We started rolling out, and right from the start I started feeling like the slow social ride aspect was somehow lost in translation. I didn't have any problems with the pace, but we started popping riders out the back like popcorn.

Maintaining my "no drop" ride had me dropping back to lend a hand. First Voldemort seemed to be struggling to keep the pace, but once he got warmed up he turned it on...never to be seen at the back again. Kimbercop was not riding like himself. Something was up, and his legs just weren't there.

He told me more than once to give him a cue sheet and leave him, but that just wasn't in the spirit of the ride...


In typical Midwest fashion we did get 2 "tractor ups" during the ride. This one had a huge disc attachment on it that just about shredded the lot of uf...
Hard to see...sorry.

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