The SG Ride... Soon with an Austrian branch
There was a decent crowd out for the
penultimate to the penultimate to the penultimate Guido ride. Maybe
35-40 riders. There were a couple of new faces in the crowd, which
slowed the initial pace down quite a bit. Most notably in attendance
for the first time was young Kyle Crowell. Maybe everyone in Camp
Chris C was taking it easy for his benefit, maybe everyone was
dumfounded with what to do now that there was 2 Crowels riding bikes
fast. Kyle had little problem keeping up for the first 40 min or so
but became unhinged around the turnaround point. Nice job Kyle! Keep
up the good work.
The other McG was up front driving the
pace to mountain road along with the Gibertoni. On Mountain, Guido
took off the front over the second set of risers. Hunter P bridged
up, which got everyone going faster. Chris C eventually bridged up as
well but dragged the rest of the field up with him. Guys like Ciocci,
Jacinto, Cornell, Rob Dux and a couple of others picked up the slack
and brought it back.
Onto Moss Farms where Hunter P took off
first and was soon joined by a fast attacking Hacker. Those 2 built
up a gap over the risers heading to the chicane. It took the field a
little while to ramp it but soon guys like Chris C, Mike McG, the new
guy in White, (Burgeebaby), Rob Dux, Tall John, Mountain Man and
others all pitching in to keep it close. Lights went out for the
front duo on the hill toward Marion. After the corner, everyone took
a breather and it stayed quick but uneventful to the light on 322.
Chappy and Chris C kicked it off on
Mount Vernon, but without attacks, the pace stayed respectable
instead of gang busters. Hunter P rolled off the front on the false
flat but didnt get too far on his own. A new guy with Italian Flair
charged onto the milled road section with Hacker, Hunter P and Guido
close behind. The push was enough to cause a some problems in the
field and plenty of guys dropped off the pace. The leading group
tried to keep up the pressure after the road got better but the rest
of the field would soon catch back up, led by Chris C and Mike McG.
That meant everyone was together for the corner onto Welch. Hacker
was the first to fire a shot for the corner. Chris C quickly
responded with 3 or 4 others. Hacker had to hold up for the corner a
bit and once everyone was thru, no one had much of a gap. Chris C
stayed on the gas but slowly came back. Bryan McG next hit the front
and rolled off a little gap. Once he saw it, he put his down and took
a bigger gap as the sprint came up. Behind, Ben Bruce, Mike McG, and
Hunter P cued up. Ben was the first to jump and saved it for the last
possible moment. Hunter P went with him and soon was chasing down
McGil with Jacinto further behind. Too much too late though as Bryan
was able to hang on by a bike length.
On the backside, no one took any
chances with an attack and instead, a couple of guys who had been
dropped were able to come back on. From there, heading downhill, The
Gibertoni and Chappy were trying to get something started but to no
avail. Going under the highway, The Gibertoni jumped hard, taking
Hunter P and Tall John with him. That trio worked up a bit of a gap
but traffic at the intersections slowed everyone down.
Onto Peck Lane where the speed
stayed high but no one was attacking. Heading up the false flat,
Chris C took to the front and was going hard enough to create a bit
of group. As rhe speed dropped a touch a few seconds later, The Other
McG took off and quickly got a gap as everyone was looking around at
each other. Hacker jumped across the gap a moment later and got up to
Bryan easily by the corner for route 10. They stayed on the gas as
behind, the rest were taking too long to figure it out. One red light
for the peleton later, it was donesville for the chase. The 2 leaders
worked up an even bigger gap as they rode thru the Stop n Sprint
evenly sharing the workload. Nice job to Hacker and Bryan McG for the
strong riding!
Just a reminder for everyone.... Next
week, Cheshire Cycle is hosting post ride beer and pizza in honor of
2 of the strongest riders to ever become SG regulars.... Guido and
Jacinto. The 2 of them are moving from the fair state of CT and we
would like to send them off well. Please leave a comment here or on
the Sleeping Giant Ride Facebook page that you plan on hanging out.
It would be nice to get a head count so as to know how many strippers
to hire.
