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ANN ARBOR BICYCLE TOURING SOCIETY ••••
Newsletter Winter 2011–2012
BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2011-2012
Don Broadway (chair) — (734) 560-1601
Debbie Beer — (734) 645-1205
Chris Marble — (734) 426-8694
Dave Patria — (734) 665-3961
Tom Powell — (734) 994-6340
OFFICERS
President: Doug Tidd (734) 678-8297
Vice President OHR: Bob Martel (734) 646-1507
Vice President BASE Jim Lee (734) 604-0696
leej [email protected]
Secretary: Jeff Witzburg (734) 459-4013
Treasurer: Kathleen Donahoe (734) 996-4985
COMMITTEES
Membership: Beth Caldwell (734) 663-5060
and Ann Hunt (734) 761-1147
Mileage: Vickie Smith (734) 996-9461
Ride Calendar: Amy McKinley (734) 276-0240
Maps: Jeff Eisemann (734) 747-1862
Newsletter Editor: Lynda Collins
(734) 994-7929 [email protected]
Special Events: Dan Harrison (734) 476-4944
Publicity: Tom Sleeker (248) 761-7634
SUPPORT STAFF
Email manager: [email protected]
Equipment: Tom Glowacki (734) 426-4616
Web Gal: Deb Halbleib [email protected]
Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society
P.O. Box 1585 Ann Arbor 48106
www.aabts.org
HIGHLIGHTS OF DAVE AND SANDY’SRIDE2RECOVERY 9 / 11 CHALLENGE
SEPTEMBER 11-18, 2011Dave Hahn
O n the 10th anniversary of the terroristattacks we joined 350 healing heroes on thisbicycle trip that started at Ground Zero inNYC, travelled west through Pennsylvania toShanksville (UAL Flight 93 crash site) and onto the Pentagon.
We were reunited with the high school kids who rode
3,480 miles (Seattle to York ME) to raise $100,000 for
Ride2Recovery. We had ridden with them on two days as
they rode through MI this past summer. In the background
is the wreath Ride2Recovery laid at the firefighter memo-
rial at ground zero where 343 firefighters lost their lives on
9/11.
At Engine Company 10, which sits at the corner of the trade
center plaza, we met firefighters who lost 9 of their comrades
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on 9/11. The buildings collapsed at their front door.
Our son Dan was able to ride with us on the first two
days. This view is from Liberty Park N.J. looking at the
Manhattan skyline. The black building on the far right
is the emerging Freedom Tower, being built on the trade
center site.
NBA star Charles Barkley joined us on day two. The Philly
Museum was our starting point for the day. He’s wearing
a size XXXL jersey that he can’t zip up. Charles punished
his bike for 25 miles.
The hills punished us. Throughout the trip they came at us
relentlessly, like waves in the ocean.
BUT there were wonderful downhills too.
We were addressed at various points by fine speakers with
relevant messages. Below (L) Tim Brown (firefighter officer
in the tower command center that day). Bob Delaney (LC)
(Author, NBA referee, undercover cop) shared his discoveries
about PTSD. Debra Burlingame (RC) (Attorney, writer
and sister of the pilot of American flight 77 that crashed
into the Pentagon). General Amos (R) (Commandant of
the Marine Corps).
There was a special sendoff from the cemetery at Gettysburg.
Abe Lincoln himself gave a reprise of his famous address.
Weather conditions were cold and rainy at times. Here
you can see the teamwork and struggles that go into getting
everyone to the finish each day.
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These scenes recurred often. School kids and adults lined the
streets to cheer our healing heroes.
Shanksville PA: This boulder, placed at the impact site, is
the gravestone of the crew and passengers of United flight
93. We raised our flag and laid a wreath to honor the crew
and passengers. Sandy was still an active United Airlines
flight attendant at the time of the attack and had taken
9/11 off--Dave’s birthday.
We arrived at the Pentagon with military precision at 1400
hrs on 18 Sep 11. Here too we honored our fallen heroes
with a wreath, and humbly acknowledged the cheers of the
crowd and dignitaries that welcomed us.
What none of these pictures and captionsdescribe is the healing that went on as werode the miles together; sharing stories, help-ing each other, rebuilding focus and hope, ac-complishing things we thought we could notdo, creating a community that lives on pastthe end of the ride. The bicycle, this simpletwo-wheeled machine, is truly a wonder! It
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seems to possess the power to transport bothbody and soul from where it is to where itneeds to be.
