MHPVA Electronic Newsletter Debuts
This is the MHPVA's first electronic newsletter. In the future, if you have anything for the newsletter, please e-mail it to me, the editor, Mike Eliasohn, at editor@mhpva.org.
If what you have is on paper, mail it to me at 1016 Morrison Ave., Apt. 2, St. Joseph MI 49085-1429.
If you have regular photos, also mail those to me. If you have digital photos, e-mail those to our Webmaster, Paul Bruneau, webmaster@mhpva.org, but let me know what you sent to Paul.
I will mail a paper copy of the newsletter to members who don't have e-mail. So if you are in that category, and somehow read this anyway, please write or call me at (269) 982-4058.
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'WolverBob' Announces 2004 Michigan Recumbent Rallies
by Bob Krzewinski, Wolver-Bents
May 8th, 2004 (Saturday)
Michigan Recumbent Rally - East
The event will be held at the Willow Metropark pool shelter, located off exit 11 of I-275, just south of Detroit Metro airport, from 9 am to 3 pm. The event is free although there is a $4 park admission fee on weekends. While recumbents are the main theme, all cyclists are welcome to attend.
Events at the Rally will consist of recumbent displays, bike dealers, test rides, information table, a group ride at noon, and a "buying your first recumbent workshop" at 11 am and 1 pm.
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Paul Pancella's Volae
Paul Pancella rode his then new Volae from his home on the west side of Kalamazoo to the start of the Vineyard Classic Bicycle Tour in Paw Paw last Sept. 7, 2003, (Day 2 of the Michigan Recumbent Rally - West), did the tour, then rode it home -- a total of about 55 miles. The photo shows him as he was leaving the start-finish site in Paw Paw on his way home. (continued on page 2)
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Recumbent racing for “old” folks
I don't know whom the original source of this e-mail was, so therefore don't know who the "I" and "me" is, but it still may be of interest to "mature" recumbent riders/racers.
- Editor
The Senior Olympics program provides competitive opportunities for people 50 and over in a variety of sports, including bicycling.
The National Senior Games are held in odd-numbered years, with the even-numbered years serving as qualifying years. This year's state games, to be held in the Lansing area, will qualify athletes for the 2005 National Games.
Just as in the real Olympics, the governing body's rules for each sport apply to the Senior Games. An issue has arisen relative to use of recumbent bicycles in the Senior Olympics. program, and (League of Michigan Bicyclists executive director) Lucinda Means tells me that you are the experts in Michigan who may be able to help effect a change in policy.
Last year's rulebook stated that recumbents were permitted as long as they met U.S. Cycling Federation specifications. The 2004 USCF rulebook was revised to state that "bicycles commonly known as recumbent(s) may not be raced in USCF races unless there is a separate race for this category of bicycle, and then may be used only in that category."
Concerned that the National Senior Games folks might not be aware of this rule change, I called to inquire if they would be conducting separate races for recumbents. I was told they would not, but that states have wide latitude in establishing events that do not have a corresponding national event. (continued on page 2)
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