Officers

Role	Name	eMail*
President	Dan McKee	president at easterntandemrally.org
Vice-president	John Tipping	vicepresident at easterntandemrally.org
Treasurer	Jay Clausen	treasurer at easterntandemrally.org
Secretary	Maggie Cole	secretary at easterntandemrally.org
Comptroller & Auditor	Connie Hendy	auditor at easterntandemrally.org
Historian/Webmaster	Mike Bianco	historian at easterntandemrally.org
Merchandise Manager	Dennis Wombough	merchandise at easterntandemrally.org
ETR Board Member at Large	Beth Potier
ETR Board Member at Large	Reed Nester
ETR Board Member at Large	Joel Hakken
ETR Board Member at Large	Candace Cotton
ETR Board Member at Large	David Darby
ETR Board Member at Large	Alice Sawyer
ETR Board Member at Large	Gary Fentin

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Biographies

 

President – Dan Mckee

Dan McKee’s fascination with tandems started at GEAR ‘75 in Amherst, MA when he saw a couple on a tandem pulling their child in a Cannondale Bugger trailer. The whole family was together – pretty cool, he thought!

His wife surprised him with their first tandem in 1989. The people they’ve met since then, the other big bikes they’ve bought (including a triplet), keep leading to new friendships, new experiences, and new vacations.

Tandeming became an integral part of their life, which they enjoy immensely and never had imagined would be so important. They say they are lucky to call the numerous couples they’ve met over the years as good friends and fortunate to enjoy this healthy social activity with so many others.

 

Vice President – John Tipping

 

 

Treasurer – Jay Clausen

 

 

Secretary – Maggie Cole

Maggie Cole and her husband, Jim Scally, have been tandeming since the early 2000s. They attended their first ETR in 2011 and were immediately hooked, traveling to Spring Thaw, MATES and ETR in 2012. While Maggie still prefers the stoker seat, she has recently been enjoying learning how to captain, and the two have been known to spontaneously switch seats mid ride. Jim and Maggie live on Cape Cod and have, between them, four children and four grandchildren.

 

 

Comptroller & Auditor – Connie Hendy

 

 

Webmaster / Historian – Mike Bianco

Mike Bianco and his wife Caren have been riding tandems since 2005. They live in Montville, NJ. Tandem cycling has truly transformed their lives. They attended their first rally in 2011 and have since hosted two ETRs, one ETOR and one MATES. They retired from their office jobs in 2016 and formed Adventures In Tandem, a tour company for tandem couples only. They currently own four tandems.

 

Merchandise Manager – Dennis Wombough

Dennis Wombough and his wife Cathy began tandem riding in 2009, their first ETR was Geneva NY in 2016. Dennis and Cathy live on the New Jersey shore and are members of the DOGS (Doubles of the Garden State) tandem club. They’ve made self-supported multi-day rides on the Erie canal and GAP trails with their tandem and, often ride rail trails. Dennis is an engineer working in the medical device industry.

 

 

ETR Board Member at Large – Beth Potier

Beth Potier has been tandeming since 2002, when she and her boyfriend rented a tandem on vacation, loaded it with 50 pounds of touring gear, and rode it straight up a mountain. Adhering to the wisdom “Wherever your relationship is headed, a tandem will get you there faster,” she married the captain of that ill-advised trip, Brent Bell. They ride a 1985 Bob Jackson tandem they purchased at a garage sale. Several years ago, they kicked their son Holden out of his Burley trailer and made him stoke his own weight, adding a Hokitika triplet to their quiver. In her day job as a writer at the University of New Hampshire, Beth’s office is in the former conference center that hosted the 2008 ETR in Durham.

 

ETR Board Member at Large – Reed Nester

Reed Nester and his wife Karen have been tandeming since 2002, and have lived in Williamsburg, VA since 1986. Reed is retired from serving as Williamsburg’s Planning Director for 30 years, and was actively involved in planning for bicycle facilities in the greater Williamsburg area. He is a past-President of the Williamsburg Area Bicyclists and is a board member of BikeWalk Williamsburg. Karen is a retired middle school science teacher. They have two sons, Matt and Mike, who live in Swansea, Wales and Knoxville, TN with their families. Reed and Karen are active members of the RATS (Richmond Area Tandem Society), and attended their first tandem rally in 2003. They hosted ETR in Williamsburg in 2018. They have owned three tandems, with their current stable consisting of a Calfee Tetra and a Co-Motion Mocha.

ETR Board Member at Large – Joel Hakken

About twenty five years ago, I dusted off the old Santana and went for a bike ride around the block with my neighbor. She said it was a lot of fun. Now she is my wife, Wendy.

Getting married at forty for Wendy and remarried at fifty for myself, we did not need much of anything. We each owned our houses; we had cars, dishes, glasses, etc. As a wedding present to each other, we decided to buy a shiny, new Co-Motion tandem. We travelled to Eugene, Oregon and rode it right off of the factory. A few years later with a nudge from Dwan Shepard, the owner of Co-Motion, I was selling Co-Motion tandems, along with Santana, Da Vinci and KHS.

In 2013, Wendy and I hosted MTR in our hometown of Ann Arbor, MI. There were 464 teams that year, three days of rides, two lunches, and an evening picnic dinner with a live band for 1000 people. What a rush to see such a huge mass start of tandems, triples, quads and even a quint.

Today we reside in Burlington, VT., retired. We bike, ski, sail and Wendy plays bridge. Life is good.Ross Glasgow, an avid bicyclist since 1990, hails from Bowie, Maryland and been involved with the ETR board since 2005. He and his wife, Donna, purchased their first tandem in 1994 and since 2000 have participated in many multiday tandem events and rallies in various parts of the US and Canada. In addition, they have toured with other fellow tandemists in France, Germany, Italy and New Zealand. Ross and Donna have thoroughly enjoyed attending these tandem events and look forward to many more.

 

 

 

 

 

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ETR Board Member at Large – Candice Cotton

Candace Cotton and her husband Mike Saft bought their first tandem in 2004, but it spent more time in the garage than on the road because it was an uncomfortable fit for the captain. However, after a visit to Mel, the purchase of a Seven Tandem and a wonderful ride with the WABBITS, they learned about all the wonderful tandems events and the wonderful tandem community. Their first event was Mel’s Tandem weekend in 2012 followed by the ETR in New Jersey in 2013. Since then they have attended every subsequent ETR and MATES. They got the travel bug so purchased a Comotion coupled tandem and have since travelled to New Zealand twice, Spain and France. Arizona and New Mexico, plus have an upcoming trip to Belgium. Tandeming has become their main source of recreation and vacation and expense.

 

ETR Board Member at Large – Gary Fentin

Gary Fentin has been an avid cyclist since 1979, riding road, mountain, gravel & touring bikes.  He rode cross country unsupported in 2000.  In 2009 he and his wife Susan bought their first tandem, a Santana Team Niobium, so that they could ride together, but Gary had been spoiled by riding fast single bikes, so they sold the Santana in 2012 and bought a Calfee Tetra.  That tandem now lives in Seattle, where they travel frequently to visit their son and his family.  They have been riding a Calfee Dragonfly since 2017 – AND we are still happily married after 52 years.  We have participated in ETR’s in Burlington, VT, Gettysburg, South Shore, MA & State College, PA, occasional NEWTS rides and numerous national and international bike tours. 
Susan is a retired employment attorney and Gary is a mostly retired commercial finance attorney.  They live in Conway, MA, a hill town to the west above the CT River near Northampton, MA.  They have two married children, a son in Seattle and a daughter in Chester, VT, and four grandchildren.