Because of a most unusual call of nature, (I know, TMI), I have asked our own Left Lane for his unique perspective of the WERAD from the, uh...Left Lane. Here 'tis:
BIZZARO Wednesday Night Ride: The group had a much better turnout for the Wednesday ride but several of the usual suspects and some of the Hammerheads were missing. In attendance were Bob (if only briefly...something about a nature call), Fox, Keith (The Big Motor), Lawman Dave Carrol, Retro Dave Henderson, Rusty (The Mayor), Carol Ann & Woody, Sandy, and a few others and the Left Lane.
With many of the missing hammerheads and others like Chung, Murphy, Hurt Locker, Bugno, Mayo it just did not seem like one of our regular Wednesday rides... More like a BIZARRO Wednesday ride. The start was kind of strange as well as we were forming up at the start this guy in a huge SUV stopped and suggested we line up out on Firestone because we had almost caused him to get hit in his jumbo SUV the last couple of times he had turned on Hallmark as we prepared for our ride. We made some comments to him with me The Left Lane suggesting he get a bigger SUV (if such a thing exists... maybe a HUMMMER???) so as he was better protected. Luckily for him he took off before the Mayor realized what was going on.
We finally got started and it was a very sedate (for a Wednesday) Ride with the whole group staying together for the most part even through the Crit Course. Probably because Bob, who usually leads the group through the Crit Course at a slammerfest pace, had abandoned and Fox led the group at a much more reasonable rate of speed. We regrouped and headed through the neighborhood past Gull Point and around ½ way through Retro Dave blew a tire. Although the retro man did a good job of changing the tire quickly, I was pessimistic that he would make it much further on the next tube...you see not only are Dave's Jersey's retro but as I watched him change the tube I could see the threads exposed all the way around the tire!!! Guess Dave is getting his tires from a yard sale as well as his jerseys!!! Anyway as we completed the long straight before we cross Creighton it sounded like a gun went off just ahead. As Fox and I came around the corner there was Dave, once again disabled. Sounded like it was catastrophic tire failure as well so we asked if he had a Cell and when he said yes we headed on.
At this point it was just a few of us in the lead group Fox, Lawman, Wes, Keith, and the Left Lane with the rest of the group helping the retro man get his machine back together and he eventually finished.
We proceeded up Langley with the pace kicking up as usual and the five of us stayed together well into the Maygarden dash. After doing pulls the Left Lane and Wes Cracked off the back near the S turn and Big Motor went to the front with Fox and the Lawman snapping at his wheel. I was not around at the finish but word is that the Lawman nipped the Foxinator at the Line.
Great ride as usual even if a little BIZARRO!!!
Hope to see everyone on the road again soon.
Left Lane
I was able to make it back to the finish line, (from the C of N), just in time to see Lawman, Big Motor and Crusher round the final curve. I don't usually get to watch the final sprint, so this was a real treat! As you know, (I just love this kind of stuff.)
As they came into view, Crusher jumped out of the saddle as he came around the Big Motor. With 100 meters to go, Lawman, still seated, comes along side Crusher as the two sprint for the line with heads down and snorting like horses in the final stretch! (I didn't realize we made so much noise in those sprints?!) With 50 meters to the line, Lawman gets the edge and crosses ahead of the big Clydesdale boy with Big Motor taking third. Great fun and real exciting to watch! Perhaps, we should sell tickets...or not!
Good fun indeed! Don't fret yourself if you missed it, (I did too...from the saddle anyway), we have plenty more just on the horizon. Like, tomorrow and Saturday. Check the Rides Calendar for all the details. And I'll...
See you out on the road,
Bob
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