Hills and root beer floats were on tap Monday night. A huge shout out to Katy and Abby at Creekside Scoop for supporting the Draft. Climbing 2405 feet over 34 miles required massive refueling. There was no shortage of pizza, ice cream and beer to fill the tanks of 19 thirsty and hungry Drafters.
Safety first. Dan-yelly was anticipating sketchy descents and donned her helmet as soon as she departed from work.
Sherlock deduced that she left her helmet at home. Drafting responsibly, she drove back home to fetch her helmet and then sprinted to catch the group, earning the green jersey in the Crossroads Coffeehouse stage.
The drafters rounded up in the corral to discuss team strategy and examine closely the holograph on Vilk’s shoes, which apparently was a 3D rendition of Z.
Queenie mistook the Shimano S-Phyre for S-Piffy. That works. For sure, the new Drafter socks are spiffy. Thanks to Andrew at Beaker Concepts for spiffing up the Drafters.
The B Team went big, with nearly everyone riding the full strength route. Apologies to those who faithfully followed the short pour route, only to find Moe Road full of gravel. Kudos to Presley and Nemo who embodied the Drafter spirit, “We were so focused on navigating the gravel, we barely noticed the climb”. Watson succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss, bypassing Moe Road completely. Elementary, my dear Watson.
The 4:45 and 4:50 departure times are working out beautifully. Thanks to all for adapting to this change. The groups now enjoy some playful banter on the course, with riders being able to switch groups as they feel more or less powerful. So good.
The two became one on Pleasant View Road, a fitting name for the reunion.
Emerging rather than merging on the climb was Coach Arms. We’d all go guns with her arms.
For the third week in a row, the skies once again grew dark. Queenie threatened to file a libel suit if the blog opposed Duracell’s weekly forecast for rain. Maybe a drop or two, but nothing that registered in the rain gauge. Unless it was collecting sweat from Vilks, and then it was at least 2″. Vilks and 2″ might be an exaggeration. Whatever was lost was replenished at Creekside.
PVL: Pizza position vacancy listing. Last month, Twinkle Toes was shorted a pie. This month, the hardship fell on McGritty. The current pizza order recorder has been terminated and a PVL has been posted. Resumes will be accepted up until our next Crossroads adventure on Aug 3.
WEEKEND HIGHLIGHTS:
Congrats to all those who finished the Ridin’ Dirty Gravel event on Saturday. Spigot, Shaq, Cujo, JRad, and Hammer Time (who happened to be Ridin’ Pretty on the Podium for the 100)!
Shaq was on the fashion podium. In her recent Drafter kit purchase, she chose this curious combination.
Off road but on podium, congrats to K2 on her 50k trail run in Ontario, the Summit700.
The route for Monday July 14 will head north just shy of Roxbury. Due to construction on Parmenter, we will continue out of town on High St. to Greenbriar instead of cutting through by Graber Pond. NOTE OF CAUTION: it is unlikely that I will have time to pre-ride this route. If anyone has updates on unfavorable status of these roads, please post in GroupMe. Thanks.
The full strength 34.8 miles and short pour 33.7 miles only differ by taking bike path home. Departure times are 4:45 and 4:50PM.
RidewithGPS Link: Drafters |*Brewin’ on Breunig and Bike Path
RidewithGPS Link: Drafters | *Brewin’ on Breunig
Draft responsibly,
BricKO
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