![]() He is currently helping develop the Wheelmen social schedule for this year with plans for a social event every month. He joined the club in 2007 and has been an active participant in the weekly rides plus has started a number of rides including Rebecca Creek, Kendalia and Comal School. Jose Rojas is an avid bicyclist and the new Wheelmen Executive Vice President. The next time you see Kelly on a ride say hello, get a good look at her bike, and thank her for the new and improved route maps. In addition to cycling her favorite outdoor activities include fishing, hiking and photography. She works for an engineering company that does electrical studies for West Texas oil companies. Kelly’s father was in the Air force, so she went to elementary school in England and then came to San Antonio in 1977 and has lived here ever since. The scenery was breath taking and you can’t beat pineapple at the SAG stops and Coconut shave ice after the ride!” It was the most beautiful route I have ever done. “My favorite ride was the 2011 Honolulu Century. Here is Kelly’s description of her favorite ride. When given a choice, she would rather ride hills than flat routes. Other Team in Training members call Kelly the Mountain Goat because she loves riding hills. She used both events as a time trial! In her spare time Kelly leads training rides for Team in Training. She also did the cycling legs for two Triathlon’s: the Wurst Tri Ever in New Braunfels (no one else wanted to ride Hueco Springs loop!) and the Capital of Texas Triathlon. She plans to do the Alamo Ride to the River in October 2012. She has also done the local Tour de Cure and Fiesta Wildflower rides several times and the Conquer the Coast ride in Corpus Christi. ![]() She will do her 7th century this June at Lake Tahoe. She has done six century rides: El Tour de Tucson (twice – 109 miles), Armadillo Hill Country Classic in Liberty Hill (twice), the Outlaw Trail in Round Rock, and the Honolulu Century. Kelly started riding mountain bikes over 25 years ago and has been riding road bikes for about 20 years. When the weather is not great she rides her 2009 Trek WSD 2.3 to keep the new bike clean! While she has the road bike she wants, she would also like to have a Kona Mina mountain bike. She ordered the frame and had the bike built with components she selected. If you have seen Kelly on a ride you will have noticed her beautiful 2011 Trek Madone with Sram red components (see the photo above). Kelly is also very active with Team in Training where she raises money to find a cure for blood cancer. She joined the Wheelmen in 2009 and has been an instructor for Road Riding 101 and 201 and also helped with stay-together rides. Kelly Sile is the new Wheelmen “mapmaker” who is updating some of our older maps to add roads and doing maps for our new routes such as New Berlin.
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