Ride for Nov 6

Riders,

the big news is we're pushing the SVR (Saturday Velo-Vance Ride) BACK to 9am!!! yahoo, one more hour of prep time... good for a second cup of coffee, eating breakfast a little more relaxed, reading the paper, walking the dog, or maybe one more hour of sleep. But most importantly, it’ll allow Mr. Sunshine more time to do his work!!! as in chase the cold temps OUT OF HERE!!! After all, cold is only the absence of heat, right??

For this weekend, we'll have more of the same... a nice well paced ride through the best cycling roads in the county!!! Route remains the same… 44 to 47 miles of riding… Last weekend, our numbers were a little low... but, we're expecting folks to be "back to normal", except for our IMFL crowd who are in PC waiting on the cannon to sound the start of an experience they've been training for over the past year!!!

So, as we ride, we’ll remember Reggie "Gilligan" Chapman, Kevin "Redbook" Todd and Scott "Look-Back" Brooks as they swim, ride and run the gauntlet of IMFL. Good Luck Guys… and bring home some stories… now, doesn’t the thought of our locals doing IMFL make you want to sign up????

Just a few words about the ride last weekend... the above IMFL crew was instructed by Coach Church to ride for 2 1/2 hours... so, in P-ton, they checked their watches and decided to "short cut" the SVR... no kidding, on the backside of water-tower hill, these guys started smelling the barn... they bypassed Vance's Country Pee Stop, the Rollers AND Rumahah... they went straight for Liberty Hwy, Tree Farm Rd, Melton, 5 Forks and straight back to the church... they had a total of 2 hour 38 minute of riding... I just don't understand why they didn't want to go back to Mac's for the second time??? ain't that what it's all about?? Mac's X 2??

And TT-Bob is on his official taper before his B2B 112 Time Trial…. if you want to see fun, just watch TT-Bob on a taper... he's got more energy than the EverReady Rabbitt and he has to contain it until Next Saturday!!!! but, when he uncorks that stored potential... he'll clobber the course!!!! GO GET EM' BOB!!!!

Hearty congrats to the Spinx Run Fest runners… there were some amazing times for Mr. Ziegler, Nick C on the full, Kidd-D Stelly, Coach Church, Ms. Fancy-Pants Nancy, JJ, Racing-Jason and Chuck & Son on the half… and Suzanne for the 5K… job well done…. Now, it’s time to get on the bike and ride… (kinda a quote from Queen!!!)

The group gathers at the parking lot of New Spring… come ready to roll at 0901… give a shout if you’re new to the group…

The Announcer