Team Bacchetta
Team Bacchetta Member Bio - John Climaldi
Name: John Climaldi
Sex: Male
Age: 41
Location: Milwikie, Oregon
e-mail: John4bho@mac.com
Phone number: 503-652-2668
Riding Background:
I started on a recumbent at the age of 3 (my big brother pushing me around on my Big Wheel), and from that point on I have been fascinated with cycling. No kidding! Riding and racing BMX in my younger years, then dualathalon’s and a couple triathlons as a young adult. In Jr. High/ high school I saved long and hard to buy a nice British convertible, then proceeded to ride my bike to school my junior and senior year (eventually selling the convertible due to lack of use). I still commute to work by bike 12 miles each way.
How did you get into Recumbents?
I think it was about 1989 or so. I was living in Las Vegas at the time and was training for a 1/2 Ironman. While riding my Centurion around the Red Rock scenic loop I was passed up hill by a strange bike with a plastic bubble on the front. I was intrigued by the bike and asked the rider about it. It was a Lightning P-38, and climbed well. I followed him up the hill asking more questions. While cresting the top I got down into my “aero” position on my Scott bars (remember those) to get ready for the fast descent. The bent pulled away and I did not see him again until 7 miles later at a water stop. We talked all the way back to Vegas, and I was hooked.
How did you get asked to be a TEAM BACCHETTA team mate?
I raced with John Schlitter at couple of events and rode the Hotter Then Hell 100 with the Bacchetta Team. John Schlitter knows my enthusiasm for racing (cyclocross and bents), and knows I enjoy riding all bikes. I was asked shortly after the HHH ride if memory serves me correctly.
What Bacchetta do you ride?
I have a Corsa that I have been riding for quite some time modified with an Aero seat plate, a Café’ also modified a bit with a carbon seat and Bacchetta tweener bars, and a beautiful stock Carbon Aero (it’s perfect right out of the box).
Race results or Personal Best Rides.
HPV:
PIR HPC 2004
Road Race Supper Street 1st
200M Super Street 1st
TT Super Street 1st
Drag Races 1st
PIR HPC 2005
Road Race Stock 5th
200m Streamliner 2nd
PIR HPC 2006
Road Race Stock 2nd
200m stock 2nd
Wasco Wild West 2006
3rd Stock devision.3rd overall
ULTRAS:
Currently riding the Oregon Randonneurs Brevet series
Road Races/ Cyclocross:
Mainly just race Cyclocross in the Single Speed class. Usually finish in the top 1/3, with a personal best at Blue Lake getting 2nd.
Time Trials: Jack Frost TT
Invitational Rides:
Cycle Oregon for the last six years, Hotter Then Hell 100 2005,
Events planned to attend for the rest of 2006:
Cycle Oregon, Hotter then Hell 100, Race Across Oregon, Recumbent Retreat at Ft. Stevens, the Mt. Tabor race series (road bike), and Seattle to Portland one day.