The Slimen ünd Grossen Cycling Club Presents
The 2006 Trek Bicycle Store of KC/LocalCycling.com Racing Team

Slimenundgrossen is a USCF registered club. The club name Slimen ünd Grossen is a nonsensical phrase coined to playfully suggest the true nature of cyclocross racing, along with its Belgian origins. That name was used to promote an early Kansas City Cyclocross Series, and eventually was adopted by the host company that promoted the 2000 USCF Cyclocross National Championships in Overland Park, KS. The online registration and information page for that event; www.slimenundgrossen.com, continued to grow and add features, eventually morphing into www.localcycling.com in 2005.

The TrekbicyclestoreofKC/localcycing.com racing team is an outgrowth of the partnership forged between The Trek Bicycle Store of Kansas City and www.slimenundgrossen.com (now www.localcycling.com). In addition to being one of Bicycling Magazine's Top 100 retail Stores, The Trek Bicycle Store of Kansas City (Together with the Trek Bicycle Stores of St. Louis, and Omaha, and their sister shop, Highgear of Omaha), lives up to it's committment to "Support a Community in Motion." The members of Team TrekBicycleStoreOfKC/LocalCycling.com believe wholeheartedly in that goal, leading group rides, participating in bike rodeos, and serving on community advisory boards as well as racing.

The 30 athletes on our team span a wide variety of ages, race skills and accomplishments. Team members race actively in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska, as well as taking part in USCF National Championship and UCI World Masters Championship events.

Community Involvement
No matter where you live, or work, or play in the Kansas City area, you're likely to see a cyclist in the distinctive Red, Yellow and Black colors of the TrekBicycleStoreOfKC/LocalCycling.com uniform. Members of Team TrekbicyclestoreofKC/localcycing.com are leaders off the bike as well. Highly respected members of the business community, and community leaders. The team is active in community organizations as well as cycling advocacy. The team supports The Major Taylor Foundation of Greater Kansas City which seeks to educate, mentor and provide support for all youth interested in the varied aspects of cycling, including commuting, group rides, bicycle repair and racing. Our members help to provide coaching and equipment while mentoring those members of the Major Taylor group with an interest in racing. In 2005 Christian Griffin, a member of the Major Taylor group and new team member became the first African-American to stand at the top of the podium in the 43 year history of the Tour of Kansas City.
Team TRekbicyclestoreofKC/localcycing.com also supports Kansas City Wheelchair Road & Track. KC Wheelchair members race as part of our team. These physically challenged athletes have competed in the Dodge Tour of Georgia, Rocky Mountain Omnium, Kechi TT, Peculiar TT and the Baptist-Lutheran Hospital Triathlon. Team TRekbicyclestoreofKC/localcycing.com is committed to making the sport of cycling accessible to all regardless of physical ability.

Our full list of Sponsors for 2006 include: Trek Bicycle Store of KC, www.localcycling.com, Sastun Center of Integrative Health Care, Scooters Coffee of Shawnee, Number 6, Dr. Christine Stevens, an M.D. OB-GYN. In addition we show our support for The Major Taylor Foundation of Greater KC and www.kccrossnationals.com on our uniforms. New for 2007 is Tienda Casa Paloma (Our favorite place for Sunday breakfast, Kansas City's favorite Mexican food.)