By: C. Kent, aka (Superman)
4/26/13
The weather has finally seemed to turn for good and it was another beautiful day for a bike ride. My plan was for a easy flat ride but to tell the truth I was pretty sure any flat ride on a Friday might get just a bit hectic with even the slightest provocation. Still what ever happened I knew I could ride my own ride rather than get into a hammer fest with the big dogs. At least that is what I told myself as I headed to Burger King for coffee with Digger.
Digger and I get there about 8:30 and wait to see who else was planning on a ride. As the time past Dura Max, Ruby Tuesday, T-3, Dragon Slayer, Highlander, Surgeon, Bulldozer, Gambler and Huntress arrived. It was a reasonable sized group for a Friday and right at 9am we headed south to Acacia to start the day. A quick turn west to Kirby and we were headed south again.
It was warming up pretty quick and as I have said before I enjoy the sun and warm weather a lot more than the cold so I was pretty content as we turned west on Cypress where I had planned to stop and wait for Dragon Slayer and Bulldozer when I realized they had caught the light red at Kirby. I was more than happy to let Ruby Tuesday lead us out onto Johnston then Sanderson and up to Wentworth before heading west again past the airport.
To be honest it feels pretty good to just ride in the pack and it felt even better as Dura Max started us out onto Stetson and west towards Warren. For a change the wind didn’t seem to be a factor and Dura Max soon had us rolling along close to 20 mph before we pulled up to the stop sign. After we crossed the street at Warren Bulldozer and Dragon Slayer took off and headed for California with Highlander and Surgeon between them and the rest of the group. I checked with Dura Max and made sure he and his group knew the route before moving forward to ride with Highlander, Surgeon and Huntress.
I slipped back in line as Surgeon and Highlander pulled around the corner and started a steady pull towards Winchester. Soon Huntress took over and I pulled up next to her before Gambler came up and took over. I couldn’t see any reason for giving chase this early in the ride and we weren’t really all that far back coming into the parking lot on Winchester. We waited till jackets were removed and watched Dura Max, Ruby Tuesday and T-3 head down Winchester while we got ready.
Surgeon and Highlander started us south on Winchester about three or four minutes after Dura Max rolled by and we could just see his group in the distance as we came up on Simpson and stopped for the red. In fact we watched them make it through the light on Domenigoni as we were rolling up to another red. They had a pretty good head start by the time we started east on Domenigoni and Bulldozer began a rather rapid run east. Soon Gambler and Dragon Slayer gave chase with Highlander and Surgeon on their wheel. I stayed with them for a while and then looked back to see Digger and Huntress out of the draft. I dropped back to pick them up and we slowly closed on Highlander and Surgeon till they pulled off on Searl. There was a small regroup on State when we saw Rocket driving by and I stayed with Gambler and Bulldozer for a minute or two while the rest of the group continued on.
We worked our way out onto Stetson and headed east and up to Columbia where Highlander took Surgeon, Dura Max, T-3 and Ruby Tuesday straight and Digger and I went over to Thornton before heading to Lake and back out onto Stetson to regroup with everyone on Fairview. We cruised up to Florida where Gambler left for home and then headed east towards Cranston Station. We say Dura Max’s group coming back before we got through the trees because they had the road closed so Digger and I turned around after we saw Surgeon heading the other way. We caught Surgeon by the Baptist Church just as Bulldozer rolled by followed by Dragon Slayer. It was an easy cruise there to Carl’s for coffee and conversation.
After a short stop for coffee and some energy bars we got ready to head back out onto New Chicago. We still had most of the group to ride back with the exception of Gambler. T-3 had a mechanical problem so Dura Max had headed for home to get his truck. We rolled onto Lincoln for the trek home and to drop off Huntress.
Once we were back on Park and headed for the jog to Devonshire Highlander started to pick up the pace a bit and I found myself back with Bulldozer and Dragon Slayer starting my cool down spin. Highlander, Surgeon and Digger made the light at San Jacinto and I had to drop the hammer to catch them by Santa Fe and Latham. We rode together till we got to Palm where I headed for home for a hot shower and lunch. In fact after lunch it seemed like a nap was calling my name and I surrendered to the call.
It was warming up pretty quick and as I have said before I enjoy the sun and warm weather a lot more than the cold so I was pretty content as we turned west on Cypress where I had planned to stop and wait for Dragon Slayer and Bulldozer when I realized they had caught the light red at Kirby. I was more than happy to let Ruby Tuesday lead us out onto Johnston then Sanderson and up to Wentworth before heading west again past the airport.
To be honest it feels pretty good to just ride in the pack and it felt even better as Dura Max started us out onto Stetson and west towards Warren. For a change the wind didn’t seem to be a factor and Dura Max soon had us rolling along close to 20 mph before we pulled up to the stop sign. After we crossed the street at Warren Bulldozer and Dragon Slayer took off and headed for California with Highlander and Surgeon between them and the rest of the group. I checked with Dura Max and made sure he and his group knew the route before moving forward to ride with Highlander, Surgeon and Huntress.
I slipped back in line as Surgeon and Highlander pulled around the corner and started a steady pull towards Winchester. Soon Huntress took over and I pulled up next to her before Gambler came up and took over. I couldn’t see any reason for giving chase this early in the ride and we weren’t really all that far back coming into the parking lot on Winchester. We waited till jackets were removed and watched Dura Max, Ruby Tuesday and T-3 head down Winchester while we got ready.
Surgeon and Highlander started us south on Winchester about three or four minutes after Dura Max rolled by and we could just see his group in the distance as we came up on Simpson and stopped for the red. In fact we watched them make it through the light on Domenigoni as we were rolling up to another red. They had a pretty good head start by the time we started east on Domenigoni and Bulldozer began a rather rapid run east. Soon Gambler and Dragon Slayer gave chase with Highlander and Surgeon on their wheel. I stayed with them for a while and then looked back to see Digger and Huntress out of the draft. I dropped back to pick them up and we slowly closed on Highlander and Surgeon till they pulled off on Searl. There was a small regroup on State when we saw Rocket driving by and I stayed with Gambler and Bulldozer for a minute or two while the rest of the group continued on.
We worked our way out onto Stetson and headed east and up to Columbia where Highlander took Surgeon, Dura Max, T-3 and Ruby Tuesday straight and Digger and I went over to Thornton before heading to Lake and back out onto Stetson to regroup with everyone on Fairview. We cruised up to Florida where Gambler left for home and then headed east towards Cranston Station. We say Dura Max’s group coming back before we got through the trees because they had the road closed so Digger and I turned around after we saw Surgeon heading the other way. We caught Surgeon by the Baptist Church just as Bulldozer rolled by followed by Dragon Slayer. It was an easy cruise there to Carl’s for coffee and conversation.
After a short stop for coffee and some energy bars we got ready to head back out onto New Chicago. We still had most of the group to ride back with the exception of Gambler. T-3 had a mechanical problem so Dura Max had headed for home to get his truck. We rolled onto Lincoln for the trek home and to drop off Huntress.
Once we were back on Park and headed for the jog to Devonshire Highlander started to pick up the pace a bit and I found myself back with Bulldozer and Dragon Slayer starting my cool down spin. Highlander, Surgeon and Digger made the light at San Jacinto and I had to drop the hammer to catch them by Santa Fe and Latham. We rode together till we got to Palm where I headed for home for a hot shower and lunch. In fact after lunch it seemed like a nap was calling my name and I surrendered to the call.
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