1/20/2012
By: C. Kent, aka (Superman)

It was time for one of our simple Friday rides and it was still just a bit cool when I got up this morning. In fact looking outside I noticed just a bit of fog. The problem with fog is it seems to soak right into you and you can feel the cold all the way to your bones. During the winter Fridays can be light but on a foggy Friday there has been as few as three of us. Today at least we had five.


With such a small group it wouldn’t be much of a challenge for Torpedo and Badger so I told everyone they could ride at whatever pace they wanted and I would simply catch up with them when they got to Carl’s. Highlander and Centaur opted to stay back with me and Torpedo and Badger decided that once we got to State Street they would continue on to Saint John’s grade while we turned back at McSweeney. Still we all stayed together after Kirby and rode through the housing track to Johnston and Sanderson.

Everything remained calm as we turned south on Sanderson and after the light turned green on Stetson we quickly made our way to Domenigoni and waited for the light again. As soon as we made the turn east Torpedo and Badger started to pick up the pace and Highlander went with them. I followed till my Heart Rate started to pick up and backed down to about 18 as they pulled away. Soon Centaur pulled around and took off after Highlander. They waited for me on State and we did the McSweeney loop and back down to State and Chambers where we continued our move east to Fairview. Highlander and Centaur did most of the pulling and soon we were making the turn North West on Ramona and heading for Washington and then to the Golf Course on Soboba. We stopped for a quick break and a cold drink.

Once we were back on our way Centaur took over the pull and we past the golf course and picked up speed on the first downhill to start our run to State and Soboba. It didn’t take long before we were well down Soboba and rolling at an easy 20mph. I do believe Centaur could hold that pace all day on a day like this and soon we were coming up on the last little hill before we got to State and I got a chance to get in front if only for a few feet.

State to Ramona and then back down to Carl’s was every bit as easy as the run down Soboba and we managed to catch most of the lights green and rolled into the Carl’s parking lot about 11am. Torpedo and Badger weren’t there but we assumed they went back early after coming back from Sage and Red Mountain. We took a few minutes for coffee and conversation before heading for home on Lincoln. I followed Highlander and Centaur all the way back to Palm before heading for home and a hot shower. Still it was a great ride with some great friends, what more does a person need?