Ray Wageman

Ray Wageman

The Springbike Honor Sculpture was started in 2008 to honor Ray Wageman, who served as a leader of Springbike for many years. Ray served in numerous leadership roles, including Springbike President. He led the Christmas light rides in the 90’s and early 2000’s. Ray passed away in 2014 at age 89.

 

In addition to Ray Wageman (2008), the following Springbike Members are honored on the sculpture:

  • Bruce Adib-Yazdi (2009) was an especially active supporter of Springbike, Ozark Greenways, and MS Bike Tour in the 90’s and 2000’s. Bruce organized and chaired the Ozark Greenways’ Advocacy (Let’s Go Smart) Committee and chaired the City of Springfield Bicycle Plan Committee from 2004 to 2006. Bruce was the lead advocate to mark bikeways on streets in the City of Springfield.
  • Kevin Umlauf (2009) was manager of Sunshine Bike Shop and later purchased the shop from Bob Scott. Kevin was a strong supporter of MS Bike Tour and Springbike, especially with SAG and maintenance on bike rides. Kevin passed away early in life in 2006. Sunshine Bike Shop is now owned by Kevin’s mother and daughters. Kevin was a friend to all cyclists and started the SAG support of rides by showing up with the Sunshine trailer.
  • Coy Hart (2009) was a regular rider and member of Springbike and Ozark Greenways. Coy was an education advocate and brought others into bike education. Coy became an American League of Bicycling Cycling Instructor in 2003 and organized about three street cycling classes per year for approximately 10 years. Coy passed away in early 2018.
  • Bill Hill (2009) served as the Springbike ride coordinator in the mid-2000’s. Bill has also served as organizer for the Springbike Queen City Century numerous years.
  • Ralph Rognstad (2009) was Assistant Planning Director at the City of Springfield for 27 years (1987-2014). Ralph was active in Ozark Greenways, Springbike and RUSSA. Ralph supported bikeways on streets and an integrated trail system. Ralph conceived of The LINK as a bikeway on low volume, low-speed streets. When the City had to lay off staff that supported neighborhood planning projects in 2010, funding was moved to the LINK fund through Ralph’s encouragement and construction of LINK facilities began in 2011.
  • David Hutchison (2009) worked for City of Springfield for 32 years (1985-2017) as an engineer in Traffic Engineering Division. David directed the development of the bikeway plan and the implementation of bikeways on streets, the LINK bikeways, and integration of the trail system the on-street bikeways. David has been on the Tech Committee and the Advocacy Committee of Ozark Greenways for 20 years and served on the board from 2009 to 2016. David has been encouraging bicycle education and has been an American League of Bicyclists Cycling Instructor since 2003. David has been a Springbike member for nearly 20 years and Advocacy Chair for about 10 years.
  • John and Jean White (2009) have been active with Springbike and MS Bike Bike Tour for many years. John has marked routes for years and helped set up the marking guides and policies that are used now.
  • Gary & Marlene Ledford (2016) have been active with Springbike for many years. Gary setup and marked the ride routes and ha continued to actively maintain all club routes and keep the Springbike master ride calendar current.
  • Bill & Marlee Alter (2016) was president multiple years, organized meals with evening rides. The Springbike trailer was purchased under Bill’s leadership and ride signs were created. Marlee has assisted with many rides and supported Bill’s involvement and activities in Springbike over the years.
  • Tony Miller (2016) served as the Springbike president after Bill Alter. Tony was introducing current members to Springbike Ride 18-20 years ago and coaching them to help them become better at road biking. Tony has been a regular participant of the Ride of Silence and the Moonlight ride.
  • James Allen (2016) owns and operates the Bicycle Museum on Commercial Street with his extensive collection of bicycle history. James rides the high wheel bikes and has made numerous long distance trips including coast to coast. James has been on the Springbike board.

The Springbike Honor Sculpture is inscribed as follows:

This Sculpture is Dedicated to those Springbike Members who have promoted the pleasure and sport of Bicycling in the community.

This Sculpture is Dedicated to those Springbike Members who have promoted the pleasure and sport of Bicycling in the community.