SOME STATISTICS:
Cycling days: 8
Total miles: 576
Average miles per day: 72
Total vertical climb: 32,000+ feet (6.06 vertical miles)
Total vertical descent: 32,000+ feet (6.06 vertical miles)
Shortest day: 51 miles
Longest day: 97 miles
Ray Fullerton (1937 –2011)‘‘a zest for life and a giving nature’’
T he Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society and the Ann Arbor bicycling community lost a goodfriend on December 18, 2011 when Ray Fullerton passed away. He was 74.
Ray was a 13-year member of the AABTS and was also active with the League of MichiganBicyclists. He served on the Board of Directors for the Allen Creek Greenway ConservancyProject, and was a Bicycle ambassador for the mayor of Ann Arbor. He led the way in the SafeRoutes to School Program in the elementary schools and the Citizens Advisory Council. Hewas also instrumental in acquiring Silver Status for the city of Ann Arbor with the League ofAmerican Bicyclists.
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Ray enjoyed all sports including water skiing and snow skiing, sailing, mountain and roadbiking, and motorcycling. Ray established the Whitmore Lake Water Ski Club, was PatrolDirector of the Crystal Mountain ski patrol for over ten years, a member of the National SkiPatrol for 36 years, and a ski instructor at Winter Walden.
Ray was also an expert sailor. In addition to many Port Huron to Mackinac races, he sailedaround the world in l996. He was an active member of the Catamaran Racing Association ofMichigan and enjoyed weekends competing with his friends.
Ray had ridden a motorcycle in Europe, the farmlands of Michigan and the mountains ofthe U.S. He enjoyed weekly mountain bike rides with friends on the Island Lake trails and hisannual trip north for the Iceman Cometh Bike Race. He was a regular rider on various AABTSrides.
Ray is survived by his wife, Joan French, brother Ronald Fullerton, daughter Lori Melton,and son Robert Fullerton, as well as by step-sons Dave, Paul, Joe, Fred, and Steve Guttman, aniece Robyn Ramseyer, and sixteen grandchildren.
Ray had a definite zest for life and lived it full tilt. He gave back through teaching sports,community service, and serving as an inspiration to his friends and acquaintances. Ray’s ministerat the First Baptist Church of Ann Arbor said of him during his memorial service, "he wasunafraid of death because he had accomplished all he set out to do." We will all miss him.
Memorial contributions, to be used to place a bench in Ray’s memory along the Island Lakebike path, can be made payable to Michigan Mountain Biking Association-Metro South, 883Sutherland St, Plymouth, MI 48170. Please put ‘‘Ray Fullerton Memorial’’ in the memo line.
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One Helluva RideGets It’s Own Facebook Page!
Bob Martel
T his year’s effort to promote the 2012 OneHelluva Ride includes for the first time aFacebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/onehelluvaride
We want this most widely used social me-dia tool to serve as both a marketing deviceto entice new riders to try the ride for thefirst time and to increase the ongoing con-nection between seasoned OHR riders andthis fantastic event. The Facebook page willbe used to communicate timely event infor-mation to participants and prospects as wellprovide a year round connection to the eventwith regular bicycling-related posts through-out the year. The OHR Facebook page alsocontains the only known online photo archiveof ride patches going way back to 1977 andphotos of most of the annual ride jerseys. Thephoto galleries also include pictures from re-cent OHR rides and will be updated annuallygoing forward.
It is our expectation that the OHR Face-book page will become a tool that the AABTScan use for both promoting the OHR rideand serve as a living archive of past events.By using Facebook, AABTS is making this
information available to the broadest possibleaudience.
We encourage all current AABTS to ‘‘Like’’the OHR Facebook page. Simply go to thislink:https://www.facebook.com/onehelluvaride
and like the page. We would also appreci-ate your inviting any and all of your Face-book friends who are cyclists to like the pageas well. The instructions for inviting yourFacebook friends to ‘‘Like’’ the OHR pageare quite simple: Go to the OHR Facebookpage, then look for and click on the ‘‘InviteFriends’’ icon on the right side of the page,from that point the required steps are veryobvious.
The One Helluva Ride web site will beupdated with 2012 specific information bythe middle of February. As in the past, onlineregistration will be possible using the web sitecommencing on March 1st.
LAKE MICHIGAN COMBO RIDEBy Jim Datsko
T he weeklong bike tour considered bymany to be the most scenic bike tour inAmerica is our own Lake Michigan ShorelineWest led by the League of Michigan Bicy-clists. That makes perfect sense when you re-alize that Sleeping Bear Dunes recently won asAmerica’s most beautiful area in ABC’s GoodMorning America viewer’s poll.
