this article is about the west coast mike, not the maryland one. e-RICHIE chester, ct
On Wed, 21 May 2003 21:46:37 -0700 jack bissell <jack_bissell@mac.com>
writes:
> scan of 1983 Winning article:
> http://www.mookietwoh.com/
>
> Jack Bissell
> inspired in tucson az
>
>
> On Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at 09:05 PM, Mark Poore wrote:
>
> >
> > Mike did make the 1972 Olympic Team. He rode the 4,000 meter
> pursuit.
> > The team also won a bronze medal at the Pam-AM games as well as
> ninth
> > at the World Championships. I bought Mike's W.B. Hurlow road bike
> and
> > sold it to a local doctor. He then sent it to Danny
> Wagner/Georgetown
> > Cycle & Sport as well as Alpine Cycles and had it repainted. The
> sad
> > part of was the Olympic team members were given decals with their
>
> > name, Munich, 1972 and the Olympic rings on it. Needless to say
> that
> > decal is gone forever. The first time I met Mike we were coming
> in
> > from our training ride, Danny & Jimmy Wagner, Ray Betts, Ewing
> Taylor
> > and I then along rides up this kid on a Schwinn Continental and
> starts
> > asking about our bikes as well as a million other questions. This
> was
> > in October. By February he owned a Schwinn Paramount and that
> April at
> > the opening race at the Flushing Meadows track he crushed the
> current
> > National Champion for his age group. The rest was history as they
> say.
> > Mike, last time I saw him, owned a restaura!
> > nt in Northern Virginia. If and when I ever find my scrap book I
> will
> > post some photos.
> >
> >
> > ABikie@aol.com wrote:In a message dated 5/21/03 6:14:48 PM Eastern
>
> > Daylight Time,
> > richardsachs@juno.com writes:
> >
> >> remember
> >> the other mike hiltner from maryland - a rider who
> >> also excelled in the sport, sometimes atop a w b hurlow
> >> frame? very odd; two top riders from opposite coasts.
> >> same name. same era.
> >>
> >
> > Mike was a neighbor and partial inspirational mentor friend of
> Danny
> > Wagner
> > and Mike Schwering of my alma shop Georgetown cyclesport
> > Mike qualified for or maybe rode in Munich Olympiad?
> > Larry black
> > Washington, DC