NEWS WEST TEXAS CYCLING ASSOCIATION

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1 Volume 24 Number 5 April 2011 NEWS WEST TEXAS CYCLING ASSOCIATION 2011Officers A beloved member of our bike club, Scrub Hawley, passed from this life April 24th at the age of 79. Below is a vivid picture of Scrub and his passion for cycling as verbally painted by Jurgen Heise. It was Paris-Brest-Paris, a radonnée from Paris to the coast and back, close to 900 kilometers, self-supported. Something like a 90-hr time limit. Lights have always been required. Scrub was one of the few Americans who did it early enough (and finished it in the time limit) not to have to requalify. Like those attempting it later. PBP is run only once every three years. To my knowledge, he completed it thrice. Some of us have many more touring miles under the belt, but NOBODY had Scrub s PBP record. President: Carol Clowes president.wtca@bikewtca.org Secretary/Treasurer: Pat Gerdemann treasurer.wtca@bikewtca.org Newsletter Editors: Tonda Elliott newsletter.wtca@bikewtca.org, or Competitive Events Coordinator: Jurgen Heise Tours: Randy Mulsow Webster: Brian Alger webmaster.wtca@bikewtca.org Lubbock Bicycle Club The League of American Bicyclists, the national sponsor of Bike Month. Bike-to-Work Week 2011 will be from May and Bike-to-Work Day on Friday, May 20. President: JD Booker president.lbc@bikewtca.org Treasurer: Chaparral Cycling Club Date: May 14, 2011 Location: Crosbyton, TX Contact: Pat Gerdemann Details: The Caprock Escarpment will be held on Saturday, May 14th, at 0800 starting from the Silver Falls Rest Area just east of Crosbyton. So, Mother's Day is this Sunday and then you can ride the Escarpment to help eliminate those chocolates and other goodies. (Just kidding.) Silver Falls Rest Area is on highway 82 going east from loop 289. Just take the Idalou exit and follow Hwy 82 through Idalou, Ralls, Lorenzo, and Crosbyton to arrive at the rest area. The drive takes about 45 minutes from central Lubbock. The bicycle route continues east on hwy 82 until you arrive in Dickens. At Dickens, we will have a rest stop and then have you turn south to Spur. We'll refuel you in Spur and then send you northwesterly back to Hwy 82. We'll have a rest area at the top of the hill before you turn onto hwy 82. At hwy 82, you will turn left, west, and head back to Silver Falls. The total mileage is 58 and the cost for the ride is $5 per person. President: Carl Stokes president.ccc@bikewtca.org Events Coordinator: Jurgen Heise reasurer.ccc@bikewtca.org Next meeting: Monday May 9th Randy Mulsow rd Street Food will be served at 6:30 pm Meeting will start at 7:00 pm

2 Page 2 West Texas Cycling News NEW RIDE OPPORTUNITY CLUB RIDES Chapparal Cycling Club, as a part of the West Texas Cycling Association, will be hosting monthly Time Trials throughout the summer. They will be incorporated into the Thursday ride that leaves out from Chisum Travel Center at 6:00pm. Warm up will be the ride from the Chisum Travel Center to the staging area at the intersection of Slaton Hwy & FM1585. TT will start no later than 6:45pm. Riders will race the course and then continue on the usual Thursday ride course. Due to our insurance policy, all racers must be a member of the West Texas cycling Association. Membership forms can be found at the back of any WTCA Newsletter. In addition, membership forms will be available at the staging area before the race. The second Time Trial was held on April 21st and had another great turnout with 19 people racing and 3 volunteers. The next Time Trial will be May 19th provided we have volunteers to help put it on. We need one person to be the Official and then a couple corner marshalls (optional) and at least one (better to have two) finish judges. Contact Mike Ivins to sign up to volunteer. General disclaimer The general disclaimer for all official WTCA rides: All cycling activities by the WTCA require that participants wear a helmet. For everyone s safety, obey all traffic laws stop at stop signs stay on the shoulder on highways that have one leave headphones at home All of us need to be totally committed to making every one of our rides as safe as possible. For everyone s goodwill, please be punctual! All rides leave at the designated time. Rides are rated as follows: easy pace mph; moderate, mph fast in excess of 22 mph Weekly Ride Schedule Saturday Road Ride: Moderate ride of miles Location: Church on the Rock Slide Road Time: 8:00am Rating: to Sunday Road Location: th Street Organizer: Pat Crawford, Time: 8:30am Rating: to Sunday-Road Ride: 45 miles + on varying routes Location: th Street at Elgin Organizers: Rod Hobson Carl Stokes Jürgen Heise Time: Check with Rod, Carl or Jurgen (9:30 am) Rating: to Tuesday and Thursday Ride: 20 to 30 miles Location: Chisum Truck Stop Time 6:00pm Rating: to We re on the web! Gail and I are interested in starting off our next 30 years of married life on a tandem. I am 6 feet tall, Gail is not. If you have or know of one for sale or if you just want to offer guidance I thank you in advance. Tim Vignos. Tvignos@gmail.com Randy can you please send the above out to the club group. Thx. TV Tim Vignos. Sent from mobile. ( )

