FLCC> Pink Slipper

Wed Sep 13 13:37:13 EDT 2006

> We collected one other strong rider who's name I'm blanking on  
> right now.

That was Jeremy Gardner, who is a strong cross rider.  And he did  
indeed have a very soft rear tire on Synder.

> Together the four of us pulled hard up Hurd and decided to take the  
> earlier right hand turn at Hollister to make up time.

Huh?  There were no short cuts taken.  We went all the way to the end  
of Hurd, and did the same course as everyone else.

Rhino took off on 79, just past Thomas.  I did tempo to catch him  
just onto Snyder, with Charles on my wheel.  I rode up next to Rhino  
and said "You want some more?  Well here's some more!".  Then I stood  
up, accelerated, and passed him.  Then he passed me back and dropped  
me.  So much for trash talking on the final climb.

Fun race though.

See you all off road for the cross season.

And yes, there will be an Ithaca cross race.  Stay tuned for details.

--  Steve.

On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:50 PM, Charles Hamilton wrote:

> As an A/B+ rider I was glad to stay with the pink slipper race as  
> long as I did.  I just recently made the jump to A's and would fail  
> any 3 start rule - every group needed some pack fodder so why not  
> go hard and die early?  I particularly loved the midline early  
> attacks and our anonymous motorcycle escort (anyone get a name?).   
> I knew when Andy started chatting just before 79, when I was pretty  
> tapped, that I was due to be dropped soon.  Still, I resisted the  
> urge to pull the heavy hitting bus riders up to Glenn on Ellis  
> Hollow.  I wasn't at my limit at that point and could have managed  
> an attack, but would have been solo for the rest of the race if I  
> used up what I had too early.
>
> As soon as the group rounded Hurd I fell off as the speed got  
> turned up, only to be collected by Steve Edgar and Bill E/Rhino.   
> We collected one other strong rider who's name I'm blanking on  
> right now.  Together the four of us pulled hard up Hurd and decided  
> to take the earlier right hand turn at Hollister to make up time.   
> As we bombed down the road we just missed a group of deer crossing  
> the road, but skidded around in the gravel to stay upright.  I  
> think Bill may have some deer tufts in his handlebars.  Coming out  
> on midline we just missed the chasing group of Andy, Don, Ryan etc,  
> and started to make up time down to 79.
>
> At snyder Bill E. pulled away leaving as all about 25 meters  
> apart.  Steve and the other guy (who later flatted I believe) were  
> pulling hard to catch me in second place in our little quad.  Every  
> time I could hear Steve breathing hard behind me I turned it up  
> more almost catching Rhino on the steeper part of the hill.   
> Eventually Steve caught my wheel and maybe heard me swear not so  
> quitely under my breath.  I swerved a few times trying to shake him  
> off and figured he was stalking me for a sprint at the finish.  I  
> found out afterwards that he wasn't quite seeing straight at that  
> point.  About 1/2 a mile out he pulls up along side and says "let's  
> drag for it."
>
> I put down everything I have, as always not really knowing where  
> the Snyder finish is.  Lucky for me Steve was spent and I pulled in  
> ahead to see the heavy hitters all fully rested by the side of the  
> road.
>
> Great season everyone, I look forward to leading more tactically  
> stupid solo attacks in the spring.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Charles
>
> On 13/09/06, Laura Bowles <lmbowles at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Good job everyone! Wish I was there!
> laura bowles
>
> On 9/13/06, Eddie Luban <eluban at verizon.net > wrote:
> On 13 Sep 2006 at 11:10, Glenn Swan wrote:
>
> > Congratulations to the winners and to all those who
> > made them
> > earn it. Without everyone else, our accomplishments would be
> > worthless.
>
> Yes (speaking as a lifelong Cat. 4), let's hear it for pack fodder!
>
> Eddie Luban
>
>
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