Heading out first thing in the morning... "Team C" (D has red handlebars and mine are yellow...)
Here are all the riders and our entourage... we have a full police escort, paramedics, a gear wagon and a box truck should we have a mechanical issue not fixable on the fly.
Here's the hubby checking out his gear before we set off from a school stop.
And me doing the same check to my bike. Aren't we hot in our spandex and helmets?? ; )
D anxiously awaiting for us to take off to the next school... (that's his "concentration' face... he's one serious biker...)
Here's our group rounding a corner. The lead guys, Carl and Todd did us all a favor leading. They had some serious wind resistance to deal with while the rest of us benefited from drafting. But don't feel too bad for them - they are arguably the strongest riders and are racers.... this 100 miles was nothin' to them. At the end D joked with Todd that he could go do his "real workout" now - insinuating that our century was easy for him. The sad part - it was easy for him....
Ah - D had an issue riding behind this guy in the picture. We would try to get away from riding behind him when we lined up to leave a school but he was like a magnet! And he was a "weaver" (weaved side-to-side) and wasn't always as fast going up hills - both being issues when you're riding in this kind of group as tight as we were. (at least he looks like he's having a great time!!)
Ah... the hand slaps at the infamous "That's a woman!!" school....
Lots of our ride between schools was something similar to this... I like how the photographer never got a shot like this that showed any of the mountains... um, I mean hills....
I told you - we're like rock stars!! Look at the posters they made for us!!
And me doing the same check to my bike. Aren't we hot in our spandex and helmets?? ; )
D anxiously awaiting for us to take off to the next school... (that's his "concentration' face... he's one serious biker...)
Here's our group rounding a corner. The lead guys, Carl and Todd did us all a favor leading. They had some serious wind resistance to deal with while the rest of us benefited from drafting. But don't feel too bad for them - they are arguably the strongest riders and are racers.... this 100 miles was nothin' to them. At the end D joked with Todd that he could go do his "real workout" now - insinuating that our century was easy for him. The sad part - it was easy for him....
Ah - D had an issue riding behind this guy in the picture. We would try to get away from riding behind him when we lined up to leave a school but he was like a magnet! And he was a "weaver" (weaved side-to-side) and wasn't always as fast going up hills - both being issues when you're riding in this kind of group as tight as we were. (at least he looks like he's having a great time!!)
Ah... the hand slaps at the infamous "That's a woman!!" school....
Lots of our ride between schools was something similar to this... I like how the photographer never got a shot like this that showed any of the mountains... um, I mean hills....
I told you - we're like rock stars!! Look at the posters they made for us!!
4 comments:
Wow! I am impressed that you can let go of one side of your handlebars! I would fall off if I did that... Not sure what that says about my bike handling skills. Maybe someday I will be as cool as you! Great pics - thanks for sharing!
Did you ride through Marcellus? I was driving through there for work that day and there was a large group of bikers with police escorts. I looked for you, but it was too hard to see anyone!!
Yes, KVeg - that was us!!!!
cool!! That looks like a good time, especially the finish line :) congrats!
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