Shortcut thru the local packy with a
detour thru the pizza place...
Pretty big group out for the ride
tonight... Everyone must be getting in final training preparations
for the last big race of the year. Rory D was lickin his chops
out of the parking lot, drifing away from the rest on route 10. Once
the ride got onto the back roads, in a replay from last week, Jordan
L and Hunter P took off, this time with The Sernyak and Rusty joining
as well. The group was allowed to quickly sprint up a gap but corners
slowed the attack. The pace was kept high by Jordan L and Chris C
came up as well. One more corner later found Hacker moving on thru
the front and soon the pace was high from all. No gaps were allowed
all the way toward Mountain Rd, despite some strong pulls up front by
Chris C, Nuemotion, Jordan L and a couple of others. Hunter P surged
alone up the road on the second set of risers but that was short
lived. Gregg F countered that move but that was also a short effort
as the field barreled on toward the light.... Which went green at the
last moment, letting all thru nice and smooth, though the next light
was red. Once onto Moss Farms, Pescatore took off and was joined soon
by a few guys.... Jordan L, Chris C, Nuemotion, A CF Racing rider,
and one or 2 others. That led to a pretty solid pace all the way down
Moss Farms. Toward the end, The Gibertoni and Mike McG moved off the
front on brute force but by the chicane, it was strung out single
file and fast. That led to a fast trip up to Marion and soon after
the corner, a small group was split off the front, led by Chris C,
Ben Bruce, Hunter P, Neumotion and a couple of others. Despite the
group having plenty of ponies the pressure from behind was too much
and everyone was all together for the run toward the light.
That light went from green to red at
the last moment, giving the chance for the front 8 to squeak through
but leaving the rest of the peleton having to stomp on the brakes.
The law-breakers waited up in proper style and soon after it was all
together heading toward Mount Vernon. Little T was off the front and
drilling it with Gregg F, Ben Bruce, The Sernyak, Hunter P and a few
others chasing hard. Soon after it was all together as everyone
seemed to be want to the one that led the rest on the shortcut of the
night.
The time on Mount Vernon was brief,
and the speed stayed high on Prospect St as there was plenty of
riders to chase down Hunter P as he tried to sneak off. As everyone
got back onto West St the ace stayed high, continuing with the theme
of the night.
The speed was ramping up and the front
10 were flying toward the overpass on Atwater when a little Muffy dog
ran out in front of all with a lease on. Pretty much everyone braked
hard and swerved safely. There may have been contact from by a rider
though.... And by contact it we mean a square t-boning of the canine.
The dog was pissed and complaining as most riders stopped to see what
could be done. A handful of riders rolled on slowly. The dog ended up
appearing to be fine. So everyone rolled on. The 2 groups were back
together on Peck ln. and the ride got going back to full speed with
some cheerleading from a local patrol car who thought the
cohesiveness of the pack was lacking a little legality.
Back onto Route 10, after Christian D
snuck off during a lull and stayed out in front long enough to be
there when the front runners were winding up to lead out the
sprint.... Mike McG setting the speed down. A traffic light with a
car turning out right at the base of the hill brought the full-flight
leadout to a stop.
A few guys started up, rolling hard up
the hill to make a little something out of the sprint. Little T got
it with little fuss. For the rest of the ride, the speed.....
Wait..... Where was Guido?
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