The SG Ride Redeems Itself (sorta)
The usual crowd was out tonight. The ride started off s l o w. Noah rode off the front and built up a good gap that no one was in a rush to bring back. Chris C and Kyle took off after a while and formed a group that hit Mountain Rd with a bit of a gap but it was soon brought back after that. From there the pace stayed higher. Great to see Dana R and Eddie C back in the ride after recovering from falls. Oh and Steve Gray was riding, no doubt being rained out from his usual Monday tea party.
On Moss Farms MFrisk and Alan B took off but never really got much of a gap. Then Joe K took a turn up front. The pace slowed heading towards Marion and it was all together again. It stayed together all the way thru Mount Vernon and the pace went down again. Noah took advantage again and rolled off the front before the false flat but that was brought back.
Chris C then took off, then Alan B. Ciocci, Gray, and a couple of others were up there as well. Then Rob Dux rolled off the front in an unassuming manner but went to work in a major way. Gibertoni and Alan B got caught in the middle and though it best to wait for Welch with the group. Still Rob Dux carried on, building a gap that got up to about 150 meters at one point. Brian Girard took off mid-way thru Welch and was up and thru the lead before the corner. Behind the usuals were cuing up for the uphill sprint. A group of 7 or 8 brought back Girard and from there, Little T jumped out and grabbed the sprint.
As the ride got back into Cheshire, a small group (Ben Bruce, Chris C, Henk and 2 others) rolled off the front by charging onto Peck Ln. The chase behind was slow at first and by the time it got going, the damage had been done. The group took a gap onto and thru Sandbank Rd.
Apparently the "Stop at Route 10 Rule" has been abolished (good riddance) as Chris C took his group thru it at speed in order to hold the gap they build up. Ironic timing then as the 2nd rider behind the breakaway nearly slid out into traffic as he was trying to hold speed/close the gap. Be careful flying thru that intersection everyone! The group got a couple of seconds due to the near fall, and then a couple more from a red light slowdown. That was enough to create the gap it would need to go thru the Stop n Sprint, although the group rolled thru without sprinting for it. Nuemotion and a couple more bridged the gap in the center of Cheshire. Then a little later on, as the chase was getting going, it was halted by one last red light. That sealed the deal for the break and it rolled off for the night.
Good ride everyone!
18 comments:
WOW. So just like in the tour, pure riding has nothing to do with your "performance nor outcome" it's all playing the stoplight and unwritten rules game... glad nobody got killed this week... you should all sit on Steve Grays wheel. He'll punch through any hole, and safely, Little T. Glad you took a sprint from Ben, wheelsucker, Bruce....
Cyclocross Chris Conway
Let's be clear here. We in the break, did not charge onto RT-10 at speed from Sandbank. We crawled onto RT-10 at a safe speed. WTF? I heard that someone in the main group, almost got killed sliding out into the road.
Chris C.
Ben Bruce in a 'break' Hmmm?
Crawled? bha hahahah!
It looked pretty fast from the pack.
Doesnt matter Chris. You bitched about coming to a STOP weeks ago and you turned your back on that last night. No more yapping from you about what is safe and reasonable.
No more yapping is right! I counted five red lights and two stop signs but you guys may not have noticed those with your head's on a swivel looking back. I guess the main pack missed the memo about it being okay this week to 'roll' through all of those this week. Since we're counting, here were my two favorites:
1. The stop sign on Peck with the car already stopped and ready to pull out as we blow by at 30mph...a 1/2 mile after half of the pack was almost taken out by the passing car on Canal.
2. The S&S Sprint in to the red light and through the oil patch.
Enough bitching...see you shitbags next week. Sorry for almost killing a few of us at the end of Sandbank. At least we can agree with Chris C on that one...we should slow down there :-)
-Giber
Who is Chris Conway?
- Ben Bruce
Anon, you guys were 400 meters behind us, how do you know what we were doing? We could have stopped, looked both ways then proceeded on the RT-10 and you still would have been 30 seconds behind. By the way, Ben Bruce did his share of the work. It was because of him and Henk that we were able to stay away.
Chris C.
Brian Girard's pull to bridge Justin and myself across was the highlight of the night!
Little T
That was a solid effort. I told Crowell we should have gone faster...
Ben B
It is good having that little Muffin back on the ride. We've missed him.
Chris C.
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Ben Bruce
Someone take the shovel from chris! This hole is getting big!
Chris, the front 6 guys were less than one hundred meters behind the corner. Saw the whole thing. In fact if it weren't for the near wipout, you guys would have been caught on the hill.
YOU KNOW WHO I AM BRUCIE. watch out wheelsucker! Who the fuck are you?
CXC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G44Dy1LqDs
Mountain bikers do not have these arguments . . .
BenGe
Great video. That was fun. Thanks for posting it.
Chris C.
When someone is eventually maimed on this ride these stellar comments will be used in the court of law to find fault with the maimed rider or riders and place blame on the group or "sponsors" of the ride. You guys are dumb as a bag of rocks.
We slowed on Sandbank and stopped at the lights, Crowell told it like it was
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