Saturday, April 30, 2011

Slow Ride, Take it Easy!

Foghat - -
I'm in the mood, the rhythm is right,
Move to the music, we can roll all night.
Oooh, oooh, slow ride - oooh, oooh ...

I don't think Foghat was into cycling. Nevertheless, we took it easy this morning, for the most part. Dykes, Loaf, AT, Ullrich, VJ, The Reaper, Hoodie and the White Knight showed up for the relaxed festivities.

Rolled out with the intention of the full OZ. Many had marching orders to take it slow, so we did. With Loaf, Dykes, AT and (sometimes) Hood, that was a tall order. Getting passed by a gaggle of geese on 620 put the plan to the test. Some passed, some failed.

Hood punctured on the first plateau of the Dam Loop, and we watched about 40 bikes (including Ullrich) roll past during the change. WK also rolled up, but stopped to gather himself during the interlude. The Hood has had a run of bad luck with the Punctures. Let's hope it's in the past.

Spun from there up to Walgreen's, which looked like a lycra convention.On a positive note, Loaf's bottle is no longer on suicide watch. Not a single bottle ejection issue today. I think the counselling is paying off!

WK ripped and headed back post Walgreens. How was the wind that direction?

Second flat of the day behind the HEB at 620 and Anderson Mill. This time it was Dykes. Not to belabor the point, but we had some time to catch up as a group. Someone should have recorded minutes of the meeting. Loaf educated us on the definition of a Meat Curtain. I will be haunted by that phrase forever more.

Spun it nice and easy from there on out. With the exception of a little punch on Anderson Mill. And Spicewood Springs. Hey, sometimes you gotta heed the call of the Wild. Ullrich decided to Full Oz it, as he had a lacrosse match to watch at House Park. The rest of us ripped, on 360 as we had about an hour of unplanned downtime.

Ended with Loaf, Dykes and Reaper off the front. AT reined himself back in on the Riverbend hill and spun it out with us. Reaper reaped the rewards at Lola, quaffing two brews Norm-style, while the rest of us enjoyed Machiattos, Coffee and Smoothies. I wonder if Lola's appreciates the big ass stains we leave on those leather sofas? Nasty.

Good ride fellas.

2 comments:

Ullrich said...

I modified my full Aussie plan after the two flats. I knew I was going to be late for the lacrosse game, so I took a right on Bluffstone/Spicewood and climbed that beast of a hill (16%). I crossed Loop 1 and took a right on Shoal Creek. I ran into a guy named Patrick on a mountain bike and we took Shoal Creek all the way to 38th, took a left there and then a right on Lamar. We took turns pulling on Lamar in the traffic. The cars were actually more tolerant than their suburban counterparts.

Lake Travis beat McNeil 14-11 in the regional semi-finals at House Park. I just missed Drew scoring a goal. They play Stoneypoint tomorrow at House Park in the regional final at 5:00. Winner goes on to a four team state championship tourney in Houston next weekend.

As we were leaving a little kid of about 8 looks at me and says.."That's a cool bike!" Smart kid.

Ullrich

Texas Rouleur said...

This is Adam's son. I wonder where Max gets his stones? Incredible!!

http://www.thrashermagazine.com/component/option,com_hwdvideoshare/task,viewvideo/video_id,956/