The rides are numbered everyone... Make em count.
Another 25 or so out for the ride tonight. Guido and NinjaGaidan lit
the burners early on to drive the pace. Todd H and MoMoney also got
involved along with Tall John and YEEHAAW..... Without the usual
large crowd to hide behind guys were getting spit out the back early
on. A couple of traffic filled corners let most catch back on and the
speed slowed a bit coming up to Mountain Rd. Yelle!Snoop jumped off
the front when the speed went down but was back in the pack by the
corner for Mountain rd.
Mountain rd started off normally. After
MoMoney led up the risers Guido moved back to the front and brought
the speed up. After the second set of risers, Hunter P hit the front
and pedaled a gap to the field. Along for the ride was Young Suto and
Root66Alec. Chris C jumped up a little later on but the break only
lasted minute or 2. The ride had to slow down for a broken down car
on the right and everyone soft pedaled to the red light.
Onto Moss Farms where Tall John was the
first to go. He got 50 meters up the road and then Hunter P chased
him back, bringing up the peleton. Everyone slowed down a bit and
that gave Guido, MoMoney and Benje a chance to ride off. Aidan was in
pursuit and the rest of the pack was close behind. The foursome hit
the corner with a little bit of a gap but it would be erased on the
hill up to Marion as Eric M and Yelle!Snoop were setting the pace.
Yelle! moved up to the front and kept going onto Marion along with
Todd H and Chris C. The speed settled down a bit behind them but by
the corner for the industrial park it was going good again thanks to
Guido's cattle prod. Another quick trip thru the park and into the
corner for West Johnson. Guido led everyone onto the riser there and
there were plenty of guys to keep it going. After going thru the
intersection, Hunter P jumped hard off the front and was allowed to
get a gap for the run-in to Reinhard. Just before the corner, Chris B
led a surge along with Danbury Audi, Root66Alec, and Gary from
Central Wheel. That group was making up ground as Hunter P started to
slide backwards. The peleton was close behind with Eric M and Little
T leading the way for the sprint. Chris C jumped from near the front
as Little and Eric M jumped from further back with Hunter P on their
wheels. All the sprinters went up and thru the chase group pretty
quickly giving Little T a straight shot to the corner which he held
onto easily over Eric M, Chris C, Hunter P and Jacinto.
Tempo tempo tempo on Peck lane back to
rt10. No attacks. Yelle!Snoop again jumped off the front going onto
Route 10 but was back on the hill by Cheshire Park ( site of CheshireCross 2012! Mark your calendars... November 17th ).
After the hill, Guido again drilled it
off the front and was joined by one or 2 others. Red lights stopped
the pack and it seemed like the leaders were holding up but after
everyone got back up to speed Guido and Aidan were making a run for
the border and weren't gonna get caught. Aidan bounced up to take the
Stop n Sprint as Guido brought him to the base of the hill with a
good cushion. Lights stopped everyone in the center of Cheshire. From
there the ride back was decently fast with plenty of guys chipping
in. It seems the reduced crowd was the right mix of leaders and
followers. For the finale, slow moving cars brought the front 10 guys
to a near stop and nullified the last 200 meters. Up the hill however
went MoMoney with Hunter P chasing and Chris B a little ways behind.
MoMoney clawed and faought like a bleeding dog but was passed by
Hunter P in the final meters of the hill.
It was a bit dark for the ride back.
Stay tuned for next week's departure time. Interbike is next week. As
such if you would like to help out and contribute to the ride re-cap
email the shop at info ( at ) cheshirecycle dot com. If you don't the
bylaws of the SG Ride state that Chris C writes the recap.... The
usual “eyes in the sky” will be expected to send in their notes
after the ride.
Don't forget the Tuesday-ride-send-off \ Sunday-morning-ride-deflowering party after the ride on Oct 2nd. If you are stuck at work or are afraid of the dark, you don't have to have done the ride that night to show up. Rumor has it a new SG tee shirt will be unveiled because we know a lot of you guys need more tee shirts.
