The SG Ride... Nearly As Much Fun As
Pokemon Go
Another winner of a ride tonight! Great
to see the legendary Chris B out as well. We miss that dude! A big box of
Cracker Jacks to Big Red, who was either constantly attacking or
sitting on the front driving the pace all ride long. He also nabbed the final Sit n Sprint. Early action was mostly Cheshire and Stage 1. Alan B nearly
slipped away on Mountain Road. Then lit it up on Marion after the
chicane. Too fast for everyone else though and his solo effort flamed
out fast. He also was up front and active thru-out the night.
The ride got the green light on route
322 but for some reason it was decided we would slow down and let the
suckers who were getting dropped, catch back on after they were
caught by the light. Apparently the SG Ride is now “No-Drop”. Big
Red and Dillon P powered off the front once riding resumed but
construction vehicles and stacked traffic right at the false flat
slowed them and the whole peleton down. After that Alan B attacked
again, Big Red and Expo Ryan as well. Nuemotion led a group off the
front along the way but it was all back together for the turn on
Welch.
Rob Dux crushed it on Welch, taking along Alan B and Hunter P. That effort ended a little too late though, giving Chris C and Dave Hartman a chance to attack on the hill. The headwind stood everyone up though, giving everyone a chance to catch back on. The front 4 stayed on the gas, leading to a sprint between Ben Bruce, Nuemotion and Alan B. Ben took it. He would go on to take the Stop n Sprint point as well.
Rob Dux crushed it on Welch, taking along Alan B and Hunter P. That effort ended a little too late though, giving Chris C and Dave Hartman a chance to attack on the hill. The headwind stood everyone up though, giving everyone a chance to catch back on. The front 4 stayed on the gas, leading to a sprint between Ben Bruce, Nuemotion and Alan B. Ben took it. He would go on to take the Stop n Sprint point as well.
Big bummer though was the emergency
vehicles that stopped the ride on West St. A firetruck and a couple of
ambulances, sad to say, heading to 3 riders who were T-Boned as they short cut
thru Jude Lane. Kenley Gonzalez and "Builder Pete" Franzilli took the
brunt of a oncoming car turning left into their path. Both had to
head to hospital. Kenley with some neck pain and Pete with a bashed
nose and lip. Funeral donations for their bikes can be made via their
local bike shops. Christian D was the third, escaping the game of
pavement wrestling for the most part, but staying on scene to make
sure they made it out there safe. We hope the wounds are not serious
guys!
Back at the pack, the ride was standard
stuff. No surprises except for the usual dicky-ness around cars
stopped for lights. The peleton had a Moron Test imposed on it
as it cruised thru the fastest descent of the ride on West St.... The
closer you tried to look like Froome coming down the Col de
Peyresourde the higher you scored on the Moron Test. Congrats to our
winners.
6 comments:
Wow, a Dave Hartman reference??? He hasn't rode a bike in years. The Stage One rider attacking up West Street is Brian Girard who has recently moved back to the state. I hope Pete Frenzilli is doing OK. It sucks to think that those fire trucks were for one of our own.
Chris C.
For what it's worth, and really no big deal since everyone needs to look out for themselves anyways, that light at 322 may have been green for the front end but quickly turned red with most of the pack still left to take a chance crossing or stopping to wait. The group was pretty much single file and it was a high risk move for those caught at yellow or red to cross. Most took the chance and went for it which was crazy. Not saying the guys at the front should have stopped with it being green and all but others took a huge risk for sure. Cars come flying by at that intersection and there's no doubt that a crash will happen over time given the same situation. I stopped and was prepared to TT with the other 2 guys that did as well. But, thanks for slowing up.
http://patch.com/connecticut/southington/report-cyclists-hit-car-southington
I 100% agree with ED. That's exactly why we waited for the few that got stuck behind the light. Why would we encourage anyone to run that light. Also, as Big Red almost T-boned a car running through the Mountain Road stop sign, that is another place where we need to be more careful. There's no reason why we should be blowing through that sign at 25MPH.
Chris C.
Crowell, you are a sack of shit. Back when you thought you could be a racer you were the worst offender and tainted the ride with your retarded antics comments and demeanor. You slowly realized you were a loser and now you are concerned for your son. Good luck
So. The ride is the same bunch of hacks....wanna be s and has beens. don't you all have lives and families, t boned, u idiots....... it's a training ride, yes? A race, no!
Cyclocross Chris
C u soon
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