3 West Texas Cycling News Page 3 CLUB RIDES The Dog Hosuse Print Triathlon Date: May 15, 2011 The Buffman and Squeaky Triathalon Date: May 15th, nd Annual Ride Against Child Abuse Date: May 21st Location: Waller, TX Spindletop Spin Bicycle Ride Date: June 4, 2011 Location: Beaumont, TX 24 Hours in the Canyon Date: June 4th-5th, 2011 Palo Duro, TX Tri Raider Sprint Trathlon Date: June 25, 2011 Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake Triathlon Date: June 26, 2011 Tour de Nowhere Date: July 9th Location: Levelland, TX Roll for the Cure Date: August 13, 2011 Location: Hobbs, NM Hotter N Hell Date: August 25, 2011 Location: Witchita Falls, TX Fort Davis Hammerfest Date: September 17th 18th, 2011 Location: Fort Davis

4 Page 4 West Texas Cycling News First Name Last Name Goal YTD % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Brian Alger 4,800 1, % William Asquith 1, % Bryan Bednarz 2, % Mike Briggs 3,000 1, % Carol Clowes 2, % Stephen Crowell 3, % Wendy Dempsey 1, % 0 Jim DeVilliers 2,750 1, % Jackie DeVilliers 1, % Celeste DeVilliers % Tonda Elliott 2, % Sarah Gaxiola 2, % Pat Gerdemann 3,750 1, % Keith Gilmore 2,000 1, % Steve Gross 2, % Jürgen Heise 5,000 2, % Brian Hester 4,250 1, % Emily Hobson 1, % 25 Rod Hobson 5,000 2, % Michael Ivins 2, % Mike Kelley 3,000 1, % Billy King 3, % Bill Lane 2,011 1, % Renee Lane 1, % George Lange 7,500 2, % Victor Leal 3, % 100 Mark Loveland 3, % Kurt Loveless 4, % Penny Mason 1, % Rick Mason 2,500 1, % Jeff Mlady 1, % Alexander Morgan- Fleming 1, % 0 0 Randy Mulsow 2, % 140 David Nelson 2, % Curtis Norrod 2, % Derek Oler 7,000 2, % Andy Orsa 6,000 1, % Bill Ritchie 4,000 1, % Harry Rouch 2, % 93 Juliann Scholl 4, % Barbara Scott-Fleming % 0 0 Ian Scott-Fleming 2, % 0 0

5 West Texas Cycling News Page 5 First Name Last Name Goal YTD % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr Mark Smith 3, % Renae Smith 2, % Smitty Smith 4,000 1, % Bobby Stewart 2,300 1, % Donna Stewart 1, % Tim Vignos 2, % Doug Webb 1, %

