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Thursday Ride Report--It Started with a Drink at Brio

9/12/2018

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The temperature moved into the 80's so many moved into the shade.  Including Bill, the 2nd from the left.  A month or two ago, I was at Brio while my wife shopped at Easton.  I talked to the bartender, who was giving generous pours, and discovered he was a cyclist.  Naturally, I encouraged him to show up for our Thursday ride and so he did.
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Making a rare appearance was Garth P and a 2nd time for Todd Lee who says he will be here for the next Thursday ride too.
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Good sized group of around 55, surprising for how few miles we can ride now.  With Steve Hewitt out for the season as the C ride leader and his back-up Jim R out for today, I volunteered to fill in.  Out went the Riveters, then the A, then the B and then 4 of us comprised the C group.  
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Getting out of here increasingly is problematic.  It was 6:12 before my group actually left the town behind because one of us crashed while trying to stop and another had a drop chain and the traffic...yikes.  I should have interpreted this as a sign.  The gap between each rider is large enough to drive a heard of giraffes.  They are uncomfortable riding too close so 4 people, each taking a pull.  We arrive at York and turn left into Alexandria.....
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….Bill suddenly stops and I ask why, he yells "I have a flat".  This by itself should not have been a problem even though he did not announce he had a flat, just stopped.  I slow to a stop, dismount, lean my bike against the bridge railing and hear "oh no!"  Turning, I catch a cyclist from our group headed at me!!!  I mean, what the heck???  He was 4th in a line with enormous gaps between each of us.  Obviously, I had time to slow, get off my bike so more than ample time for him to adjust.  Anyway, I squeeze against my bike and watch the inevitable crash.  With hindsight, I may have had time to jump the railing into the creek but who thinks about that?  He dislocated a finger but immediately, a doctor stops and straightens it, offers to take all of us back.  What a guy!
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Bill and the guy who ran me over accept the offer.  I and Beth head back, eventually passed by the Riveters and a split A group.  It was late twilight when all of us returned.  Glad we start next week at 5:30pm.  The Riveters covered the 38 mile route with a 23.4 average, the A group was around 22mph as some got in with the Riveters while others hung back, the B group was at 20.5 on their 31 mile route and the C group, as I can attest, was at 15mph. I have some general soreness and minor road rash but the bike and me are ok!  Two Saturday ride options coming soon.
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Whaaaaaaa! Only 5 rides to go on yet another epic season of cycling and too often watching it rain. 6pm start time as usual. 7:44pm sunset so keep that in mind as you choose from distances of 38, 31 and 24 miles. Oh, it looks like it might rain but probably not.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/19489879
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/19489907
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/19489921
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