RIDE REPORT
Wednesday, 21 November 2018, Compass Ride & DBTD (Day Before Turkey Day) lunch
Ride Leader: John Allen
25 mi, 10:30 am start from Bikeway Source, Bedford, MA
Riders (11): John, Bob Wadsworth, Gene Ho, Gerry Sheetoo, Judith McMichael, Rich Taylor, Selig,Saltzman Susan Sabin, Wing Chow, ?????, and first-timer Paula Spiers.
Present at lunch: Helen Greitzer.
On a grade A, grey day with temperatures a few degrees above freezing, eleven souls, intent on compensating for the next day's potential Turkey-Day excess, gathered in the parking lot behind Bikeway Source in Bedford. We headed out onto roads which were wet, sometimes with a bit of slush at the edges, and small clumps of snowflakes shaking out of trees. A chorus of RidewithGPS instructions from our cell phones led us along a route which Jack Donohue had shortened to match the leader's time and distance calculations.
There were no mishaps except that John's chain came off a couple of times (quickly replaced) and, at one point, the GPS instructed us to turn left onto the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail. As it was covered in wet snow, we demurred on that choice and let Bob Wadsworth take the lead in territory he knows well. With one additional minor diversion from Jack's route, we returned to Bedford. Thanks to Rich for sweeping.
Three of us joined Helen at Holi restaurant and so the tradition of DBTD lunches, though diminished this year, remains unbroken.
Much post-ride cleaning of road salt and grime from bicycles and jackets was required, more so for those of us whose bicycles did not have fenders.
Report by John Allen.
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