That was a fantastic ride last night. Just about perfect weather with a great group made up of the usual suspects along with a few new names to make it interesting. The weekly WERAD sure lived up to it's name once again. It was more fun than a hot tub full of Bad Mayonnaise! Come on somebody!
We had a delayed start because we waited for a certain unnamed rider, (who goes through bottom brackets like Left Lane through brewskis.) However, once we got started the pace was surprisingly civil. We rolled around the airport and onto the Crit Loop which saw the big Clydesdale boy Crusher leading the group through the curves. As we headed up to Spanish again, EHOP, (Elder Half of Prenti) surged ahead for the Crit Loop win. Fishbone was a close second...however, I don't think anyone was really sprinting.
Back on the standard course which is the Super 8 Loop the pace dropped back down to a manageable level...until we hit Fairchild. There were several surges with EHOP, Big Motor, Fishbone and Jared "The Miss-sile" Moore taking up the charge. We cruised around to Burgess then, "who let the dogs out?" Several attacks were launched with Retroman and Hurt Locker doing most of the damage. Everybody regrouped at the Triangle. However, the final pass down Langley loomed just ahead...and the bunch seemed a bit twitchy.
Off we go down Langley with the pace elevating as the boys were posturing for position. The Retroman and Miss-sile launch a vicious attack with the young Jedi Wes in obvious agreement. By the time they reached the right hander onto Spanish, they had a gap of 150 meters on the developing chase group, which were packing some serious horsepower. Keith "Big Motor" Irwin did all of the work until we hit Maygarden. The gap was about 200 meters or so and the alarm bells were ringing in the main group. Vortex took a pull from about 2.2k to go up through the S curve, trying to cut the lead in half. Then, at 1.5k the Hurt Locker himself cranked it up with a train of riders on his wheel. He reeled in the 3 bandits with just under a kilometer to go. It was all back together with several licking their chops. (I just love this kind of stuff!)
With 800 meters to go Crusher took over with an impressive surge that gapped all but Retro, Vortex and himself as they crossed 400m to go. Vortex threw down an acceleration to test the waters with Retro responding. The jettisoned Crusher had done his work for the day. Retroman chased down Vortex with 100 meters left in this WERAD. Just as he caught him, Vortex stomped on it again crossing the line just ahead of The Retroman who took second with third going to the valiant Crusher.
Big Pull Bull (BPB) award goes to Big Motor and Hurt Locker who both worked hard at bringing it all back together with their big pulls. This new weekly award of the Red Jersey competition has been long awaited by the fans of the big pull bulls. ESPN's Dick Vittale when asked about the new award honoring these unsung heroes, exclaimed, "It's about time, they're BPBers baby!"
That was a fun WERAD...and congrats to the new wearers of the Red Jersey, Big Motor and Hurt Locker!!! If you missed it, don't worry yourself, we're riding again the day after tomorrow at 7am at Firestone and Summit. We're doing the group fav Twisted Hammock Loop. I'm sure there will be many more peloton antics to amuse and entertain the fans as well as the riders themselves.
Remember, "He who can laugh at himself, will continually be amused!"
See you out on the road,
Bob
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