Bobby has no patience for petty things as he is too busy dividing his time between his job and passon for cycling.  Let's us now zoom to Bobby's accomplishments.

As a child, Bobby's mother often watched him riding his tricycle on the sidewalk from the kitchen window and this one particular day she became alarmed when the earthquake hit but Bobby, was having the time of his life riding along with the earthquake's rolling motions.  His interest in cycling grew when his father often took him to see a motorcycle race every Friday night.  Into his teens, his close friend, Bert Hall and he would go on a fun dirt motorcycling every weekend.  Bobby then participated in track and basketball at the California School for the Deaf, Riverside.  He was an outstanding player due to his love for competition and determination to be the best.  Next he joined the Gallaudet College's cross country and track team leading him into the 1965 U.S.A. International Games for the Deaf team as a 800-meter runner with the best time at 1:58.6.  However, at the IGD his feet became blistered from the hard workouts during the heat wave and Coach Tom Berg had to place him in the 10,000-meter distance to ease his feet; hence, Bobby completed only half of the race.  When Bobby was not racing, he took the opportunity to see other events and was inspired by watching the deaf cyclists of other nations speeding by on their bikes around the Gallaudet campus.  He had not known there was such a cycling event for the deaf; thus the birth of interest in trying out for the USA cycling team. Art Kruger witnessed Bobby's big classic bike race victory in Solvang, California and encouraged Bobby to make the USA cycling team!

Bobby's first trip to Europe as a cyclist was at the 1969 Belgrade World Games for the Deaf.  He felt a bit inferior because of Europe's long-time dominance in cycling.  He nearly won by an inch at the finish line of the semi-final sprint match but placed fourth. He participated in the next two Games held in Malmo, Sweden and Bucharest, Romania and did well but without some well-deserved medals.  He felt something was missing in training and realized that it was because he and his cycling team did not have coaching guidance.  At the 1981 Koln Games in Germany Bobby did not participate so there was no cycling team for the USA.  That was when he begin to devote his time and energy to revitalize the cycling team and coached them for the next World Games for the Deaf in Los Angeles.  With his 13 years cycling experience, the big surprising victory for the USA in the 1000-meter sprint event stunned the European's long-reign cycling dominance.  FIRST GOLD for the USA and some silver medals!!!  The most unforgettable memory was at the victory podium where the USA cyclists celebrated with a champagne by spurting the bubbles into the crowd rallying for the team.

Winning did not stop at the 1985 Game.  The next first-ever sweep win in the CISS history was at the 1987 Belgium for the World Cycling Championships in the 1000 meter sprint event.  The USA Cycling team participated and improved their performances in other events such as cross country road race and individual time trial event, winning the most medals and at the 1989 New Zealand Games, Bobby's nephew Jon Schmnitz and Paul Wood earned five medals, the first gold ever to award for the road race.  The USA is now the new cycling dominance since the 1985 Los Angeles Game.  After the New Zealand Game, Bobby was appointed to be the Technical Director for Cycling by the CISS executive board members.

Back home, Bobby founded the United States Deaf Cycling Association in 1975 that became incorporated in May 1992 and has over 80 members.  He is presently the Secretary-Treasurer of the organization and editor of the Breakaway newsletter.  In addition he scouts the international deaf cyclists so that he can prepare his cycling members for the next Games.  He has been asked to conduct some cycling clinics at the schools, showed films about past cycling races at the WGD's, and promotes some bike rallies in the San Francisco Bay area.

As the Technical Director for Cycling, Bobby proposed adding a new cycling event, 50-kilometer Criterium (points race) to the program.  This event will no doubt excite the spectators.  He gave in his long-time coaching position to another person for the upcoming Deaflympics.  He will still continue in his role as a coach for his local area and be a member of the United States Cycling Federation.  All work does not make Bobby a dull person, for fun he every now and then participates in the races and rides with cyclists of tomorrows.

In conclusion, Bobby owed his thanks to Art Kruger for having him as the member of USA cycling team for several deaflympics events and for believing that Bobby had the potential to be the leader of deaf community in cycling.  Bobby believes that "Good communication is the only way to make progress."  Without this particular motto, nothing will ever be accomplished.