Looks like the real Hammer ride is starting tomorrow night. See message below for details.
I'd also like to suggest that if they do turn around early, those of us up-front continue on to the standard turn around point and work to catch the field on the descent. ____________________________________ Wasn't intending on starting these for another week or two, but considering the extra warm temps predicted for tomorrow, why not? If we go back to cooler/rainier conditions the next few, we'll go week by week. The days are still kinda short though, so we might consider turning around at 'Dairy Farm Rd', just to make sure we're all back safely before nightfall. NOTE: anyone is welcome on this ride, but keep in mind it ranges from fast to very fast on sometimes crappy roads, and an at least moderate level of pack skill is expected. If you're not sure what to do, stay towards the back and watch the more experienced riders, and you'll pick it up pretty quickly. Please see the details below, especially if new to the ride. __________________________________ Wednesday Evening Rides starting from Hazel Ruby McQuain Amphitheatre Time: meet at 5:30, start promptly at 5:40 Pace: FAST paced training ride! Mostly upper-moderate to hard tempo pacelining and race simulation with some sign and hill sprints, attacks, etc. thrown in. Expect it to be fast, but also expect a couple of regroupings during the ride. At the next regrouping, just jump back in and try again. **Ideally - while pacelining - short pulls are best. They allow for lots of different riders to see the front, and it also makes it much more likely that the group will stay together. If you really wanna blow things apart, do it by attacking on your own, rather than wrecking a smoothly flowing paceline. Route: The 'usual' route is out and back, mostly. PLEASE NOTE - we'll be going out via Westover Bridge for now, until the (new) railtrail repair has been completed(again!). We'll still meet at the Amphitheatre, and leave promptly at 5:40. Lemme know if any questions. __________________________________ Ride Etiquette/Regrouping: Slow start and then 'neutral' rollout until we make the left under the RR Trestle to start climbing 100. Meaning, a smooth, moderately paced paceline/rotation. No surges or attacking during this time please. Again, once we make the left turn under the trestle, it's on, and you can surge, attack, go 110% if you'd like. Remember to regroup at Rt100 and 19 intersection on the way out, so that a group can reform after the Lazelle hill carnage. And then on the way back... it'd be great to regroup either at top of the big climb on 19--the 2nd rise--before making the pothole filled plunge back down to the right run into Osage. These are of course optional, but those couple of minutes(at most) you might end up waiting for the stragglers at the top, really helps keep up the morale for this ride, so no-one gets discouraged and a big group keeps coming back. Plus its cool to have a big group of people to work with going to downhill. If you need to keep going without waiting, no problem.
