[DVBC] Ride Report

Mon Jan 8 07:52:57 EST 2007

Oh, I get it.  You're right though, it was a lovely day.

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[mailto:dvbc-list-bounces at list.dvbc.org] On Behalf Of Drew Knox
	Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 7:20 AM
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	Subject: Re: [DVBC] Ride Report

	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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