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But what if you don’t care for tent camp-ing? Or don’t want to be required to ride ev-ery day regardless of the weather? Or maybeyou can’t take a whole week off work to doa bike tour? Then I have the perfect solutionfor you. I call it the Lake Michigan Combo,or using biker’s parlance, the LMC.
The LMC consists of linking together twoadjacent single-day tours to fill up an entireweekend with fully supported ‘‘invitational’’touring along the Lake Michigan Shorelinewhile being fed homemade cookies and othertasty treats along the way. This is possiblebecause two shoreline communities indepen-dently set up a daylong bike tour on the samethird weekend of August, one on a Saturdayand the other on a Sunday. That their tourloops touch each other on the coast was pureserendipity; it wasn’t planned that way. Youcould even super-size your tour to make along weekend out of it by including some ofWisconsin’s shoreline after booking passagefor you and your bike across Lake Michiganon the Steam Ship Badger.
Here is the plan for Saturday’s M.A.D.ride in Ludington. Show up at the Trin-ity Evangelical Church between 7 am and 10am depending upon which one of their fourloops ranging from 14 miles to 100 miles youhave selected. The two shorter loops go formiles along the coast into the Ludington StatePark where I could have sworn I was ridingNorth Carolina’s Outer Banks with identicaldune/surf scenery, except here if you jumpin for a dip you aren’t risking a limb to thesharks. It’s rated #1 State Park in the Mid-west with hiking, skiing, and canoeing trailsthroughout its 5,300 acres as framed by Ham-lin Lake on one side, and Lake Michigan’sBig Sable Point containing Nordhouse DunesWilderness on the other side. To maximizeyour coastal experience ride the century routewhich is the only one going as far south alongthe coast as Pentwater and then on to theHart, Mears, and Silver Lake areas.
Six country churches along the way areyour snack stops, and each church providesenthusiastic volunteers to keep the ride wellstaffed and well fed. Church #4 is famous
for their bounty of home-baked goods suchas chocolate chip zucchini bread. After theride a tasty picnic with a dozen homemadesalads, baked beans, grilled hamburgers, anda baker’s dozen of homemade desert itemsawaits you. Then you are free to head toa beautiful beach for an afternoon swim orsunset on Lake Michigan.
In addition to enjoying a spectacular rideyou are also riding to ‘‘Make A Differ-ence.’’ Your registration benefits a charitycalled HELP, Hands Extended Loving Peo-ple. While you don’t need to sign up anysponsors, nine of the local pastors issue achallenge to each other resulting in their rid-ing enough miles to bring in an additional$27,000 from their congregations for thischarity. The winning church takes home thebeautiful silver crank-set trophy for the nextyear. The funds raised provide used furniture,handicap ramps, home repairs, emergencyshelter, bathroom modifications for handicapaccess, etc. for those significantly needy per-sons falling through the cracks of any otheravailable support. This high-spirited ride con-tinues to grow as it heads into its tenth annualyear of offering compassion through its part-nership with help-ministry.org.
Saturday night is on your own. Camp inthe dunes at Ludington State Park, or stayat one of the numerous resorts or motels inthis area, but plan to be at the MontagueHigh School early Sunday morning. Thatshouldn’t be a problem, as it’s only 45 milesdown US-31.
While there are plenty of restaurants forSaturday night dinner in Ludington, I’d sug-gest heading partway towards Montague toNew Era for a special treat. It’s called theCountry Dairy, which is a fun farm storeand deli, and home of the bottomless cupof milk. You’re in luck as Saturday nightfeatures their scrumptious pizza buffet. Nat-urally the cheese and many of the pizza top-pings are produced right here on the farm, soit’s all hormone-free and corn-fed. You canactually watch the cows grazing as you dineon their cheese or their ice cream for dessert.I’m very particular about my pizza and my ice
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cream, and these both rate excellent gourmetquality. Additionally the deli has a nice menufor other meals any time of the day.
If you prefer more of a Blue Plate Specialexperience, then continue another mile or twofurther south on old US-31 to the TrailsideRestaurant. Not fancy, just tasty. And ev-erything being made from scratch helps tokeep their prices down to reasonable or bet-ter. That means your turkey will be freshroasted, and your mashed potatoes will havesome genuine lumps. They are famous fortheir homemade pies. Conveniently for trailriders, both of these restaurants are locatedadjacent to Michigan’s granddaddy of inter-city paved rails-to-trails, the Hart-MontagueTrail.
