Just had to delay my ride.

My neighbour- who already rides- and his son and his son's mate want to come. Reckon I will have to get to the cafe first cos at this rate there will be a Pie deficiency down on the coast this afternoon.

So just to keep all the Pie Reports in one place--Post here with pics if possible and a report on the Pie and where you are. Report on the ride might interest some aswell.

2 pm and off we set. Didn't know how the two youngsters would fare but Mathew was on Micks old OCR and Andrew was on this old "Vintage" bike that his boss gave him. It soon became obvious that Andrew was not used to cycling and definitely not prepared for Downtube shifters. His bike was clanking away like a goodun and the gearing was something like 52/48 on the front and 7 speed 12/21? on the back so no hills were on this route. I got fed up with the clanking and put him on Boreas for the slope that was coming up and found out that the Index shifting on the rear was just a touch out. Adjusted and fine and that was when I realised that this was a quality bike. No headtube badge but the forks that were in the original paintwork are marked Vitus.

That bike goes. The slope was taken at speed and it was easy to keep at speed so Andrew has a bike to keep. But down to Fusciardis for Pie. What a choice and Cherry- Apple and Banoffie Pie were all that were on offer today as Pie.Gateaux- Cream cakes and what would have been my choice of Treacle Tart were there aswell so I settled on the Cherry- but bought a Treacle tart as backup. The banoffie was Micks choice.



I can tell you that the cherry Pie was worth it but that Treacle Tart was even better as backup.

Route back and we tried to get some training in on the lads. Cut out anything resembling a slope or Busy road and got them drafting. Wish we hadn't as 2 miles from Home and they came past us like rockets. I know that Vitus is good but in the hands of a person that does not ride- it should not have been that fast. Took some hard work to pull him back and we lost Mathew in the process.

So another Pie ride done in the Fun way it is supposed to be done. Got two young lads interested in riding so hopefully we will have a larger group o ride with in the future.

I had a wonderful ride this morning with Dave Bierbaum. We rode the Madison County MUP into beautiful downtown Edwardsville, Illinois. It took us 4 tries to find a cafe that served pie and we still had to wait in line for a seat, but it was worth it. Dave took photos of the chocolate pie so you'll have to wait for his report if you need to see a photo.

Uh - I told the people in the cafe that I rather enjoyed being referred to as "Your Magisty". I find that I get better service than when I go by "Retro Grouch".

Now that we've done it once, the St Louis area people who had conflicts can begin planning their calendars for next year. Heck, we'll even except people from outside of the St Louis area if they promise to be nice.

Six of us from the club rode about 28 miles, starting and finishing at the bike shop. One of the riders had made two pies for our after-ride enjoyment. Coconut chess pie and lemon cream cheese pie, each with blueberry topping. Yummy!

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... and I have photographic evidence of his crimes, too!

Team Leader, following the scent of pie!


At the end of the Watershed Trail. Saturday is evidently open-air-market day.


We arrive at the initial Pie Target. Alas, everyone on the planet was there before us.


Next we tried the Sacred Grounds Cafe, and Sgt. Pepper's Cafe. No Pie Here. Fourth Try's the charm! Fiona's Family Restaurant. Nice place. Good service. Will take "Your Majesty" as a reservation name. Oh, and the pie was good. (I embarrassed myself by forgetting to pack MONEY. I am in Retro's debt for a slice of chocolate cream pie...)


After that, we toodled back to the other end of the Watershed Trail. I evidently go faster than I thought I even could. Yay me!

[QUOTE=David Bierbaum;14734137]... and I have photographic evidence of his crimes, too!

Team Leader, following the scent of pie!

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Love the license plate! I did an easy ride this morning of 35 miles, guess I need to go find some pie!

Umm, er, mpppphpr, munch, there finished the pie, Key Lime here, as usual.




Take my word for this, it was delicious. The missing piece speaks for itself.

