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TACOMA WHEELMEN’S CLUB
PO BOX 112078
TACOMA, WA 98411

April Schedule of Activities —-

Sunday, April 8 Volunteers Daffodil Classic will
meet at the City Park in Orting at 9:30 am to ride
either 20 or 50 miles on loop 1. A fully stocked
checkpoint will be provided at Kapowsin, and
patches will be given to all riders. To participate,
sign up to work the day of the event.

Saturday, April 14 Preride for loop 2 - Start in
Tacoma for an 80 mile day, or start in Sumner for a
50 mile day. See the ride calendar for further
details.

Friday, April 27. Volunteers Potluck and regist-

ration stuffing party. Gather at Steve and Phyllis Lay’s home (#28, North Cedar) at 6:30 pm to partake in a sérupscious meal (of whatever every- body brings) and help get the registration packets and T-shirts ready for the big event. This is also when instructions will be given for Sunday’s various jobs.

Sunday, April 29. FIFTEENTH ANNUAL
DAFFODIL CLASSIC REGISTRATION
OPENS AT 7:00 am - morning registration workers
will be setting up at 6:30am. At the end of the day,
all volunteers are invited to a pizza party as thanks
for a hard day’s work.

GREG GRENIER ssa BOB MYRICK = 473-7455 JOANNA JOHNSON — 927-7569 1 JOYCE CLIFFORD: — 759-2393 9 DIANE TAYLOR. 759-4971 a 759-1816 2 752-8636 0

752-4348

Add miles to your
riding, comfort to
your miles.

Get ready for a "hands-on" experience on
April 17! Have you ever imagined how
wonderful it would be to have your. own
masseuse? Bring a friend to the next club
meeting and train your own.

Licensed Massage Therapist Dr. Harry Brook-
man will teach sports preparation massage and
thereapy as well as post-sports massage. He
will demonstrate the correct massage techni-
ques for quadriceps, hamstrings, shoulders and
neck.

Dr. Brookman advices those of you who want
to get involved to wear warm-up suits or
cycling/exercise wear and be ready to enjoy the
benefits, both physical and stress-relieving, that
massage therapy can bring.

WE’RE MOVING THE
APRIL CLUB MEETING

Our new meeting location will be the Oakland
Recreation Center at 4020 South 31st Street.
That is just north of Center Street, one block
east of Tyler.

H&S) RIDES AND ACTIVITIES (Qe

DATE _|TIME | MILES START POINT ACTIVITY CODE LEADER
Sat 10am 35 Seven-Eleven Brown & Haley Candy Sale 2 Steve & Phyllis Lay
3/31 6th and Alder 4000 calorie ride | 759-1816
Sun 8am | 65 UPS Fieldhouse Orting Lions Club BBQ 3 | Steve & Phyllis Lay
4/1/90 North 11th & Union i 759-1816
Tue | 7:30pm| -- Greg Grenier’s home Board Meeting ~ Greg Grenier
4/3 3715 N. Shirley 752-4348
Sat 9am 15 Pinch’s Deli - Spanaway | Tacoma to Tenino 4 Jon Turnipseed
4f7 15225 Pacific Ave STP training ride ot 565-8654
Sun 7am 100 UPS Fieldhouse Daffodil pre-ride from Tacoma 3 "| Steve Lay
4/8 North 11th & Union 759-1816
Sun 9:30am| 20o0r | Orting City Park Daffodil Classic Pre-Ride Event all Sue G. 565-0535
4/8 50 for all day-of-ride volunteers Diane L. 752-8636
Sat 7am 80 UPS Fieldhouse Daffodil Pre-ride Loop #2 3 Steve Lay
4/14 8:30am| 50 Sumner High School ‘we'll stop at the Bakery in Sumner 759-1816
Sat 8am 15-20 | Vantage, Washington Bob & Larry’s High Desert Adventhre Bob Myrick
4/14 Harvester Restaurant “be prepared - wilderness lurks” all 473-7455
Ellensberg, Washington Manastash Ridge : all Bob Myrick
Valley Cafe -downtown mountain bike 473-1455
-Mon : Round Table Pizza Peninsula Metric Committee Jon Turnipseed
4116 = North 26th & Pearl new volunteers welcome — 565-8654 —
Tue Tpm - Oakland Recreation Center} TWC abe MEETING Bob Myrick
17 4020 South 31st Street i 473-TASS
Thur Bob Myrick’s home “Maintain your Bike" Bob Myrick
6015 Pacific Ave Bottom Bracket & Pedals 473-TASS
UPS Fieldhouse Camping Trip Steve & Phyllis Lay
North 11th & Union Kanaskat-Palmer State Park 759-1816
UPS Fieldhouse Ride Around Town 1 7 Tim Moss
4/21 North 1ith & Union 4 627-3771
Fri 6:30pm} — Steve & Phyllis Lay’s home | Daffodil Volunteer Potluck ~ Steve Lay
4/27 U #20 North Cedar stuff registration packets 759-1816
Sat CALL THE RIDELINE ..... CALL THE RIDELINE....}. 759-2800
4728 [oe
Sun 7am - Orting City Park DAFFODIL CLASSIC Greg Grenier
4729 | 7pm 752-4348
Sat 8am 40+ Fife Executive Inn STP Training Ride - HILLY 4 Mike Wood
5/5/90 | 5700 Pacitic Hwy. E maps provided 565-2499
es aaa +
Sat 9am 12+ Wright Park Conservatory | Point Defiance and then some i John Hansen
S/S South 3rd & G Street : | 627-7240

