whatever the pickup time.
Ori
On Sep 7, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Robert Leighton wrote:
> Tour of th Hamptions is September 26th. Can take up to 6 in my
> SUV. We'd
> leave around 6am for a 730/8 am start in Southampton. It's usually
> a great
> ride? Who want in?
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oriel Mor [mailto:oriel61@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 06, 2010 11:16 PM
> To: Isaac Seinuk; Arthur Finkel; northshorerenegades.chainring@blogger.com
> ;
> 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
> Subject: Labor Day Ride
>
> We met at Bob's at 8:00. It was chillier than it has been in a long
> time and some of us started out wearing sleeves. Today's starting
> Renegades lineup: Gus, Isaac, George, Bob, Beast and, at the last
> minute, Stitches. Crash canceled early this morning. Something about a
> really bad headache. Twitchy was MIA.
>
> We climbed Westminster to Bates to LIE. On the service road we came
> across a group of triathletes. At one of the red lights one of them
> mentioned something about having already done a swim that morning. I
> didn't realize it at the time, but that guy was Brickwell's own Andy.
> I would have liked to say 'hi' to him.
>
> Also along the LIE we picked up another rider by the name of Michael.
> He was strong and, from what I could tell, he was holding back just to
> let us stay with him, especially on the climbs. Besides Michael,
> Stitches was by far the strongest rider today. Turns out he's been
> training by doing hill repeats on Vista and all the other steepest
> climbs around here. That sure explains his ease at dropping most of us
> effortlessly.
>
> We had dropped both Isaac and Gus before hitting Lawrence. That climb
> wasn't any easier today than yesterday. On Turkey we came across a
> large group riding the opposite way. I think they were the 8:30
> triangle group. As we were climbing snake we caught up to Isaac and
> then Gus. They had skipped Lawrence and ended up just ahead of us. By
> the time I topped Snake I felt like my brain was in serious oxygen
> deficit and was experiencing some mild tunnel vision.
>
> We promptly lost Isaac again, but Gus was able to hang with us for the
> rest of the way. We did the rest of our usual way through Huntington
> to 108. We had just started our climb of Stillwell and were spread out
> all over the right lane when a lady cop that had snuck up behind us
> fired up her squad car's PA and warned us to get into a single file or
> she would ticket us. Yes, ma'm! Why do they give US (a bunch of
> middle-
> aged, spandex-clad, tax-payers) a hard time instead of giving it to
> the a'-holes who harass us for no dam' good reason (he asked
> rhetorically)?
>
> We stopped at the small deli in Syosset for a food and water break.
> Michael didn't want to stop, so he continued on his own way.
>
> We did our usual way back through the campus. Something about those
> rollers seems to invariably compel us to go as hard as we can. The
> rest of the ride was uneventful. We didn't do Vista. The numbers on my
> computer read 62 miles total at 17.2 average.
>
> In less than 3 weeks, on Sunday, 9/26, is the Tour of the Hamptons.
> Those of us who are interested should start planning the car-pooling
> and meeting time.
>
> We also want to do some time soon the ride around Port Jeff that Dubya
> recommends. Let's find a day when a whole bunch of us can get together
> for it.
>
> Great ride today. Perfect weather. Let's do it again soon.
>
>
>
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