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07-01-07, 07:44 PM
Today's ride started out just fine. A buddy of ours trying out cycling duds for the first time. Guy rides in OP cord shorts all the time. Today he shocks us and shows up in a full cycling kit. He plans on riding with us for a short while then riding back as his wife is waiting for him. They have plans to attend a play in Hollywood or something. We run into another friend as we stop at the Honda Center for water.
All is fine and dandy till the arrogant basturds show up! They ask if we are riding all the way to the beach. Boyd informs him that we are but that he isn't. Then the guy gets stupid and starts rambling on on how he should be able to ride all the way cause he has a more than good enough carbon fiber Specialized roadie. Then goes on an on not knowing Boyd is retired and rides to the beach 6 days a week. Boyd remains quiet with the 'Oh Well' expression.
So we take off, then Boyd hits his turnaround point. We say bye and continue on. Then we notice that our other bud has stopped at Edna Park with Boyd. Darn, we turn back and head back to stop with him. Just then I see all the aroogant basturds flying by. But one guy looks friendly and says hi. Holy cow, it's BF'er LewisAClark. Doesn't post much but we see him just about every weekend on the trail.
So I rush our bud from the park cause I really want to catch the paceline of AB's for being rude to my friend. I guess I wanted to see just how good their bikes were!:D
We start off and they are out of sight. I figure now I may not catch them but keep the pressure on anyways. A few miles down the road I see them about half a mile ahead. I apply more pressure but not sure if we'll catch them before the beach. I can feel my legs burning as I had a hard effort ride the day before with BF'er Chuck5.2.
I can see we are gaining so I push harder. I know that I'm really testing Gina at this point. She never complained. We get to the final wooden bridge and there they are. I start to push even harder, sorry Gina but she's doing great. Right then our bud falls off. Gina informs me but I tell her if he starts with us, he finishes with us. He didn't so he's on his own. I've told him the rules several times before.:p
Right at the last underpass we pass the group with a friendly hello from LewisAClark. I figure we would hang on but they slowed so we just went by. The guys at the front took Gina's wheel for a short bit but quickly dropped. Not sure why! We just continued on. Then all of a sudden I see one guy zip by at a high pace. He gets far ahead but I tell Gina if he slows we'll get him back too. So I watch him and sure enough he slows so I push hard to catch him. We pick up the pace and catch the guy right at the end of the trail. Wish I had another 30 seconds, we would have blown by him.
So we stop at our usual and watch the other riders pull up. We start a conversation with LewisAClark and our other bud. I look over at the AB's to see what their reactions are. They keep looking at us and lowtalking. I glance over at them and give 'em that ' you just got dropped by a fat dude in a t-shrit and a grandma with one kidney' look!:D
Gina hardly ever has attitude with other riders but this time was different. She was really upset that the guys talked to our bud in a rude manner. I told her that I was sorry for pushing her so hard but I really wanted to catch them. She said it was all fine cause she did too! That's unusual for Gina, but these guys were Arrogant Basturds!:p
All in fun and stuff that keeps the rides interesting!:D
Our happy lil group before the AB's!
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l267/gulpxtreme/Ginaride-1.jpg
LewisAClark on the left,Dave on the right. I told LAC I'd post the pic. This is the only thing I can think of to incorporate the pic into a thread!:D
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l267/gulpxtreme/Dsc05594.jpg
Gina and me on the return. Practicing the camera skills. Hard trying to capture the both of us while looking natural!:p
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l267/gulpxtreme/Dsc05598.jpg
All is fine and dandy till the arrogant basturds show up! They ask if we are riding all the way to the beach. Boyd informs him that we are but that he isn't. Then the guy gets stupid and starts rambling on on how he should be able to ride all the way cause he has a more than good enough carbon fiber Specialized roadie. Then goes on an on not knowing Boyd is retired and rides to the beach 6 days a week. Boyd remains quiet with the 'Oh Well' expression.
So we take off, then Boyd hits his turnaround point. We say bye and continue on. Then we notice that our other bud has stopped at Edna Park with Boyd. Darn, we turn back and head back to stop with him. Just then I see all the aroogant basturds flying by. But one guy looks friendly and says hi. Holy cow, it's BF'er LewisAClark. Doesn't post much but we see him just about every weekend on the trail.
So I rush our bud from the park cause I really want to catch the paceline of AB's for being rude to my friend. I guess I wanted to see just how good their bikes were!:D
We start off and they are out of sight. I figure now I may not catch them but keep the pressure on anyways. A few miles down the road I see them about half a mile ahead. I apply more pressure but not sure if we'll catch them before the beach. I can feel my legs burning as I had a hard effort ride the day before with BF'er Chuck5.2.
I can see we are gaining so I push harder. I know that I'm really testing Gina at this point. She never complained. We get to the final wooden bridge and there they are. I start to push even harder, sorry Gina but she's doing great. Right then our bud falls off. Gina informs me but I tell her if he starts with us, he finishes with us. He didn't so he's on his own. I've told him the rules several times before.:p
Right at the last underpass we pass the group with a friendly hello from LewisAClark. I figure we would hang on but they slowed so we just went by. The guys at the front took Gina's wheel for a short bit but quickly dropped. Not sure why! We just continued on. Then all of a sudden I see one guy zip by at a high pace. He gets far ahead but I tell Gina if he slows we'll get him back too. So I watch him and sure enough he slows so I push hard to catch him. We pick up the pace and catch the guy right at the end of the trail. Wish I had another 30 seconds, we would have blown by him.
So we stop at our usual and watch the other riders pull up. We start a conversation with LewisAClark and our other bud. I look over at the AB's to see what their reactions are. They keep looking at us and lowtalking. I glance over at them and give 'em that ' you just got dropped by a fat dude in a t-shrit and a grandma with one kidney' look!:D
Gina hardly ever has attitude with other riders but this time was different. She was really upset that the guys talked to our bud in a rude manner. I told her that I was sorry for pushing her so hard but I really wanted to catch them. She said it was all fine cause she did too! That's unusual for Gina, but these guys were Arrogant Basturds!:p
All in fun and stuff that keeps the rides interesting!:D
Our happy lil group before the AB's!
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l267/gulpxtreme/Ginaride-1.jpg
LewisAClark on the left,Dave on the right. I told LAC I'd post the pic. This is the only thing I can think of to incorporate the pic into a thread!:D
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l267/gulpxtreme/Dsc05594.jpg
Gina and me on the return. Practicing the camera skills. Hard trying to capture the both of us while looking natural!:p
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l267/gulpxtreme/Dsc05598.jpg