10/29/2012 By: C. Kent, aka (Superman) I almost always look forward to Monday rides. After a weekend of resting the legs and looking at the weather patterns I was ready for an easy ride of about 50 miles to start the week. The question would be how many wanted to take a 50 mile ride? I left the house without a clue how many would join me but I also had the knowledge that it didn’t matter because I felt good enough to do the ride even if I ended up pulling all day long. I didn’t have to worry however because by 8am there was 8 of us heading down Gilmore to acacia. I followed Highlander and Tax Man to the light on Kirby and turned south towards Cypress.

As we made our way to Cypress and turned west I was thinking how nice it would be if I could keep the whole group together all the way over to Sanderson and then up to Domenigoni and west past Warren Road. I was guessing that we could more than likely hold 19 or 20 MPH all the way down Domenigoni. The biggest problem was going to be keeping Red Rabbit up front so I could see where he was. With that in mind I tried to put him in front so he could get a jump on Sanderson and cross Stetson first. My plan didn’t work however because by Mustang Highlander, Tax man, Surgeon, Digger, Jerry and Dura Max were all in front of Rabbit and they stayed there as we rounded the corner heading west towards warren Road.

The group quickly formed into a pace line and I pulled over the rise and part way to Warren before giving up the lead to Highlander. We rotated through the line once by the time we got to Winchester. At that point I had to fall back and help Highlander pull Dura Max up to the saddle where we regrouped. But try as I might we still had to wait for Rabbit who was at least a half of a mile behind us.

Once Rabbit rolled past us we headed down the hill and past Laguna and on to Menifee. The ride south was easy and unhurried as we once again started as a complete group. Several of us rode in a double pace line so we could talk and watch the hill just past Holland come in view.

Once over the hill and regrouped we headed for Scott road. The ride had been modified from an old ride we used to do that went all the way down Scott and across Winchester to Washington. Many of the riders didn’t like how narrow the road was past Leon so we turned on Leon and road down to Max Gillis before crossing Winchester and working our way down to Benton and back to the gas station on Winchester. Only one little problem was we lost Rabbit. He turned at a street behind us and got caught up in a housing tract. We waited at the Gas Station for quite a while before heading back to Max Gillis and then to Leon. Never saw Rabbit. Leon to Menifee and still no rabbit.

I picked up the pace on Menifee as we crossed Garbini and managed a pretty good time back to Domenigoni. I pulled us to Lindenburger and then Surgeon and Highlander took us to Simpson and heading east. Surgeon pulled to Leon then I pulled past the trees and Highlander pulled to Winchester where we turned and stopped at Chris’s, still with no sign of Rabbit. It took another ten to fifteen minutes before rabbit showed up so we took some extra time before getting back on Winchester and heading for home. Rabbit was still tired after getting lost I think and I ended up falling back with him as the rest of the group cruised back to Burger King. We managed to get to the cars while they were still loading the bikes.

We talked for a while before everyone split for home and I rode back on Latham to Palm and home myself. I had to ride past my house and around the block an extra time to get a flat 50 miles in but you do what you have to I guess. Anyway I had a great time.