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‘Tacoma Wheelmen's Club
P.O. Box 99555
Tacoma Wa 98499-0555

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Gerald Kavka
Gary Cousins
Doug Cady

James & Cynthia Ulm
Reina Holtman
- Sliarol Borrowman

. William Barker Jon Glatz
Jim Mc Queen John Herd
Douglass Andreasen Paul Borne
Bonnie Ellison Dick Smith
Alice Mascette Craig Sewell

Despite the rain we had 1400
riders show up for the Daffodil
Classic. The club made a net
profit of $3800.00. Thanks
for all of your help.

There will be a few, and I mean very few, Daffodil T- shirts available for sale to club members and the general public on June 1st 1988. They are $8.00 each. Please call me if you would like one. Paula 475-2131 (6-9PM).

JUNE 1988

VICE PRES.........STAN KIESZLING
SECRETARY

CAPTS......-GREG & GINA GRENIER
NEWSLETTER..TERRY & CANDY MURPHY

DIANE LISTER 752-8636
752-6028
565-2742

475-2131

752-4348
848-7597

HOORAY! THE HOT
LINE MAKES ITS
DEBUT!

759-2800 759-2800 759-2800 The phone line is in, the ma- chine is plugged in, and through the voice and efforts of Carol Rushton we can re- ceive updated ride information any time!! Our rides will be described, and changes or add- itions to the ride calander can be heard. Please call Give it a try. {ff you'd like to lead a ride that's not on the schedule, leave a message with all the info, and Carol can add it to the taped mess- age. You can alse leave messages about other club bus- iness, and Carol will pass it on. 759-2800

759-2800 759-2800

According to the calendar, Spring has come. Now if someone would just tell the weatherman that, we could clean the cob webs out of our spokes and get on with some bike riding. In years gone by it didn’t seem to matter so much if it rained, but with the aging . process comes adversity to rain gear and involuntary showers. It has been real sneaky this year. The weekends seem to go like this: If | get up and decide it looks real bad, better stay home, the skies get pro- gressivly better all day. If it looks pretty good and | get suckered out, it’s sure to rain and hail later. Anyway I'm tired of hearing “we really need this rain” and | don’t want to talk about it any more.

The major event this month is the First Annual. Brunch and Bent Fork Award at Tweten’s Lighthouse Restaurant in Port Orchard, June 12. (Steve said it couldn’t be a “First Annual” but | said it can be anything | wanted it to be.) You. will be up against - some serious competition as | have always won the Bent Fork Award at Team Green Death functions and those guys are some real pros. | did have an advan- tage there as | didn’t drink beer and they guzzled as | much as they ate. May have given me a distinct edge.

Ride the Peninsula Metric and volunteer to work a checkpoint. We are now sched— uling checkpoint and registration volun- teers for the Peninsula Metric. Most shifts are 2-3 hours long, which still gives you time to get in a ride. Call now to get your preferred time and - location. Call Gregg Grenier 752=4348.

JUNE ©

We will stuff Peninsula Metric packets
after a 6:30 potluck at Greg and Connie
Torfins. 9903 40th Ave E. Phone 537-
5823 for directions or more information. _

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Anyway this ride will be a little different ride code than most. Going to Port Orchard will be a #3 ride and the return trip will be a #12. Cost of the brunch is $10 and if we have enough people we will get the banquet room said to be very elegant. So let’s all put on our best manners. No belching or you know what. That ,_ means you John.

Highlights of Spring Centuries
Daffodil—Despite a rainy day the turnout was terrific.
Big news here was this was the second year inarowl
stayed sober.

Lewis County Historical: Great time despite rain and
hail. Couldn’t keep Blummel-Made in England in front
of my wheel all day.

Unofficial 125 Miles to Centralia: Great ride down.:
Read Blummel-Made in England all the way. Died
short of Tenino on the way home. Didn’t recuperate
until Wednesday. Sunday on Vashon wasn’t much
fun.

