AIDAN
Aidan is 15 and a sophomore at Pioneer. He has been riding for 3 years. He rides cyclocross, road, gravel, and track (but it’s been a while). He just got his braces off and likes to show off his new smile.
Name: Aidan Lafferty
Age: 15
Bike: Green and Orange Access
Helmet: Black
AMALIA
Amalia, age 11, has been riding with the AAVC for about three years and has become much faster this year! She especially enjoys road and gravel rides.
Name: Amalia de Jong
Age: 11
Bike: Giant with red/white/lime stripes, lime spacers by handlebars
Helmet: Black with pink stripe
ANSEL
Ansel, age 14, has been riding with the AAVC for 4 years, loves/hates cyclocross. Gravel is the best though. Recognizable by especially long legs and glasses (not sunglasses).
Name: Ansel de Jong
Age: 14
Bike: White/black steel Populo Quest, magenta handlebars, magenta stripe on bike, Garmin on front
Helmet: Lime green
ARLO
Arlo began cycling at the age of 4; tearing up the trails and dirt tracks with vigor and no fear on a lowly single speed. His love of cyclcross came from learning that there was a sport attached to his endurance training of hauling a homemade trailer behind his fat bike full of lawnmowers, friends, or random cool stuff he finds on the side of the road. He can also be found on the road chatting up every passing fellow cyclist and is fueled by fruit snacks and Sour Patch Kids.
Name: Arlo Caines
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Bike: Black Argon 18 Krypton XRoad
Helmet: Yellow, also ridiculous socks
Braden
Braden has liked cycling since he won the A2 kids triathlon. He showed up to an AAVC practice later that summer and started road cycling. He hasn’t stopped since.
Name: Braden Tall
Age: 12
Bike: Giant TCX Espoir Grey/Red
Helmet: Black Giro
Charlie
Name: Charlie Laman
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Name: Cosette Serrano
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DOMINIC
Dom joined the Velo Club three years ago after taking third at Vets CX on a day with wild weather.
Name: Dominic Nazario
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Bike: Dark Trek Checkpoint
Helmet: Safety Yellow
donald
Donald started riding at 4 years old. He started with mountain biking and since has expanded to road, cyclocross, and track. He sees himself as an endurance rider, and is working towards racing in the Lumberjack 100 next year (maybe!). He went to track Nationals this summer and won 5th place for his age category.
Name: Donald Smith
Age: 11
Bike: Blue/Green Cannondale CAADX
Helmet: White
FIONA
Fiona is a 12 year old girl and loves cycling and has been here for 2 1/2 years. She likes cyclocross the road and gravel. She considers herself funny.
Name: Fiona Lafferty
Age: 12
Bike: Black Trek KRX
Helmet: Pink
Gabe
Gabe joined the club soon after big brother and has been doing mostly mountain biking this past year, and took first in his age group at last weeks Detroit Invitational CX race.
Name: Gabe Nazario
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Bike: Red Giant TCX
Helmet: Purple
gavin
Gavin started riding a road bike at age 7 and he is in his first year of racing! He loves both road and cyclocross but his favorite is road. He also loves setting new PR’s for distance, speed and climbing. Gavin looks forward to becoming a stronger racer and always his next new bike!
Name: Gavin Brayman
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Bike: Blue and Black Diamondback Haanjo
Helmet: Dark Blue/Light Blue Giro
JOSHUA
Joshua enjoys cycling with his father and grandfather and is a prospective AAVC Juniors member. He is looking forward to his first CX race at Vets Park this October.
Name: Joshua Eyler
Age: 10
Bike: Orange Giant
Helmet: Black (Giro?)
KATIE
Katie started riding with the AAVC juniors in June. She enjoyed the summer gravel rides, has been racing cyclocross this fall, and plans to try out the velodrome and possibly mountain biking in the spring now that CX has given her the confidence to ride off-road.
Name: Katie Wolgast
Age: 11
Bike: Neon Yellow Specialized Crux
Helmet: Neon Yellow
KIKO
Kiko is an 12 year old vivacious cyclist that loves to trek through the woods with his family and mixing different chemical concoctions.
Name: Kiko McEnaney-VanderWoude
Age: 12
Bike: Red Trek Checkpoint
Helmet: Green
maja
Maja is new to competitive cycling in 2021. Gravel riding is her favorite thus far having finished Barry-Roubaix with a final kick that saw her move up 31 spots in her group.
Name: Maja Kwaiser
Age: 13
Bike: Black Kona Jake or Orange/Green Access Old Turnpike
Helmet: Blue/Grey
oskar
Name: Oskar McArthur
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Bike: Black Co-op Mountain Bike
Helmet: Orange/Grey
Sammy
Name: Sammy Manoj
Age: 13
Bike: Red Trek Checkpoint
Helmet: Black and Yellow
Sebastian
Name: Sebastian Garthoff
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