the difference between the oz bicycle club's westside wednesday night ride and their eastside tuesday night ride is night and day. the wednesday night folks are kind, gentle people who talk while they ride. the tuesday night killers drop you like a sack of hammers. (that is an eric m quote. you'll see tomorrow.)
i was running just a little late getting to the northwest YMCA, but caught the group just as they were leaving the parking lot. they told me their route and even at a fairly easy 16mph pace i caught them before they'd gone two miles.
i rode up the ranks one by one, stopping to chat with single riders in the double file. eventually, i found myself off the front and that's where i stayed. there wasn't much wind and there wasn't any pressure at all, so i spun a high cadence and talked with jay. he helps with the oz club's newsletter and tried to enroll me on the spot.
we stopped numerous times to let people catch their breath. the first stop was at a church alongside the road. the next time was at andale and 29th. we slowed and regrouped again when we turned back onto 21st street. the only speed came on a downhill, the same downhill that i bombed down last thursday with mark h and karla g. i coasted at just over 20mph.
had a great time. don't know that i'll come up for this ride all that often, but when i'm in town i just might. riding with a slow group makes recovery rides more enjoyable. (15.28 miles @ 14.5mph)
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