Inland Empire: What a difference a week can make!
Sailed through 100 with flying colors. Winery tour on
Sunday was even more fun than century. Half a bottle
of wine can surely improve anyone’s performance,
once you master getting on your bike. Due to fresh oil
on road, had to circumvent Weber. Canyon. Wonder
what that pay-off cost?

Speaking of riding in Eastern Washington. No one over there uses computers. Available in every aviation shop are Airspeed Indicators which are much more accurate than computers. Thus eight miles an hour in=

hour. Twenty miles an hour with a 20 mph tail-wind
gets you nothing. But the latter is still so much more
fun than the former.

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The Northwest Tandem Rally thanks you!!

A big thank you to the club members who volunteered their time and effort to mak— ing the rally a success. Another inval- uable help was the use of the club P.O. Box and treasury. We could'nt have made it without the support of the Tacoma Wheelmen's Bicycle Club. Thanks!! ...Diane Lister, Harvey Lister, Laurie Wohlhueter, Jim Davis, Steve Lay, Phyllis Lay, Greg Grenier, Connie Torfin, Greg Torfin, Kathy Davis, Paula Napier, Dan Niebrugge, and Leslie Grainger.

Date Time Miles Start Point

So Park Com Ctr
50th & S Tac Way

Code Leader

Activity

3 terry King
474-7698

TCC Bus Stop 19th
& Mildred

Thur. night ride 1 Karen Whitney

565-2742

Torfins 9903 40th
Ave East

Peninsula Potluck Torfins

537-5823

Westgate PSNB
N 26th & Pearl

STP Training Greg Grenier

752-4348

UPS 11th & Union

Jim Lorenze
759-1516

Spanaway Lake

Priest Pt Park -

Dr Rt to Park

Lacey I-5 to Pacific
Ave Exit Rt to E Bay

Ride around Priest
Point - Olympia

Terry King
474-7698

Southworth Ferry Peninsula Metric ALL | Greg Torfin
Terminal Cent 537-5823
7703 27th St W. #12 | June Board Meeting Karen Whitney
565-2742
Wrights Park Thursday Night Ride | 1 Jim Davis ~
Conservatory ‘ 759-5616
So Park Fast TNR 3 Terry King
50th & S Tac Way = 474-7698
Les Gove Park Black Diamond Loop 3 Lori Wohlheuter
‘ 878-5465
. So End Neighborhood | Easy Ride dim Davis
6/12 Gee Wes in’ 759-5616
Sun 7AM 85 Paradise Bowl Ist Annual Tweeten 3 Carol Rushton
6/12 12505 Pacific Ave Lighthouse Bent Fork|CY* | 537-3888
8AM 765 ~—«*«(|~ Dunkin Donuts Brunch Ride aoe
6th & Howard
Thur [6:45 ]|8-12 27th & Grandview Thursday Night Ride Diane Lister
6/16 PM Dairy Del 752-8636
Thur |6:45 {18-23 So Park Fast TNR 3 Terry King
6/16 | PM 50th & S Tac Wa poe 474-7698
Sat 9:00.) 75 UPS N 11th & Union Steady Pace 3 Ray Maines
6/18 | AM 752-2028
Sat 10:00 440 Westgate PSNB Narrows Bridge & 2 Diane Lister
6/18 _|AM N 26th & Pearl Kitsap Peninsula 752-8636
Sun 10:00 {20-30 Westgate PSNB Ride & Decide-- 1
6/19 | AM 26th & Pearl No Leader
Tues ]|6:45 |18-23 S Park Fast Tuesday Night 3 Terry King
6/21_| PM 50th & S Tac Way Ride 474-7698
Tues [7:00 |8-12 S End Neighborhood Tuesday Night Ride 1 Diane Lister
6/21 | PM

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Saturday Adventure Ride g-15 aM

80 miles or there abouts depending
on weather & wind. Meet at Dunkin
Donuts on 6th & Skyline. Leader
unknown but fun time for experienced
riders guaranteed. Questions??
Call Melody at 851-7084

