Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: race

Once upon a time--I think it was 1983, but don't hold me to that--the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club/Cycle City Racing Team hosted a criterium in downtown Kalamazoo. This is KBC/CC rider Kevin Kimbrough, participating in that race. Looks like this is the right Kevin.... Camera: Minolta Zoom 110 SLR

Another photo from the 1978's Spring Valley Road Series, hosted at Kalamazoo's Spring Valley Park by the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club. I like the way this one shows so much motion. Camera: Minolta Zoom 110 SLR

We revisit the April, 1978 edition of the Spring Valley Road Series, sponsored by the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club at Kalamazoo's Spring Valley Park. The course had one short, steep, climb. The lead rider in this photo has just topped the hill, and they will all be sprinting for a prime a couple hundred yards along the course. Shot with the Minolta Zoom 110 Zoom SLR, of course. Believe it or not, I took these to illustrate a magazine article. Unfortunately the magazine went bankrupt, and the edition, although printed, never made it into circulation. I've always regretted that....

Explored! #224 [October 7, 2013] Thanks! Another photo from the 1978 Spring Valley Road Series, hosted by the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club at Spring Valley Park. Taken with my Minolta Zoom 110 SLR. I was definitely under the influence of Robert F. George, whose wife Barbara was the publisher of VeloNews at the time; Bob liked to focus on a specific rider to show the pack's motion. Think I captured that well, despite the limitations of the camera.

Bicycle racers coming down the hill at Kalamazoo's Spring Valley park in April of 1978. Looks like this is the race we called "Class A"--since this was an early-season training series, we let the racers self-select rather than use the official categories. It mostly worked all right, though occasionally the race officials (that would be me) would intervene. Shot this with my Minolta Zoom 110 SLR.

Spring Valley Park, Kalamazoo, Michigan, hosted by the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club/Cycle City (I was the promoter) in April of 1978. Photo taken with a Minolta Zoom 110 SLR .

Annie Obermeyer of the Rapid Wheelmen. Spring Valley Road Series, hosted by the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club, 1978. Camera: Minolta Zoom 100

John Busack--my predecessor as KBC's president--leads the Class A pack at Spring Valley Park in April of 1975. This was the very first race promoted by the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club, and nearly the last KBC event John participated in before graduating from Western and moving away from Kalamazoo. I think the taller guy behind John is J. Brian Chappell of the Battle Creek Bicycle Club, but don't hold me to that. Kalamazoo Gazette photograph by P. N. Todd. I've severely cropped Paul's original photo, largely because of damage to the print.