#3 Steady pace - limited stops. Cue saeets or map provided, 13-16 mph #4 Fast pace - very limited stops. Cue shects or maps provided. 16+ mph ey

The Peninsula Metric committee is still welcom-
ing volunteers. Come to their next meeting, on
Monday, April 16, 7:30pm, at the Round Table
Pizza on North 26th and Pearl. There are lots of
small jobs just looking for a volunteer. Call Jon
Turnipseed 565-8654 or Dan Niebrugge 756-9976
for more information.

Each month the newsletter will report on one or
two aspects of the Club survey and the discussion
of the results that was held on March 17. This
month the focus is on the demographics of our
membership, and the survey in general.

118 surveys were returned, reflecting a very diverse membership. When asked about their riding habits and the type of riding they’d like to see in our club, the range was wide. From slow to fast, short miles to long, mid-week to weekend to overnight rides were all requested. A small percentage of our answers showed interest in mountain biking, and there was virtually no interest expressed in racing as part of our club’s needs. By and large the members of our club joined in order to have organized rides to participate in and to meet other riders. 97% of the respondents indicated that they do intend to

renew their membership. We can feel good about -

what we are currently doing. There were areas
where improvements and changes are suggested.
Some changes are already happening. For exam-
ple, our club meetings are no longer enduring a
long business meeting. A short period of
announcements and reports is held and we quickly
move into the program portion of the meeting. If
March’s attendance of 45 people is repeated, we'll
know we're doing the right thing. The diversity of
our membership indicates that almost any idea,
activity or ride would be welcome and would find
others who share that interest. Don’t hesitate to
suggest or try something new. Mid-week rides
seem to be a good possibility - how about some
new ride leaders? It truly is your club!

IWC Board Mini-Minutes
uesday, March 6, 1990

rgely, a meeting of discussion and reports, th ollowing highlights might be of interest:

1. The Greater Seattle Bike Expo was a huge| uccess. A lot of interest was generated in ow lub’s two events. The Daffodil T-shirt was a hit

ots of positive comments.

. It is requested that chairmen of any and all clu
ctivities write a list of volunteers who helped
em and submit it to the Secretary, so that ne:
ear’s banquet chairman will have easy access t
is information.

. The South End Neighborhood Center seems t increasingly noisy during our club meetings. e board felt a change in location could be an sset to our meetings. Beginning with the April lub meeting we will gather at the Oakland ecreation Center (and we will be the only enol

ere at that time).—— ———

. Last year we committed our club to a $1,

x year <onation to the Pierce County—Par

procketman program. That program is no

perating with assemblies for school children
sing presented by SprocketWoman (our club’
wn Jan Wieser). We will be sending ou
nation for this year in May. This program als

‘ot a big boost recently as REI of Federal Wa
lonated $3,000.

. The Pierce County Transit, in their develop
ent of a plan for non-stop busses from
kewood to Seattle and from Puyallup t
attle, is discussing the feasibility of secure|
icycle parking for bike commuters.

. The compilation of our Club Survey _ is}
mplete, and an open discussion is planned for
arch 17. (see related article)

An update on Senate Bill 6434 for a bicycle
afety program was given. (see insert in thi
ewsletter)