The winds of change seem to be blowing. There isn’t much to do about that, except embrace what is coming. Grateful for the 6 Drafters who blew in to ride Riley.

Numbers were down in the B Team. Watson wasn’t the only one without a clue as to why. Apologies to Watson, who graciously offered not to Draft, as to adhere to the code, “No Drafter Left Behind”.

The most beautiful part of the day came around 4:45, when the sun shone and wind subsided. Grateful for those who drafted responsibly.

Wind wasn’t the only thing that eluded the A Team. Loading the course is, of course, the hardest part of drafting responsibly.

Spigot had the faucet OPEN WIDE. With his new set of road wheels, he led the entire route. And not by a little. He attributed his well fueled ride to Shaq, who brought food enough to feed a small army post-Draft.

Spigot is also responsible for the fine photography at the Horribly Hilly Hundreds clinic on Friday. Thanks to all the Drafters (Octane, Shaq, Car Wash, Spigot, Cujo) who volunteered their time and watts to supporting the 6th best single day road event in the country, according to the final results of the USA Today survey.

Madison MultiSport and the Drafters support the HHH clinic at Blue Mounds on Sat.

The route for next Monday is a 33 mile route to the north.

WINDS OF CHANGE:

DEPARTURE TIME: 4:45.

Feel free to organize amongst yourselves for a 4:30 departure.

PLEASE NOTE: due to poor road quality of Pheasant Branch, we will be taking the bike path out and back in to town. If you have this route previously loaded into your Garmin (clearly not talking to Vilks and Twinkle Toes), you may want to upload this one with the *.

RidewithGPS link: Drafters | *Good Fellows

Draft responsibly,

BrickO