RIDE REPORT
Riders (7): Clyde, Barbara Martin, Ed Hill, Ellen Gugel, Greg Stathis, Wing Chow, and first-timer Jim French. [Barbara and Greg remoted from an undisclosed location in Lancaster.]
It was a brisk day with a brisk wind and we (almost) all had the route on our GPS devices, so we (almost) all agreed to dispense with human arrows for the day. Barbara and Greg were, however, appointed to be co-sweeps. In the end, Greg did arrow a few of the turns (how does the sweep arrow a turn?). The ride leader, on a recumbent, on a hilly route, did not spend much of the day at the front of the pack, and he was the last and slowest one up Mountain Road. The group didn’t get very spread out because the folks in front stopped to wait at the tops of hills.
This particular ride starts with a long climb, which is great to warm you up on a brisk morning. It ends with a matching three-mile descent which is great, just because. At one point during the ride, half the group stopped to watch a flock of starlings cavorting while the other half rode ahead and waited out in the middle of a three-way intersection.
We had a tail wind on the way up Mountain Road, so several of us complained about getting overheated, then chilled, at the visitor center. No-one opted to climb to the summit. Several riders thought going down Pine Street would be unpleasant and unsafe, so we opted to go down Merriam Street instead.
After most of us had arrived at the finish, Barbara phoned to say her wheel had locked up on the final descent. There was no accident and no injury, and Barbara showed up shortly afterwards after diagnosing and fixing a problem with her fender.
Thanks to everyone for showing up.
Ride report by Clyde Kessel.
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