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.....yea, exchanged out my road rash tire and all seems to be mechanically ok so far for a ride @ 2pm OSBx On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 12:21 PM, david caudle <[email protected]>wrote: > Anyone riding from OSB at 2? > DC > > On Sat Apr 2nd, 2011 8:27 PM EDT Tim & Susan wrote: > > >I left Morrisville this morning with about 45 other riders all doing a > 200K bike ride. Destination, across Jordan Lake and on to Siler City then > return. Everyone was anxious for a quick start because we're hoping to make > the turn-around before the winds really get bad. The lead pack had 20 > riders as people were working really hard to keep up. A six man breakaway > occurred just before Snow camp, our first control at mile 50. I was > struggling with the long hills and stayed in the second group with John. At > the turn-around in Siler City I short stopped my control and rode out solo > back to Snow camp while eating my peanut butter sandwich. This section was > flat so I enjoyed making my own pace. Arrived back in Snow camp with 50 > miles to go and the breakaway group was still there but getting ready to > leave so I short stopped another control and chased them down as did a > couple others. They kept dropping me on the climbs and I'd rush back on the > downhills. We were also getting some good tailwind sections that helped. > Riders began falling off the pace and finally at mile 100 it was my turn to > watch the remaining 4 ride away. I arrived back in Morrisville at 2:15, > like 12 mins. behind the others and Al brought me some of his homemade brew. > I then joined Mike D. and a couple others in the front group at a little > Mexican restaurant down the street for some much needed lunch. Wind and > hills were though today. 126 total miles with 7800 feet of climbs. I'm > toast! > > > > > > > >tim > > > >-- > >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > >To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > >For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.
