Group Ride (Sat & Sun) - Forum Archive

Jun 06, 2021 at 01:13 AM

Nice turnout for the first skills clinic of the year. JP lead everyone through bumping drills, pacelines, cornering, and emergency stops on a super hot day. John M helped with some pro tips.

Good to see everyone eager for group riding and racing. Unfortunately Dave Yang broke his wrist in a freak fall before we even got started. Heal quickly!

Matt Budofsky

Jun 12, 2021 at 09:16 PM

Gonna roll up to nyack (maybe a bit further depending how the legs feel and timing) tomorrow morning. 7am Brooklyn bridge, 8am GWB. RSVP here if joining and vaccinated

James Reeder

Jun 12, 2021 at 10:17 PM

sweet. i'm in.

StephenAschkenes

Jun 12, 2021 at 10:39 PM

Meet you at GWB

Remy Forgues

Jun 12, 2021 at 11:08 PM

In as well

RichardKaufmann

Jun 13, 2021 at 12:04 AM

I’ll try to make it!

James Reeder

Jun 13, 2021 at 10:52 AM

I’ll be at GWB 8am

RichardKaufmann

Jun 13, 2021 at 04:13 PM

Matt Budofsky said:

Gonna roll up to nyack (maybe a bit further depending how the legs feel and timing) tomorrow morning. 7am Brooklyn bridge, 8am GWB. RSVP here if joining and vaccinated

That ride was a ton of fun. Thank you guys for your patience as I tried to catch up after every hill! Definitely a great reminder of why I love riding bikes

Matt Budofsky

Jun 13, 2021 at 04:52 PM

Dude, it was so much fun! First group ride over the GWB for me in like a year and a half and I genuinely forgot how fun it is to just keep pushing each other

James Reeder

Jun 13, 2021 at 07:40 PM

That was great fun indeed! And we made it to Nyack before the donuts sold out.

Remy Forgues

Jun 13, 2021 at 08:39 PM

Same, first group ride in so long. That was great. Can't wait for the next one.

StephenAschkenes

Jun 14, 2021 at 06:06 PM

Just throwing out an idea to gauge interest - I have off Friday as some others may and was thinking of taking the train to New Canaan or Peekskill and doing 65ish miles. Would anyone else be interested?

RichFreeman

Jun 15, 2021 at 04:08 PM

StephenAschkenes said:

Just throwing out an idea to gauge interest - I have off Friday as some others may and was thinking of taking the train to New Canaan or Peekskill and doing 65ish miles. Would anyone else be interested?

This is a great gravel loop.

James Reeder

Jun 16, 2021 at 04:42 PM

any trail rides planned for this weekend/sunday - stillwell, etc?

Remy Forgues

Jun 17, 2021 at 12:07 AM

I hope to go tp Cunningham with the mountain bike on Sunday. 8:30 ish

NigelCarreiro

Jun 22, 2021 at 11:50 AM

Anyone wanna join me on a ride to Bear on Sat?

mugwump

Jun 26, 2021 at 06:14 PM

Hey all!

Anyone up for the Sunday Traditional?

9am GWB and head north?

I need to be back at the bridge by 11:30, but after that, don't have any limitations.

mugwump

Jun 27, 2021 at 12:32 AM

NigelCarreiro said:

Anyone wanna join me on a ride to Bear on Sat?

Did I see you found a group for your attack on Bear?

James Reeder

Jun 27, 2021 at 01:24 AM

mugwump said:

Hey all!

Anyone up for the Sunday Traditional?

9am GWB and head north?

I need to be back at the bridge by 11:30, but after that, don't have any limitations.

i'll be up there at 9

NigelCarreiro

Jun 27, 2021 at 09:36 AM

mugwump said:

NigelCarreiro said:

Anyone wanna join me on a ride to Bear on Sat?

Did I see you found a group for your attack on Bear?

Yep. It was a really fast group. Picked them up on 9w in Alpine and road with them there and back. We picked up James at the top of Bear and he road back with us. It was fun.

mugwump

Jun 28, 2021 at 02:29 AM

Eloy, James, myself met up at the GWB at 9:04 to venture north as a group. I wanted to be back at the GWB by 11:30.

* Wasn't sure if Eloy and James would go shorter or longer.
* waited til 9:10.
* while we kept to the traditional route, so busy talking barely noticed.
* a Trek service truck was on 503 servicing someone who just seemed to be there.
* a few minutes later, we saw a huge group moving single file. Probably was supporting the group.
* had time to climb Clausland.
* stopped at the deli at 9W in Sparkill.
* when we started, it was looking like 11:40 at the GWB.
* kept up the pace and chatter until Stateline.
* Eloy sent us ahead at Stateline.
* Usually uncomfortable dropping people,

* But I've had my days when I just didn't want to go hard any longer.
* James was looking good.
* We passed several people before the scout camp.
* Three jumped on.
* They and no interest in pulling.
* Another three we caught shortly after stateline.
* they wanted to ride.
*rotating paceline. Six guys.
* Sweet speed!
* As we passed the last light before Englewood Cliffs, a chunky guy who hadn't been working suddenly tried to muscle me off one of the faster guys wheel.
* I didn't say anything, but I didn't let him.
* As we took the dip by CNBC, it was clear the group had a sprint line in mind.
* Turned out it was a hydrant after the gas station.
* On Hudson Terr, I realized we'd be at the GWB at 11:25.

https://www.strava.com/activities/5540868776

Thanks so much to Eloy and James. I can't speak for them, but I really needed this, both the social and the effort. I think one of the difficulties of racing right now is so little time spent riding hard in a group. I can ride hard on my own, but the sensations of riding hard in a group are quite different.

more.

James Reeder

Jun 28, 2021 at 03:36 AM

mugwump said:

more.

agree; more.

topics of note:
-the cultivation of tan lines!
-descending skills
-crosswind / echelon on 9w, though too brief before we were joined by others

eloy

Jun 28, 2021 at 08:56 PM

was definitely fun! my lack of fitness and a hard work week had me wishing for a more mellow pace on the way back — little by little fitness moving slowly in the right direction

good thing too, as a big piece of glass caused a flat

Jules

Jun 28, 2021 at 11:38 PM

Do those legs look "unfit" to any of you? Yeah, me neither.

eloy said:

mugwump

Jul 02, 2021 at 04:08 PM

Anyone up for a group thing on Saturday? (I can't do Sunday)

I've got to drop off a kid first, but I can be at the bridge by 10:20. Would love to do anything, but am pining to finish up on 9W and hammer south to the Bridge. I know routes.

James Reeder

Jul 02, 2021 at 09:21 PM

i'm up for a group ride on saturday.

StephenAschkenes

Jul 02, 2021 at 09:42 PM

Same here!

mugwump

Jul 03, 2021 at 12:55 AM

I can be at the Jersey side of the GWB at 10:20, regardless of weather.

James Reeder

Jul 03, 2021 at 02:10 AM

Will be there