Re: Columbus Day Weekend, Second Half

Their names are Pain and Suffering. They're the reason why we ride.

On Oct 12, 2010, at 6:24 PM, Robert Leighton wrote:

See what we miss when we lead?  Where did you find those buns?

 

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From: isaacsei@optonline.net [mailto:isaacsei@optonline.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 6:19 PM
To: Oriel Mor
Cc: Arthur Finkel; northshorerenegades.chainring@blogger.com; Jae Cho; David J. Shereck; David Wargin; Anita Christofferson; Barry Feirstein; Greg Keller; Gus Condiles; George Uribe; Bill Eisenberg; Robert Leighton; Mitchel Lang; Larry Nipon; Todd Manas; Jan Lemerman; Yihao Ou
Subject: Re: Columbus Day Weekend, Second Half

 

What Ori did not include was the encounter we had with a pair of female riders who were doing the traditional pre Columbus day naked mile just before the bumpy. See pic.  We had a hard time passing them for obvious reasons.  Ori later complained that it brought down his average speed for the day.

Sometimes you just need to stay on the rear.

----- Original Message -----
From: Oriel Mor 
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 2:38 pm
Subject: Columbus Day Weekend, Second Half
To: Isaac Seinuk , Arthur Finkel , northshorerenegades.chainring@blogger.com, Jae Cho , "David J. Shereck" , David Wargin , Anita Christofferson , Barry Feirstein , Greg Keller , Gus Condiles , George Uribe , Bill Eisenberg , Robert Leighton , Mitchel Lang , Larry Nipon , Todd Manas , Jan Lemerman , Yihao Ou 

> Quite uneventful, really. Sunday morning I was met by Isaac. We 
> rushed 
> to the LIE to hop on the T train. They were just ahead and, 
> unlike the 
> previous day, we were able to catch them within a few lights. 
> The 
> usual sizable group. No trouble staying with them during the 
> first part.
> 
> At the wall I chose to follow some riders I had ridden with the 
> day 
> before and we found ourselves in a group of only 6. But this 
> time, as 
> soon as we hit the first rollers east of Sunnyside I got 
> dropped. As I 
> looked back I saw that Isaac was way behind. The group kept 
> straight 
> on the LIE and I knew it was only going to be a struggle for me, 
> so I 
> hung back with Isaac and we did one of our usual shortish rides, 
> since 
> he needed to get back early.
> 
> From 108 we went up Moore's and Sandy. Right at the foot of 
> Moore's 
> Isaac managed to fall into a mud filled ditch. Messy. I had just 
> heard 
> some chain skipping noise behind me as I started the climb and 
> didn't 
> know that anything out of the ordinary had happened until Isaac 
> made 
> it to the top of the climb and filled me in. After Sandy we had 
> a 
> short stop at the 7-11 and got Stóked.
> 
> We finished off with Muttontown, skipped the campus and back by 
> way of 
> Wheatley.
> 
> Glad Isaac came out to play.
> 
> I didn't ride yesterday.
> 
> Beast
> 
> 
>