Mid STATE Monthly Group Ride

[TenSpeed]

I'm kinda lukewarm on this ride anyway--the ride itself sounds like fun but the drive sucks.

You nailed it on the head. Great ride, but the ride down there just sucks.

[AllMountin']

I definitely don't blame ya Steve. Bald Mountain was more or less a soup bowl. I would NOT normally ride trails in that condition. Very hard on the drive train, and I had to nurse a bent/failing link on the way back from Bloomer. Still a pretty fun time overall.

Today's log, including the Bloomer leg:

http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/oYq6V6_qdls

Actual mileage was round about 65 miles. Log is roughly 20 percent short. By far the longest single ride I've done to date.

[jonw9]

Next ride, and probably the last for the year:
http://www.velotracts.com/2011PSSWCFlyer.pdf

[F7Cannon]

Next ride, and probably the last for the year:
http://www.velotracts.com/2011PSSWCFlyer.pdf

Yeah Buddy!!

[Paul_D]

I don't feel like getting heckled by single speeders all afternoon.

Although I could work on my technique of coming to a near stop at the bottom of a hill with a SS'er behind me.....

[jonw9]

I don't feel like getting heckled by single speeders all afternoon.

Although I could work on my technique of coming to a near stop at the bottom of a hill with a SS'er behind me.....

A) how would that be different than every other ride?

B) When it comes to hills, the SSers will already be ahead of the geared folks!

[F7Cannon]

I don't feel like getting heckled by single speeders all afternoon.

Although I could work on my technique of coming to a near stop at the bottom of a hill with a SS'er behind me.....

A) We can take care of that for you with some wire cutters.

B) I think you got that one down pretty good!

C) Thanks for B Pauly because you have really helped me with my technique of passing the slower or stopped geared folks on the hills!

[F7Cannon]

Thinking about ending the season the way it started at Yankee Springs next weekend. I have a personal beef to settle with that place after my surgery so I am going one way or another. I am pretty sure Steve (AllMountain) is in. It would be nice to get the original group plus a few more to go. Let me know what you guys think.

[jonw9]

I am heading up north next weekend, I might try to find a race up there...

[F7Cannon]

I am heading up north next weekend, I might try to find a race up there...

We could put it off a week.

[AllMountin']

I am pretty sure Steve (Allmountain) is in.

I *was* going, until you misspelled my handle. I'm AllMountin' b****es. Hide your goats and your chickens.

[jonw9]

I am pretty sure Steve (Allmountain) is in.

I *was* going, until you misspelled my handle. I'm AllMountin' b****es. Hide your goats and your chickens.

Please start cleaning up after yourself at the trailhead!

[F7Cannon]

Steve I have know idea what you are talking about, my spelling is just fine.

Jon I took thart home to rinse off and use later.

[rickhogle]

Will Sunday April 15 work for the first ride at Yankee? A few people have said Sunday mornings will work better for them. What are people's opinions on this? I may or may not be able to go on the first ride depending on when my daughter decides to be born.

[AllMountin']

Sundays work for me this time of year. Pretty much all year, with the exception being football season.

Count me in.