JJR for the SVR this weekend

Riders,
As previously announced, this weeks SVR will yield to the JJR (Jubilee Joy Ride) that starts in Pendleton. I hope you are registered for the ride. There will be a group of SVR regulars who plan to meet at the start for a rollout time of 0830AM SHARP. The group will begin together and then groups of riders will sort themselves out according to the mission of the day... hammering, touring, or sight seeing.

Please note, next week, the SVR time will change to 0800... so, mark your calendars, tell your friends.

Just a note about last weeks ride... the weather man GOT it wrong... he said the rain would arrive after 12noon.. a group of about 15 (including new Daddy-Rick) rolled out with ominous clouds in the area... we arrived in Pendleton just to hear some rumblings of thunder... somewhere on Bishop Branch Rd, the skies began to open up... and on Wilson Rd, it was raining... after WaterTower Hill, it was raining harder...flashflood pictures rain through our minds... there were streams going across the road.... We had never been wetter... it was a case of "deeper the river, wetter the water". It was a 3 hour ride followed by a 2 hour bike clean-up... At the suggestion of Bill, I took off my tires, drained my rims, and frame and allowed everything to dry... stuff the shoes, seat bag and other things with newspaper to ensure everything would dry out... in my best southern slang, "it was a mess"... and I don't care to repeat that again... ever..

Don't forget the Tuesday Night Ride is back and many riders have shown up... leaves 6PM from the square in Pendleton.

Best of luck to those "doing your thing" this Sunday at the Anderson Area YMCA tri event... and props to ALL THE VOLUNTEERS... you make Sunday possible!!!! It's still not too late to volunteer.... and I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself as you see others going all out, leaving nothing behind... enduring some serious suffer-a-rama... and a few, just a few will actually be enjoying it.... whatever "it" is... contact Land at landh@andersonareaymca.org

Just a note about this artwork... props to Bob for providing it... after his "close encounter" with the beast of the wild kind. Recently on a ride out in the rural areas, he was "jumped" by a pack of deer.. no kidding... so, you need to be careful out there!!!!

See ya on the road,

"the 10 percenter"