This year's Road Dog Rally is cancelled. I've consulted all of the usual suspects and indicators. Even thought the current conditions are OK, it looks like there's a pretty good chance that we'll receive more rain somewhere along the route this morning.
I hope to see you on the road soon, -Tom On Sep 22, 2011, at 6:16 PM, Tom Sheffield wrote: > > The Century route is no longer an option, due to a lack of interest. > > However, it does seem as though a lot of you are looking forward to a FAST > Metric, which makes me think that the "B" group might be sweeping up a few > "dazed and confused" hammers on our way back from Oxford. ;^) > -Tom > > On Sep 19, 2011, at 6:55 PM, Tom Sheffield wrote: > >> The 2011 Road Dog Rally will start this Saturday (9/24) at 8am from Pleasant >> Union Elementary. >> >> There will be two routes: >> · 62m (Road Dog Metric) >> · 100m (Century Route) >> >> The Century and Metric follow the same route until the break at the Metric >> turn-around point at US158 in Oxford. >> >> There will also be two starting times: >> 8am for the faster A/A- riders (regardless of whether you’re riding the >> Century or Metric route). >> Tony Santalucia will be leading the Century ride. >> Those of you who are planning to ride a fast Metric can follow the Bike >> Route 1 signs on your way back from Oxford. I've learned (many times in the >> past) that the folks who ride this Metric route fast don't need a leader. ;^) >> 8:05am for those of us who want to give the A/A- riders a head start. I’ll >> be leading this controlled pace "B" group and expect to average ~17mph – >> maybe a little faster or slower, depending on the group. "Controlled Pace" >> may be a foreign concept to some of you, so I'll explain - if you're "on the >> front" and going too fast, you'll soon find yourself "off the front". >> >> If you don’t have the time or energy to ride either of the planned routes >> above, you might consider riding out-and-back to Wilton. It’s a very nice >> half-Metric that’s mostly flat, except for the hills. In past adventures, >> this has been the ad-hoc (or is it “ad-hack”) route for some riders who >> “tried” to keep up with the fast guys and blew-up early. >> >> You might be a Road Dog if: >> - You can find your way back from Wilton, without the aid of a GPS. >> >> Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday, >> -Tom >> >> >>> >> > -- 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]
