The Unofficial Ride

Last night Mark, Ian and myself headed to the trails in spite of the earlier rainy conditions. On the first climb we found a lonely Jim searching for riding companions. It was wet and muddy but ended up being a great night for a ride. The temperature was nice and cool and I got a chance to try out my new light (surely to keep me high in the attendance ranks this year). It was a great ride finished off with a cool beer and a bike cleaning party at Mark's.

The Tribe has Spoken.......

It was a brisk and muddy evening, but a majority of riders had a solid ride. Morton was slick and Malden was clean and cut. Overall a nice evening was had, until ............our mouths became drier than a fiddler's fart.

After a couple weeks of deliberating a group decision has been made regarding the "Great Beer Debacle of 2011". The CRC has ruled that a rider who does not supply his bevies after a week of notice (without some chance of providing) will be deducted a point for ever week that the beer is not supplied. This may sound harsh, but rules are rules and a majority decided.

This is a dark day, and hopefully this will set a tone for the future.

The tribe has spoken.

Ps. Who is bringing the beer next week?

Dave is still up for beer, then Ian, then Rob.   For the love of God figure it out amongst yourselves and someone man-up and bring some freakin' beer next week!

Otherwise a good ride. Cya next week.

What a Day!

     Well, it was good and it was bad.  We did our best to make CRC proud but in the end it just wasn't to be.  Due to a late start, too many stops and my bum knee, we missed the cutoff by 15 minutes.  We weren't allowed to continue with a chip timer so we took a shortcut and cut out 30 km of the course and then got back on (hehehehehe).  We made some amateur mistakes that we definately learned from and won't repeat.
        Of course we had the usual shenanigans that made the weekend fun, a great Sam Roberts concert, an embro cream in the wrong place incident, and thanks to Rudy for being a great host.  All in all it was an amazing event and one that is going on the calendar in the future.  All told there were 3,000 cyclists.  However, in our group there was 1,000.  It was amazing to see that many cyclists on the road with a helicopter overhead (it is supposed to be on TSN in the fall) and the support was amazing with road closures, SAG support, police at every intersection and tons of people out cheering and cowbelling.  The course was really tough as expected with 5 major (and I mean major) climbs.  Some of the stats:

The winner- 4:27 (average speed 37.7 kph)
Feet climbed- 4774
Max downhill speed- 76 kph (Rob) grade 22.5%
Max uphill grade- 17%
Our distance- 137 km in 5:30

The next event is in Niagara Falls July 16-18 which we are planning on attending.

Wheres the Beer...? Part 2

After a glorious day of sunshine and cool temps in the 60s the showers decided to show up exactly at 6pm on Wednesday.  3 dedicated riders went for a short (yet point-qualifying) ride while others went for a road ride to Belle River and back.  It was another bad night for riding, 2011 is turning into a disappointing riding season after 2010 was record setting.

The gang headed to Smitty's to feast on Roxanne's delicious spread of ribs, chili and salad.  Thanks again Smitty we look forward to this every year.  The topic of the night once again was the lack of alcoholic beverages as Dave couldn't show up on his beer night.  Luckily, Smitty cracked out his secret stache and we were able to have some beers.  But unfortunately for Dave.... he is subject to article 6.4 as noted on the Constitution Page:

6.4 if you forget your beer turn, you are required to bring beer for two (2) weeks in a row

Dave, this could be up for discussion if you were willing to spoil us with some high end "premium" beer one week as opposed to the usual Coors Light!

Attendence is updated, and Dave is next for beers of course. 

 

Michigan game in just over a week, guys lets make a list this coming Wednesday of everything we need to tail-gate in style.   We'll need a small BBQ, a table, propane, a bean bag toss game.... The rest we will get there - Burgers, Beer, Boobies, etc...

Back to School!

Well 11 of us got out for a good ride on a nice night. We did about 24k through Morton and Malden. Some of the guys say the northern part of Morton is very rideable, perhaps we can all make it through those trails as a group one of these weeks. Jacques had us over once again to toast some Moosehead and Coronas to the poor teachers that are back to work after their usual lazy summer off. (Rough life!)

As per usual after Labour day weekend we move the rides up to 6pm as its getting too dark. This doesn't mean showing up at 6pm, Tires on the road by 6 !! Get your light systems together, night riding is only a month or so away.

Rod is up for beer next.... Are you still riding Rod? If not, Dave please be ready you would be after.