Gyro Nation.
I have been out of town for a bit, but I am back. This means that long, drawn out emails and ride reports are back in vogue. Here are the specs: Day: Tuesday, May 4 Time: 5:45pm Place: St. Francis Distance: 32 miles Pace: 22-23 Course: Standard (Everyone should be familiar with our Standard course. If you are not, please email me privately and I will send you the route.) I received a brief ride report from Tony on last Tuesday's ride, but he did not share specifics so I do not know how fast you all went. It is my guess that it was 22 something, or Tony would have brought it to my attention. I truly thought that when I returned you guys would be going so fast that it would be best if I just rode SAG! I am anxious to ride once again to see just how fast the group has gotten (or, slow...), and when I will get dropped. This is a good segue for posting my ride objective once again: Rick's ride is designed to use the collective energies of our strongest riders to go as fast as possible for 32 miles. Any tactic utilized during the ride that is detrimental to this philosophy is discouraged. It is not forbidden, it is just frowned upon by the group. If you choose to attack, please make certain that you are strong enough to make this an effective tactic. My rules state that once we hit Patterson any rider can go on the attack, or, conversely, any rider can choose not to pull or do any work at all. Just keep in mind that what you do should be for the good of the ride objective. And, the group. I am not saying that our strongest riders have to hold back. I am not saying that at all. If you are strong enough to attack and stay away (which means that you are either not caught at all, or, you are not reeled back until the final miles...), please do. But, if you attack and you are reeled back in within a couple of miles please be honest with yourself and don't go again. (You can answer other attacks, of course...) Take longer pulls, or, whatever helps the ride objective. Ok. Enough on that. I only have one more thing to add: Let's ride fast Tuesday! Rick -- 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]
