TOURING CAPTS..STEVE & PHYLLIS LAY
NEWSLETTER

Tacoma Wheelmen’s Club
RO. Box 99535
Tacoma, WA 98499

SPANAWAY CHECKPOINT POPULAR
WITH STP RIDERS

A photo of the Tacoma Wheelmen's Club banner received an enthusiastic cheer from the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic riders at a Sunday morning brunch and slide show in Portland. About 6,000 riders paus- ed at the TWC-staffed Spanaway Checkpoint, the 48 mile rest stop on the 200-mile course. They were greeted by enthusiastic hosts who provided water, juice, food from apples to watermelon along with first aid, mechancial assistance, sympathy and en- couragement. Many thanks to all our TWC volunteers for making Spanaway such a pop- ular part of the annual STP ride:

Dave Bell, Tony Beuche, Bob & Pat Bran- son, Jim Davis, Carla Gramlich, Gina, Greg and Lisa Grenier, Rocky Hauge, Carl & Gertrude Hansen, Ted Gruber, Michelle Hughes, Bob & Liz Lathrop, Phyllis & Steve Lay, Diane & Harvey Lister, "Mr." Jessie Richards, Rosemary Rowell, Carol Rushton, Joan & Stan Sanders, Diane Tay- lor, Connie & Greg Torfin, Linda & Rich- ard Walter, Bobbie Wentworth, Laurie Wo- hlheuter.

-Sue Given, Coordinator

159-5616
848-3714
878-5465
565-0535
759-1816

The Fifth Annual Peninsula Metric
Century was a great success due to good
weather and hard work from the following
volunteers:

Tom B., Kathy D., Teresa D., Tracy D., Jim D., Sue G., Gina G., Lisa G., Greg G., Leslie G., Rocky H., Lori K., Phy- llis L., Steve Lay., Diane L. Harvey L., Dan N., Carol R., Diane T., Connie T., Greg Torfin. Tony Beuche, Peninsula Metric Chairman Terry King, Peninsula Metric Chairman

A Few Peninsula Metric shirts are
still available, Call Tony at
565-5755.

RED GOTTFRIED TANDEM
Excellent condition 23" frame
Asking $900
Call Swinford's 862-2437

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At the June meeting, it was agreed to
proceed with the purchase of a TWC HOT
LINE.

This is a telephone number that our
club members as well as the general pub-
lic can use to obtain information about
TWC events and general bicycle information.
They can also leave messages. We'll all
benefit from this club resource.

The Hot Line will take some effort to
get it setup. We're looking at purchasing
a quality recording system, and then eith-
er using a telephone answering service or
asking a local bicycle shop to house our
equipment.

WE NEED YOUR HELP--If you have been involved with a Hot Line, or know some- thing about this type of equipment, we need your help--NOW. Also, the Hot Line will need someone to manage it next year. If you think this is a job that you would be interested in, again we need to hear from you.

Please give me a call----Jim Davis
759-5616

The booklet then lists 11
helmets that currently meet
either ANSI or Snell standards.

Helmet Booklet

e “In any (cycling) accident,
even a minor one, you have a”
50-50 chance of hitting your
head. If it is unprotected and
moving at 20 mph when it hits

They are: Bailen, Bell Biker,
Bell Mark |, Bell Tourlite, Bell
V-1 Pro, Fury, Hanna Pro (new
model), Kiwi, MSR, OGK and

something solid, you are dead
... period.” :

So says the United States
Cycling Federation (USCF) in a
new booklet titled, ‘‘Get A
Head Start: Head Injury,
Helmets And The Cyclist.”’ The
16-page booklet explains how
the brain can be injured in a
cycling accident, what should
be done for the injured cyclist
and how helmets are de-
signed and tested.

Supergo. (This year, all riders
entering a USCF race will be
required to use an ANSI- or
Snell-approved helmet.
Leather ‘‘hair nets’’ are not
acceptable.)

For a copy of the booklet,
send a_ self-addressed,
stamped envelope to: USCF
Helmet Brochure, USCF, 1750
E. Boulder St., Colorado
Springs, CO 80909.

-from Cyclist magazine, Mar.86

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If you have a favorite place to ride,

please fill out this form. If you
need any help on routes to lead a
ride or help to get cue sheets or
maps copied, please let us know.

Steve & Phyllis Lay,
Touring Captains

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Your Ride

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DESCRIPTION: (Brief details of the ride, if riders
should bring food or money, etc.)

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TERRAIN: FLAT PACE: LEISURELY
ROLLING MODZRATE
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e Active people require
no more protein than sed-
entary people, according to
the Journal of the Ameri-
can Medical Association.

© Special sponges, cactus fiber washcloths, Euro- pean creams, rubberized pants, and other “aids” ad- vertised in newspapers and magazines can’t deliver you from “cellulite.” “Spot- reduction” exercises can give you stronger and firmer muscles, but they do virtually nothing for the fat sitting on top of your muscles. The only weapons ever found successful in the “Battle of the Bulge” area diet of moderate calories and regular aerobic exercise.

© One in every four pairs
of shoes worn by Ameri-
cans is a pair of athletic
shoes.

e@ When you feel like ex- tending yourself a bit more during exercise, research indicates that you'll gener- ally benefit more from ex- tending time, rather than increasing pace.

e Exercising in an urban
(high-traffic) area for a
half-hour can produce an
exposure to carbon-
monoxide similar to smok-
ing one-half to one pack of
cigarettes a day, according
to researchers at the New
York Hospital-Cornell Uni-
versity Medical College,
NYC. Ifyou live ina
smoggy area, think twice
about exercising outdoors.

