Tuesday the 30th

Shaved Legs = 10watts

 

Another good size crew was out for the ride this week, despite the threat of rain. Roughly 25 showed up. Tommy Dudzik went full plaid and rolled up with proper shaved legs, so everyone knew it was going to be a hootinnanny of a ride. 

Nobody wanted to take the early action, as you had the young gun who is becoming an SGR regular in Aaron B was upfront often, many times chasing down his Jr Black brother. Chris C, Little T, and Dan Smith all chipped in over the first several miles. The few Cheshire Cycle riders in the pack rolled along as passengers as their instigator teammates were still lost in the land of the Canuck.

All was quiet until Aaron B went off like a rocket at the start of Moss Farms. He took along Tommy D and the duo would stay out for a solid 30 min effort. The peleton got some reinforcements with Jordan L and Rusty (great to him back out on the ride) joining in on the ride, and the subsequent chase. 

Chris C had extra grumblecakes before the ride and was angrryer than usual with the lackluster group that didn’t want to pull. Pretty much just him, Dan Smith, Jordan, Little T and a new kid in a Fordham kit were doing all the work. Father time Dan Dudzik tried his hand at blocking several times and got a mouth full of those cakes bits of encouragement from Chris C going up Southington mountain. Some were pissed, some had chuckles at Father's effort. But that's teamwork folks.

Up the road, Aaron B rolled thru the sprint ahead, but they weren't fighting for it, as Tommy D is still wet behind the ears as far as the easter eggs of the ride go. The rain hit everyone hard, but it was brief. The chase was enough to bring the duo back into sight, and it was all together again as the peleton descended into Plantsville. Little T then attacked to get a small gap, with Aaron B trying to latch on as well. The duo was brought back by a brief red light pause going over route 322. At that moment Dan Smith countered. He held the gap long enough to get under a green light on route 10, whereas the peleton had to stop. That was the ride for the night! 

Good ride everyone!