HigherGround

Nice!

I had to tell my physical therapist about the ride today. I explained about having the best intentions to use restraint and do the 31 mile ride. However, when I got to the fork in the road, my enthusiasm / ego / testosterone / pea brain overrode those intentions and made me choose the long route. She said, "Didn't you hear your physical therapist's voice in your head telling you not to over do it?" I said that I did, but that the devil's voice on my other shoulder was louder.

Perhaps it's a good thing that we didn't meet up to ride together...




Oh yeah, the team car is ready:

Neil_B

There wasn't a car involved with the accident, it seems:

https://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/241152

redcon1

A group of friends and I from VWVortex.com did the ride also. On the last rest stop my buddy was admiring pgoat's beautiful Orbea with Brooks saddle. Small world! Here is a posed picture of our crew at one of the bridges:

pgoat

That's a nice shot!

We stopped and took far more pics (of the bridges, etc.) the first time we did this ride; it was just so hot this year we were struggling to merely finish it alive

pgoat

This is odd. I recall seeing the tarp in the driveway on our left right after making a sharp 90 degree right turn. I thought it was a house - not a store...I could easily be wrong of course - anybody recall it more clearly?


From the way they describe it, wouldn't there have been at least one or two cyclists who witnessed the incident? I know if I had seen it happen, I would have at least stopped and waited till help arrived. I can't imagine no one else didn't do the same....it would be good to hear their accounts, simply for closure and clarity.

pgoat

Yes, and right back at ya

Crabster

Thanks. That's pretty awesome that they give back to the community like that.

zoste

I didn't see the tarp, just the emergency vehicles, but I remember them being on the left between a house on the corner, and a barn just up Sensenig Rd. A quick flight through Google Earth confirms that. Apparently the hardware store is behind the barn: there is a large parking lot, but it doesn't front on the road.

BigRingRide

Hey the pictures are ready. I was trying to catch up to you guys and here's grahny at 12.17.11 and I was at 12.17.41. I thought I was like 10 minutes behind not that close...funny how the mind works. Very cool pics this year.

asv

I did this ride, and came away unimpressed. The route was great, but there were way too many dangerous riders. Lots of people riding 4-5 abreast, staying to the left even when cars were behind. The bridges were great, but there way too many people stopping and blocking the road for photo ops.

I was also surprised how bad the rest stops were. Bananas and nuts? At least have a few energy bars or something.

pgoat

Keep in mind this is one of the least expensive rides around, at least in my experience

I was 'buzzed' by several riders (passing on my left and then cutting to their right a little too close for comfort) but never felt truly endangered. ymmv, of course.