Ride Leaders: Roy Westerberg & Ken Hablow
Core Ride 29 miles, 10:00 am start from Stow Shopping Center
Remote Start, 47 miles, 9:15 am start from Verrill Farm
Riders - 29 mile relaxed-pace (9): Roy, Bob Wilson, Chuck McWilliams, David Fay, Doug Hobkirk, Richard Fortier, Selig Saltzman, Tom Allen, and Winslow Green.
Riders - 29 mi spirited-pace (8): Clyde Kessel, David Cooper, Dmitry Gorenburg, Duncan Warden, James Hsia, Julie Dodd, Rick Lawrence, and first-timer Glenn Pransky.
Riders – 47 mi (11): Ken, Barbara Martin, Bernie Flynn, Bill Wachur, Bob Wadsworth, Curt Dudley-Marling, Dom Jorge, Gerald Sheetoo, Marc Baskin, Ray Komow, and Wing Chow.
The weather was remarkably pleasant for late November, with temperatures in the 50s, bright and cheerful sunshine for most of the ride, and light winds. The core riders had gathered and, at precisely 10:00 am, the remote riders, ably led by Ken, pulled into the parking lot.
The relaxed pace group set off a couple minutes after the spirited (and larger) group had left, only to catch up and pass them at about mile 5, where they had stopped. Over the next several miles they all passed us in groups of ones, twos, or threes, but we still kept seeing them ahead until we stopped for a regroup and pit stop at about mile 12.
We mostly kept together and only occasionally left an arrow. There were no mechanical problems. There was an unpleasant moment on Arlington Street. We had been stopped for several minutes by a policeman, at a construction site where only a single lane could sometimes pass. After he waved us on, a man operating a Bobcat backed up abruptly, almost running into a couple of us. Fortunately, there was no contact and we kept going without incident.
Thanks to all those who arrowed and to Tom Allen for sweeping the core ride. Thanks to Ken Hablow for leading the remote start group and to Ray Komow for sweeping that group.
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