Now for Sunday morning: Plan on ridingthe MOST. The Muskegon Oceana ScenicTour is a long-running tour sponsored by theWest Michigan Coast Riders. This tour of-fers routes of 25, 50, and 75 miles going alongLake Michigan and passing by inland lakes,beaches, and fruit farms. It is fully supportedwith the usual snack stops, route markings,SAG service, blah, blah, blah. Since the roadbuilders put the road out of sight of LakeMichigan in this area, you’ll want to supple-ment the two included beachside stops withan easy 100 yard extension into Cedar PointPark, and then a 200 yard extension intoClaybanks Township Park and Campground,to experience the beach at those two addi-tional openings.
After accomplishing the longer version ofboth of these tours, you’ve pedaled a bigchunk of Lake Michigan’s shoreline in oneweekend for less than $50 in total registra-tion fees. While riding the Saturday and Sun-day tour loops, you’ll see several of the LMBShoreline West ‘‘Dan Henry’’ arrows on theroad, adding to your feeling of having vicari-ously participated in that big event. Time tohead home for work on Monday morning.
For those wanting to extend their week-end, take the S. S. Badger from Ludington toManitowac, Wisconsin, where you can ridetheir paved Mariner’s Trail north along theirshoreline to Two Rivers, and then on to Point
Beach State Forest. For a refreshing interlude,have an ice cream sundæ, where they were in-vented at the little museum-ice cream parlorin Two Rivers featuring the locally churnedCedar Crest ice cream.
For additional information, see:
http://www.HelpMadRide.com
http://www.WMCoastRiders.org
http://www.Michigan.gov/ludington
http://www.VisitLudington.com
http://www.SSBadger.com
http://www.lmb.org
Or contact author at [email protected]
WE TRIED TO RIDE. . .
by Mary Hensel
O n Sunday, October 30, the morning ridehad a Dexter start. Roxanne and I, bothAABTS members, planned to ride. This timeof year the weather and temperatures can bean issue, especially for ‘‘fair weather’’ riders.Good ride days are becoming more limited, sowe wanted to take advantage when we could.
That morning was a little chilly (20 de-grees) but was expected to warm up. The sunwas out, but rain was predicted. . . hopefully,not until later. We decided to give it a go.Roxanne lives in Dexter and I live in Ann Ar-bor. My car was packed and I was ready toleave. . . but the car wasn’t.
At 9:20, forty minutes before the ride, mycar would not start. I called AAA and believeit or not, the tow truck showed up in aboutl5 minutes. The jumper cables started the carimmediately, but it was too late for a ten a.m.ride.
I called Roxanne and she agreed to wait sowe could ride together. I told her I would bethere within 30 minutes. When I arrived shewas not at the gazebo, our meeting place, butI hadn’t expected her to stand there and wait.
I called her cell phone. She told me shehad ridden out with the group and was goingto turn back to meet me. However, she hada flat tire about two miles out. She had the
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tire off and a new tube out but didn’t have apump. I told her I would ride out and helpsince I have a pump attached to my frame.
When I arrived and took off the pump, itkept coming apart.So I was no help! Roxannecalled her husband. He drove out to meet usand after assessing the situation agreed that itwas not good.
He put Roxanne’s bike and tire in the hisvan and headed to the bike shop. I mounted
my bike and rode back to Dexter. After afour mile ride, (no, I didn’t report the milesto Vickie) I drove home.
On the recommendation of the AAA, I de-cided to have my battery checked and likelyreplaced. The only shop open on Sunday hada two hour wait. . . so I forgot it.
The best plans can be sabotaged by seem-ingly everything.
STOCKBRIDGE RIDE 14 SEPTEMBER 2011
The photgrapher observes, ‘‘We should be the Ann Arbor Bicycle, Touring, and Lunch Society. ’’
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Photos by Terry Treppa
7TH ANNUALWORST DAY OF THE YEAR RIDE
Paul Alman
O nce again, I have been asked to report onthis, the 7th Annual Worst Day of the YearRide, which took place Sunday, January 22nd.For those who don’t know about this ride, itwas started 7 years ago as part of the Down-town Development Authority’s desire to en-courage people to use their bikes to get down
town, to enjoy the joys of riding in weatherthan isn’t 70 degrees and sunny.
First however, a confession: Boy, I hatethe Worst Day of the Year Ride! There Ihave said it and I feel sooo much better.
