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Tacoma Wheelman’s Club Newsletter jp ,ay
634 North Howard, Tacoma, Wa, 96406 -Aprit; 1976
### SCHEDULED TOURS

Sat,.-Sun,<Mon,
29, 30,

.

Keep

31, May

Sat
Ride to Victoria, B. C,--Joy Yancy- Leader--Leave Fort Angeles Set
or 8:15 Am or 12:45 PH Sun, Ride will include sightseeing
vicyeling toms, Call Frank Weldon, (565-2181) for informat
fon and reservations, °

Sunday July 25 open for the third annual Haven Lake ride,

Are your DUES, due? A large number of memberships due& are due in April and May, If you are not sure of your date, chack with Steve Newton, 472=1374

@ SOUTH TACOMA, WASH. 98409
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SOUTHWELL’S
Schwinn Cyclery

Pot luck supper ride April 11, 19
Twenty Six eager riders met at ou
leader, Ruth Klopsch*s house in F
land at 12:30 in the afternoon. Af
the usual last minute scurrying

ound, adjusting equipment, pumpin
neglected and soft tires, the rid
under way. The ride lead out past

ific Luthern University and through Spanaway park, crossing pacific ave, over int
ting back roads toward Graham, ;

Several miles this side of Graham, my bike ran off the sharp edge of the pav and flipped over sending me sprawling ‘nto the roadway, Fortunately there were. no cars coming to run over pe, Chris Buckner, ~iding behind me, stopped immediakely, ran over and ask "Is your olke hurt? " Did you hurt your bike"? Actually I was mo concerned for my personal anatomy, Struggling to my feet T discovered nothing mor

vice President S4iit Dalene iuy VAT stir
Secretary Happy Payne 582-3038
Treasurer Steve Newton 565-3859
Touring Captain Jack Williams 627<1931
Racing Captain Gary Singleton BDH 3 523
Bleycle Action Dan Feldhaus SK2-079%
Newsletter Virginia Stratton JU6-3438

Tacoma Wheelman’s Club Newsletter AY

634 North Howard, Tacoma, Wa. 98406 -Aprit, 1976
SCHEDULED TOURS

DATE - TIME MEETING PLACE DESTINATION MI TOUR LEADER
Sun, LOAR King County Pask Enumclaw Green River Sorge ho Folly Crook
Meet at Tacoma Fall theater for car pooling 9 AN 472-8133
Sun, 7 AM 2 and Pacific , Breakfast ride 25 Linda Proch
May 9 (Breakfast in route) 565- 3859
Sun. 12 noon Southworth Port Orehard 24 Kathy Reilly
Nay 16 Meet at 11:00 AK, at Swasey for car pooling 752-7158
Sat, 10 AN Swasey Kopechuch 30 Frank Weldon
May 22 Overnite camping trip 565-2181
Sun, 9 AM Sweasey Kopechuck 24 3% Bod Daklke
May 23 Ride to meet campers at Kopechuck 858-8259
Sun, 12 noon 2th & Pacific Sumner 24 Katy Weigman
Yay 30 p oH 588-8775
Thurs, 9 hoe Fred Meyers Ni N. corner parking Lot (6 te 8 miles) »
June 3 19 th and Stevens : f
Thursday nite rides will continue tirough the summer, They will be easy 6-8niles
ride and will start from different neighborhoods, Bring change for ice cream cones,

Sat
Ride to Victoria, B. C.--Joy Yancy- Leader-—Leave Fort Angeles 8:1
or 8:15 Am or 12245 PN Sun, Ride will include sightseeing
bicycling tomrs, Call Frank Weldon, (565-2181) for informat
ion and reservations, :

Sat,~-Sun,<Mon,
29, 30, 31, hay

>

Keep Sunday July 25 open for the third annual Haven Lake ride.

