Wednesday, 5 April 2017, Blue Moon Bagel Ride
Ride Leader: Barry Nelson
40 miles, 10:00 am start from Blue Moon Bagel Cafe parking lot, Medfield, MA
Riders (8): Barry, Barbara Martin, Butch Pemstein, Curt Dudley-Marling, Marc Baskin, Selig Saltzman, Steve Carlson, and Tom Lucas.
With a small group of riders, we dispensed with human arrows. Tom volunteered to be sweep, but was never called upon to fulfill that role.
The group lacked discipline and riders frequently went in front of the leader, especially on the hills. There was no problem staying together until five miles from the end, when one fast rider was speeding down the last hill at almost 40 mph and missed the right turn at he bottom. After waiting sixteen minutes at the missed turn, we abandoned him and never saw him again during the ride. He did find his way back to lunch, however, since he knew the highlight of the ride was the Blue Moon.
After a fantastic lunch, Barbara and Marc rode home, ending up with over 66 miles each on a cold, cloudy day.
Ride report by Barry Nelson.
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