Why you might ask, if you hate it why doyou show up year after year?
Well, it obviously isn’t about the Weather.This year, a bit below freezing, light wind,dreary as it should be in January, roads wet in
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some spots, snow/slush in others, so while notthe ‘‘worst day of the year’’ by any means, nottoo bad considering. It is also one of thosechances to prove to myself once again, thatwearing the right clothes takes the weatherout of the equation. Warm tootsies, warmfingers, life is good.
The Organization? No, just the opposite.The organization handled with great effect byDeWight Plotner (and family: Vicki, Travisand Chelsea), plus the great good cheer ofthe staff of Wheels in Motion, shows whatcommitment can do. (They stood out therein the cold for more than 4 hours, policedthe bike parking and helped with every singlelittle thing that came up.) Not a single hitch;every ride should be so well organized.
The Participants? You are kidding ofcourse, aren’t you. Perhaps the widest va-riety of Ann Arbor area ‘‘bikies’’ assembledin one place all year long! Three hundred,yes 300! hardy folks showed up. Families,townies, mountain bike crazies, Ann ArborVelo Club road racers, even a dozen AABTSmembers (I guess most of the other membersare in Florida already), riders from all overSE Michigan and northern Ohio, casual andhard-core, commuters; about everyone youcan imagine. Well, I don’t think I saw anyrecumbents but I might be wrong, and ourusual uni-cyclist wasn’t present this year. Ev-ery type of bike and rider, all doing what weall love—riding our bikes in the face of what,to many would be unimaginable—riding out-side during the Pro Football Playoffs! Whatare we nuts? Oh, we know better don’t we?Smiling faces everywhere!
The Routes? Something for everyone. Aleisurely (yeah, right) road 40-miler up toWhitmore Lake this year joined by multi-Tour de France finisher Frankie Andreu anda about 60 other crazies, a shorter, more sane20-mile road ride, a wonderful Local LoopMountain Bike ride that attracted nearly 60riders (did you check out those 4’’ tires ona couple of the bikes, or Jason Jones amaz-ing Moots Snow bike?), a very nice 50 per-son dozen mile ride around Ann Arbor, anda Mayor-attended 6 mile loop about down-
town Ann Arbor. Choices for the all of uswho will take any opportunity to get outsideand ride our bikes with others. The ridingwas excellent, no incidents, and most of thecars and drivers were of the friendly, ‘‘whatare you kidding me’’ variety.
Amenities? Nope, are you kidding again?Hot chocolate, coffee (thanks Mighty GoodCoffee—have you seen their bicycle themedcafe on North Main Street; very cool and lotsof the latest, and not so latest bike maga-zines?), pastries from Zingerman’s at the signin, and even a double-headed heater for thosenot yet dressed warm enough.
And after the ride? Can’t hate that! Didyou see the nearly full block long bike parkingin front of the Arbor Brewing Company? Ifonly that could be the everyday norm. Freehot soup, great snacks, fantastic beer, lots offree SWAG from Wheels in Motion, JamesKnight at Garneau and others. That onlymakes me hate the Ride a little less.
So, what is it that makes me hate it, what’sleft? OK, here it is: It is bad enough thatI can hardly recognize half of the people Isee on my best day, let alone remember theirnames, but put everyone in a Michelin Tireor Pillsbury Doughboy suit, cover their faceswith balaclavas, and what little is left of mymind, just gives up. How can I be expected torespond to everyone’s good natured “Hi Paul,isn’t this a blast!” when I haven’t a clue who itis under all those clothes. So, yes, I hate notbeing able share, by name, how great I feelbeing and riding with all these fun people ona nasty winter’s day.
Maybe next year I can convince more ofyou to join this season kickoff and even con-vince DeWight to give out name tags to ev-eryone just to help me from hating even alittle bit, the Worst Day of the Year Ride!
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
October, 25, 2011St. Louis Center, 16195 Old U.S. 12,Chelsea, MI 48118
Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring SocietyAnn Hunt
Dear Ms. Hunt,
We would like to thank you and all themembers of the Ann Arbor Bicycle TouringSociety for your generous donation of $150to St. Louis Center. I am truly thankful foryour kindness and your generosity, as is allthe staff and residents.
You have been so helpful and supportiveof the center for many years and we greatlyappreciate your caring.
Thank you again and may God bless youand your loved ones always.
Sincerely,
Fr. Joseph Rinaldo, SdCAdministrator
Dear AABTS Family,
Please accept this belated thank you for theplant arrangement in honor and memory ofmy father.
