[DVBC] Ride Report
Drew Knox
agknox at gmail.com
Mon Jan 8 07:22:59 EST 2007
One last observation from Saturday: the Wawa in Buena is closed for
renovations. Looks like they're getting pumps installed, and hopefully
bathrooms.
On 1/8/07, Drew Knox <agknox at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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