2/13/2012
By: C. Kent, aka (Superman)



After a long hard windy ride Saturday I wasn’t sure how I would feel about getting back on the bike for a cold windy Bike ride today. My legs needed a recovery ride and my sit bones were a bit sore as well. But I got up anyway and fixed breakfast. The only problem was it was still dark outside and I didn’t know why. It wasn’t till I sat down to eat breakfast and looked at the clock. I had set the alarm Saturday and forgot to change it for today so I was up two hours early. Still I got dressed and simply watched the history channel for a while before heading to Burger King. I got there and only Highlander was waiting for me. However one of our new Canadian visitors was inside and he came out when Highlander road over to talk to me. Traveler pulled in next with another Canadian and finally another new Canadian rider, Rein, joined us. Last to arrive was Torpedo and we were ready to go. Down Gilmore and onto Acacia before turning on Kirby and we were well on our way with one eye on the gloomy grey sky looking for all the world like rain.


Once we turned on Cypress it was a quick ride to Sanderson and then Torpedo started a pull that took us all the way to Mustang and then to Domanigoni. Once heading west Torpedo pulled us all the way past Warren before we were overtaken by another group from behind. I told Torpedo he could go and play but he stayed with us till Winchester before taking off for the saddle. Highlander and I took turns pulling to the saddle where we regrouped and then headed past Linderburger to the next light and through the housing tract and over to Briggs. From there it was a cold but steady ride into the wind to Garboni and then over to Antelope. The wind was finally at our back and we almost had to curse the stop lights for slowing us down from a great run

Torpedo sprinted down Antelope all the way to Newport/Domenigoni and then he slowed to let us catch him as we moved back towards Lindenburger. The cross wind wasn’t bad considering what some of us has seen Saturday but it was still cold and seemed to be getting colder. More than likely it seemed toasty to our northern brothers with us today but for this Southern California native it was cold and I wasn’t all that thrilled about it. Highlander started us off down Simpson and by the time we got back to Briggs Torpedo took over the pull again. By the time we got close to Leon he had us cruising at 23 and I was getting close to red line.

It was time to back off and Al and Highlander fell back to pull me to Winchester and then over to Chris’s. I was looking forward to a break and something hot to drink. I wolfed down a energy bar and two shot blocks and talked with the other riders about how much I enjoy riding even if physically I am down on Horsepower lately. Too soon it was time to head for home but at least we were ahead of the rain.

I did manage to recover enough to pull us back up Winchester towards Stowe. By now my saddle was feeling just fine and my legs had most of the Lactic Acid pushed out but I wanted to keep it light till I got home. We chatted as we turned onto Stowe and headed towards California and once again got hit with a cold side wind. As we headed for Stetson Highlander got caught up with the old heading for the barn syndrome and the pace picked up drastically. Still Rein and Al held their own and were right with us as we were closing on Warren for the second time.

After we crossed over Warren and closed on the Airport Road I said my farewells and stayed on Stetson with Torpedo till we got to Sanderson and then turned north to Johnston and headed for home. Torpedo stayed with me till we got back to Kirby where he turned to get back to his truck. I got home a few minutes later with 35 miles on the computer. Not bad for a recovery ride and a good time spent with old and new friends. About an hour after I got home it rained so we just got in under the wire.