Tuesday the 27th

Slowly getting up to speed... Week 2

     Larger crowds were out tonight but it was still a bit lower than usual. Good to see regulars like Nuemotion, Joe K, M Frisk, The Full Nalini and Ben Bruce out for the first time. The ride got going under more controlled circumstance this week, but as soon as everyone turned off route 10, Hunter P took off and made it farther than his usual 30 seconds. He got all the way to mid-way through Mountain Rd before being caught. Aidan C, Chris C, Big Red, and BurggieBaby were the ones doing the most work up front.
     From there the ride stayed together thru Moss Farms and into the industrial Park. Dave Hoyle got involved up front, as well as Mike McG, Joe K, Ben Bruce a couple of others. Hunter P jumped off the front again before the turn for West Johnson, but no one went with and he slowly rolled back as Aidan C ramped it up behind him. Aidan chose not to keep the attack going full gas to the sprint, and that gave Nuemotion, Chris C, The Sernyak, Burgster and maybe one or 2 others the chance to slide up and get into position. Bugster once again jumped off te front soon after turning onto Reinhard, but this time, his had less time to build up a gap. Mike McG was a little ways back and gave Little T a great lead-out to the sprint, and Little T had little trouble jumping around and into the front to get to the corner first.
     On the backside, A Burg, Hunter P, and Aidan C were off the front going down hill, but traffic in the corner for Peck Ln slowed the whole bunch down and forced the re-grouping.
     From there, it was quick back to Route 10, Aidan C and Hunter P primarily responsible for driving the pace. A small group of 4 rolled thru the corner first and was holding a slim gap going up the hill by Cheshire Park, but it was all back together after the hill, as Ben Bruce, The Full Nalini, Dave Hoyle a couple of others kept the pace high enough in the chase to keep the gap manageable.
     Heading into the Stop n Sprint, Billy Thompson jumped off the front with about 400 meters to go. He built up a gap but was starting to fade as Hunter P jumped hard from the front of the group. No one challenged that, and Hunter P was able to cruise to the sprint points there. A traffic light slowed the pack down immediately after that, and then a little ways down into Cheshire, another light held up the peleton. That was all Hunter P needed to get away for good, and he rolled back into Hamden alone, ending the ride with about 35 seconds on the chase.