Team Bacchetta
Team Bacchetta Member Bio - John Schlitter
Name: John Schlitter
Sex: Male
Age: 49
Location: Hays, KS or Saint Petersburg, FL
e-mail: john@bacchettabikes.com
Phone number: 727-385-7371
Riding Background:
Been riding since I was able to ride my older sister’s 26 wheel bikes at about the age 4 or 5. I made a deal with my dad if he bought me my first ten speed I would paint the house and ride it to school everyday (freshman year of high school). He got a pretty good deal for buying a use Schwinn Varsity for 75.00. That was the start of true freedom,. Three of us hopped on our ten speeds and rode the hundred miles over to Salina KS to see a girl my brother had met from Salina. First long ride I did.
Started racing bicycles in 1973. Somewhat serious up to 79. Race Nationals match sprints in 1974, (I think) a few state titles etc.
How did you get into Recumbents?
You all know of Randy Schlitter of RANS fame my brother. He took one of his three wheel recumbent sail trikes and made a two wheeler (1979) out of it. Was pretty impressed that it was faster then my 20lb Colnago. It weighed around 45 pounds.
How did you get asked to be a TEAM BACCHETTA team mate?
It helps to be one of the founding fathers of Bacchetta.
What Bacchetta do you ride?
A lot of them, current ride is the a carbon Aero, ti-Aero and Corsa
Race results or Personal Best Rides.
HPV:
South FL HPV races 2003 1st stock
2004 tied for 1st stock
2005 3rd stock
2006 tie for 1st stock.
Indy races 2004 I think I ended up 3rd in stock.
ULTRAS:
RAAM 2005 1st place unfaired recumbent team. 3rd place overall in the four man team division.
Sebring 2006 12 hour 269.5 course record with team mate Bill Wolfe for recumbent unfaired.
View John's 2007 Event Results
More:
- August of 2006 was my first 24 hour race, Ultra Midwest 24 hours. I rode 436 mile and RAAM qualified.
- Next 24 hour race was the Texas Time Trials Championships in Oct. of 2007. New overall course record.
- 2007 was a long season entered 10 UMCA events with Two Man Team RAAM being the focus.
- 2007 Sebring 24 hour 479 miles first recumbent division.
- Heart of the South 200, first overall new course record.
- Calvin 12 hour Challenge, first with recumbent with Jim Verheul Team Bacchetta for a new course record of 267 miles
- Two Man RAAM recumbent first place with Team Bacchetta's Phil Plath. 7 days 26 minutes 3044 miles.
- Saratoga National Championship 24 hour, new course record, 460 miles 24 hour national champ.
- Race Across Oregon Two Person Mixed Recumbent, rode with Team Bacchetta's Sara Kay Carrell, established a course record for our cat.
- Metamora 200 mile first recumbent new recumbent course record.
- Ultra Midwest 12 hour, New course record with Team Bacchetta's Jim Verheul, 250 miles.
- Ring of Fire 12 National Championship. First recumbent, 12 hour national recumbent champ.
- Tejas 500 Texas Time Trials. 29 hours new overall course record.