The Dirty Derailleur - the online newsletter of MVW 

Updated 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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

2009 Awards Banquet

 

Wheelmen of Year Heather Mitchell CC Omnium Mark Armstrong
Most Improved Mike Peiffer Will McGlaughlin
Club Champ Mark Armstrong Jason Mishka
Sprint Champ Mark Armstrong
TT Champ Mark Armstrong CC Crit Chris Brinkman
Womens TT Heather Mitchell Rob Foshag
Womens Club Champ Lavinia Raffoul Jeff Crawford
Buckeye Mike Faehnle CC TT John Card
Tom Wisniewski Jeff Crawford
Gary Tarsha Mark Armstrong
Vets Mark Armstrong CC Road Race Mark Armstrong
Jon Brinkman Dave Komives
Chuck Plaskey Tony Gwin
Master Tony Gwin CC RR Women Rachel Steele
Horst Obereder Karen McKee
Adam Slough Lavinia Raffoul
Senior Chris Tracey CC TT Women Karen McKee
Chris Brinkman Heather Mitchell
Mike Peiffer Lavinia Raffoul
Women Lavinia Raffoul CC Crit Women Rachel Steele
Rachel Steele
Heather Mitchell

 

2009 Iceman Results and Photos.

We have have the results and photos for all individuals who participated which can be found Here..

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.  

A short video from last weeks CFC.


Downtown Toledo Races; above,
 sometime in the 80's, right Dick DeLombard leads in 1975 
and, last, 1977.

 

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