6/25/2012
By: C. Kent, aka (Superman)
I look forward to Monday rides. I have had two days to rest. I have had two days to service my bike and I have had two days to miss riding the bike. So I was a bit fidgety while having breakfast and waiting to leave the house to meet up with my friends at Burger King. I got there in time to see Coyote’s new BMC as he sat and talked to Dura Max. Highlander and Tax Man drove up as we were talking and the Snake pulled up as well. The Snake’s friend Matt pulled in about the same time as Surgeon and Goliath. The last to arrive was Hornet and we were ready to hit the road. 10 riders isn’t a big group but it not bad for a Monday.
We moved west on Acacia and then caught the light at Kirby. After heading south on Kirby and riding to Cypress we were heading west again. I talked with Goliath as we made our way up to Johnston and then out to Sanderson and dropped north to Wentworth and west once more towards the airport. We were going to have to modify our route and take Warren rather than Winchester because of the road work they are doing on Winchester. I took the lead and pulled us past the airport and out onto Stetson.
We made short work of Stetson and I took us south all the way to Simpson before giving up the lead. We started to pick the pace up a bit and soon the group was breaking up a bit with three of us trailing. We weren’t that far apart when Torpedo came flying by and took off with Snake to kick up the pace again. We all pulled up to the light at Winchester together and I managed to get a rolling start so I could get back in front for another picture.
The run down Simpson was done in three groups with Snake and Torpedo taking off and Goliath leading the main body about 100 yards ahead of matt, Hornet and me. In truth I wasn’t much interested in closing with them because I wanted to save my energy for the McCall climb. We did pull up to the lead group at Heritage and followed Surgeon, Highlander and Coyote all the way to McCall. Snake, Torpedo, Matt, Tax Man, Dura Max, and got caught at the light at McCall and again at Menifee. Coyote, Surgeon, Hornet, Highlander and Goliath had a pretty good head start heading for the hill. But Torpedo and Snake made a charge at it anyway and managed to catch most of the leaders before they crested. I made a pretty good run at the hill myself but couldn’t hold off Matt getting to the top first. Next it was left on Highpoint and then over the summit and down to Antelope before dropping down to Jack in the box for a nature stop.
As we got ready to leave to continue south on Antelope Tax Man started us on our way at a pretty good clip. I teased him about pushing the rest of us too hard so he dropped back a bit and we settled into a pace line and dropped into a steady 17 heading for Garboni. I pulled for a little while before giving it to Surgeon who ended taking us all the way to Garboni.
Torpedo already broke for home because he already had 52 miles in for the day. Snake fell back to chat with me and we joked about the Briggs Street TT and how fast the big dogs have made that run. All we had to do was average about 34 to get the record. Snake was going to try and pull Matt into the top ten on Briggs so I offered to start the lead out knowing full well I couldn’t hammer it all the way to the stop sign at the end of Briggs. It didn’t work quite like we planned but I did get Snake started at the requested speed and held on at about 22 to the stop sign.
Snake headed for home at Newport and Lindenburger, Coyote took Highlander and Hornet down Domenigoni to Sanderson while Goliath, Surgeon, Matt, Tax Man, Dura Max and I stopped at Chris’s. Matt left for home first and the rest of us headed down Simpson to Warren to Mustang and then started towards Sanderson.
Mustang is a pretty quiet and smooth street and we moved easily east till we got to the High School and caught the light at Sanderson. Once heading north on Sanderson Tax Man did him imitation of Highlander heading for the barn. I followed the group down to Johnston before breaking for home myself. I smiled as I looked down at my computer to see that for the third ride in a row I had pulled onto the street heading for home with a 16.4 MPH average. Sometimes it changes as I cruise home but three days in a row was interesting. None the less it was a good ride and I enjoyed it.
We moved west on Acacia and then caught the light at Kirby. After heading south on Kirby and riding to Cypress we were heading west again. I talked with Goliath as we made our way up to Johnston and then out to Sanderson and dropped north to Wentworth and west once more towards the airport. We were going to have to modify our route and take Warren rather than Winchester because of the road work they are doing on Winchester. I took the lead and pulled us past the airport and out onto Stetson.
We made short work of Stetson and I took us south all the way to Simpson before giving up the lead. We started to pick the pace up a bit and soon the group was breaking up a bit with three of us trailing. We weren’t that far apart when Torpedo came flying by and took off with Snake to kick up the pace again. We all pulled up to the light at Winchester together and I managed to get a rolling start so I could get back in front for another picture.
The run down Simpson was done in three groups with Snake and Torpedo taking off and Goliath leading the main body about 100 yards ahead of matt, Hornet and me. In truth I wasn’t much interested in closing with them because I wanted to save my energy for the McCall climb. We did pull up to the lead group at Heritage and followed Surgeon, Highlander and Coyote all the way to McCall. Snake, Torpedo, Matt, Tax Man, Dura Max, and got caught at the light at McCall and again at Menifee. Coyote, Surgeon, Hornet, Highlander and Goliath had a pretty good head start heading for the hill. But Torpedo and Snake made a charge at it anyway and managed to catch most of the leaders before they crested. I made a pretty good run at the hill myself but couldn’t hold off Matt getting to the top first. Next it was left on Highpoint and then over the summit and down to Antelope before dropping down to Jack in the box for a nature stop.
As we got ready to leave to continue south on Antelope Tax Man started us on our way at a pretty good clip. I teased him about pushing the rest of us too hard so he dropped back a bit and we settled into a pace line and dropped into a steady 17 heading for Garboni. I pulled for a little while before giving it to Surgeon who ended taking us all the way to Garboni.
Torpedo already broke for home because he already had 52 miles in for the day. Snake fell back to chat with me and we joked about the Briggs Street TT and how fast the big dogs have made that run. All we had to do was average about 34 to get the record. Snake was going to try and pull Matt into the top ten on Briggs so I offered to start the lead out knowing full well I couldn’t hammer it all the way to the stop sign at the end of Briggs. It didn’t work quite like we planned but I did get Snake started at the requested speed and held on at about 22 to the stop sign.
Snake headed for home at Newport and Lindenburger, Coyote took Highlander and Hornet down Domenigoni to Sanderson while Goliath, Surgeon, Matt, Tax Man, Dura Max and I stopped at Chris’s. Matt left for home first and the rest of us headed down Simpson to Warren to Mustang and then started towards Sanderson.
Mustang is a pretty quiet and smooth street and we moved easily east till we got to the High School and caught the light at Sanderson. Once heading north on Sanderson Tax Man did him imitation of Highlander heading for the barn. I followed the group down to Johnston before breaking for home myself. I smiled as I looked down at my computer to see that for the third ride in a row I had pulled onto the street heading for home with a 16.4 MPH average. Sometimes it changes as I cruise home but three days in a row was interesting. None the less it was a good ride and I enjoyed it.
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