Sounds like a great ride.
I took advantage of riding alone to tour Caumsett State Park after Snake Hill. I rode a more relaxed pace without the usual Renegade pace pushers. Not that there is anything wrong with pushing the pace.
----- Original Message -----
From: Oriel Mor
Date: Sunday, September 26, 2010 10:43 pm
Subject: TOH Ride Report
To: Isaac Seinuk, Arthur Finkel , northshorerenegades.chainring@blogger.com, Jae Cho , "David J. Shereck" , David Wargin , Gus Condiles , Barry Feirstein , Greg Keller , George Uribe , Bill Eisenberg , Robert Leighton , Mitchel Lang , Larry Nipon , Todd Manas , Jan Lemerman , Yihao Ou , Anita Christofferson
> Fabulous ride today. Four of us departed from Great Neck while
> it was
> still dark: Locomotive, George, Beast and one of my favorite
> riding
> buddies, fellow A19 SIG leader and fellow BTC 2009 participant,
> Anita
> (who came to GN on an early train full of hung-over revelers
> from the
> previous night of partying in Manhattan). Afterburner met us at
> the
> start in Southampton. We were all a little late getting there
> and by
> 8:20 we finally got going.
>
> The weather was pleasantly cool, partly sunny, with a strong
> breeze
> from the east. For some reason my computer wasn't working today,
> so I
> had to occasionally ask someone else for our mileage and average
>
> speed, keeping it to a minimum to avoid being a pest.
>
> The first part of this century runs through an area of expensive
>
> vacation homes in Southampton. Lots of left turns and right
> turns,
> with glimpses of large homes past large gates and very tall and
> thick
> hedges that line the streets. We reached the first food and rest
> stop
> at about 25 miles. We just grabbed a couple of bananas and other
>
> munchies and kept going for the long out-and-back to Montauk and
> the
> lighthouse.
>
> It was tough pedaling against the fierce, relentless headwind
> for all
> those miles, but we knew we'd be rewarded with a wicked power
> boost on
> the return leg, and that prospect kept us motivated. Even
> against that
> headwind, Afterburner couldn't help his nature and kept
> exploding
> forward, especially on the climbs. After a short break with
> commemorative snapshot (see attached) we took full advantage of
> the
> strong tailwind and rocketed back westward. Back at the same
> food stop
> we took our first, much deserved, real break.
>
> At that point we ran into Serena, another of my fellow A19 SIG
> leaders. She was there with her own group of friends, but was
> somewhat
> frustrated by their slow pace. We invited her to ride with us.
> She was
> unsure and her group was ready to leave before us. She suggested
> we
> keep an eye out for her during our next leg and let her know
> when we
> caught up with her, at which point she'd gladly join us.
>
> Onward onto my favorite part of this ride, through the beautiful
>
> wooded areas of the south fork, along winding, rolling roads,
> with
> lots of pines and hardly any cars. This point in any century
> (Q3) I
> tend to start feeling tired and the rollers didn't help. We kept
>
> breaking up and regrouping as the miles and the rollers kept
> disappearing behind us.
>
> Eventually we did, in fact, catch up to Serena. This happened
> shortly
> after we had dropped George, who was beginning to struggle a
> bit. We
> thought he'd catch up to us soon enough. Instead, as it turned
> out, he
> had flatted right after we lost sight of him and — due to a
> series of
> circumstances and technical difficulties — had trouble getting a
>
> properly inflated wheel again for a while. Problem was, we had
> no idea.
>
> At the last food stop we were able to get back in touch with him
> and
> he reassured us he was OK and would be getting back to the car,
> eventually. He got some help from other riders and made it to
> the last
> food stop, where a mechanic finally took care of his wheel issues.
>
> As we started our last leg, we mistakenly exited the parking lot
> onto
> Rt. 27 and rode that for a couple of miles, but it was very busy
> with
> traffic and we soon realized we were not intended to be riding
> there.
> Locomotive, being very familiar with those parts in general and
> this
> ride in particular, easily found his way back to the marked
> route and
> we were once more in the game.
>
> The very last few miles took us due east again and we had no
> choice
> but to fight the strong headwind yet again. Nevertheless, being
> so
> close to the finish, we gave it all we had and, in the end,
> completed
> the ride in just under 6 1/2 hours, including breaks.
>
> The following link is for the GPS ride data that Afterburner uploaded.
>
> http://connect.garmin.com/activity/50703040?sms_ss=email
>
> We still had to wait quite a while for George — who was M.I.A.
> for
> almost an hour after the rest of us finished. Riders were still
> trickling in very sparsely and we decided to spare George the
> final
> wind-tunnel segment of the ride, since he was all by himself. We
>
> slowly retraced that last stretch with the truck and finally
> picked
> him up, still riding strong.
>
> The 5-then-4-then-5 of us rode very well together for the entire
>
> century, despite Afterburner's frequent bursts of speed and
> George's
> misfortune. Both Anita and Serena are awesome riders. Anita, in
> particular, is in need of a new fun group to ride with. Gee, who
> could
> she possibly be looking to join? If we open our eyes wide and
> pout our
> lips, she just might occasionally put up with the train commute
> and
> come out to Nassau to play us on weekends for a Renegades ride.
