Sunday, August 8, 2010

Re: Our Club Keeps Growing

The post ride debriefing/dog walk to Barry's house does not have to happen every Sunday. I do have a life.

----- Original Message -----
From: Barry
Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010 5:25 pm
Subject: Re: Our Club Keeps Growing
To: Oriel Mor 
Cc: "isaacsei@optonline.net" , Arthur Finkel , "David J. Shereck" , David Wargin , Gus Condiles , Greg Keller , George Uribe , Bill Eisenberg , Robert Leighton , Mitchel Lang , Larry Nipon , Jan Lemerman , Yihao Ou , "northshorerenegades.chainring@blogger.com"

> Where's Tammy?
>
> Barry
>
> On Aug 8, 2010, at 4:35 PM, Oriel Mor wrote:
>
> > Dude,
> >
> > That was valuable hill training. Keep working on it and don't
> knock it. You only get stronger by trying harder. I like to do
> hill repeats on Horseshoe when I'm by myself... and I'm not
> trying to keep up with anyone else. The way to Mill Hill from
> Horseshoe is easy. Right turn at the end of Horseshoe onto
> Cleft, hard 90° left on the downhill before the water onto Frost
> Mill, left agan at the T. The way you rode Mill Hill is much
> harder than our way, though much less scary on the down.
> >
> > So now you have something in common with Andy Schleck. Don't
> let it get to your head.
> >
> > You'll have to show us the fabled Sagamore Hill route you're
> so fond of.
> >
> > Mileage wise, you did better than us. Cool.
> >
> > On Aug 8, 2010, at 4:19 PM, isaacsei@optonline.net wrote:
> >
> >> I actually dropped my chain by Moving and Storage. It was an
> Andy Shleck kind of thing. Then I hammered to catch up with very
> little left to keep up on Horseshoe. I do not know the route to
> Mill Hill but in an attempt to find it I made it back to Moving
> and Storage. Without the sun shining i do not know east from
> west or north and south. This time when I did Horseshoe for the
> second time I turned left down to the water. I did Mill Hill
> the hard way and then turned around and did it from the easy
> side. Next was Sagamore Hill with its very cold water fountain
> in the gift shop. A hill that is over looked by the Renegades.
> Moore's, Snake Hill, Switchback, and campus. 71 miles. I did
> expect to be dropped today but not so soon.
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: B Feir
> >> Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010 3:59 pm
> >> Subject: Re: Our Club Keeps Growing
> >> To: Isaac Seinuk , Arthur Finkel , "David J. Shereck" , David
> Wargin , Gus Condiles , Greg Keller , George Uribe , Bill
> Eisenberg , Robert Leighton , Mitchel Lang , Larry Nipon , Jan
> Lemerman , Yihao Ou , Oriel Mor
> >> Cc: northshorerenegades@gmail.com
> >>
> >> > The evidence... http://connect.garmin.com/activity/43710740
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --- On Sun, 8/8/10, Oriel Mor wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > From: Oriel Mor
> >> > Subject: Our Club Keeps Growing
> >> > To: "Isaac Seinuk" , "Arthur Finkel"
> >> > , "David J. Shereck"
> >> > , "David Wargin"
> >> > , "Gus Condiles"
> >> > , "Barry Feirstein" ,
> >> > "Greg Keller" , "George Uribe"
> >> > , "Bill Eisenberg"
> >> > , "Robert Leighton"
> >> > , "Mitchel Lang"
> >> > , "Larry Nipon" ,
> >> > "Jan Lemerman" , "Yihao Ou"
> >> > Cc: northshorerenegades@gmail.com
> >> > Date: Sunday, August 8, 2010, 1:35 PM
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Had a great tough ride today. Lot's of climbing and hammering.
> >> > Somewhat humid but not too hot.
> >> >
> >> > Bob and I picked up a new member yesterday. Say hello to George,
> >> > another great rider from Great Neck.
> >> >
> >> > George met Bob, Barry (a.k.a. Twitchy) and yours truly at base
> >> > camp. We did one of our usual favorite routes: left at Wheatly,
> >> > through Locust Valley, Horseshoe, Mill Hill, Moore's Hill,
> >> > Lawrence, Snake, Huntington, etc.
> >> >
> >> > In Old Brookville we swept up Herb who was trying to catch
> up to
> >> > the rest of the Wheelmen. They were waiting for him at one of
> >> > their usual stopping spots at the corner of Chicken Valley and
> >> > Piping Rock. It was quite a sizable group of about a dozen or
> >> > so. We politely stopped for a minute to say hi to those who are
> >> > still on speaking terms with us and started off again. Jan, who
> >> > inexplicably has still been riding with the Wheelmen,
> jumped at
> >> > the opportunity and joined us, again. (He'd done that
> before at
> >> > the Wheatly meet.)
> >> >
> >> > Another strong rider (I can't remember his name) also
> joined us
> >> > for a short while, then peeled off to go home while we were
> >> > climbing Mill Hill.
> >> >
> >> > Isaac apparently got dropped on Horseshoe, while George had
> >> > disappeared from sight after Lawrence. I had also neglected to
> >> > warn George about the sudden stop sign at the bottom of the
> >> > steep descent of Mill Hill and he blew through the crossing
> >> > screaming something about not being able to stop.
> Fortunately no
> >> > one got hurt. A heck of an initiation into our club though. If
> >> > you can survive this you can take anything we can dish.
> >> >
> >> > So after we reached Cold Spring, the 4 of us (Bob, Twitchy, Jan
> >> > and Beast) were able to stick together for the rest of the ride,
> >> > even with Twitchy's sudden afterburner bursts of speed and my
> >> > occasional drops in speed. In proper Renegades fashion, we
> >> > finished off with Vista Hill. Did it hurt? You bet it did!
> >> >
> >> > I'll be away next weekend. Check with Bob about meeting at base
> >> > camp or elsewhere, if he's not around to ride.
> >> >
> >> > See you on the road.
> >> >
> >> > Beast
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >
>

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