Woo Hoo congratulations Ronnie. Jeff Glover
----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2012 08:17 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [COWs] BSG!!!! It was great. Started out at the front of the pack. Trust me it's not worth any advantage you may gain time wise. Yo-yoing all the way until the first climb on Shulls Mill Rd. I kept a watch out for you but didn't see you all day. Eddie Vick finally caught up with me between Blowing Rock and the parkway where I had pulled over for my next round of sport legs. Anyway, the first 60 miles were rather uneventful. Found my groove and stuck with it. Wee factor not as high on parkway due to headwinds, but "wee" nonetheless. I think my top speed was a little over 45mph. I took advantage of all rest stops to stretch, top off, etc. Getting to Meat Camp rd (base of Snake) I had a 17.5 average. Then everyone started talking about the impending pain to be dealt out by the mountain. I start off, solo as usual, up the false flat. About 1 - 1.5 mile from the summit I decide to drop to the granny ring (I took my triple). Well, guess what, the deraileur wouldn't kick the chain! I tried several times all the while pushing up the 12-16% grade. Finally stopped and manually shifted the chain, remounted and continued on. Did not walk any of snake tho I passed a lot of walkers. On the backside of snake the downhill is "treacherous" with all the switchbacks and sharp curves. A car approaches from behind and is stuck behind the rider about 50 yards behind me. It finally passes me only to get stuck behind the rider 100 yards in front. I'm closing the gap fast, car won't pass rider, so I pass the car and the rider. Guy behind me did the same thing. That was a first - passing a car at speed as we were all going 35+ mph. Note, we were still going down the other side of snake. Slowing down that much was not an option. After that nothing else happens. Just general chit-chat with other riders I come across (Nick, I kept my words per mile at minimum). Me and a group of 4-5 others barreled down 194 into valle crucis at 25+ mph and crossed the timer line. The heat wasn't that big of an issue this year, assuming you stayed hydrated. Great ride overall. ---- "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ronnie, I didn't see u would love to hear about your ride. > > SB > Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [COWs] BSG!!!! > Date: Sat, Jun 23, 2012 4:35 pm > I came, I rode, I did not walk snake mt, I made cut off time (2pm), I did not > walk George's gap, I finished!!!!!!!!!!! I'm happy. I'm tired. > > YAY!!!! Me. > > SB > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [COWs] Untitled by hawleyrock01 at Garmin Connect - Details > Date: Sat, Jun 23, 2012 11:46 am > > > Saturday morning ride. Jim,Nick,DC,Kaiser,Doc,Allen, Myself and A visitor > form Virginia. 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