[DVBC] Ride Report

[eric zwicky]

adam,

glad to hear the colnago is okay.   i was going to do the KK ride with 
my son this morning, but i ended up working 'til 4am, so i didn't get up 
until almost 9am.

enjoyed the day anyway by playing frisbee golf with my son, and am 
fixing to go have a beer on the back porch and play my guitar.

probably going to be the last day like this is a while, but i am keeping 
my fingers crossed that this warmish winter will persist.

looks like some good groups rides next weekend, hopefully i will be on one.

-eric


Adam Levine wrote:
> Sorry I missed the KK ride this am -- too early for me and I wanted to 
> wait until it got REALLY WARM, so I left Media at noon and headed out 
> for 33 miles around Westtown and back.
> 
> News to Report:
> 
> 1. I sighted the Mad Russian twice, chugging as usual in high gear, 
> going for the hardest hills he could find.  I was surprised to see him 
> wearing a shirt on a day like this. Maybe he was afraid of getting a 
> sunburn.
> 
> 2. The bridge near 926 on Westtown-Thornbury Road (the right turn at the 
> top of the Dilworthtown climb) which has been closed for years, is now 
> almost rebuilt. I was told by a workmen today, as I trudged through the 
> mud to cross the construction sight, that it should be finished by the 
> end of this month. So we will soon have another option for riding out 
> there.
> 
> 3. The wind was strong today, as those of you who rode in Jersey must 
> have been very aware. It didn't help that I also broke a spoke and had 
> the brake pad rubbing most of the ride. Other than a few weekend rides, 
> my exercise recently has consisted mostly of walking downstairs to the 
> Christmas cookie stash, so I was worn out by the time I turned back 
> towards home near Westtown. Then, of course, with the wind at my back I 
> felt as if I was sailing along. I'm curious if Drew completed his 
> century, and if he managed to find a 100 miles that kept the wind at his 
> back the whole way.
> 
> 4. I saw lots of other riders out today, as amazed by the weather as I 
> was. In Ridley Creek State Park, there seemed to be about 5000 creatures 
> (4000 humans, 1000 dogs) and about a zillion little kids on bicycles out 
> enjoying the day as well. At the top of the park road, where the only 
> option to get around the gate is to either open it or ride through the 
> muck, I braved the muck but forgot to free one foot and managed to fall 
> over into a patch of wild roses. So besides the people and trikes and 
> dogs, I had the added distraction while riding through the park of 
> picking rose thorns out of my side.
> 
> For those worried about me, I have a nasty scrape at my waist and about 
> 20 superficial wounds from the thorns, but they should heal up nicely.
> 
> For those worried about my Colnago (the majority of you, I'm afraid) it 
> seemed to come through the mishap unscathed. Somehow, in all my 
> slow-motion falls, I manage to hit the ground first, softening the fall 
> for the bike, which I suppose is as it should be.
> 
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