that would be sew great if you could catch this person - I'm sure they would be on pins-and-needles if they know someone could identify their car . .do we know if it's a hem or a her?
On May 26, 9:10 am, Courtney Michelle <[email protected]> wrote: > You guys are lucky no one went down, especially after reading that > similar story that took place in Maryland. I think this needs to be > posted on the other local cycling boards to let the cycling community > know. > > > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Tony <[email protected]> wrote: > > Go Chris!!!! Gotta love it. Don't piss us off or we are comin' after you. > > If anyone has any info whatsoever on this silver BMW, please let us know. > > I'd love to see someone pay for this. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris" <[email protected]> > > To: "North Raleigh Cyclists (Gyros)" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 8:32 AM > > Subject: [Gyros: 15493] Re: Tuesday ride report... > > > If anyone is able to identify the folks who apread the tacks, it would > > be my pleasure to sue them for free for (a) the $50 or so in tubes and > > CO2 expended by 4 of us and (b) a few thousand dollars in punitive > > damages, and donate the proceeds of the lawsuit to the Gyros. I'm not > > happy to have missed the ride with a flat, but we're lucky that none > > of us were blasting down Kemp at 35 miles an hour and did a Jens Voigt > > face plant from a sudden flat. I almost crashed on 98 when I made the > > turn and realized my front tire was nearly flat when it almost came > > off the rim. > > > On May 26, 8:16 am, <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I need to clarify something. When I mentioned in my post on Monday that I > >> was hoping that some riders would go out on the "attack", some of you took > >> this literally and when out on "a-tack". (See, Steve and Donna...I can play > >> the pun game with the best of them...) > > >> Based on feedback from Ty, Mark and Tom, and, after talking to Chris > >> someone did actually dumb, oops, I mean dump (pardon the parapraxia) a box > >> of tacks onto the street at what I believe was Coley and Kemp. It appears > >> to > >> have been an intentional act. > > >> Just as the cameras now turn away whenever some fan decides to run naked > >> around the ballpark on a nationally televised sporting event, I am not > >> going > >> to dignify this person's action with a reaction of my own beyond these few > >> words: They would like nothing better than to know that their action had > >> it's intended effect: creating misery for others, i.e. cyclists. We handled > >> this, and, we can handle anything else that these misguided individuals > >> throw our way. We are cyclists, damn it!! We handle adversity and we enjoy > >> pain; in fact, we seek it out! Any sane person on a bike would avoid > >> mountains. We travel hours seeking them out. Why? Why else...to suffer. > > >> A few tacks in the road? Come on...is that all you got? > > >> Ok. On with the report. > > >> I arrived late yesterday so I timed my ride to catch the group coming up > >> the Doc. As they approached I was certain that it was the lead pack because > >> I saw Logan at the front dictating the pace, and, I received a very > >> friendly > >> "hey Rick!" from Keil (you would have thought that he would have been out > >> of > >> breath!). I also saw Steve, and about 5 others (sorry guys...you went by > >> too > >> fast). > > >> I kept in the opposite direction to catch the rest of the group, but, that > >> was it! It looks as though we lost at least 4 riders to mechanicals, and > >> others might have been influenced by the threat of rain. > > >> I did catch Logan in the parking lot and he stated that they averaged > >> 22.5. This ride had quality over quantity since it had some of our very > >> best > >> riders. These guys can ride with any group in the area and hold their own. > > >> Stay safe out there, and, please keep in mind that we change the finishing > >> stretch next week. Instead of turning onto Olive Branch we will head to > >> Kemp; right on Coley; and left on Carpenter Pd. to the Grove. Only the > >> select few will be in the front group next week! > > >> 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] > > -- > > 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] Hide > > quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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]
