GOING FAST AND LOOKING GOOD!
The ride tonight started out pretty tame, but it got going a
couple of corners in. There were not too many surprises and revelations up
front as the ride got going. The new Yalie (Jason?) took off on Mount Sanford
but that was corralled pretty quickly. Chris C was the next to go right as
Mountain Rd hit. Hunter P went with him and those 2 kept up a gap for 750
meters or so. They were eventually joined by Nuemotion, Mike McG, and a couple
of others but the rest were not too far behind.
On Moss Farms, Hacker, Nuemotion and Hunter P were on the
front but the tail wind was helping everyone stay in contact. Ben Bruce would
hit the front for a bit but that too was short-lived. Heading into the Chicane,
Chris C and Special Ed were drilling it and they split off a gap that would be
kept up to the turn into the industrial park. Big Red and Hacker kept on the
pressure going over the highway but the light was red at 322.
Big Red stayed on it after the light but things didn’t get
going until onto Mount Vernon when Special Ed took off the front. The response was
pretty quick to that move, as there was plenty of riders to jump into the gap.
The tail wind was aiding and abetting the ride north. A brief slowdown as the
front was corralled allowed Nick the Tail Railer Sabatelli to jump hard. He
took Hunter P with him and a chase group was quick to respond and form. Big
Red, Chris C, New Yalie, John Pescatore, and 1 or 2 others. That group worked
well but the chase behind was fast once it got going. When Chris C sensed
hesitation on the part of a couple of the breakaway riders, he went rabid,
attacking off the front, which allowed the rest to catch back on by the false
flat section.
From there it was a solid run in to the turnaround. On
Welch, Hacker jumped but when he saw 4 or 5 guys go with him, he eased up.
Chris C would then jump up. He got thru the corner alone but the rest was close
behind. The Headwind slowed down rider quick smart and it became a game of hide
and seek with the wind. Ben Bruce, who is quickly having an MVP season, took
the lull as an opportunity to jump. He steadily build up a gap and hit the
final rise before the sprint point with 75 meters or so on the a group of 5 or
6 chasers. He put in a good sprint, and it was apparent that there was no point
in trying to gun him down. On the backside, it all came back together as red
lights stopped the front 20 guys.
Heading back toward 322 into the wind, Rob Dux tried to
sneak off thru the intersections. No dice there. Special Ed rolled off the
front after the underpass and rolled up to the red light with 2 additional
riders in Big Red and Chris C, and the rest very close behind. After getting
thru the milled road on Peck, Chris C and Nuemotion tried to sneak away in a
half-hearted kind of way. Then Hunter P attacked going by the greenhouses,
taking along only Rob Dux. Those 2 maintained a gap up the rise on Peck but coming
up to route10, it was all together again. The Pack timed their weekly illegal
approach onto Route 10 perfectly, cutting off the coolest Cheshire Police
Officer in existence. No reaction from the cop, even as he stopped in front of everyone
at the light at the base of the Cheshire Park hill (where’s Todd H been?!?!)
Faced with certain infractions, the group was slow to get up
the hill there, but once it flattened out, things got going kind of. Special Ed
and Big Red used the lull to escape. Then it was Chris C jumping off with
Nuemotion and Tiny Kyle in pursuit. Up front, the 2 leaders rolled slowly up
the stop n shop hill, allowing Tiny K to put in the sprint of his SG life and
nearly pick off Special Ed, but the youngster got there a moment too late. A+
for effort though.
That five-some had a healthy gap that was
further aided along with the peleton got a red light in the center of Cheshire.
The chase would resume once all the lights were done but there was not catching
the lead group. Great ride everyone!
