Tuesday the 11th

Another Successful Day For the Breakaway Boys

The ride started out wet today and henceward, slow. The pace was edemic for the first 4 or 5 min. Special Ed took off early on, and then Chris C had a flyer that looked like it could grow some legs but he was getting corraled by the turn onto Mountain Rd. The pack slowly came awake as everyone got used to the road spray. Hunter P jumped hard halfway down Mountain Rd but he would also be brought back by the ever faster group.
     On Moss Farms, Hunter P attacked again towards the end. This time, getting a gap with Chris C. The reponse behind was steady, but not that some legs were getting a bit tired, gaps started opening up as everyone cautionsly made their way thru the Chicane. It was mostly all together heading up to Marion but Little T and Greg Ciocci took to the front and drilled it up the hill there. Hunter P took over once past the corner and only MJ Alio (Top 10 Mount Washington Finisher) was able to match the pace. Those 2 kept on the gas double time and had a decent gap by the corner for the industrial park.
      The gap didn't stop Ben Bruce from charging across and making it a trio that had maybe 6 or 7 seconds turning into the Industrial Park. The leaders stayed on it, with MJ taking strong pulls, Hunter P and Ben Bruce working the well-known corners and hills. The gap held all the way up to the light on route 10 (the Short Loop ride skipped te old right hand turn onto Reinhard in favor of crossing route 10, as has been the practice for the last couple months).
     The breakaway got the light, with Ben Bruce just squeezing through a yellow. The pack was held up a few moments later. The break would need only a fraction of that red light time to stay out for good. The trio stayed together for the rest of the ride and for the second week in a row, the pack plays second fiddle.
     The new loop continues to add a bit of drama and loads of challenge to the ride!

Tuesday the 4th

Where's Burggie Baby???

The ride is time saving mode from here on out, and it was decided to turn down Prospect (the goats) once again. The ride started out slowly but picked up speed as the usual guys were taking turns off the front. Hunter P on Mountain Rd, Steffen Huber and Hacker on Moss Farms, Little T onto Marion, etc. A couple of Andiamo riders were pushing off the front on Prospect, but Chris C, Ben Bruce and Dan Smith were keeping them in check. Once back onto West St, Chris C and Sean Cahill motioned to the riders behind to come thru and hit the front. Hunter P obliged, and rolled off into the intersections by I84 alone. He would not be seen for the rest of the night. The pack slowed for some cars, and then was too busy cursing at Hunter P. The chase got going but it was too late.
   

Tuesday the 28th

The ride ends in a group rare group sprint! 

Little T stole the midway sprint from Hunter P. Hunter P got the mystery sprint at Bishops Farm after the climb on Route 70. Burggie drilled it in the final quarter and along with some demondownhilling from John Abate, a group of 4 was pushing off the front late in the game. The chase was too fast though and a group of spoilers caught the leaders with 1000 meters to go. From there, Burggie led out his teammates Ben Bruce and Hunter P, who took the sprint.

Tuesday the 21st

Midpoint Sprint: Hunter P, Little T
Bishops Farm: Hunter P, Dave Hartmann
Finish Sprint: Little T, Ben Bruce

Tuesday the 14th

The Sernyak comes out swinging!!! He takes it straight down the throat of the beast, going off the front right from the gun! The melancholy from the pack was palpable. Fast forward all the way to the midpoint sprint and He manages to hold off a charging Ben Bruce to get the points. From there, it was all together. Little T takes the 35 mph+ fast finish!

Tuesday the 7th

Burggie finally gets some points for all his hard work!
He broke clear and stayed clear! He picked up Bishops Farms points, and then finish points. He had Gibertoni in tow but it was all Burgster today folks.

Impressive ride!