Rode in the farm area and the cotton is starting to pop out this week. Farmers were spraying the fields, no clouds on the road or in the air from the treatment. Ride was pretty good, thinking about Pie makes you ride faster it seems.

Bill

no photos... I'll have to work on that, and I have to confess that I cheated and had pie thursday evening, but it was great and in good company, so there's that.

As for the ride, I did a loop through the Portola valley - 31.5 very scenic miles - and I somehow managed to drop 14 minutes off my previous best - I was not the slowest rider out there this morning.

Having done 30+ miles, do I qualify for a second piece of pie? I think so... yum!

A wonderful tradition, glad to be a part of it.

Next year, I'll have to find some local 50+'ers to make it into a real pie ride.

I picked up two pies yesterday, fortunately half of what I bought was still available today. Legs were stiff and tired from yesterdays ride, but they did loosen up a bit around 5 miles. Rode the same roads I've been riding for years, so the photos I'm posting are current; although I took them 3 years ago.



The area is full of old farm houses and barns. Many of the original homesteads are still owned by ancestors of the emigrant.



Roads are well maintained, which explains why my township tax is twice what it was at old home location.



So after 17 miles I settled for a piece of peach and cherry pie, baked by a local farmers wife. Although she use to be an accountant in New York city.

Ride was an easy 20+. Started at Hopkins Depot and headed east on Midtown Greenwy to Birchwood Cafe where I had braised pork benedict (yum) topped off with a slice o key lime pie (double yum). Forgot to take pix but then rode up the river road to the Fed and out the Cedar Lake Trail. Bad headwind on the final leg but a very pleasant ride - and how can it be bad with pie?

24 miles on a beautiful day, the wife and I rode out to a park in Manitou Springs for our turn around point then back to a new coffee house for PIE! I had Cherry and she had Apple and we enjoyed it!




Sorry for the fuzzy photo's, it's a new point and shoot and it's tiny, I've got to remember to hold it tighter when I push the shutter button!

I did the Mennonite Central Committee Flatlander ride today. This year the project was a series of earthen dams in Tanzania to conserve water for rural agriculture and some local villages. Distances were offered at 65,45,35 & 8 miles for family rides.

The ride took place under lightly drizzling skies most of the way. About half the time you had to look over your glasses because you couldn't really see well through them. Temperatures were 55 to 61 with very little wind. There were 125 riders between the four distances.

We took off with a police escort all the way out of town and got to run a number of red lights in the process. For some reason the organizers decided we need sag stops about every eleven miles. I blew right through the first and the last as I didn't think I needed that much cookies, brownies and bananas. At about the 20 mile mark I hooked up with a very pleasant and talkative 20 something young lady who was a marathon runner and had just taken up cycling a couple of months ago. We spent the rest of the ride having a grand old time talking about a wide range of things including mountain climbing in Colorado and the exploits of Emergency Medical Technicians. The young lady is an EMT as well as being a student at a local university. We kept up a pretty good pace for me even though we spent most of our time riding side by side, so not much drafting or pacelines. Total distance we put in was 67.5 miles and we covered it in about 4-1/2 hours including stops and one short detour due to my color blindness and not being able to tell the red arrows from the green arrows on the direction signs.

At the end of the ride we were treated to a lite lunch of ham or turkey sandwiches, veggie and fruit platters and ice cream, so no pie to be had there. On the way home I stopped at a local bakery and picked up some peach pie that I will have this evening with supper. I am still plenty full from the lunch and all the snacks at the sag stations.

Son's birthday today with a ton of people(friends, his new in-laws, grandparents, us) and lots to do...so I wasn't able to ride today, but yesterday I did 40 miles and tomorrow I'll be doing 40 miles--thus the pie(or fruit tart) will be the filling for a sandwich(Ride, pie, Ride). If this doesn't count, Denver, Step, Qp, or any others can smack me with a virtual carp.

