Ride update: We were down to 6 riders by the time we got to Rt98 and had
the bad fortune (I'll explain why later) of connecting up with the Kix
power riders turning onto Rt98 from Olive Branch. We quickly sat into
their slip stream turning on to Patterson. At that point, my GPS was at
about 22.8mph so we had taken it out pretty fast from our start. Well,
the bad news is the Kix group slowed us down... yeah, they were in
cruise mode at about 22mph and I'm guessing maybe due to some recent
racing, they were in slow motion (for them). We sat on their tail all
the way to our left turn on Hereford and I can't tell you how many times
Logan said to me: "Let's pass 'em"... Can you imagine that reaction? At
the turn, my GPS was down to 22.1. After turning right on Redwood, we
were now down to only 4 riders since two riders went left to shorten the
route. That's when Logan decided to make up for lost time and his
frustration for not passing the Kix riders (it just wasn't safe since
they were riding 3 and 4 abreast and we would have had to cross the
yellow line to pass them) and we cranked it up. When we passed you going
the other way, as you mentioned, we were a blur, but we were still the 4
riders mentioned (you thought 5 because we went by you effectively 60mph
...your travel at 30 going north and our travel at 30 going south)!
Great ride for such a small group. Thanks again to Logan for "wanting to
go faster".
[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
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