Gyro Nation.
I picked a great night to return to my ride, if I may be so bold as to refer to it in that manner. In all of my years with the Gryos I cannot remember a time when a group of 15 riders rode with such control as our group did last night. Having experienced riders certainly helps, and seeing the tandem on the Tuesday ride is certainly a great sign. I hope that they continue to ride with us because we can all learn about riding etiquette simply by being on the same ride as they are. (It is always great seeing Carlos...he is a long time Gyro...) Having the Trek store's ace mechanic, Matt on the ride is re-assuring just in case there is a mechanical... What was really pleasing was the group pacelining from Patterson to the finish; minus the primes and the finishing stretch. I was a bit out of practice, but was quickly put into place by some reminders from my friend, Keil. Having everyone sharing the work made it possible for everyone to hang on without too much difficulty. As we went up Burton I was wondering when things were going to happen since we were still pacelining, and found out when Grey accelerated and opened up a gap. I was impressed with how far out he was when he went; I think that maybe he expected someone to be with him. Keil was next to me in the peloton, when I heard him say something about "there goes Grey". Keil decided to chase him down, and knowing him I am sure this had to do with Grey attacking so early, and Keil figuring he would run out of gas. Keil did catch him and take the Prime. We got back together and pacelined until the Doc. I could not believe that we were all together all the way up Patterson...I cannot think of the last time we did this. When we hit the Doc the boys began to accelerate as we neared the Prime, and it was Chris who was the strongest. This was Chris' first win up the Doc, but it will not be his last. Things picked up on Carpenter Pd. and I am sure that it had to do with someone calling out the average speed with the implication that we were dogging it a bit. Things got frisky, and, I believe it was Tony who yelled out something about "isn't this a spicy meat-a-ball", or something like that. We were moving along pretty well at that point. The race for the finish had a number of guys in contention, but it was Grey who was first in followed by Master Mechanic Matt and then Lou. Believe it or not I was not far behind and had a good view of the fight to the finish. The guys really put out a great effort. We had some mixed readings regarding pace, but I think that this was because some riders began their computers in the parking lot. The actual start is once we cross the intersection, and Tony had this reading. He had us at 22.8 for 31 miles. Not bad. Great ride, guys!! The updated Leader Board: Logan.........54 Dave..........26 Lou...........23 (Third place overall) Keil..........13 (Winner Prime 1) Steve.........10 Grey..........10 (Overall winner) Chris..........8 (Winner Prime 2) Rick...........6 Tim............5 Matt...........3 (Second place overall) John...........3 Tom............3 Tony...........2 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your replies. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
