Thursday, December 31, 2015, Say Goodbye to 2015
Ride Leader: Ken Hablow
~28-30 miles, 10:30 am start from North Bridge parking lot, Concord, MA
Riders (9): Ken, Arne Buck, Curt Dudley-Marling, Dom Jorge, Jack Donohue, Jeff Smith, Pat Brennan, Rick Lawrence, and Tom Allen.
Jack started out as sweep. Since the group was small, we stayed together and there was no need for human arrowing.
Thursday was definitely an adventure. The temperature at the start was about 39 and went up to 45 at one point. There was very little wind. The 10:30 am start was good, as we avoided ice on the roads. Although there were small areas of slush, they were nothing we had to worry about. At one point I opted to avoid cycling on certain back roads in Carlisle and deviated from the route to stay on main roads which were clear of slush.
Since Jack and I did not expect a large crowd, we figured everyone could ride one route with distance between the 20 & 39 mile routes that had been planned. We vacillated on a route which would be as void of slush as possible. I had a 27 mile route planned which Jack extended to 28 to avoid possible bad road conditions going through Great Brook Farm. I did not load Jack’s version and, when we got to a specific intersection, I took a wrong turn and kept going, since I knew where we were. Jack and Tom, on the other hand, took the correct turn and kept going. At that point Curt swept the route back to Concord. Although the two routes rejoined shortly after, my group was about two miles behind Jack and Tom.
Those who rode appreciated the route and a chance to get out on such a nice day. Thanks to the two sweeps, Jack and Curt.
Report by Ken Hablow.
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