>
> Regards from Montauk Point.
>
> Beast
>
>
>
>
>
From: Oriel Mor
Date: Sunday, September 26, 2010 10:43 pm
Subject: TOH Ride Report
To: Isaac Seinuk
> Fabulous ride today. Four of us departed from Great Neck while
> it was
> still dark: Locomotive, George, Beast and one of my favorite
> riding
> buddies, fellow A19 SIG leader and fellow BTC 2009 participant,
> Anita
> (who came to GN on an early train full of hung-over revelers
> from the
> previous night of partying in Manhattan). Afterburner met us at
> the
> start in Southampton. We were all a little late getting there
> and by
> 8:20 we finally got going.
>
> The weather was pleasantly cool, partly sunny, with a strong
> breeze
> from the east. For some reason my computer wasn't working today,
> so I
> had to occasionally ask someone else for our mileage and average
>
> speed, keeping it to a minimum to avoid being a pest.
>
> The first part of this century runs through an area of expensive
>
> vacation homes in Southampton. Lots of left turns and right
> turns,
> with glimpses of large homes past large gates and very tall and
> thick
> hedges that line the streets. We reached the first food and rest
> stop
> at about 25 miles. We just grabbed a couple of bananas and other
>
> munchies and kept going for the long out-and-back to Montauk and
> the
> lighthouse.
>
> It was tough pedaling against the fierce, relentless headwind
> for all
> those miles, but we knew we'd be rewarded with a wicked power
> boost on
> the return leg, and that prospect kept us motivated. Even
> against that
> headwind, Afterburner couldn't help his nature and kept
> exploding
> forward, especially on the climbs. After a short break with
> commemorative snapshot (see attached) we took full advantage of
> the
> strong tailwind and rocketed back westward. Back at the same
> food stop
> we took our first, much deserved, real break.
>
> At that point we ran into Serena, another of my fellow A19 SIG
> leaders. She was there with her own group of friends, but was
> somewhat
> frustrated by their slow pace. We invited her to ride with us.
> She was
> unsure and her group was ready to leave before us. She suggested
> we
> keep an eye out for her during our next leg and let her know
> when we
> caught up with her, at which point she'd gladly join us.
>
> Onward onto my favorite part of this ride, through the beautiful
>
> wooded areas of the south fork, along winding, rolling roads,
> with
> lots of pines and hardly any cars. This point in any century
> (Q3) I
> tend to start feeling tired and the rollers didn't help. We kept
>
> breaking up and regrouping as the miles and the rollers kept
> disappearing behind us.
>
> Eventually we did, in fact, catch up to Serena. This happened
> shortly
> after we had dropped George, who was beginning to struggle a
> bit. We
> thought he'd catch up to us soon enough. Instead, as it turned
> out, he
> had flatted right after we lost sight of him and — due to a
> series of
> circumstances and technical difficulties — had trouble getting a
>
> properly inflated wheel again for a while. Problem was, we had
> no idea.
>
> At the last food stop we were able to get back in touch with him
> and
> he reassured us he was OK and would be getting back to the car,
> eventually. He got some help from other riders and made it to
> the last
> food stop, where a mechanic finally took care of his wheel issues.
>
> As we started our last leg, we mistakenly exited the parking lot
> onto
> Rt. 27 and rode that for a couple of miles, but it was very busy
> with
> traffic and we soon realized we were not intended to be riding
> there.
> Locomotive, being very familiar with those parts in general and
> this
> ride in particular, easily found his way back to the marked
> route and
> we were once more in the game.
>
> The very last few miles took us due east again and we had no
> choice
> but to fight the strong headwind yet again. Nevertheless, being
> so
> close to the finish, we gave it all we had and, in the end,
> completed
> the ride in just under 6 1/2 hours, including breaks.
>
> The following link is for the GPS ride data that Afterburner uploaded.
>
> http://connect.garmin.com/activity/50703040?sms_ss=email
>
> We still had to wait quite a while for George — who was M.I.A.
> for
> almost an hour after the rest of us finished. Riders were still
> trickling in very sparsely and we decided to spare George the
> final
> wind-tunnel segment of the ride, since he was all by himself. We
>
> slowly retraced that last stretch with the truck and finally
> picked
> him up, still riding strong.
>
> The 5-then-4-then-5 of us rode very well together for the entire
>
> century, despite Afterburner's frequent bursts of speed and
> George's
> misfortune. Both Anita and Serena are awesome riders. Anita, in
> particular, is in need of a new fun group to ride with. Gee, who
> could
> she possibly be looking to join? If we open our eyes wide and
> pout our
> lips, she just might occasionally put up with the train commute
> and
> come out to Nassau to play us on weekends for a Renegades ride.
>
> Regards from Montauk Point.
>
> Beast
>
>
>
>
>
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