[DVBC] Ride Report from the Covered Bridge Ride

[Chaga, Debra]

Rich & Marji,
I guess you didn't see us since you guys started way before us and you
were flying.  I agree that there were a lot of dangerous riders out
there.  Some were going way too fast around bends and passing the slower
inexperienced riders.  We also saw many slower riders taking up the
entire rode side by side chatting and not paying attention to much.  We
still had fun though.
As an fyi, Doug Bower got a new tandem last week.  
See you on Saturday.
Debbie
 
 
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	Glad to hear that there were some DVBC folks out there.  Marji
and I spent the weekend in Laqncaster with our Tandem Club (Doubles of
the Garden State - www.d-o-g-s.org).  Altogether 32 teams, most sporting
the DOGS outfit.  Stayed at the Hampton Inn about 1/4 mile from ride
registration. Had a dangerous ride Friday afternoon.  Rain was bad
enough, but the lightning was frightful.  Beautiful, sunny  38 mile ride
on Saturday.  Awoke Sunday at 5:30 to heavy overcast.  Contemplated
doing the half, but after breakfast and bike set-up decided to do the
full century.   We split into an A and B group.  We started at 7:45 with
the A group, but after 20 miles at 27+MPH fell off on a stiff uphill -
they were all half out age anyway ;-).  We agree that the one food stop
was pretty lame.  But you have to consider that they typically get over
3000 riders.  Can't imagine wh! at we w ould do if that many riders
showed at our rides.  
	 
	Didn't see any DVBC jerseys.  Did see a lot of dangerous riders,
all in Pink Floyd jerseys - maybe they were all tripping?  Must have
been, the way that they swerved in and out of our tandem paceline,
cutting through corners on the inside, almost pushing us off of the
road.   Saw a lot of Shirks jerseys too.  Does he sell tandems too?  We
are looking to get a new, lighter, tandem next year.
	 
	We finished at 11, as the first raindrops were beginning to
fall.  3 hours in the saddle and an average speed of 21 MPH.  Pretty
good given the rolling to hilly route.
	 
	We'll be back next year for sure - Maybe with the DOGs, maybe
with DVBC is we can get a group together.
	 
	Hope to see a lot of you out this Sat to help mark the
Brandywine course.
	 
	Regards - Rich and Marji Andreas

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		From: Frank Jackson <cyclingfrankrides at hotmail.com> 
		It's possible, the life of a sag driver.
		Frank
		
		
		
		
		
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		> Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:05:11 -0400
		> From: Bowerdou at verizon.net
		> Subject: RE: [DVBC] Ride Report from the Covered
Bridge Ride
		> To: dvbc-list at dvbc.org
		> 
		> And, I only saw one SAG driver all day and he was
making out with a
		> woman in the front seat!
		> 
		> Deb,
		> Do you think he "just picked her up"? :)
		> 
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		> [mailto:dvbc-list-bounces at list.dvbc.org] On Behalf Of
dreamer
		> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 5:48 PM
		> To: dvbc-list at dvbc.org
		> Subject: Re: [DVBC] Ride Report from the Covered
Bridge Ride
		> 
		> Dave Hartrum, Nancy, Maureen and I rode the Covered
Bridge ride together
		> 
		> today. It was a lot of fun and the route was beautiful
although we were
		> 
		> rained on pretty much the entire second half of the
ride. I will say 
		> though, that the food at the food stop! s wasn' t any
where near as good as
		> 
		> our stuff on the Bonkers and Brandywine. And, I only
saw one SAG driver
		> 
		> all day and he was making out with a woman in the
front seat! All six 
		> covered bridges were much safer than the death trap
one on the 
		> Brandywine. Quite a few Amish kids were out front of
their houses 
		> waving to us. Dave was a little embarrassed when two
women on a tandem 
		> passed him on a tough hill. I met them later and asked
if they 
		> remembered seeing a guy in a jersey like mine (DVBC)
and they said 
		> "yeah, we keep passing him all the time". I do think
though that Dave 
		> is becoming a ladies man, seems like he's been riding
with them a lot 
		> lately. We saw Peter Schmidt at the start of the ride
and we also saw 
		> Mike (last name?) from out where Bob LaDrew lives who
does our tours. 
		> All in all a fun day at a pretty good pace but I'm
glad I'm home, fed 
		> and sh! owered. 
		> Debbie
		> 
		> >
		> 
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