HC Bike/Cycling Thread

[n_maher]

Bwaaahahaha!!

[raffy]

Fuck, I left my small chainring at home!

[justin]

At registration. We are the youngest people here by 30 years.

We have been told the climbs will be pretty serious at 300 feet over 36 miles.

 

were they joking?

[VPI]

No I think she was offended when Ben started making fun of the climbs as we heard the group warning each other about a certain route that had a lot of climbing.

I have still not seen a participant younger than 65.

[justin]

at some point it stops being cycling and just becomes rolling down a hill

[VPI]

I think it was when he equated the climb for the whole ride to riding up a driveway up in our area.

The event hotel reeks of moldy popcorn oil, that is burnt.

[justin]

I have still not seen a participant younger than 65.

 

mike's not even there yet

[Dreadhead]

Wish I was down there but definitely would have been too much traveling in a single week for me.

[tyrion]

mike's not even there yet

Funny, little man. This old guy is planning to arrive Friday, hopefully by 7:30 pm.

[justin]

dinner will be over by then

[tyrion]

I will only miss the early bird.

[screaming oranges]

Wish you all Sebring participants a safe ride!

 

Edit: Justin. Ouch. 

Edited December 6, 2013 by screaming oranges

[Dreadhead]

You guys riding today? I wish I was riding today....

 

Edit: Glad to see my bike bag worked for you Ben

Edited December 6, 2013 by Dreadhead

[VPI]

23 miles in.

[tyrion]

Great pics.  See you tonight.

[jp11801]

That looks like the park, I love riding through that place.

 

Yes the ride is full of older people and some really huge people but some of them really kick butt. 

 

I'll get there between 8-9pm tonight, just in time for cookies and milk!

[VPI]

Yeah, everyone was pretty fit and I really saw no one that wasn't able to keep up a decent speed. My biggest challenge was trying to keep with Raffy and Ben when I could get no draft off either. After not being on the bike in 5 weeks I am seriously out of bike shape.

The park was quite nice, kind of felt like riding through a zoo as everything seemed so well groomed in the park. Did not see any gators but we did see a dead catcoon and a snake.

[Nebby]

You guys riding today? I wish I was riding today....

Edit: Glad to see my bike bag worked for you Ben

Thanks for letting me borrow it Chris, it was a piece of cake to pack and unpack the bike!

[Dreadhead]

Yeah, everyone was pretty fit and I really saw no one that wasn't able to keep up a decent speed. My biggest challenge was trying to keep with Raffy and Ben when I could get no draft off either. After not being on the bike in 5 weeks I am seriously out of bike shape.

 

 

Jeff you should just shoot out their tires. It's Florida: you can say you felt threatened by them and you'd be fine

[tyrion]

I'll have my gun with me tomorrow, in case Jeff needs it.

[VPI]

Cycling Supplements.

[morphsci]

^^^ Nice supplements.

[VPI]

Day two is down. Raffy, Ben and I are around 80 miles total now but adding Mike and JP today made a big difference as did riding with the group. Today was a much more enjoyable ride.

[jp11801]

Really nice ride today not riding much it kicked my ass but was fun.

[Iron_Dreamer]

Looks like fun in sunny Florida while the rest of the country is deep in winter gloom! Keep up the fun, guys!