I rode Le Tour de Bayou in Alexandria, LA today, 102 miles. This was the first edition of this ride. It was well organized and supported. Immediately after the ride, the wife, daughter, daughter's boyfriend, and I went to Outlaws Barbecue and had a Chop Baker, a huge baked potato with topped chopped brisket and just about everything else one can imagine that would come with a baked potato. Cherry pie at home tonight! A good day!!

No pie for me today but I feel that, dare I say it, four fresh hot from the oven cinnamin buns were an adequate subsitute. And for those who want to ask for pictures you might want to rethink the question. You folks do know you get a tummy ache from eating fresh hot cinnamin buns.

My husband, sister and I rode to an Amish Market. This was our 4th annual pie ride. It was a 37 mile round trip and we traveled a 2.5 mile portion of the trip on a Rail Trail:


The market had no blueberry pie, so I went for a piece of freshly baked Shoo-fly pie, sold to me by the woman who had baked it. After finishing it, I had to go back in and tell her it was THE BEST PIECE OF PIE I HAD EVER EATEN! She was beaming and I was not exaggerating! Heavy on the molasses and absolutely delicious!


Except for our annual bickering about route direction, it was a great ride made even better by that pie!

Sorry for the late posting.
We went up toward the north GA mountains on Thursday and picked up our pies (and some apples and fresh veggies ) at the R&A Orchard store. That's what retired folks do.
I did my pie ride earlier today, then had pie on our patio, then cleaned up and went to archery practice. I decided on blackberry for the pie of the day. YUM.

I didn't eat the whole pie. I shared with my wife.





Rode out to Stone Mountain and did 3 laps around the mtn (inner loop) for a total of 37.6 miles.


The pies that others have posted look good enough to eat.

I am quite impressed by the quality of the pie ride reports this year! I am really enjoying the photos of routes, pies and participants. Nice job fellow BF50+ers! This is the standard to which all pie rides should be set!

We ended up at Fant's before the afternoon was out -- now I'm in fried seafood overload. No pie, but my daughter and I bicycled up the road a little bit just before sunset to pick up a gallon of Blue Bell Dutch Chocolate ice cream.... a worthy pie substitute!

What time did you finish?

I had a meeting with a Financial Advisor followed by a late lunch with the bride. I got home just in time to jump on the Volae and pedal in to work at 04:00 p.m. for the night shift.

I hereby request permission to do my Pie Ride mid-week on my day off.

Permission granted but due to the impending retirement--We want no slacking.

I think so too. We done good.

My niece's wedding was Saturday afternoon, so my plan was to ride in the morning. I had my route all planned, with a stop at a little bakery in the near by town of Tewksbury MA- but it rained in the morning and by the time the sun came out, my riding window of opportunity had closed.
So, instead, I did a nice 19 mile ride this morning with my husband. We took off from our house, rode up into Hollis, the next town over; then looped down into Pepperell MA, hopped on the local rail trail for a short bit, then back into Hollis, then back to the house. On that loop there is no place to get pie, so the pie part will come this evening after dinner. Actually, it will most likely be apple crisp.

The husband approaching the newly rebuilt covered bridge in Pepperell.

Finished around 2:00 PM. I did stop at about mile 70 to render aid to two damsels (triathletes) in distress. They were obviously fit and had nice bikes, but they didn't know a lot about changing a tube. Also, their new replacement tube had a tear in it. I gave them one of my two spares, installed the tube and tire on the wheel, inflated it with the trusty Road Morph G, and got back on the road. The SAG truck stopped a little after I stopped, and I let him install the wheel on the bike.

+1, Miss K' I get hungry reading this thread. The Chopped Baker potato sounds really good, too bad I cannot have them, glad it was enjoyed though. Miss K' are you and Mr. K' Penn alums? I like the jerseys, Go Quakers, they'll get Layfette next year. Maybe the Ivy League title can come their way.

Lphilpot, good for you Karma will return the favor. Now, you said two fit ladies, what color were their bikes?

Bill