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We are an informal club. There are no officers, no dues, no meetings
to attend. Come out and ride with us (see our ride schedule), and call yourself a Seyboro Cyclist.
You should have some basic cycling skills and experience before attempting one
of our weekend or evening rides. The pace of our rides varies, but is normally no less than about 17 -20 mph.
The exception to this is our Tuesday evening "Beginning Biker" ride, which is strictly tailored to the abilities of the slowest
rider.
Our riders range in age from teenagers to seniors.
Here are some rider profiles*:
Name: Joanna Thompson
Profession: Economic Development
Bike: Felt 80
Favorite Ride: Any ride I can draft off the big guys; also
love the cold, windy winter rides.
Non-cycling activities: I have an 11 year old boy
in year round soccer, swimming, piano and Scouts who would like to also add in basketball and guitar lessons...therefore
I do not have a life. But on occasion I swim, jog, snow ski, water ski, go hiking...and I love to read, eat and
listen to 70's disco music...but not all at once.
Words to live by: "It's better to burn out than fade away."
(Def Leppard)
Name: Chuck Hand
Profession: Airline Pilot - Southwest
Airlines
Bike/s: Litespeed Vortex, Gunnar CrossHairs
Favorite ride: The last one
Non-cycling
activities: Running & Snow Skiing
Words to live by: Just Ride!!
Name: Sarah Alholm
Profession: Microbiologist
Bikes:
Litespeed Ultimate, Fondriest Mega Al, Jamis Dragon, Surly
Crosscheck, Trek 2300, Torpado fixed gear,
Specialized Stumpjumper, Schwinn Townie, 1/2 of Trek Tandem
Favorite ride: Colorado Springs - Deckers - Colorado
Springs.
Non-cycling activities: Hiking, Rock Climbing, Wrenching, Sleeping
Words to live by: ...found
on Kitzuma mountain bike trail reveiw but applicable nearly anywhere: "Potential to break up a relationship if she [he] don't
ride hard."
Name: Charles Royal
Profession: Commerial Real Estate
Bikes:
Cervelo Soloist, Specialized Festina M4 S-Works, Quintana Roo Kilo, Specialized Allez (the "crash bike")
Favorite
ride: First loop of the double century with the peloton en masse riding all the way through town.
Non-cycling
activities: Run, swim, tennis, beach and boatiing
Words to live by: "It's not the arrow, it's the indian."
Name: Rick Sessions
Profession:Pharmacist
Bike/s: Trek
OCLV with Ultrega triple group and an old Specialized Hardrock
Favorite Ride: Most any club ride is my favorite.
Non-cycling
activities: Reading, dining, swimming, music
Words to live by: "Treasure your health."
Name: Carol
Sessions
Profession: Dietitian
Bike: Giant Kronos
Favorite ride: Any ride in cool weather
Non-cycling
activities: Traveling, collecting teddy bears
Words to live by: "Eat right!"
Name:
Patrick Hawkins ( Hawk)
Profession:
Healthcare Finance
Bike: Litespeed Liege, Trek 5200, Huffy Fast Trac
Favorite Ride:
Western NC Mountains…esp last 400’ of Grandfather Mt.
Non-cycling
: Heli -Skiing in British Columbia (oh, did I mention Susan?)
Words to live by : The first breath you take each day…
Name:
Susan Stone-Hawkins
Profession:
English Teacher
Bike:
Cannondale R300 (we have to pay for Pat's bike!)
Favorite Ride:
Spartanburg to Marion (on a tandem w/Pat)
Non-cycling
Activities: Teaching, Pat, cooking, Pat, reading, Pat, cleaning house, Pat, etc.
Words to live
by: What goes around, comes around (take it as it is)
Name: Ralph and Judy Jodice
Profession: Ralph--USAF Brig General, Defense Attache to Beijing,China. Judy--Spouse
extraordinaire
Bike/s: Cannondale RT-1000 (Tandem), Trek 5000 (OCLV), Trek WSD
(Womens Specific Design), JAMUS Mountain Bike, 2x Trek 800s (knock around town bikes)
Favorite ride: our 25th anniversary
present...10 day trip with the tandem around the big island of Hawaii. Followed closely by 6-hills and Dudley Desert.
