So much for a nice easy "endurance" ride like Harold had mentioned. It's TOO early in the season to die, I am now not THAT disappointed I didn't come !! Ha !! Sounds like at least a few guys are in wicked fine shape.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Timothy J. Singler" <singler@...>
Date: Sunday, March 12, 2006 10:23 pm
Subject: Re: [bingo-velo] Ride Report for Saturday
To: Michael Kumiega <mkumiega@...>
Cc: bingo-velo@yahoogroups.com

> My computer went out during the ride yesterday when my heart
> stopped. Did
> everyone record close to what Mike said? I only had 44 miles and 2:45.
>
> At 07:19 PM 3/12/2006 -0500, you wrote:
> >We had a nice turn out of about 16-18 riders show up for the ride
> leaving
> >from Chenango Bridge. The group headed up West Chenango at a
> good pace
> >splitting into a few small group, once up near the airport we
> took a left
> >on Knapp and went past the dump then down the 40+mph decent of
> Anderson
> >down to 26. Took a left on 26 and heading into Endicott. Once
> again the
> >kids got frisky and we split into 2 groups with the second one
> >chasing. Along the way we lost a rider in the mix to a flat
> tire. So we
> >waited for him down in West Corners. Decided not to wait and
> back tracked
> >up 26 looking for him, found him and kept going. Now is when the
> fun
> >begins as we head up Twist Run, a narrow, shoulderless cat 1
> climb that
> >heads into Endwell. Once over the top the group heads for the
> next set of
> >repetitive climbs up Farm to Market Road, this immediately got
> ugly as
> >riders were left all over the road like empty Genny Cans after a
> >highschool party. The lead group of Faruzel, Kumiega, Kane , and
> Kapinas
> >lead to the top. After a quick break we headed back up West
> Chenango and
> >took a little detour down Dimmock Hill before falling down to
> route 12 and
> >the finish and a bag of pretzels. I had 53 miles and 3:22 of
> riding
> >time. No major incidents to report as a good time was had by all.
> >
> >Mike
> >
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