rides have
moved up
one hour, so the early
rides will leave at 8:30, 8:45 and the regular ride at 9:00.
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A
short video from last weeks CFC.
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02/06/10
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