4/13/2012

By: C. Kent, aka (Superman)


I know it was supposed to rain and I know there is the Hemet Century Saturday but I was getting cabin fever and when it looked clear this morning I decided to give a ride a try. I got to Burger King and no one was there. After about five minutes Dura Max rode up and we talked for a while. Soon Torpedo pulled up and right at 8:30 Ferret pulled into the parking lot. We decided to head for Cactus Valley for an easy spin.


It didn’t take long to get down Gilmore and over on Acacia to Kirby. It was cold and damp and three of us were on our back up bikes because they are easier to clean if they get wet. We talked a bit as we rode down Cypress to Sanderson and headed south to Domenigoni. We didn’t mash it much as we made the turn towards State Street and Barracuda was kind enough to pull all the way till we turned south again towards Cactus

It wasn’t getting any warmer and the clouds were moving in fast so we didn’t waste any time passing Newport and making the corner and turn to the Golf Course. As we got close to Sage we got ready to attack the little hill and made our way down to the end of the road. We decided not to spend much time on the regroup so we grabbed a quick drink of electrolytes and headed back to State Street. I ended up pulling back to McSweeney and then down to Domenigoni.

I stayed in front as we left the light at Domenigni and made a steady pull all the way to Chambers before heading east to end up on Buena Vista and Thornton. A quick right past the old Golf Course and we were o Santa Fe heading to Stetson.

We headed east again and Barracuda broke for home by Girard. I took the group to Columbia and we headed for Crest and working our way to Lake and then to Stetson again and finally to Fairview before going north to Florida and heading for Carl’s. However it started to rain a bit so we decided not to for coffee and made the run for home. Once on Lincoln we started to put the hammer down running back to Park.

Dura Max left for home on Park while Ferret and I headed for Devonshire and back West towards Burger King. I picked up at least a mile an hour average heading back to State. Ferret and I broke up at Palm and I made the dash for home trying to keep from getting too wet. I rolled into my neighborhood just as the rain started to get serious buy before I was in danger of getting soaked. Only 30 miles or so but it felt good to get out and have a real easy spin recovery or pre-ride.