VETERAN PRE-1945 COMPETITORS CATEGORY (1895 - 1963)
William Spencer
American Pro Sprint Champion
1922-1923-1926

Born November 11, 1895 in England, Willie became a U.S. citizen in 1947. Spencer started racing at the age of 15 in Canada in 1910 as an amateur. William Spencer turned professional in 1916 to ride a New York six-day race. In 1917 Spencer won his first six-day race in San Francisco, CA. He finished 4th in the American Sprint Championship in 1917 & 1918. The US Army drafted him in Aug. 1918 and he served until January 1919. After the war he went to Europe to race. When he returned, he came back to win 18 out of 23 match races in Philadelphia during the 1919 racing season. In 1920 he went to Australia and won a six-day race in Sydney. While there he set the world record for a quarter of mile, in twenty five seconds. In 1921 he showed his real class by leading the American sprint races, but finished second to Frank Kramer. Spencer went Paris in the winter season and won 15 out of 22 races. He came back to America and won the American Sprint title in 1922, 1923 and 1926. He died October 2, 1963 at the age of 67 years old.

MODERN 1945 - 1975 COMPETITORS CATEGORY
Oliver "Butch" Martin
Member 1964 - 1968 Olympic Team
(Born July 10, 1946 in New York City)

Martin competed from 1963 to 1973. He was a member of the 1964 (4000 meter Pursuit Team) and 1968 (100 K Team Time Trial) Olympic Teams. In 1971 was a member of the U.S. (100 K Team Time Trial) Pan American Team. Competed in Europe in 1965 and 1966 winning four races, 11 2nd places and 26 top five placings. He won more than 50 races in his career that also included international wins in Italy, Canada and Mexico. Martin began his coaching career in 1974. Later that year he coached the 1974 Montreal World's Championship men's U.S. 100 K Team Time Trial to ninth place, which represented a breakthrough for U.S. men at the worlds. Martin was the first U.S. National Road Coach for the USCF from 1975 to 1977. In 1976 Martin coached the U.S. Road Team at the Montreal Olympic Games and produced another breakthrough result with George Mount’s sixth place in the Individual Road Race. In 1977 Martin coached the U.S. team at the World Championships in Venezuela with Connie Carpenter taking a silver medal in the women’s road race and Mark Pringle a 10th in the men’s event. Martin, for a number of years was also involved in some of the largest and most prestigious events held in this country. He was Race Director of the 1988, 1989 Tour of the Americas. Many of the world’s top professional teams and riders participated including Greg Lemond, Stephen Roche, and Pedro Delgado...All Tour de France winners. In 1990 Martin was Race Director of the U.S. National Road Championships held in Albany, NY. In 1993 was Race Director of the West Virginia Mountain Classic. Martin was also a Board of Director of USPro, the former governing body of U.S. professional racing. Martin resides in Portland, Oregon.

MODERN POST - 1975 COMPETITORS CATEGORY
Ron Skarin (Born 1950)
Ten times National Champion 1971 to 1981

Ron began his cycling career in 1968 at the age of 16 and finished fifth in the Junior Omnium at his first National Championship in Detroit in 1969. He went on to win a total of ten national titles as a senior racer over a span of eleven years: Team Pursuit 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1977, Individual Pursuit 1975, Ten mile 1976, Points Race 1978 and Madison 1981. In 1975 Ron was the Gold Medalist in the Team Pursuit event at the Pan American Games in Mexico City. He was a member of the 1973 World Championship Team as well as the 1972 & 1976 Olympic Teams. He was a two time winner of the prestigious "Tour of Somerville" NJ, and won the USCF National Prestige Classic race series in 1974. Ron was Director of the USCF in 1979-80, and was an assistant coach of the U.S. Cycling Team at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He conducted introductory Track cycling classes at the 7-11 Olympic Velodrome and the Encino Velodrome from 1981 through 1986.

Since 1981 Ron has been active in Southern California bike organizations promoting bicycling for transportation and still rides his bike to work nearly every day. Ron also was one of the pioneers in the new sport of Human Powered Vehicle (HPV) racing. Between 1973 and 1980 he broke all existing world speed records up to and including the coveted One Hour cycling record, and is distinguished for still holding the World Hour Record on a Tandem HPV of 46.3 miles which was set in 1980. In 1977 Ron was one of the early test pilots for the Human Powered Airplane (the Gossamer Condor) which eventually was able to cross the English Channel.

In 1973 he was nicknamed “Sir Ronald” because he won nearly every race he entered in the spring of that year. Ron still loves racing , and can be seen occasionally at local races in California where he has been sharing his knowledge and love for the sport with his son Matt who is an up and coming Junior rider.

BMX CATEGORY
Greg Hill
Five-time World and four-time National #1 Pro Champion

With a 20 year career in professional BMX racing, Greg Hill's accomplishments as a racer include: ABA BMX Hall of Fame (First Ballot Selection); 5 time World Champion; 10 time National #1 Pro (20”); 4 time National #1 Pro Cruiser (24”); 4 time Number One Racer Award (NORA Cup).

In addition to Greg's racing accomplishments, he was instrumental in the development of the sport through research and development of frame geometry and component designs as well as establishing Greg Hill Speed Seminars, an exclusive training program for professional racers. He was the first to utilize internet based training programs. His grass roots program is designed to teach BMX racing to riders across the nation. Greg was involved with Redline, Shimano and BMX Products (Mongoose) factory teams, as NBA National #1 in 1979. He participated with GT Bicycles and achieved IBMXF World Champion in 1981 and 1982; ABA World Champion in 1982. Additionally, he has contributed to the world of BMX through Answer Products of Valencia, CA and Seattle Bike Supply of Kent, WA. More recently, in 1999 – 2000, Greg developed a patented fork design which developed into his own company, Sinister Steering Systems. The fork was used by National and World Champions. In 2000 -2001, Greg was involved with Marzocchi USA , helping to lead their race program and promotional race team.

