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 The United States Deaf Cycling Association (USDCA) maintains this web site in an effort to raise public awareness of the services, only cycling organization that is affiliated with the U.S.A. Deaf Sports Federation.
 Clockwise: Paul Wood - Trevor Kosa - Patrick Sluyter - John Klish Here, we are proudly announcing the finest USA cycling team members. The new riders are Patrick Sluyter who is an avid mountain biker and John Klish who competed excellently at the Tour de Formosa last year. Trevor Kosa is a veteran of several Deaflympics and world cycling championships. Paul Wood, a well known rider of international class, will act as a coach and rider for the team. We wish them the best of luck at the Sofia Games this July 26 - August 4, 2013. Posted on May 1, 2013
Trevor Kosa - Bobby Skedsmo - Nick Schreiber
The USA cycling team is invited to participate in the international cycling event known as the Tour de Formosa in Taiwan on November 1-10, 2012. The following members of the USA cycling team are:
Bobby Skedsmo is the Team Director. They will have 7 stage races running all around the country. The committee of the Taipei cycling organization will provide them meals, internal transportation and accommodations. This type of stage race is excellent experience for them because it is at most sanctioned for the professional racing and international cycling event. They are fortunate to grasp this great opportunity. It will be about 100 miles each stage race across the varied terrains. The first stage race will be a closed circuit around the heart of Taipei near where the Yangmingshan National Park is. Posted on August 30, 2012
 John Klish, 30, was born with bilateral hearing loss, in other words, profoundly deaf. He graduated from Colorado State University with a degree in mechanical engineering while racing on the collegiate cycling team. However, in October 2005, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer, putting both his career and cycling aspirations on hold. Following surgeries and chemotherapy, he went into remission April 2006, and he quickly picked up where he left off in his endeavors. Moving to the mountain community of Eagle in Colorado, Klish worked as a road engineer while honing his mountain bike racing on the area's alpine trails. His breakthrough season came in 2010, during which he entered 26 races and climbed the podium in 23 of them. It was during this summer that Klish began competing in triathlons and picked up a new addiction, XTERRAs, or off-road triathlons. He won the XTERRA National Championships for his age group that year in Ogden, Utah. More information at his website. http://www.deaflete.org/index.html Klish is now with the USA cycling team to the Tour of Formosa this November. Posted on August 29, 2012
 This 7th Coffee Bike Ride came to the end with a smashing success. The California Deaf Wheelers (CDW) (San Francisco Bay area) inaugurated its first "Coffee Bike Ride" at the Iron Horse Regional Trail between Dublin and Danville last April. After completing the full length of the ride, many participants strongly agreed that it was perfectly designed for anyone. For the next 6 months, we had a good number of participants each month. They want more rides next year. Posted on October 31, 2011
 Photo Credit: Ralph Fernandez The dVELO had chatting time at the coffee parlor. The dVELO (Washington DC Metro) have promoted many bike rides since its founding and recruited a large number of members for the USDCA. They have hosted a prestigious bike ride at the Five Boro Bike Tour in New York every year. Last May, a Gallaudet University president rode his bike with students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the deaf community. A total of 51 participants (45 adults and 6 children) rode their bikes through Washington DC. The purpose of the ride was to raise funds for the Laurent Clerc Cultural Fund of the Gallaudet University Alumni Association (GUAA). Waving hands to the dVELO! Posted on November 1, 2011
Paul Wood would like to give his account on the long term goal as the USA cycling team coach. He pleads you to subscribe his YouTube if interested. Be sure to check the box that will keep you posted when his new video becomes available. He has new email address: usdeafcycling@gmail.com. For more information, find his Coach's Page on the left-side panel. Posted on November 20, 2010
 The USA Deaf Sports Federation held its Executive Board meeting and approved our recommendation to appoint Paul Wood as our USA cycling coach for the 2011 World Deaf Cycling Championships and 2013 Deaflympic Games which will take place in Montreal, Canada and Athens, Greece respectively. Please convey your congratulations to Paul Wood and wish him and his bikers nothing but the best in Canada and Athens! Posted on October 15, 2010
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