752-8636

MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE EVERY SUNDAY
Eric Eaton is leading a ride
every Sunday for mountain bikers.
The meeting place is Northwest
Bikes at 14104 Pacific Avenue.
For info call Eric at 531-4688

Date Time Miles Start Point

• - Activity Code Leader
• - Paula Napier
• - 475-2131
• - Diane Lister
• - 752-8636
• - Portland to Tacoma
• - Mystery Leader
• - Fred Meyers
• - S 19th & Union
• - Ride & Decide
• - Steve Lay
• - 759-1816
• - Centralia/John Kelly
• - ,Call leaders for
• - info
• - HOTLINE #
• - ARE WE HAVING FUN YET, PART TWO
• - or SON OF R.A.M RIDE
• - Climbing hills is a little like drinking
• - fine French wine, it's always fun but it's |
• - best when enjoyed with others. We had so :
• - much fun on the first R.A.M.R.O.D. prep-
• - aratory ride that we are going to do it
• - all over again on June 18th starting from
• - the U.P.S. fieldhouse at 9:00 AM. You

To Hel'en Back
'88

WHEN: July 1, 2, and 3rd
WHERE: Start and end in
Woodland, WA (30 miles north
of Portland on J-5)

HOW: A 3-day fully-
supported ride with overnight
accommodations, meals, rest
stops, bus ride up to see the Mt.
St. Helens crater and Spirit
Lake on the second day.

WHY: A fund-raising event to
join in with the American
Cancer Society's fight against
cancer

WHAT: A unique cycling
experience over the St Helens
landscape. Day 1--60 or 110
miles of moderate terrain. Day
3--90 miles of initially moun-
tainous terrain (that’s where the
Hel’en Back comes from)
WHO: YOU!

Send for more
information on
To Hel'en Back '88
2011 Main St.
Vancouver WA 98660

Say,

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Have You ever seen 3,000 cyclists in one
place at one time? Would you like to?

The Spanaway Checkpoint in the STP route
will be open Fri & Sat June 24 & 25th.

You're welcome to come participate.

People

are needed to help set-up, distribute
food and drink, be available to help cyc-
lists and clean up. Call Sue Given at
565-0535 (or leave a very brief message at
383-4351) to sign up for the shift of

your choice.

To Hel'en Beyond

WHEN: July 2nd
WHERE: Starts and ends at the
Cispus Center

HOW: A 200 mile 1-day fully
supported marathon ride

WHY: A fund-raising event to
join in with the American
Cancer Society's fight against

cancer
- WHAT: A unique cycling

experience over the St Helens landscape. 200 rugged, splendid miles around the volcano WHO: YOU! Send for more information on To Hel'en Beyond '88 2011 Main St. Vancouver WA 98660

Gold Rush Presented to
Smithsonian

Gold Rush, one of the fastest human-powered land vehicles, was presented to the Smithsonian Institution during a special ceremony on September 22, 1987, at the National Museum of American History. The aerodynami- cally designed bicycle was donated by the DuPont Compa- ny and will become part of a major exhibition, “A Material World,” scheduled to open in the spring. Prior to the opening of that exhibition, Gold Rush will be on view in the museum’s Hall of Road Transportation.

In making the announcement, Museum Director Roger
Kennedy said, ‘The Gold Rush is an important acquisition
not only because of the technological innovation that it
represents, but also because it offers a striking example of
the ways man has manipulated materials into artifacts for
everyday use.”

Conceived by California designer Gardner Martin, Gold Rush is composed of several lightweight, man-made mate- rials, including aramid and spandex fibers and polyester film, as well as aluminum. The vehicle, which weighs 31 pounds, is a supine recumbent and is enclosed in a shell to reduce drag. In May 1986, Gold Rush, driven by profes- sional cyclist Fred Markham, reached a record-setting speed of 65.48 mph on a paved highway in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

—BICYCLE USA News