[OHPV-list] Comment on local ride

[Rand Milam]

Hey All,

Last Saturday I went on a ride with the local fast group of riders.  Here they start at 7AM so being it was a ten mile ride there I have to leave no later than 6:30AM.  

Did not have pedals on mt GRR and was pressed for time to hopped on the VK2 and sped out in tyhe brisk morning air wearing a short sleeved shirt and shorts.  Warmed up quickly and had a six mile downhill that made the trip there average about 30mph.

Met the group as there just started out on the local bike path and flipped a "U" turn to join them.   you could tell some of these riders were in very good shape, lean and defined calf muscles.

To my surprise they are all riding at a slow pace, I just hung on the back letting people start getting used to a bent riding with them.

Gradually I would be next to different riders and start chatting.  One of them said," I heard a recumbent demolished the last time trial".  I replied that was me.  Just after more thought I had wished I said "Oh Really" or something like that.  I had ridden the GRR at the time trial whee I was second fastest time of day, eight seconds behind fastest time of a rider later I found out is a local legend and had a time of 22:48 for a ten mile TT with 517' of climb. 

Map and Profile
 http://www.kernwheelmen.org/content/timetrial/TT%2010%20mile%20route.pdf

Results from Time Trial
http://www.kernwheelmen.org/rides/tt/tt_display.asp?vevent=11

Pis from Time Trial
http://www.kernwheelmen.org/content/photos/Time_Trials/Southern%20Cal%20TT/webtimetrials/index.htm


Anyway, what made the morning conversation memorable was when one of the riders said, " That looks like a bike that was with John Williams Race Across Oregon team".
Took me by surprise that he not only knew the Rocketman by name but also recognized  the bike.

Hubba,

rand
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