The Sussex Cyclists 20th Anniversary Dinner on October 19, 2023, was a great success! With 50 members in attendance, it was a night filled with fun, celebration, and wonderful memories.

Attendees enjoyed a slideshow by John Kurpjuweit highlighting our club's journey while enjoying appetizers, buffet dinner, cocktails and beer.

In attendance were Bernadine Wonderlin and Tony Pezone who spoke about the formation and early years of Sussex Cyclists.  Tony was the club's first president and served for 10 years. Bernadine is the wife of the late Larry Wonderlin, the founder of Sussex Cyclists and one of a handful of cyclists who championed the trail in Cape Henlopen State Park. Also in attendance was Fran Cardaci, the first club Secretary, and a current member. 

Thank you to our Social committee (Diane Daly, Heidi Lerch, John Kurpjuweit, Allen Segal, and Denny Shook) for a truly memorable event!

Guest Speakers Tony Pizone and Bernadine Wonderlin

We're excited to share some great news about Steve Mahaney. Many of you know Steve as a dedicated member of our club, having ridden over 250 times with us since he joined back in 2018. But did you know that Steve is also a swimming legend?

Steve was the Swim Coach at Fairmont State University in West Virginia from 1971-1988 and was quite impressive! He was named 1977 NAIA Coach of the Year, won 10 conference championships, and coached 150 All-Americans, 13 of whom were four-year All-Americans.

Steve just learned that the University is renaming the pool in his honor! That's right, the Mahaney Natatorium is going to be a shining tribute to Steve's incredible legacy.

Way to go, Steve!

Link to Cape Gazette Article

Thank you to the 17 volunteers who came out today to clean up the portion of Cedar Creek Road that Sussex Cyclists maintains under the DelDOT Adopt-A Highway program. Great job, and fun afterwards!

Special thanks to those who attended: Jim Futrell, John Giler, Joell Giler, Bill Gorodetzer, Ray Grabiak, Steven Grandinali, Mike Guida, George Haenn, Louis Hepp, Gil Hofheimer, Heidi Lerch, Pat Miller, Mike & Terry Savage, Claude Sicard, Mark Snader and Bill Weller.

If you have any questions about the program or suggestions on how to keep participation high for future Adopted Highway Cleanups, please contact Mike Savage at mikesavage54@hotmail.com.

Sussex Cyclist was very well represented in todays Broad Creek Bikes and Brews ride. Beautiful weather, beautiful countryside.

Great day for a ride - especially 40+ miles around Cape May! Thank you Diane Daly for arranging this fun day .  

Photo below from Allen Segal

"Caught on camera, our fearless leader!  Thanks for a great ride."

The weather held out and it was a great ride today in the Amish Country Bike Tour. Sussex Cyclists was very well represented in the 62, 50, and 25 mile ride. The riding partners made the ride go smooth and was done before we knew it , and the pie was delicious. Pat Miller, Bill Gorodetzer, Jim Prettyman, Bob and Terri Fretz, and many others made our club proud!

Hi Sussex Cyclists & friends,

DelDOT has released a summary of the Lewes Bike Plan survey & comments that resulted from their June 15th public workshop held at the Lewes Library.  DelDOT presented the summary to the Lewes Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (LBPAC) on this past Monday evening, August 28, in a public meeting which I attended. Here is a link to the summary, which is in the form of a presentation (not a long form written document.)

To me, the most amazing results are the huge quantity of inputs that DelDOT received.  There were 2,600 responses with 600 comments from 360 participants! Thank you to all the SCs and friends that provided your inputs, both at the June 15th workshop and online!

The presentation can be found at:
https://deldotinteract.org/Customer/File/Full/d556f834-8e09-4e1d-bfcc-fd3fe72baee9

Just a heads up, the next public workshop for the Lewes Bike Plan will be on Wednesday, Oct 11 at 4:30p-6:30p at the Lewes Library.  To see what is planned for the meeting check out the DelDOT website for the Lewes Bike Plan at:
https://deldotinteract.org/d5548#3

Keep riding, safely!

Best regards,

Bill W

By popular demand, Peter Hegedus (Sussex Cyclists RWGPS Manager) created an instructional video on How to Download a RWGPS Route to your Garmin.  It's available to members only on the MEMBERS ONLY tab.

If you have any questions, comments or need assistance, please email Peter Hegedus (phegedus720@gmail.com).

Thanks, Peter!

What a great day at the club picnic at Trap Pond. Lots of delicious food, with kayaking and paddle boarding. Talking with new and old friends. Thanks to those who attended and made it a great time!

Denny Shook