History

Biography

joined NCVC as Junior
started racing 1974
Son of John Prehn, who was a club officer in the 1970s
Active in NCVC: 1974-1977
1985-1988 Professional for Schwinn. Link to cyclingbase entry
1986: Won USPro Championship riding for Schwinn
1992 Named life member
2004: Wrote "Racing Tactics for Cyclists" ISBN 1931382301. Find the book on Amazon
2011: President of CatEye America (Bicycle Retailer Announcement)
Link to a Pez Cycling interview

Palmares
With NCVC

1974-10-24 Tour of Rockford, Wilmington, De (cat 3) (Cyclenews 1974-11-15 v3 n 11) (possibly riding for Tidewater BC)
1974-10-12 1st Wesleyan Crit Rocky Mount NC (Junior) (Cyclenews 1974-11-15 v3 n 11) (possibly riding for Tidewater BC)
1975-04-05 1st Tour of Tallahassee, Fl (Junior) (VeloNews 1975-04-19 v4 n 3)
1975-06-15 1st Tour of Nevada City, Ca (Junior) (VeloNews 1975-06-27)
1975-10-12 1st Staten Island Classic (Junior) (Velonews 1975-11-17 p 1
1975-10-17 1st Philadelphia Grand Prix (Willow Grove, PA) (Junior) (Velonews 1975-11-17 p 14)'
1977 Named to National "B" team (9 riders) VN 1977-02-11, pages 2 and 4)
1977 6th Vuelta Cyclista a Costa Rica riding as part of a US composite team. Coverage in Velo-news 1977-01-14 .

Lifetime (selected)

Images

Left to Right: Winning the Columbia race in 1975; On the podium as National professional champion; 2012

1975 Columbia 1986 Corestates Prehn, Thomas 2012-03-23

Sources

2012-3-23 interview

Prehn, Thomas