Blonde Bike Queen...

was the caption for this photo that accompanied a story in the Los Angeles Times, 17 August 1941. The National Amateur Bicycle Championships came to the "Rose Bowl course" that year, and the Times ran a series of stories leading up to the two days of racing, as well as extensive coverage of the races. North Hollywood's very own Ruth Maxhimer was considered among the leading entrants in the competitions. 

1941 was well past the cut-off date to be included in volume two of Fast Digs, but there are plenty of other local racers to be found on the pages of that volume (and the 1st volume as well). You can still order a copy of those, and other CLR Effect Occasionals, here.