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Wednesday Canal Winchester Ride

1/8/2013

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Three of us showed up at Canal for a 50-60 mile ride, Jeff S, who is now fully retired, Mark C who works half days on Sundays and me, who is a full-time working stiff and lucky to get out for a couple of hours.  Jeff especially is taking advantage of all his free time to ride, run and hike,  Dude has lost so much weight he looks like Justin Bieber but with huge calf muscles.  We headed toward Lithopolis but I noted Mark C was huffing and puffing more than normal and even fell back a bit.  Soon, he began the, "Oh, my pedal is about to come off" excuse.  Yeah, that one.  It works every time and some think better than the "heart palpatation" excuse. Note the lack of snow in the area. 
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I did not notice anything wrong with the pedal and even took this image as proof.  Here, does this pedal look loose to you?  I thought not.  Each down stroke brought forth an update, "It just became looser".  Up hills, down hills, city sign sprints, flats, it didn't matter, our ears were worn out with pedal updates.  At what point does, "It just got even more loose" turn into a break?  Finally, after 10 miles, Mark decided to turn around.  He told us we could go on without him, kind of with, "It's ok if you guys abandon me."  So, what were we to do but escort him to his house, where upon entering the driveway the pedal did break from the crank arm so I guess he wasn't making it up.  He grabbed his mountain bike and we rode back to Canal, finishing with 30 miles. 

Hey, looks like Silent Dave's Winter Roving Ride is the place to be this Saturday.  He promises it won't be an out and back to Baltimore but an interesting, not too flat and not too hilly route of 60 and 30 miles. 9:00am start out of Cyclist Connection.  I'll try to get a firm destination out of him before Saturday.  Also, Grand Poobah is back in Ohio after a warm break in FL.  Kenda Janet is in Vegas and will be attending a private Alicia Keyes concert so I have asked for images.  Marty S and friends are in Santa Monica, CA for a training session and I am hoping to get a summary ride report. 
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Nathan link
1/9/2013 03:05:35 am

Isn't it about time for the annual "I'm going to shut down the blog" post?

- Nathan / Nate / Recumbent Dude

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Mark C
1/9/2013 07:36:53 am

Thanks to Jeff S and Mark W for keeping me company at a slow pace as my carbon crank arm shredded apart at the pedal as I babied it home. I will always remember their kindness as Good Samaritans!

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Mark W
1/9/2013 11:00:35 am

That's not the way I remember it. I'll have to set the record straight with a ride (such as it was) report.

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Corvair
1/9/2013 10:24:59 pm

I am joining Team 614 on Saturday for a team ride. We will be going through Canal so we may pass you (say hi to Maya!)

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Hi Maya!
1/9/2013 11:55:21 pm

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Sore Ears
1/10/2013 12:02:31 pm

Corvair,

does this Team 1234 know about you and Mayas rep for being constant yappers.

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