With most of the herd either competing in Little Washington or hammering the route in Scotland Neck, Ronnie and LR, stayed a bit closer in this weekend and did a “Close to Home Almost Metric Century”. Ronnie set out to build a route that would allow for some miles and not leave LR wandering lost, he did succeeded in style. I think I have most of the route right but jump in and straighten it out if I wander off course Ronnie.
We rolled out Nash St. at 7:00 am under sunny skies and a breeze that while not too bad at the time, was clearly getting warmed up for later. Packhouse, Bloomery, Hornes Church, Old Smithfield, to 97. so far LR was on familiar ground. The wind was still not too bad as it was still early and we had turned directly into the wind...yet. Rolling onto 581 put LR in a new neck of woods for him. As the route moved on to Old Spring Hope Rd the pair were headed directly into the wind. The rollers and trees gave old LR some breaks and Ronnie kept it sane pulling the dough boy along. A refueling stop at the rise over looking the store on Old Bailey Rd. where we often halt allowed LR to zero in his bearings. Old Spring Hope is a great road we need to work into rides more often. On to Rock Mount turning on Eastern Ave/Sunset Ave. As we turn onto Eastern Ave. we get a partial the tail wind. WWHEEEE. Turning on to S. Winsted and over to Bethlehem (I think) and Westmont (?) to 301 had the tail wind getting more directly behind the two and the WWHEEEE factor grew. Saturday morning traffic on 301 made it fine and the fresh new pavement and strong tail wind, now directly behind the two, made for big time WWHEEEEEEEEEEE all the way to Sharpsburg! With speeds over 28 it was a bit of a let down to turn on to Main Street in Sharpsburg. On County Line Rd we could once again feel the cross wind, now much stronger than when we started (really glad we did not leave any later). Turning onto Town Creek gave the tailwind back to us and on we rolled thoroughly spoiled by the propelling wind. On to East Langley into Elm City and back on Lake Wilson. At this point LR told Ronnie to hammer away, as he had kept it sane, LR would meet up with him in Wilson. Ronnie rolls LR cools. The pair link up again at Nash St. Total ride short of the metric century, 57 miles but long a WWHEEEEE. Ronnie did a great job planning the route. It was a good training ride and planned perfectly for the wind. Ronnie was also a gentlemen in pulling the Lantrene Rouge like a little red wagon all day long. Great ride, great day to be on a bike. LR -- 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.
