LR, the route is dead on. A fun route and ride. Gave me a good work out taking the "rolls" on old spring hope into the wind.
Ronnie ---- Jeff Glover <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
