Monday Ride

The Monday ride is usually pretty fun ride. There are always 6 of us that make the ride every week and then there are sometimes others that join in occasionally. The tempo is pretty good, usually around 19mph with the occasional sprint for bragging rights. The ride is pretty consistent in distance of about 22 miles. It is starts at Cooks Landing, swings around the industrial park and back to Cooks and then onto the bike rental shop and back with a detour to include a loop up to and around Fort Roots. Occasionally the route will change but not often.

Last night was a night it changed. We did loops around Burns Park. That loop is so much fun with its rolling hills and a couple of fun climbs. I felt really good and was not having any problem with the hills or tempo. Of course it seems like when ever I am having a really good night something has to happen, blowout. The group had gotten split up and we slowed down to wait on the others to catch up when it happened. Fortunately it did not happen to me but to John1 who was right in front of me. The blowout was so violent that it actually blew a hole through the tire. We had extra tubs but not extra tires so his night was over. Someone took off to go get their car so they could come back and pick him up. Instead of leaving him there on the side of the road we all waited. 30 minutes later he is loading up his bike and we are taking off. We had to warm back up and it was getting starting to get late so off to Cooks we went. I still managed to get in 23 miles but it was not a continuous 23 miles so it was not as good as a ride as I wanted but mechanicals do happen. Overall it was still a decent and fun ride and the fun part is still the main reason I ride in the first place.