Then There were Three

By: C. Kent, aka (Superman) And then there were three We have only had two rain out days this year and Friday was one of them. We had originally planned on a Beach ride Saturday but the rain cancelled that idea so I agreed to a ride closer to town. I posted the six lakes ride to Toms Farm after 3 riders requested it and figured I would just ride with whoever showed up. When I got up Saturday and looked outside the street was wet but the sky was clearing to the west of Hemet and that is the direction we would be going. I dressed warm and headed for Starbucks looking forward to lunch with a few friends. I got to Starbucks right after Brian and Just before Digger and Closer. I was surprised to see Huntress parking her SUV and then I noticed Quicksilver meaning the Bling Team would be out in force. I was also surprised to see Ranger pull up and he had a new rider, Josh, with him. Counting me we had 8 riders (The Great 8) heading for Lyon and towards Ramona. I had promised the group I would keep them together and they let me pull them all the way to Sanderson and the Expressway before heading west. Then Digger pulled us to Bridge and I took over again. There was no real drafting at that point because the tires were slinging water. Brian took the lead and pulled for a while and Closer finished took us to Lakeview and a short break.

As we got ready to head west again our most troublesome enemy, The Time bandit, attacked us as Huntress and Quicksilver left us. Now we were down to the (Stalwart Six) The rest of the group plugged along over the two rollers in front of Lake Perris and then moved on for a quick nature break at Mickey D just before Perris Boulevard. We got back on the road and I pulled us to the 215 overpass where Ranger came by me t take the lead. He asked where the next cut off point was and I informed him he would have had to take the Perris Boulevard turn if he wanted one of the shorter rides. He decided that, The Time Bandit, had struck again and they would be turning back by the time we got to wood Street. Now we were down to four. ( Fantastic 4) Brian and I took turns pulling the group all the way to La Sierra before starting down the hill. Closer proved to be the downhill King and beat me to Temescal Canyon road and south. We had to stop at B-Rads to get Closers bike looked at because of a squeak that was driving him nuts. We left B-Rads and made our way to Toms Farm for a quick Lunch. After leaving B-Rads I pulled till we had to make the right at the freeway and headed for Elsinore. I pulled for the whole climb till we got ready to turn on Lake. Closer and Brian pulled us to the lake and I took over again till we made the turn towards Railroad Canyon. The “Time Bandit”, attacked Brian and he left us as he had to race home. I made it to Murrieta and waited till Closer and Digger caught up. We now had to try and keep a steady pace all the way to Sanderson so Closer could get home to get to a party. However Closer flatted around Warren and we had to change a tire before we could ride back to Starbucks. By the time the Thrilling Threesome got home we had 80 plus miles on the computer and some great weather all the way from Nuevo to Elsinore and back to Sanderson. Not a bad way to spend a Saturday.