RIDE REPORTS
Wednesday, 29 Augus 2018, Great Brook Farm State Park mountain bike rides and road ride
Mountain Bike Ride Leaders: Tony & Margie Lee
Road Ride Leader: Clyde Kessel
32 miles (road), 10:00 am starts from Great Brook Farm State Park, Carlisle, MA
MTB riders (7): Margie, Tony, Bob Cheney, Julie Dodd, Sally Chapman, Tom Amiro, and first-timer Tim Dodd.
Road riders (14): Clyde,Bob Wadsworth, Gerry Sheetoo, Jack Donohue, Ken Hablow, Patty Grasso, Ray Komow, Rich Taylor, Richard Fortier, Rochelle Holman, Wing Chow, and first-timers Beth Rosenzweig, Janet Westerhoff, and Paul Caccamo.
A few brave souls showed up for a “sauna” ride at 98 degrees. All were experienced mountain bikers, though some had been riding regularly and were already familiar with the trails. After summiting heartbreak ridge, we broke into two groups to customize pacing. We stopped occasionally for water breaks and didn’t push too hard! As far as I could tell, everyone enjoyed the rides and the picnic lunch afterwards.
Report by Margie Lee.
It was a hot day for a ride and many people predicted a low turnout, but WWs are hardy folks and we had over a dozen road riders today. We were very fortunate that Roy Westerberg had designed a nice, shady route and left it out there for us to use. Even so, because of the heat, we eliminated the steep hill on Garfield Road and made more rest and regroup stops than usual. The smarter riders, who live in the Concord/Lincoln/Sudbury area, started earlier and remoted to the official start in Carlisle. Then, when the group got to Concord, they were able to head directly home to get out of the worst of the heat.
The heat and hills were too much for one of our group, who totally ran out of gas three miles before the finish. We are grateful to Patty for driving back with her car to pick him up.
Thanks to all the arrows (especially those who had to wait in the few sunny spots on the route) and to Ray for sweeping.
Report by Clyde Kessel.
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