[DVBC] Ride Report

Mon Jan 8 07:20:24 EST 2007

I'm using my President's perception of reality, which is that it is what we
want it to be -- a lovely day.

On 1/7/07, dreamer <dreamer at craftech.com> wrote:
>
> Sorry to hear that you fell into the roses, Adam.  Sounds painful.  Jim
> and I were saying yesterday on the KK ride that you were probably still
> in bed when we arrived at the KK.  It was a very warm day and we enjoyed
> it.  I wish I had worn a short sleeve jersey.  Lots of wind!  Especially
> on the way  back.
>
> Question for Drew.  What do you mean you had no wind?  We had it BIG TIME.
>
> Debbie
>
>
> Drew Knox wrote:
>
> > Great report, Adam, but please save those pratfalls for Bob LaDrew's
> > videos. Bonus points for landing in roses. I think the pincushion look
> > says you are so much tougher than shirtless Russians.
> >
> > Lewis and I did complete a TOPA-type century today; in other words it
> > was in New Jersey. Fortunately our ride had almost no wind and bright
> > sunshine all day. It was so mellow Eric could have pedaled along and
> > played his guitar. David Cunicelli decided we also needed some
> > cross-training, so we stopped periodically to pump up his tires
> > and occasionally pry off his weird tires. That resulted in some
> > extremely painful thumb cramping, like the throbbing digit that George
> > Jetson gets at the end of a hard work day. No bonus points for that
> > though, David.
> >
> >
> > On 1/6/07, *Adam Levine* <aelrvpa at hotmail.com
> > <mailto:aelrvpa at hotmail.com>> 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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