Non-cycling
activities: are there other activities besides cycling?
Words to live by: YOOHOO for all our friends!!
Name: Bob Harding
Profession:Optometrist
Bike/s: Performance Carbon-Ultegra
Favorite
ride:Seven Springs-Snow Hill
Non-cycling activities:Tennis,Fishing
Words
to live by: " Your hearse doesn't have a luggage rack"
Name: Frank P. Drohan
Profession: Owner, Operator of GOECO [CanonCopiers,Fax,Printers]
Bike/s: Litespeed Ultimate
Favorite Ride: To Kenansville and Back in the summer time.
Non-CyclingActivities: Resting. Eating and washing Cycling
Clothes...
Words to ride by: "Make the wind your friend" "Dave,
do we turn here?" "Im getting too OLD for this S*(%".
Name: Doug Fullington
Profession: Physician (aka: Teacher of excellent health)
Bikes: Litespeed classic, Trek mountain bike
Favorite ride: The very first ride that I did not get dropped and any ride
with good friends.
Noncycling activities: Working at being the best husband, father, and physician
that I can be and reading everything worth reading.
Words to live by: The more I read, the more I learn, and the less I know.
Name: Mike Haney
Profession: Small Business Owner
Bike/s:Litespeed
Ultimate, Trek Tandem, Soft-Ride
Favorite ride: Loop leaving Blowing Rock on Hwy 221 to Grandfather and Parkway
back.
Non-cycling activities: Golf & Ski
Words to live by: "That which does not kill you - makes
you stronger"
Name: Orlando Bermudez
Profession: Facility Manager, Federal Bureau
Prisons
Bike/s: Giant (Aluminum)
Favorite ride: Ride to the beach
Non-cycling activities: Dancing,
work-out at the gym, music
Words to live by: It is not the bike, is the rider.....(Corazón)
Name: Dave Galloway, "The President"
Profession: Director, NC
Motorcycle Safety Program
Bike/s: Giant TCR, Cannondale CAAD 5, Trek 2500
Favorite Ride: Natchez Trace Tour de Fools, 2003
Non-cycling
activities: Motorcycling, spoiling the grandchildren
Words to live by: Real men ride aluminum...
or titanium... or carbon fiber
Name: Bobby Baker
Profession:CNC Programmer for sheet metal fabrication
Bike/s:Litespeed Ultimate, Cannondale
Favorite Ride: Tour de Fools 'Natchez Trace' edition (First leg, at least,
that's the one I hear about all the time!)
Non-cycling activities: Poke-A-Doke
Words to live by:"Don't judge a factory worker by his uniform."
Name: Karen Baker
Profession: Director of Support Services, Food Service Distribution
Bike/s: Cannondale R4000
Favorite Ride: Any social ride, any distance, just give me lots of chatter.
Non-cycling activities: People watching, window shopping, talking junk.
Preferably all three at once.
Words to live by: "Wait up, guys!"
Name: Steve Desrochers AKA: Steve 21,
Profession: Professional
wrench, ( life doesn't get much sweeter)
Bikes: Litespeed Classic, Custom Pigeon (the official bike of China ),
Giant Tempo spin bike, Raleigh Technium mountain bike, Cannondale single speed fixed gear track bike, Sun 7 speed tandem cruiser.
Favorite
Ride: Boston, Mass to Provincetown Mass. 140 miles, 2 days. Starts in Downtown Boston, with all its hustle and bustle,At
the end of day one catch some sleep under the Bourne bridge next to the Cape Cod Canal watching the boats go by. Day
2 finish the ride at the tip of Cape Cod riding through bike paths cut into the sand dunes of Cape Cod National Seashore.
Getting back home is as easy as loading you and your bike on a large boat with a jazz band and lots of liquid refreshments.
This was my first bike ride 34 years ago and remains my favorite.
Non-Cycling Activity: Music, all kinds, lots of
it and make it loud.
Gardening : trying to grow food makes you appreciate the supermarket.
Words to Live By:
Stop whining and start pedaling!
