Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: bicycling

Members of the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club take a break during an early-season ride in April of 1977. This photo was taken at the corner of 33rd and Main in Comstock Township by my brother, whose bike is visible on the right edge of the photo. Most of these riders were regulars on KBC rides. This particular ride was memorable because it took place a few days after a tornado had damaged several of the homes on (rural) Main Street. We discussed changing the already-published route before starting the trip, but the riders decided to mix it up with the gawkers. Of course, we were ourselves gawkers. But the tour route was planned well before the twister hit. My proudest accomplishment as KBC's president was our ride schedule. In-season, we offered four weekly rides, from a variety of starting points and for all levels of ability. All rides had maps, and most maps showed options for stronger and weaker riders. I, and the other officers, considered presenting ride opportunities to be our main responsibility, and I think we did it well. The riders, from foreground to rear: Unknown (memory failure, I think), Debbie Dinda, Alvin Holmes, one of the McLains in orange (I think), probably Kevin Kimbrough in the blue jersey, not sure who's stretching, me in the white (BikeCentennial) jersey, not sure in yellow, and Scott McLain in the red/white/blue outfit. Any help will be appreciated.... Camera: Olympus OM-1 Photo by Richard Dinda

Here we find Mom's Beetle pretending to be a sag wagon, I think on the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club's 1977 Distance Medley Tour. (My brother thinks the location was Crum Park, near Galesburg.) Mom's car didn't make a good sag wagon, but it was readily available. And quite recognizable. Camera: Minolta Zoom 110 SLR (or Olympus OM-1) Photo by Joel Dinda (I think--looks like my picture, but looks like Dick's camera)

The Kalamazoo Bicycle Club takes an excursion to Scotts Mill County Park, sometime in 1976. As I recall, the park hadn't yet officially opened, but we found the park system's naturalist wandering the place and she gave us a tour. An interesting day. The building in the background is the miller's home; the mill itself is to the left of and behind the photographer. The fence in this photo is also prominent in the photo I posted a few months back.... This photo may be mine--in which case it's an unusually clear shot from my Minolta Zoom 110--or (more likely) it was taken by my brother (Kalamazoo Richard) with his Olympus OM-1.

Alvin Holmes and my brother Richard at the sag wagon for a Kalamazoo Bicycle Club event in the late 1970s. The car looks like Sandy Kimbrough's. The things I can't remember about this photograph are pretty annoying: I don't know where it was taken, what event we were hosting, what the date was, or who took the picture. Age and distance seem to have done my memory in.... Camera and photographer unknown.

Always wanted a pair of Diadoras. Got 'em! =========== When I bought my first cycling shoes, the cleats were a separate purchase. The recommended installation advice was: * Ride the bike with the new shoes for 50 miles or so. * Check-see where the pedal marked the shoe. * The cleat needed to line up with those markings. * Best to find a cobbler to do the actual installation. Sidi claims to have been the first shoe maker with a mounting plate for a cleat, round 'bout 1973. I won't dispute that; it seems about right and may actually correspond with my memory. Regardless, the change greatly improved the installation practice; by the late 70s everyone was selling either some sort of mounting system or an integrated cleat. Then Time & Look changed everything again, and the MTB folks added their spin. Sometimes it seems like everything I know about bicycling's gone obsolete....