Keil, Nice report from someone embedded in the event.
Since you asked: I lost the chain on Cheek not too far from Hereford. Courtney was kind enough to ride with me after replacing it, but, it came off again on Hereford, so I told him to go on ahead and I turned around. I figured out that the problem was with the big ring, and used the small one as I re-traced our route. I realized that I really was not that far ahead of your fast moving peloton and rode as hard as I could back to Kicks. (I pretended that I was Cancellara in Paris-Roubaix.)Sure enough I had only arrived there a few minutes before I heard Logan yelling out his average speed as he came by with Steve. Officially, the ride ends as soon as we hit Hickory Grove. That is where everyone should read their computers and get the average speed. The idea is to ride easy and together up that last stretch. I think that I mentioned this in my response to Tom, so, forgive the redundancy. Great seeing you on the ride! Rick ---- Keil Wurl <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm wondering how Rick plans to provide a Tuesday night weekly ride > summary given he fell culprit to rule #43: "We don't stop for > mechanicals". As were were riding along Bert asked: "Hey, where's > Rick?". No one seemed to know exactly when he fell off the group with a > dropped chain. Rick: Did you make it to Coley? > > I'd have to say this ride exemplified a group of riders > working toward a common goal and with Tom's encouragement during a few > sections saying we are on a record setting pace, the group seemed very > interested in working together. In my opinion, we had just the right > size group for the rotating pace line... enough to get rest and shelter > from the wind, but small and organized enough to keep the pace and > rotation moving. > > Other than Logan's sprint off the front to win the Doc Nichols > sprint line (someone ought to mention to Logan we aren't doing the > sprint/points this year) the group stayed together and worked together > marvelously. When I turned on to Hickory Grove Church from Carpenter > Pond, my GPS indicated 22.5mph and after the cool down on Hickory, we > finished at 22.4 mph where our illustrious leader, Rich, was waiting at > the Kix66 gas station with more grease on his nose than his chain. > > I think we need to add another rule to Rick's ride: An official > statement that the ride ends at Hickory Grove Church (unless Rick plans > to re-introduce sprint/point zones?) and the ride in from there is > cool-down. We seem to have a lack of understanding on exactly where the > ride ends. > > > -- > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
