ride sat. dec. 16

Post by **Dragonfly** » Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:33 pm

come join us for a ride this sat.
will be leaving from Sonic on clifford at 8:00 am.
we will be heading to Cransfill Gap (about 175 mile trip)

i will bring maps of the route

all riders are welcome
moderate, intermediate, beginner, 2up

we will have lunch in Glenn Rose

post up if you will be joining us

rnbcbr1000 · Post by **rnbcbr1000** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:31 am

I'll be there, can't turn down a 78 degree day in Dec. Any idea of possible return time? I might have to break off early if it gets too late. See you in the morning.

Cowtown · Post by **Cowtown** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:55 am

Sounds great. I do have one suggestion. If the roads Saturday morning are like they were this morning should we postpone till say 9:00 am to allow the sun and wind to dry up the dew. My office faces Forest Park Blvd. and even with the work commuters it didn’t dry up till 10:00. Any roads shaded by trees and from wind could have a surprise.

ZERO-CENTS · Post by **ZERO-CENTS** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:17 am

Have fun I'm spending the day with the wife that day plus my bike is getting some TLC. see you next time.

Bryan · Post by **Bryan** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:55 pm

If it's not too much trouble, could you let me know the route and if possible the estimated times. I would really like to hook up with ya'll somewhere along the way.

Looking forward it,

Bryan

Cowtown · Post by **Cowtown** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 6:46 pm

Is anyone considering riding 2up? My lovely wife may want to come.

rnbcbr1000 · Post by **rnbcbr1000** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:13 pm

Solo for me but as always, riding two up has never been a problem in the past for others since everyone rides their own pace. The more the better

Bennie, have we settled on a time yet, is it still 0800?

Where are all of the normal people, you can't tell me you are going to pass up a beautiful December day of

Post by **Dragonfly** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 9:42 pm

8:00am is still the time if it's slick out at that time we can wait for it to dry up some. But I don't want to start too late, because that means I won't get home til late

Bird · Post by **Bird** » Fri Dec 15, 2006 10:48 pm

OK, I'm going to be in on this! It's a busy time of year and the SO just got back from a work trip, but this kind of weather in December just doesn't EVER happen on a Saturday. See you guys at the Sonic in the morning.

Cowtown · Post by **Cowtown** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 12:55 am

Well folks if it's going to be me and the Mrs. we might as well make our on schedule and route. I do plan on going with Eurosport Cycle on Sunday, mybe I'll see yall there. The wife is working Sunday. Have fun and be careful.

Super Dave · Post by **Super Dave** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 7:00 am

Yeah dragonfly, give us the route so if officer Friendly is reading this he might just met us along the way

BigBuell · Post by **BigBuell** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 2:22 pm

Well, what a great ride today. To bad I didnt meet up with our group till Glen Rose.lol
I ended up riding with 2 other groups today. everyone doing the same route it seems? Which was great. see you all again.

Firewa11 · Post by **Firewa11** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 3:02 pm

Good ride today, very spirited

Had a great time, and got to stretch the legs of my bike.

Post by **GSXRRider** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 4:13 pm

Im going.. oh we aready went.

Cool ride Beni. It was a great day in Decenber!!

crono782 · Post by **crono782** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:09 pm

too bad i couldn't make it. was really looking forward to it. i guess after workin til 2:30 in the morning, i wasn't able to wake up in time to make it.

i guess there's always next time.

rnbcbr1000 · Post by **rnbcbr1000** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 5:54 pm

Great ride today

Thanks Beni for leading. Actually turned out to be a pretty nice day to ride, just a little windy. Kinda put a damper on the long wheelies. Jeff, nice flat track style handling on 51, kept it on the pavement! No crashes, no holes in radiators, a few battle wounds from flying rocks but, all in all a great ride.

zrock · Post by **zrock** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 8:52 pm

Great lead today Bennie. Great day to ride. The 750 needed to be opened up.

Bird Shooter · Post by **Bird Shooter** » Sat Dec 16, 2006 11:48 pm

Thanks for leading the ride Beni! You did swell

All in all, it was a great day for riding. I could have done without the morning dew, but it gives the bank more experience on riding hazards. Yeah Jason, I gotta watch some of that flat track stuff. It has gotten me out of a few low sides, but I think I might have upset the bike a little by checking the pavement in that corner. Luckily, it stayed stable and did'nt pitch me overboard. Cuz you know what would happen if I wrecked. First, the

would come. Next we would

. Then, I would be stuck at home :? and

and

cuz I can't

for awhile.