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Friday, May 13, 2011

WERAD Color Commentary

Wednesday Evening's Rendevous Avec Douleur (WERAD) sounds like, from all reports to have been yet another romp on the streets on Pensacola. I asked one of the boys, who I knew would be there in my absence, if he would write the color commentary...he obliged:

With Bob (The Vortex) out of town (at the Old Guys on Bikes Games in Mississippi) and several of the regulars missing, the Wednesday ride attendance was down somewhat from the large crowds we have been having on a typical Wednesday. However we still had a pretty good cast of characters. In attendance were Fox, Count Fishbone, The Hand Guys (David & Josh), Old Older Prenti, Retro Dave, The Chunginator, Mark 2 (don’t know his last name, but not the Big Hoagie), Yours truly, The Left Lane and maybe a couple of others (can’t remember 2 days after the ride!!).

Ride was the typical Super 8 with the Crit Course thrown in. We did the usual slammerfest down Langley the first trip and most of the group was together as we entered the Crit Course. Fox took the lead and pushed a pretty hard pace for the first ½ of the course. He pulled off the lead as we reentered the neighborhood from Scenic and Left Lane took the lead for the second ½ of the course. It was definitely more fun being at the front on the Crit going through the curves in the neighborhood and not having to worry about a wheel in front of you as well as behind you.

We did our usual fast treks down the long straights as we headed toward the Langley Maygarden Loop with the group all together. Once again David, The Bad Mayonaisse Mayo, ran the red light at 9th avenue and Langley (as the women driving by cheered him on!!) trying to get a jump to the top of the hill at Pensacourt. He was reeled in quickly as usual by the group as the pace kicked up into the upper 20s with The Count leading the way toward Spanish Trail. Left Lane went to the front on Spanish for a pull but the Count would have none of that and went back to the front leading the group to Maygarden.

As we turned onto Maygarden, the pulls alternated between Prenti, Fox and then the Count again as we went through the S curve after the Air Terminal. We were riding into the wind so the pace was more sedate than usual at around 22 mph. The group was tightly packed and even Josh on his blue machine was ready to contest the finish. With around 400 yards to go, The Left Lane, being boxed in on the right figured he would do the lead out and broke to the front on the right and kicked the pace up into the upper 20’s. Of course this fooled no one as the entire group grabbed his wheel and he kept this up until he ran out of gas around 150 yards from the finish. As he pulled off the lead the group blew by with Retro Dave and Fox in the lead chugging toward the finish line. It was a photo finish with both agreeing that the Retro Man barely nipped the Foxinator, as the fans went wild with delight at yet another photo finish on the Super 8 Course! Congrats to Retro Dave for the win! Big Pull Bull Award (BPB) goes out to Prenti, Count and Left Lane who all put in monster pulls!

Thanks Left Lane!


Tomorrow we are headed for Innerarity Point, (longer route 50 miles) and Back Door Loop (shorter route 35 miles). The entire peloton will stay together at a moderate pace until the shorter route guys turn left at NAS! (If you are going on board NAS please assure you have you're photo ID with you or you will be riding with the longer route guys!) Then each group will decide on a pace that is agreeable to all within their own groups. (Longer route guys usually crank it up a bit, i.e. 20mph+ while the shorter route guys will most likely keep to a more moderate pace). Regardless, two great routes are scheduled for tomorrow morning at 7am at Fish and Wildlife. Come on somebody!

Don't forget next Tuesday, May 17th at 7:30pm at Casino Beach Parking Lot is the all time group fave Full Moon Ride! This 20 miler down to Fort Pickens usually sees the peloton at an easy to moderate pace on the way out to the Fort, then the group splits up into several smaller groups at differing speeds for the trip back. Come on out for the most unusual fun you have ever had (legally) on a bike! Please bring your lights and $3 for entrance fee into the Park.

As always, check the Rides Calendar at the bottom of this Blogulation for all the details regarding these rides as well as any ride in the future.

By the way, Firestone and Summit took 5 Gold Medals at the recent Mississippi Senior Olympics! Congrats to everyone for all the help and hard work!!! Come on out tomorrow morning to hear all the race stories! (Oh yeah baby...I just love this kind of stuff!!!)

See you out on the road,
Bob

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