Lonnie Cook

Hometown:  Muscatine County
Age:  55
Category:  Beginner
Years Riding:  3.5 (road bike)
Favorite Past Rides/Races or Highlights:  My Colorado Mountain Rides 2005,
2006, 2007
About You:  I own my own business:  www.graypowder.com .  My lovely wife,
Patti and I have two children and two grandchildren.
Top ride/race goal:  Being able to hang with the Tuesday night group.
Top non-ride related goal:  Retire so I can spend more time going on biking
adventures.
Other interests/activites:  backpacking, hunting and I collect muscle cars:
1966 Impala SS, 1969 Chevelle SS, & 1993 Corvette
Favorite Food of All Time:  Wendy's junior bacon cheeseburger
Pre-during/Post Race Food:  Sport Beans, Accel Gel
Favorite Drink:  Accelerade
Favorite Bike:  Trek Madone
Favorite Type of Bike:  Road
Favorite Type of Bike Race:  One that I can watch from the sidelines
Favorite Bike Racer/Personality/Team:  Lance
Favorite Movie (non-cycling):  Clint Eastwood westerns
Favorite Music (Style and Artist):  Music from 1956-1963
Favorite Method of Bike Training:  Hill training
Favorite Method of Cross Training:  Backpacking

Chad Bishop

Criterium Race in Peoria, Illinois

Hometown:  Muscatine

Category Racer:  USCF Cat 4, ABR Cat 3, Cyclo-Cross Cat 4

Years Riding:  2 1/2

Favorite Past Rides/Races:  2nd Place, Hummer Hammer (Cat4), Getting past by MelonHeads on RAGBRAI, Top Ten at Du-State-Du, Being 'In the Money' at the Old Cap Crit,  Every Tuesday Night Ride that Bill Ford no shows.

About You:  Successful Muscatine Professional with a killer Bachelor Pad.  I pride myself on having a three car garage, but only one car and 4 bikes. I have a son named 'Chase'.

Top Ride/Race Goals:  1) Finish Top 5 in Cat 4 Races 2)Finish "In the Money" in a Memorial Day Weekend Race
3)Win a Race 4)Get an article published in "Bicycling" Magazine detailing the intricacies of 'Joe' Mann-euvers.

Top 3 Non-Ride Goals:  )Establish some 'non-ride' related goals 2)Lose weight (Oh, I guess that is still ride-related, I will have to think about that one)

Pre-during/Post Race Food: I can't tell you my secret pre-race supplementation formulas. However, during a race I like GU and accelerade.  I am never hungry after a race, so a protien drink is about all I can handle.

Favorite Drink: Diet Mt. Dew

Favorite Type of Bike: Time Trial (even though I don't own one, they are still awesome)

Favorite Type of Race: Road Races with lots of hills

Other interests/activites: Video/TV Production, Home Improvement, Chasing Life

Favorite Movie (cycling related): Never seen one

Favorite Movie (non cycling): Vanilla Sky

Favorite Music: Alternative, Hip-Hop, Electronic

Favorite Method of Bike Training: Solo Time-Trialing (I like being the fastest one on the ride), I like to push down really hard on the pedals especially up hills, I guess I find pleasure in the pain and reward in the satisfaction of a good workout. 

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Jeremy Oepping

Hometown:  Originally from Durant, now reside in Muscatine

Age:  Old enough to know better

Category:  Always beginner (sand-bagger)

Years Riding:  5

Favorite Past Rides/Races or Highlights:  First century ride was last year - then later in the summer rode 118 miles in 6 hours!  Riding Slick Rock in Moab, UT   and  climbing mountains in Crested Butte, Colorado

About You:  Good-looking, rich, and single

Top 3 ride/race goals:  Catch Fletch

Top 3 non-ride related goals:  Become rich

Pre-during/Post Race Food:  After a long race, I crave Long John Silvers Shrimp and More, no slaw, extra hush puppies, add two chicken planks.

Favorite Drink:  H20

Favorite Type of Bike:  Light

Favorite Type of Race:  Duathlon, no swimming please

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Bill Ford

Name:  Wiford

Hometown:  Muscatine

Age:  ?

Category:  4

Favorite Past Rides or Race Highlights:  Staying Upright

About You:  It's always about me!

Top Three Ride or Race Goals:   Get Fast, Thinner, Younger - Look like Joe (only with hair)

Other interests/activites:  Play wild music and talk to strange women

Favorite Food of all Time:  Pizza and cookies (chocolate chip)

Pre/during/Post Race Food:  Pizza

Favorite Drink:  Water

Favorite Bike:  Trek

Favorite Type of Bike:  Road

Favorite Movie (cycling related):  Curious George and His Red Tricycle

Favorite Movie (non cycling):  Forest Gump

Favorite Music:  Country, Southern Rock, Blue Grass

Favorite Saying:  That's What I'm Talking About

Favorite Method of Bike Training:  Hard and Fast

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Heather Timmsen

Hometown:  Muscatine

Age:  32

Category:  5

Years Riding:  5

Favorite Past Rides/Races or Highlights:  Klondike Bluffs in Moab

About You:  I work for the Moline Fire Department and I have a wonderful daughter, Hailey and wonderful husband, Joe.

Top 3 ride/race goals:  Finish RAGBRAI, Have Fun, Do Another Adventure Race

Top 3 non-ride related goals:  Quad Cities Distance Classic; RAGBRAI

Other interests/activites:  climbing/camping

Favorite Food of All Time:  Adolph's Cheese Enchiladas

Pre-during/Post Race Food:  nothing with meat

Favorite Drink:  Pina Colada

Favorite Bike:  Mine

Favorite Type of Bike:  Mountain

Favorite Type of Bike Race:  Duathlon

Favorite Bike Racer/Personality/Team:  Lance

Favorite Movie (non-cycling):  Stand By Me

Favorite Music (Style and Artist):  Alannis Morisette

Favorite Method of Bike Training:  Sporadic

Favorite Method of Cross Training:  Running