Summer winding down......Ride is still hot hot hot though
Big group out tonight as some guys are left feeling they need to make a point or two before the season is up... Pretty much right away the ride was under pressure from Stage 1 riders Chris C and Todd H. Through the cobbles there was some partial gaps that were developing, but everybody got the point pretty quick. Tonight would be on the brisk side.
VQ Rob did his part as well, jumping off before Mountain road... Again, brief gaps then recollecting then further accelerations...
After the first climb of Mountain Rd, Chris C and Mason from Dartmouth hit "play" on the remote and were away... VQ Rob jumped next to catch them just as they were hitting the small steps after Higgans Rd. Then Hunter P launched up to bridge. Joe K was on his wheel like flys to stink...
Joe kept on, riding thru the group, now the front of the Peleton as everyone had cought up. Fuji Chris was riding hard and off the front to catch Joe. The Rider on the Seven as well. There were a couple of newish faces up there driving the pace, and several had a hand in keeping up the tempo, But Joe was doing an impressive job of staying 7-10 seconds away from everyone's germs. Coming up to the stop light on route 68\70, Joe made it thru cleanly, while the peleton missed it by 2 seconds. There was some speculation as to whether Joe would wait, but that was dashed to pieces when there was no sight of him on Moss Farms. Bookie Rondo started putting odds on his chances \ when he would be caught \ who would be taking credit for the chase.
Cruising down Moss Farms, Kyle F, VQ Rob, & Seven had jumped off the front and were working together to create a gap. Coming into the chicane tho, everyone was together under the pressure from Eric M, Peter P, and Tall John. As the feild turned into the Industrial Park, Joe could be seen up the road. 20 seconds is all he had after the light now.
In the park, Mike McG as near the front, spurning riders along. Eric M as well. Empire Matt came up towards the end and that got everyone's attention as well. As the front of the peleton came up to the 4-way intersection of Peck ln, Joe was valiantly fighing the catch off. As the group came up to the corner of Reinhard, a small elite group had formed just off the front in anticipation of the catch and sprint. Empire Matt, Julio L, Greg C, Hunter P, Mike McG, Seven, Thompson from Keltic, Supa Dave(?) from Stage 1, Chris C(?) maybe a couple others. Joe was caught before the sprint started and Mike had little problem taking it to the top of the hill. Hats off to Joe for the strong solo effort. Just goes to show the speed of the ride, erasing 45-60 seconds on a strong dude like Joe K.
Onto Peck Ln, Where VQ Rob, Eric M, Thompson from Keltic, Hunter P and couple others all had a hand in keeping the speed high. Coming up to Rt 10, Chris C and Rob had jumped a bit off the front. Hunter P bridged up and the 3 had a small but no-joking-around gap heading up the hill past the park. (site of CheshireCross 08! Get your CX bikes out!) By the top of the hill it was down to just Chris & Hunter and soon they would get swallowed up by the juggernaut.
Fast forwarding to the Stop&Shop sprint, Tall John was again flexing might and leading out what seemed like too many riders. In the end Little T, coming off injury, out kicked Mike McG to the top.
Reds lights-a-plenty in through town, and as the ride made its way back, it became pretty gnarly at the front. Riders spread 6 across the road at some points, and a couple of heavy brakes making things interesting... Perhaps the season is winding down just in the knick of time...
In the end Peter P dug China-deep to overtake Little T for the last man standing award... Good job Pete.
On the hill, Mason had a bit of a headstart, but was tracked down by a whipped Hunter P, Greg F from CCR took over, going up and past, but towing Chris B who was lurking in the shadows all ride. Chris jumped hard and last to take the top, with Greg, Mason, VQ Rob on cool down mode, hunter and a couple others all in the back. Good to see more guys braving it out to the high point of the TWC.
13 comments:
6 across route 10 is just dumb! in the last 2 to 3 K, there are guys at the front that have been pack fodder for the entire ride, then they think they are superman. McGinley is right, the ride should be no less than 30mph for the last 2 to 3 K to keep it safer at the end. It's only a matter of time before someone or lots of people get hurt real bad. If you have not been at the front at all the entire ride then do me a favor and stay off the front at the end. You just look like a "F-ing" moron!
I'm done with my rant! Let the responses begin.
Chris C.
Sometimes you fat asses are just too slow at the end of the ride and us pack fodder have to go to the front to finish things off. Maybe you should call us the finishers instead of f-cking morons!
I thought we were chasing Eric M, the dough-boy and that lanky guy with the big nose. Did we ever catch them? And that big guy is sure getting faster, and losing weight faster than Usain Bolt. In a few months, he'll be kicking all our asses, especially the moron with the 2nd post......
Speaking of the Cheshire Cross race...is there a date for that yet? Stage1 needs to know. We're trying to coordinate a DJ, keg and Bad Santa...which is no small task.
Sincerely,
Bad Santa
Chris C,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems as if you're looking for more "attrition" on the ride, no?
Joe K will now be know as "Killer Joe" it sounds better than Joe K. That big nose guy and Eric M went up the road and out of sight. Then they hide in the woods until the peleton went by, jumped out of the woods and rejoined the group at the back. They laughed their asses off watching all of us chase the ghost riders we thought were up the road. So..the answer is no we never caught them, they caught us. Little T leave some pizza for the skinny Big Nose guy, sounds like he needs it! Next week we should use both sides of the road so no one will get in anybodies way. Problem solved Chris. The Turtle has a new shell.
Bubblelicious
I agree "the skinny big nose guy" should leed us down RT-10. But why only take up one side of the road. Let's take up both sides of the road and see what happens.
Keg's, DJ's & a "Bad Santa". Cheshire Cross is going to be crazy this year. The "Hill People" will be there in full force. Try and keep the race to a Saturday. Going to work on Monday with a hangover sucks.
Chris C.
We didnt mention the
Turtle in the blog... Bad on us.
Nov 22nd is Cheshire CX. Its a Saturday. The last Saturday before everyone has to flip into holiday mode... We are trying to get the event designated as CT's CX championships. We will need a DJ and Keg (or 2)
Some guy says lanky and another says skinny, but it seems everyone agrees that my nose is big.
And what else is said about guys with big noses, besides having big feet?
Tall John
They're ugly.
....that hurts.
Tall John
alias "Long John"
does the ride still leave at 6?
yes
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