In his later years (70’s), Dad did a bit ofbicycle riding with me and I will cherish thosememories.
It is great to have such an extended familyas a support mechanism.
Lexanne Creitz
From Margaret Ferris (Phil Howrey’s daughter)to Tom Powell:
Dear Tom,
I wanted to thank you and the rest ofthe Ann Arbor Bicycling Touring Societyfor their contributions to the most recentnewsletter. The stories shared by my dad’sfriends brought both tears to my eyes and asmile to my face. He was quite man, wasn’the? I can’t express the pain and shock weexperienced upon learning of his death, but
through these stories and our own memorieswe are able to celebrate his life. I am sincerelygrateful to all of you. Tricia sent the newslet-ter to all of Phil’s kids, and we called eachother that night to cry, laugh, and remember.Mark especially remembered a night whenDad came home after the AABTS beat theVELO club in some sort of time trial - man,he was pumped! He was a great athlete, per-son, teacher and Dad!
I know my siblings and Sharon join me inthanking you.
Gratefully,Margaret Ferris
NOTE: At the suggestion of Dave and SandyHahn AABTS donated $500 in support ofRIDE2RECOVERY and their mission to helpmake a difference in the lives of wounded war-riors. From one of these riders:
Dear Ann Arbor Bicycle Touring Society,
On June 16th, seven students, includingmyself, from the St. Paul’s School bikedacross the United States of America for an or-ganization called Ride2Recovery, which helpswounded veterans with mental and physicaldisabilities. We started in Seattle, Wash-ington, dipped our back tires in the PacificOcean and ended July 29, 2011 in York,Maine as we threw our front tires in the At-lantic with excitement, to complete our goalacross America. The group covered 12 differ-ent states as we trekked along and we wouldnot have been able to complete this task with-out the support of our donors.
On behalf of the SPS Cyclists, I would liketo say thank you for your support on our en-deavor across the country. Our 44-day jour-ney across this nation could not have hap-pened without your involvement.
Thank You Very Much,
Sincerely,Luke NorenaSt. Paul’s School Class of 2014
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Tom Sleeker arranged for AABTS to contribute$1,000 to Make-A-Wish Miles for Smiles 2011.This entitled the Club to sponsor five miles ofthe ride; our sign and logo were displayed alongthe route each day for five miles. Seven of ourclub members were also credited equally withthis money for their fund raising quotas: Char-lie DeRoo, Dan Clarke, Diane Spence, Kath-leen Malone, Scott Dedenbach, Shawn Deden-bach, John Finnegan (Ride Captain). Congrat-ulations to these fine riders.
Dear Tom,
Thank you so much for your support of the
Make-A-Wish Foundation and our Wish-A-Mile Bicycle Tour.
Your purchase of a Miles for Smiles routesign helped us raise enough funds to grantover 240 wishes!
Thank you for making wishes come true.
Take care,
Janelle L. GunnEmpress of AdventureWAM Tour Co-Director
FINAL 2011 AABTS MILEAGE
The final 2011 mileage has been posted on the AABTS website. I don’t really know if thispast year was one for the record books, but I do know a lot of miles were ridden! Here is a roughrundown of stats (not exact by any means; we need Dan Harrison to give us the true numbers!).
• In 2011:
• 360 riders
• rode over 1200 rides
• led by 120 different ride captains
• for close to 500,000 miles
Congratulations to what has to be one of the most active cycling clubs in the state, if not thecountry!
–Vickie Smith, AABTS Mileage Chair
Town and Country Bikes in BrightonUnder New Management
Louis Morin, new store manager at Town and Country Bikes in Brighton, would like to extenda number of incentives to current AABTS members: 20% off of accessories, 10% off of parts,and $10 off of tune-ups year round, as well as 15% off the purchase of 1 bike yearly. Stop in atTown and Country, 8160 Grand River Rd., Brighton, MI 48114 to get acquainted. Info: call810-227-4420 or visit http://tncbikes.com
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WHO IS THIS YOUNG RIDER?
Send by email your informed guesses to the AABTS Newsletter Editor, Lynda Collins at([email protected]), and submit additional mystery rider photos to her for future Newsletterindentity contests. The winner’s name will be published in the Newsletter. (Hint: Who elsewould ride that famous Italian marque – Taylor?)
May—June 2012 Newsletter Deadline
April 23, 2012
Typesetting: Jonathan Rodgers, Ann Arbor MI
