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The Weekend Report

8/25/2017

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Monday, I rode a mountain bike following a gravel route.  Friday I rode a gravel bike on what my friend called an "intermediate" gravel route.  Well, that did not go so well.  Descending a steep hill with a stop sign at the bottom, loose gravel, braking I found impossible so I just plunged down and through the intersection.  There I dubbed my friend the "Widow Maker" and the bike the "Death Machine". I'm not so sure about this activity.  But.....
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....there is almost always a tomorrow and so we came out for a 9:00am start from New Albany to follow a shortish, 58 mile route to the east.
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Good turnout of about 23 cyclists.
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We go out 161 to Watkins where we made a right and eventually got into....
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....Granville where Meredith shows proper guzzling form.
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Most stayed on the sidewalk rather than go inside CVS for food or drink. 
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Jon Morgan admires Jay P's stretching routine.  I broke from the group here, legs tired from Thursday and Friday rides, to skip the Jones Road climb and loop.  I ate and drank and then....
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....rode to the end of Welsh Hills to jump back in.  I waited and waited and thought I had missed them but alas, as Strava Flyby showed me later, another 5 minutes and I would have rejoined.  Then I went out New Burg Street, to the top of the hill where I waited again.  Soon, I saw them round the corner and take the school cut through.  Great!  They were on the route and I had over shot it.  I made my way west where I discovered....
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....the bridge on Concord is now passable.  How about that! Finished with 45 miles. Then Sunday...
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....Marty joins the Sunday morning Granville ride after arriving from France the evening before.  Some of Marty's friends are peeved because while kite boarding and practically sharing a nudist beach, he failed to send pics.  I am going to France in 2018, with camera, to right the wrongs.  I started with this group but when the serious hills were to kick in, headed west to do 110 flatter miles. It's part of the plan.
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Note the start time is 9:00am, at which time the temp should be over 60 if that is important to you.  From behind Starbucks at a B+ pace with a couple of regroups.  Route a tad short because of commitments by the organizer but you can always start with us and then go longer, as likely I will do.  https://ridewithgps.com/routes/19771401
             
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