Name: Tom Bradshaw
Profession: Healthcare Administration
Bike/s:
Litespeed Vortex, Cannondale
Favorite ride: Blue Ridge Parkway
Non-cycling activities: Home, family, yard
work
Words to live by: Duty, Honor, Country
Name: Scott Summers
Profession: USAF F-15E
Strike Eagle Production Superintendent
Bike/s: Litespeed Catalyst
Favorite
ride: Riding to the top of the Alpe D' Huez
Non-cycling activities: Spending time
with the family
Words to live by: Live to Ride. Ride to Live
Name:
Keith (hot rod) Hines
Bike/s: Litespeed Tuscany, Trek 1000
Favorite Ride: The one that I came
in first. No really, the double century.
Non-cycling activities: running, swimming, going
out to eat
Words to live by: carpe diem
Name: Paige W. Christensen
Profession: Airport
Operations Specialist
Bike/s: Trek road bike, Litespeed mountain bike
Favorite ride: "The Bobsled" in SLC UT / "Six Bumps"... I mean "Hills" here
Non-cycling
activities: Whatever gets my heart rate up.
Words to live by: Don't take anything
that comes out of Jörg or Keith's mouth seriously.
Name: Phil Pelletier
Profession: Tool
and Die Maker
Bike: Trek 2300
Non Cycling activities: Hunting
Words to live by: Do the best
you can and that will be sorry enough.
Name: Jörg Wagner
Profession: Teacher
Bike/s: Palmares, Wazoo, CAAD8, CAAD 3, Steamroller, MXL
Favorite Ride: These days, any will do.
Non-cycling activities: soccer, cleaning bikes for therapeutic values,
promoting the virtues of Campagnolo Componentry
Words to live by: "Quäl' dich, Du Sau!!"
Name: Dave Guerra, aka, Super Dave
Profession: USAF Services Officer
Bike/s: Trek 1000 (Hopefully a Litespeed, soon)
Favorite Ride: Six-Hills Road
Non-cycling activities: Long walks on the beach at sunset with a gentle
breeze blowing through my hair, the surf tickling my toes, as birds glide above my head.
Words to live by: Every morning when the sun rises above Africa, a
gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be eaten to death. And every morning
when the lion wakes up, it knows it must outrun the gazelle, or it will starve to death. The moral of this story?
When the sun comes up, you'd better be running.
Name: Matthew Overman
Profession: Co-op Draftsman/College Student
Bike/s: Trek 1000 (bleh)
Favorite Ride: The hellish 105 degree Wilmington ride
Non-cycling activities: Fishing, campinges, canoeing, reading
Words to live by: "Sometimes life seems like a dream, especially when I look down and see that I forgot to put on my pants"
Name: Mark Mathias
Profession: Security
Bike: KHS Flite 500
Favorite ride: Any ride Lisa (wife) isn't fussing about dropping
her.
Non-cycling activities: Riding my 4-Wheeler
Words to live by: Doh!
Name: Lisa Mathias
Profession: Ident-A-Kid Production Manager/Mini Storage Manager
Bike: Trek 1000 WSD
Favorite ride: Any ride with Shane (son) & Mark (hubby)
Non-cycling activities: Work, Home, Kids, & Animals
Words to live by: It does not matter how slowly you go, so
long as you do not stop.
Name: Neal Price
Profession: Signs
Bikes: Paketa Compact Rocket
Favorite Ride: Bridge to Bridge (Yes, after 2 years,
it is still my favorite!)
Non-cycling actifities: Anything with my wife and children
Words to live by: There is no such word as "can't", I
just haven't been able to do it yet (thanks Dad!)
Name: Yvonne 'Von' Spencer
Profession: U.S. Air Force Officer
Bikes: Orbea Orca and Cannondale RC 800
Favorite Ride: Any ride I can draft off of Jorg
Non-cycling activities: Running, swimming, shopping and
sleeping
Words to live by: Discipline is doing what you don't want to do so you can do what you really
want to do.
SOME FINE PRINT: Surely, by now, you have become aware of the somewhat large
number of Litespeed bikes the members of this fine cycling club have chosen. While bikes made in Tennessee are certainly
close in proximity to us, we participate in a millitary discount program with Seymour Johnson AFB. Recycling Jörg's
head tube alone, delivers enough 6/4 titanium to biuld THREE F-15s...
...and, oh yeah, don't call me "Surely"!
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