Are your DUES, due? A large number of. memberships due& are due in April and May. If you are not sure of your date, chack with Steve Newton, 472=@1374

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SOUTHWELL’S BICYCLING WITH JACK i Pot luck supper ride April 11, 19 Schwinn Cyclery Twenty Six eager riders met at ov 5419 SOUTH TACOMA WAY leader, Ruth Klopsch's house in F SCHwikt N° SOUTH TACOMA, WASH. 98409 land at 12:30 in the afternoon. Af : ; ms the usual last minute scurrying = EEONE e72"1974 ound, adjusting equipment, pumpin neglected and soft tires, the rid under way, The ride lead out past ific Luthern University and through Spanaway park, crossing pacific ave, over int ting back roads toward Graham, :

Several miles this side of Graham, my bike ran off the sharp edge of the pav
and flipped over sending me sprawling ‘tito the roadway, Fortunately there were. no
cars coming to run over pe, Chris Buckner, ~iding behind me, stopped immediately,
ran ovér and ask "Is your olke hurt? " Did you hurt your bike"? Actually I was mo
concerned for my personal anatomy, Struggling to my feet I discovered nothing mor
serboug than a skinned knee, : ;

—

: 2 Bicyeling with Jack (cont,) We have had serval accidents lately, fortunately nothing of a serious nature, Last week on Frank*’s, South Center ride, Marx Natz and Pat Branson both took spills at the railroad tracks, Be sure to hit railroad tracks at right angles and keep a frim grip on the handle bars, If the ere is too mich traffic stop and walk your bike over, Better to be delayed > thirty seconds than fall into the middle of the road and get run over, :

At Graham we stopped at < handy market for pop and candy bars, them startd ed back, We soon turned off the main drag and Ruth, led us down a rock and bou- lder strewn logging read which soon petered out to a trail through the bush, Ev= en this trail deterioatcdas we made our way down a steep hillover logs an bushes, Some carried their bikes, I heard crashes behind me as people fell, thrashing

, around in the bush with their picyeles on top of them, Leader lynching mitter-

ing was rampant up and down the line, There was no lack. of trees to hang her on, but noone had a rope, At the bottom of the hill we ran out of the Boods an onte an open pasture, Did you ever ride your bike through a wet, soft, sogey -— pasture? Better come along on Tacoma Whee] men Club rides, Who knows what'll be next! On the far side of the pasture , we hit a smooth easy road and leader hanging talk soon subsided, The opinion was unanamous though, that this ride was different to say the least. i

Back at Ruth's house we lined up to a table that greaned with it’s load of goodies, I*1l bet there was enough for fifty people, Four or five kinds of potato salad, Spaghettil, Jello , beans, meat balls, hot dogs, and drinks-- you name it someone had brought it, No one went away hungry or thristy here,

This was one of our real fun rides and I'am going to implor Ruth, to do
this again, and soon! eo ‘

“Even though the sun’ didn’t shine on our
club race, the riders did the race and was a
complete success. We had around 90 riders
coming from Seattle~ Tacoma, and Portland,
Catagory 1's race did there 30 miles in i hr,
18 min, 30 sec, averaging over 24 MPH. but
the fastest lap was completed in cat, 2 at

4 page| “omin, 41 sec, compared to cat, 1’s fastest
RALEIGH ~ 5 min, it sec, :
. CANUCE Results of Point Defiance Racer

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| 688-2286. |.
8813 BRIDGEPORT WY. $.W.

Cat, 1

Ravid Gnehn, Velocipede

Tom Ruth, Portlend Road Club
BALL Turina, Velocipede

Cat, 2 25 miles 1 br, 4 min,
Richard Gnehn, Wheelsport

Steven Ramp, N, E,W.

Gary Singleton, Tacoma Wheelman

Cat, 3174 miles ? min, 19 sec.

Robert Cumming, N.E. W,

Phil Yost Tacoma, wheel man

bob Gstrow L* E guipe “

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Racing with Gary (cont,)

Sr, Novice 5 miles 14,13
Dary Stickler

Tacoma Wheelman

dy, Novice 5 miles 145
Steve Cury Tacoma Wheelman

Tacoma Wheelman
Tacome Wheelman

Tacoma Wheelman
Tacoma Wheelman
Tacoma Wheelman

Other results from other races with our club racers were:

cat, 3 Phil Yost. VYolenterpark . 3rd
wet, 2 Gary Singleton Joe Matava. Race 3rd
Steve Cury Jr, Novice Joe Matava Race 3rd

5/8/9 Spokane R, R, / criterium
5/15/16 Seattle oR, R, / eritertum
5/22/23 Portland oe Olympic Development
5/29 — Racers training rode

For more information on races call Gary Singleton Yn 3 523

The General Meeting of the Tacoma wheelmens’ Club is held the third
Wednesday of exch month, 7:50 PM, at the Swasey Library, 7001~6th Ave.

Dues axe $3.00 per individual, $5.50 per family, with $1.00
initiation fee, . :

There will be a short program of Interest to bikers at each meeting.