MOUNTAIN BIKE CATEGORY
Juliana Furtado
Two-time World Champion

Born April 4,1967 in New York City , Juli Furtado has become an icon in the world of Mountain Biking. Beginning her achievements in 1989, Juliana won the title of U.S. Road Champion. Crossing over to mountain biking, she won the World Championship 1990 Cross Country and 1992 Downhill events. Juliana continued her winning streak by winning the National Cross-Country Championships in 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995. She was the World Cup Senior Champion in 1993, 1994, and 1995. Juli was a 6-time member of the U.S. National team and, in 1995, she won the Silver medal at the Pan Am Games in the Cross-Country event.

In 1994, she was voted by the U.S. Cycling Federation (USCF) as Female Athlete of the Year. In 1995, Juliana was announced as Female Cyclist of the Year by Velonews. In 1996, Juli became a member of the U.S. Olympic Team. Not only is she being inducted into the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame, but in 1993, Juliana Furtado was elected to the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame located in Colorado .

After winning her many titles, Juliana went on to design a women's specific mountain bike, the Juliana, for Santa Cruz Bicycles. She now resides in northern California and works in the marketing department for Santa Cruz Bicycles. She rounds out her overall achievements as a graduate from the University of Colorado 's Business School in 1991.

CONTRIBUTORS CATEGORY
Michael Aisner

Promoter - Coors Internatioal Bicycle Classic 1979 TO 1986, Michael Aisner became public relations director for the Red Zinger Bicycle Classic in 1977. For the next two years, Aisner helped grow the Red Zinger using unique exposures for cycling and the race, including a race film short shown in movie theaters before feature films. In 1979, Aisner took title sponsorship of the Colorado stage race to the Coors Brewery, starting a near decade relationship with the event that eventually became recognized as the fifth largest stage race in the world. Over the years, it expanded to over two weeks, including stages in Hawaii , California , Wyoming , Nevada and Colorado .

Under his ownership and direction, the Coors International Bicycle Classic has been credited with launching the careers of notable cycling stars: Greg LeMond, Davis Phinney, Jeannie Longo, Alexi Grewal, Steve Bauer, Andy Hampsten, Phil Anderson, Raul Alcala, Connie Carpenter to name just a few.  The internationally unique Pro/Am mix included the Soviet gold Olympic team, Bernard Hinault, Giuseppe Saronni and many other marquis cycling names.   The race was considered the biggest, most important women's race in the world and it influenced Tour de France race director Jean-Marie LeBlanc to include a women's division in the Tour. In 1980, Aisner promoted an indoor track race in Denver , which became the first cycling event ever televised on the then new cable outlet, ESPN. 

Aisner was named one of the Top 10 Most Influential figures in international cycling by a French sports publication and he held a seat at the UCI, representing the USA . The race's success as an effective marketing and media tool led Aisner to the annual IEG Sponsorship Conference, which he continues to address and consult now several decades later.

The Coors Classic was carried live on CBS and NBC Sports and was the first sporting assignment for John Tesh, launching him off to Emmy-award winning network TV coverage of the Tour de France. The race was featured in a Warner Bros film, American Flyers with Kevin Costner. It's legendary custom race merchandise was sold in hundreds of stores around the world and in its last two years, the Classic's collectible merchandise line exceeded $1 million in sales worldwide.

For the past 22 years, Aisner has been the co-voice of the USPRO Championships in Philadelphia and other major races including the San Francisco Grand Prix, Race Across America and Tour of Georgia, and hosting duties at Lance Armstrong's Tour of Hope and Ride the Roses events.

For four years, Aisner was the consultant of record to Saturn & General Motors, creating, among other programs, Saturn CyberBike, a virtual stationary bike race unit, which appeared at auto shows and live on the Today Show and CNBC. In 1995, he received the Korbel Award for his contributions to cycling. He is currently consulting Race Across America, and Killerspin, chases total solar eclipses and is editing a behind-the-scenes TV documentary he shot exclusively at the Tour de France called, The Unseen Tour.

CONTRIBUTORS CATEGORY
Pierre Lallement (1843-1891)
The Father of the Modern Day Bicycle

Born in France , Pierre Lallement was trained, and worked, as a carriage maker. At the time (1855-1862), carriage makers in several different countries were simultaneously applying new technologies and inventions to the “velocipede”, creating the two-wheeled, steerable, human-powered machine. The authentic history of the bicycle, as it is known today, is somewhat complicated as its development was also the beginnings of the invention of the automobile, and many individuals can lay claim to making important improvements to the velocipede, that were later incorporated in the automobile. It is believed that Lallement conceived the idea of attaching crankarms and pedals to the front wheel of a bicycle and built his prototype in 1863. Pierre Lallement moved to America in 1865 and received a patent for his invention in 1866. His contribution to bicycling not only includes the use of cranks on the front wheel for motion, he is also credited with the invention of the pedal. Unfortunately, he died in 1891 poor and unrecognized because his invention did not immediately become popular. Today he is credited with being the father of the modern day bicycle. He has been memorialized in Boston 's Southwest Corridor Park with a bike path in his name and a monument in his honor.