Dave Wilson, WCC president, is a longtime member who now leads rides for the B-plus group. He has spearheaded the club's Pedals for Progress used bike collection, resultng in the shipment of more than 500 bikes to Central America. He's a senior writer at The Journal News, where he covers Yonkers City Hall, contributes to LoHud.com's Politics on Hudson blog, and writes the cycling blog called The Savvy Cyclist.
Norman started serious cycling in 1999 after a back operation. He joined the Westchester Cycle Club in 2004 after having moved back from Poland where he lived for 10 years.
Bruce Wells, Membership Chair, has been a member of WCC since 1985, and the author of My WCC. He previously served as President, Golden Apple Chair, and Membership Chair, which is his current function. Bruce started as a C rider and now currently rides with the A group. He leads the club's 200 mile ride every year, and has been known to serve a cold home brewed beer at the end of the ride. Bruce commutes by bicycle to his job in White Plains, where he works for Radio Computing Services.
Aaron Stern, A-ride coordinator, came to cycling because mountaineering was too time consuming and running too hard on the knees. Usually he can be found on the Tuesday and Thursday night rides from White Plains.
Bjoern promises to keep the squeeks and rattles on his bicycle to a minumum and give Bruce as much of a hard time as possible.
Displaced from Queens, David Karel moved to Westchester and serves the WCC as the D Ride Coordinator because he can. Biking provides an avenue for David to enjoy the scenery.
Ed is the owner of the only dedicated bike fitting studio in Westchester, the Reparto Corse Fitting Studio in Valhalla, NY. He is the former co-owner of High Caliper Bicycle Company in White Plains. Ed is a registered USACycling Coach and leads rides for the club at all levels. He has done advanced training in time trial and road bike fitting as well as custom bike design. He is also the President of the Unione Sportiva Italiana Cycling Club.
Steve has been a club member since 2003. He rides as in the C and C+ groups and regularly is a D ride leader. Last year was his first year on the board and he was the Programs Chairperson. This year he is the Incentives Coordinator. He retired from IBM after 30 years of service in 2007.
Special Events Coordinator, John Milano, grew up in Brooklyn, but found there were not enough hills there to wear him out. Now he calls the high peaks of Putnam Valley home with his family. Being in the WCC has brought many new friendships; and, putting events together for all those friends to have fun, is what John likes best. Off the bike, he works as a physician assistant in occupational health.
Michael Miller wears two hats for the club: Golden Apple Tour Director and Safety & Education Chair. He also served as former President of the Club, Newsletter Editor (in the days before Page Maker), and Program Chair. Each spring he gives a course called Effective Cycling, on 3 successive weekends that introduces basic safety and riding principles to cyclists, new to the sport or for those who want to distill years of trial and error into a few short weeks. As Golden Apple Tour Director, Mike spends a good deal of spare time in the summer and early fall organizing our biggest event, which is open to the public, making money for the Club and for charity.
Al Kaplan, , New Members Advisor. A Bronxite through my college years and a Westchesterite ever since. I became "hooked" on cycling when, by chance, I met some Country Cycle Club members and rode 10 miles with them. I did my one and only Century Ride a few years later. I started leading rides on a regular basis, because the club has given me a tremendous amount of enjoyment (plus free exercise as a bonus); and, this is my way of giving something back to the club. PS: The Country Cycle Club is the previous name of the WCC.
Avram Karel (“Ave”, like Dave), originally from Rockland County and a non-athlete, also got “hooked” on cycling when his brother-in-law encouraged him to share the forty mile NYC 5 Boro bike tour held in May 2007--a challenge he never would have considered previously. By joining the Westchester Cycle Club, he discovered the multiple pleasures of exercise, exploration and new friendships and started to lead rides on a regular basis. A former drummer/singer/bandleader now managing apartment rentals, Ave began as a D rider and progressed to the C+ group. Honored as the 2007 "Rookie of the Year".