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Davis Double Century, 1995
by Don Axtell

57 members of ACTC rode the Davis Double Century on Saturday, May 20, 1995. They were accompanied by 5 supporting spouses. 13 of these were rookies, never having gone 200 miles in one day before. Of the 57, only 2 had to make use of the SAG wagon, proving that ACTC has a good selection of hard-core-endurance-cycling-fanatics as it's members.

Paul Vlasveld was the middle member of a triple-tandem. In-between mechanical breakdowns, they would cruise at 28 mph on the flats. Paul and his friends are training for Paris-Brest-Paris.

Seana Hogan only did a single lap this year, but she did ride up the day before, coming over Mt. Hamilton on her way to Davis. Seana did not draft during her ride, but was often seen with a paceline-train stretched out behind her, like you usually see with the faster tandems. The DDC made it 800 miles with 33,000 ft of climbing for the week, as Seana gets ready for her Seatle-to-San Diego trip in early June, and RAAM in late July.

Karen Langeman didn't want to do the Davis Double because she thought it was going to be too hard. It took her boss at work to talk her into doing it, and he doesn't even ride a bike. Karen found it to be no trouble at all, finishing her first double century in just 12 hours 35 minutes (12:35).

Leung Cheung is a brand-new ACTC member, having caught the cycling fever at the Tierra Bella. Through much determination and perserverance, Leung was able to hang in there to finish at 1:10 in the morning.

Dana Hoch was fastest of the ACTC'ers, finishing with an amazing time of 10:40.

Don Axtell completed his fifth and fastest Davis Double, with a time of 12:51. Like Seana, Don did not draft (which is only for wimps/wheelsuckers).

Jim Bradbury did not get run over this year, and Patti Hartinian did not run over anyone else, either. (Last year Jim crashed just in front of Patti). Patti looked spunky all day long, and went home that evening to get ready to run the SF Bay to Breakers the next day.

Jennie Phillips managed to "get into her zone" during the ride, finishing with Roy Sueda in under 12 hours (11:50).

Lou Mason made this his 18th Davis Double.

Sara Keenan dropped Dustin Coy (I'll meet you at the top. Yeah, right.) to finish her first DDC in a respectable 15 hours.

Steve Novelli and Ellen Atteberry also were successfull in their first DDC, finishing at midnight with a time of 19:00.

Robbie Huffman showed Candace Embrey the ropes, helping her obtain a victory at her first double century with a time of 19:30, Robbie's fastest.

Ann Nelson was our last finisher at 1:45 AM, while Bill Hermerding took the easy way out, getting a SAG in from the lunch stop.

Name			Clock	Clock	Total
			Start	End	Time

Dana Hoch		5:15	 3:50	10:40
Jennie Phillips		5:15	 5:05   11:50
Roy Sueda		5:15	 5:05
Pete Klein		5:15	 5:10
Stuart Wallace		5:35	 5:20
Karen Langeman		5:00	 5:35	12:35 - rookie
Anker Evans		5:15	 5:40
Jim Molinari			 5:45
Charlie Hill			 5:47 - rookie, sag
Richard Hermerding		 6:08 - sag from lunch
Seana Hogan		5:30	 6:10 - only a single-double this year
Rick Hodgson		5:15	 6:12
Dave Hill			 6:17
Don Axtell		5:30	 6:21	12:51 - without any drafting
Bill Bliss (Bonnie's)		 6:38
Ben Mandac			 6:44 - rookie
Ken Schwab			 6:45
Judy Pannunzio		5:15	 6:46 - tandem, rolling speed of 19.0 mph
Brian Bernhardt		5:15	 6:46 - tandem
Lou Mason			 6:48 - 18th Davis Double
Sue Hoyt		5:15	 6:50 - tandem, rolling speed of 19.6 mph
Alan Kayser		5:15	 6:50 - tandem, rookie
Patti Hartinian		5:00	 6:51 - did Bay-to-Breakers the next day
Ron Tsuromoto		5:00	 6:52
Jim Bradbury		5:00	 6:55 - did not get run over this year
Richard Gregg		5:15	 6:58
Marco Zecchin		5:15	 6:58	13:38
Bob Carney			 7:05
Lee Embrey		4:30	 7:18 - rookie
Dane Askins			 7:20 - rookie
Bob Skinner			 7:30
Bob Skinner's wife
Bob Thompson			 7:40
Lew Lipton			 7:45
Dick Snyder		5:00	 7:50
Frank Harrison		5:00	 7:50
Sara Keenan		5:00	 8:00 - rookie
Paul Vlasveld		5:15	 8:00 - on a triple tandem, mechanical problems
Scott Campbell		5:10	 8:14
Tim Schacher
Rick Hopkins
Jim Zorn			 9:00
Bill Bliss		5:55	 9:10
George Tredick			10:00
Dustin Coy			10:40
John Blaine			10:40
John Mazzella			10:40
Dennis Uyeno			10:40
Shel Smith		5:05	10:52
Candace Embrey		4:30	12:00 - rookie
Robbie Huffman		4:30	12:00
Gary Gouveia			12:00 - rookie
Ellen Atteberry		5:00	12:00 - rookie
Steve Noveli		5:00	12:00 - rookie
Leung Cheung			 1:10 - rookie
Ann Nelson			 1:45 - rookie
Darryl Stewart			  

Supporting Spouses:

Lisa Sinizer
Bonnie Bliss
Gary Huffman
Dave Keenan
Sandy Campbell