Casual walking
not much good

asual walking is virtually useless when it

comes to cardiovascular fitness and weight
control. You have to look like you’re going some-
where when you walk: take long strides, swing your
arms for balance, and keep moving so your heart
rate can stay in an elevated range throughout your
exercise time.

© The greatest distance covered by a bicyclist in 60 minutes, unpaced, is 30 miles, 1,258 yards by Eddy Merckx in Mexico City, 1972. (That’s re—S?y 30 m.p.h.!)

Shifting gears

e If your bike requires that you pedal when you
shift gears, ease off the pedals slightly for smoother
and easier shifting.

® Shift deliberately and carefully. If you pull
your shift levers back too quickly or too slowly, your
chain may jam or jump off the sprocket.

© Don’t try to shift through all your gears at once.

e@ When taking hills, shift before you find it very
hard to pedal. The derailleur may not shift easily if
great pressure is applied.

© Once you reach the top of a hill, build back
to higher gears incrementally, just as you shifted
down incrementally.

— Source: L. L. Bean Guide to Fitness

e Your heart started
beating about 22 days after
you were conceived. During
an average lifetime, the
heart beats about 2.5 bil-
lion times.

© According to the Na- tional Institutes of Health, 40% of all U.S. school chil- dren are overweight. Study after study has shown that the typical overweight kid isn’t fat because he eats more than a kid of normal weight; he’s fat because he gets less exercise.

e Asanation, we eat
fewer calories than our
grandparents, but weigh
more. The reason is simple,
say the health experts: we
get less exercise.

e Ifyou want Fido to accompany you when you exercise, understand that, just like people, dogs can’t be expected to leap from a “fire-side lifestyle” to one of activity overnight. If your dog has been sedentary, allow him to increase his mileage week-by-week.

e There is some evidence
that a “Type A” personality
(aggressive, impatient,
rushed) may be modified by
participation in a regular
aerobic exercise program.

¢ Court sports such as handball, racquetball, and squash can provide the same cardiovascular bene- fits as jogging. Although the exercising heart rate fluctuates more in court sports than it does in jog- ging, the intensity and du- ration of the sports are suf- ficient to provide aerobic benefits.

@ Many people find that
the most creative time
of their day is while they
are exercising; thinking’s
clearer, and ideas flow more
freely.

Lord a mercy, time does fly! It's STP season again already. Training hit high gear after the Daffodil Classic. After a couple of weekends with false starts, we finally man- aged the elusive century day. Astonishingly, we found we still had miies left after the hun- dred. Surely this year was going to be better than last. It could hardly be worse.

We carefully formulated our plans. added some new strategies and selected fabrics. We discarded some old traditions such as over- hauling the bike the night before the ride, and changed others such as the starting time. Some things never change, such as finishing the jerseys at 6:00 pm on Friday. I looked skyward and let out a sigh as Lisa slipped hers on."Thank you Lord, it fits."

We were half-way to Roy before the sun popped up behind the mountain. What a gorge- ous scene. Before we burst through Yelm, the winds were starting to awakm with the rest of the world. Too bad they got up on the wrong side of the bed and were blowing in our faces. The miles were still rolling by pretty fast and we arrived in Longview with five hours forty minutes elapsed time. Unfortunately we had paced ourselves perfectly for 100 miles. Neither one of us had anything left in our legs. “What are we gonna do," I screamed. In a calm voice Lisa commanded "Take these" and held out three of the little miracle pills. Twenty minutes later we left in heavy rain but our legs felt as good as they had in Tac- oma and we didn't have any PMS.

I could hardly wait to cross the bridge so we would finally get our tailwind. I would love to be able to tell you what I said after we crossed the bridge and the wind dir- ection hadn't changed, only gained strength. I can get away with a few liberties in this publication but I do know there is a limit. Lisa had to be put in hiding from all the first-time riders from the Tri Cities that she had promised a tail wind to after the bridge. I surely would have hated to see her gunned down by an assassin's bullet.

At 2:45 we rolled into Lloyd's Center,
nine hours forty-five minutes after we left
Tacoma. Not bad considering the adverse
weather conditions.

At 4:30, Team Green Death held the First Annual Finish Line Scam. Everyone assembled at the Colliseum Red Lion in a team jersey and equipped with a bike. No questions were asked about how you got there. After a few pops, we redid the finish amid oohs, aahs and applause. Maybe it was worth the excruciat-= —

ing pain in my legs but I doubt it.

The low point of the trip was during the traditional briinch....1 lost the bent fork award I ve held captive for years, to a 16 year old kid who hadn't even ridden. I th- ought he should be penalized three platefuls but I couldn't arouse enough interest to get it to a vote. Not only that, they didn't ev- en offer me the senior citizen discount and

’ I'm a whole year older than I was last year.

If anyone found a front
I know where

One last thing.
tandem wheel along the freeway,
it belongs.

-Fast Granny

Now that you've had the taste of some
good summer weather, you are probably think-
ing about (1) riding your bicycle, (2) get-
ting a tan, (3) swimming at the beach, and
(4) a nice picnic with friends.

YOU GOT -IT === THE CLUB PICNIC
Save this date:

Saturday, August 22nd

Horeshoe Lake (near Purdy)

Here is the plan:

BICYCLE RIDE TO PICNIC
9:30 am South Park
10:00 am UPS

11:00 am START
12:30 pm LET'S EAT

1230: BIKER OLYMPIC GAMES
2:30 pm WATER SPORTS

3:30 pm RETURN BICYCLE RIDE

I've heard rumors that we'll be feat-
uring Lori's world famous A-1 Steak Burgers
(normally called hamburgers).

The club will provide all the pop, food
and desserts this year (thanks to all the
hard work on the Daffodil and the Metric).

Jim Davis

If you'd like to help with the setup and

serving,

give me a call 759-5616.