6 Page 6 West Texas Cycling News WTCA Meeting April 11, 2011 Jill & J.D. Booker s House The meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm by Carol Clowes. Thanks to Tonda Elliott for the superb job on the newsletter. Pat Crawford moved to approve the minutes, Randy Mulsow seconded. Motion passed. Treasurer s Report was presented by Pat Gerdemann. Pat also reported that he receives website registrations periodically. Tour Report Randy Mulsow Rails to Trails, hosted by Pat Crawford and Liza Muse, was great with around 20 riders. Excess revenue was donated directly to Caprock Canyons State Park. Coming up: Caprock Escarpment Hosted by Pat Gerdemann Post to Gail Leaving at 9 a.m. at the Courthouse Hosted by Steve Crowell Easter Hill Country Ride April Contact Pat Crawford for camping. There is still room for campers, wildflowers should be in bloom. Ride with the Wind April 29 & 30 Fort Davis Tour Memorial Day Weekend May MS150 July 17,18 Cody Miler is trying to get a car to sag from Post. Caprock Escarpment scheduled for 2 nd weekend in May (14 th ) Roll for the Cure August 13 Race Report: - Steam-n-Wheels Bike Race & Fun Ride. Saturday, March 26, 2011 Results: Jacob-1 st place, Susan 2 nd, Paul-1 st, and Wendy-2 nd. - Wildfires closed park and much of the Ft. Davis area during the Fort Davis Hammerfest. - Third Thursday Time Trials - organized by Mike Ivans - Natural High cancelled due to winds - 24 hours in the Canyon June 3 to 5 and it is held at Palo Duro Canyon. The actual riding takes place from noon on 4 June to noon on 5 June. Check out the website at: 24hoursinthecanyon.org. - TTU Omnium is this weekend. Texastechcycling.com. Road race at Ransom Center and open to anybody. Critirium is closed to the public, takes place on Sunday at a location close to TTU. No participation requested of WTCA. Old Business Karl Stokes passed around pictures of the proposed new design of the Chaparral jersey. Curtis Norwood is working on a system of posting our biking photos on a website, so they may be accessed for club use. New Business In light of a recent serious automobile/bicycle incident and the increasingly aggressive auto traffic, discussion ensued to educate the public. The following was suggested: Promote the Ride of Silence Use Motorcycle campaign format example See Us, Save Us. Billboards-Ainsley will look into possible donation of space with WTCA paying for production, as well as other options. We will proceed on this. Spots on TV news I Beat Pete Susan Algers will assemble Welcome Packets for new members. Business cards are already available for the packet through Pat Crawford. Ride Times for April: club rides will move to 10 a.m. for Saturday and Sunday rides. Beer Ride continues at 9:30 a.m. In May, Saturday ride starts at 8 a.m. from Church on the Rock and Sunday ride starts at 8:30 a.m. at Pat Crawford s. The next meeting is on May 9 at Randy and Sandra s at 6:30 p.m. for food with the meeting starting at 7 p.m. Jügen moved to adjourn, Pat seconded. Motion passed.

7 West Texas Cycling News Page 7 WTCA (CHAPARRAL CYCLING CLUB / LUBBOCK BICYCLE CLUB) Membership Application Name City State Address Zip Code Phone (home) (work) List additional family members Your Birthday Type of Membership Name Sex Birthday Age (please check one) Name Sex Birthday Age Family $25 Name Sex Birthday Age Individual $20 Bill would help protect bicyclists, 'vulnerable road users' Name Sex Birthday Age Newsletter only $15 by I am Kathleen interested Thurber in Weekly rides Touring Racing Triathlons MTB Midland In consideration Reporter-Telegram of being admitted to membership in the WTCA, I do hereby release and forever discharge (for myself, my heirs, administrators and executors) the WTCA, its officers, members, sponsors, and every other person who because of his or her position as an officer or participant in a WTCA event, of any type of liability to me for any injury or damage whatsoever that I may sustain or incur arising out of or as a result of any WTCA race, Published: ride, or event Sunday, of any April type. I 5, understand :19 that under AM CDT certain conditions, bicycle riding and racing may be hazardous to my person and health. I agree to indemnify and hold harmless the above-mentioned from and against all claims and actions by others for any act or omission on my part in connection with any WTCA event. I agree to ride safely at all times, to obey the traffic laws, and to wear a helmet. Signature Date We practiced those (Parent or skills Guardian until must they sign for were minor automatic. children) Thus unburdened, we could ride the miles and chat All memberships with our friends. are for Never one year got from old, never receipt will. of payment. Please indicate whether this is a renewal. Please send your check (payable to WTCA) and this completed application to I don't miss the old bikes or old clothes. I miss the bike-rider brotherhood, expressed in its purest form in the disciplined group ride. Road cyclists, two by two, rolling away the miles together. Old roadies reading this are nodding and smiling. We WTCA all miss those rides. Are those days and rides simply gone? c/o Pat Gerdeman PO Box I'm happy to report that two new clubs in Denver/Boulder promise to promote this sort of riding. Members will be expected to know how to Lubbock follow a TX wheel, navigate in a revolving pace line and be able to ride a straight line while extracting bottles from cages. They should be aware of the responsibilities of riding in a close formation - warning riders behind them and controlling their bikes smoothly and predictably. Check if this is a Renewal Check if this is a New Membership