No Rain, a Crash & Running Into Shannon K

Jared discovers, after pulling his bike from the car, his rear tire is flat.  Hate when that happens.  Jared is doing a 300k event this weekend.

Wow!  Sokha's new bike. He has another set of wheels that have yellow accents to match the frame.  The HH guys did well in a series of races in IN last week.

Deniece making a rare appearance.  Work and commuting to/from work, prevents her from appearing more often.

A rainy forecast cut into the turnout and only 5 Riveters came out.  When I asked the Rivet group to depart, they informed all they were riding with the A group.  Ken, Paul, Pete and Ron got a chuckle out of our reaction.  Many disbelieved they would ride like A's but in fact they did. I headed out with the A group, looking for a story for the blog.

The pace was moderate and we arrive in Alexandria with a 20.6 average.  Then things got toasty as we made a left on Hardscrabble and that long climb but we paused at the top to regroup.  Don't think everyone made it on but it was a legit regroup.  Then off to Northridge and a right, ugh, for the Stone Quarry event.  I hung in to the last climb and then......

....emerged from the pack to attack!!!!  Actually, by the time I reached the front of the group with Pete and Paul leading, I was almost out of gas but I kept going while giving Pete a long stare.  No doubt reminded everyone of the above image.  I had a good gap for 5 seconds....ok, maybe 2 before Pete and all others swept around me.  I went from first to last in an instant.  We made a right on Louden and then Dry Creek where.....

....I was not feeling all that fine at Burg Street so I went right while the others stayed straight.  After the Hardscrabble and Stone Quarry climbs, my average had gone up to 20.9. I stopped at the bottom of Beechwood, in Granville to catch the B group.  I waited and....

....waited.  After 20 minutes I began to despair.  Just then.....

....Shannon K came by on a solo ride and I got caught up with him.  Then the A group came through and I jumped on with them.  Soon, we caught the B group and all yelled, "On your left!" so proper etiquette was performed and I was witness to it.  At the top of the climb on Moots, I bugged out and jumped in with the B group.  After crossing 310 on old 161.....

....in front of the construction site, Kim his a clod of dirt or other debris, going down.  Kristian and Kristie also went down.  Kristie is ok. Kristian had a deep cut in his ankle and subsequently was stitched.  I think Kim's injuries are mostly scrapes but with no broken bones. Probably 15 of us lingered with most helpless to do anything but watch.  Calls were made, a driver stopped and gave us a First Aid kit then Kristie suggested a get a group together and 8 of us headed to New Albany. Finished with 42 miles and a 20.5 average.