tuesday and wednesday are my days off. i could link up in piermont and lead some backroad stuff.

I could get in on some of this action. Need to wait a few weeks though.

i'm going over the bridge this friday, 9/9/11

open to suggestions on the length, but i want to hammer on the hills and maybe do the same on the flats

any takers?

^jessss, mama

Let's do a headcracker...I'm bringing the jawbone.

or is that against group ride protocol?

you may bring the jawbone, but you must be prepared to defend it

though you are my kin, i will give you no quarter

[end Game of Thrones scene]

And Tito, finding the fresh jawbone of a squirrel, seized it and struck down a thousand Middle Aged Men In Lycra.
Because he was very thirsty, he cried out to the LORD, “You have given your servant this great victory. Must I now die of thirst and fall into the hands of those with unshaven legs?”

[end Biblical verse]

This is weird shit-talk.

William and I have both been doing a lot of reading this summer - he's been reading "Game of Thrones", and I've been reading The Only Book That Matters.

Tomorrow 9am at the GWB? Any takers asides me and ol' Willy?

I'm in beeyotches. See you tomorrow.

yayuh!

Vassa Powa!

tomorrow the tuesday? a bud or 2 of mine are riding up from the city, im going to rendezvous in piermont and probably do the orchards and maybe bonus miles. anyone?

Hey Mattie...I was actually planning to head out to Little Tor to do Hill Repeats...what time are your guys meeting you in Piermont?

FYI, River Road is a-okay for riding these days. A few dirty/muddy stretches, but no problems going straight through.

Hey all,

JP and I are getting geared up for a weekday PORN ride Wednesday morning. Time not set as of yet, but 9-ish I expect. Oh, what's a porn ride? Long and hard, with plenty of climbing juicy mounds of goodness--of course. Post here if you are interested in joining.

i want in

keep us posted on final meeting time

I can't do tomorrow - darn! I WANT PORN

keep your hands where we can see them, Arlyck!

okay all Porn stars...meet 9:30am on the NYC side of the GWB. Rain or shine.

what's the route? i may be able to hook on in piermont/nyack. either that or randalls cross practice.

Hey Mattie...route TBD...we usually go inland with smaller groups, but maybe we could arrange a meet. I'll bring my cell phone...what's your number?

zounds!

i am 100% shelled

marc and i mat at the bridge at 930. jp rode up to tell us not to wait - he had accidentally locked his son in the storage unit or something and had to get him out soon. the two of us battled a headwind up to nyack, where we met Mattie. then the three of us battled a headwind up to the orchards, then on another 10 miles of rollers before turning around. we were out long enough that the wind shifted and started blowing north by the time we headed back. ugh. one last dick-measuring convention over rockland lake, then lunch at runcible spoon (sausageeggandcheeseonacroissantmmmmmmh).

at this point, we had been out for 4.5 hours. marc had developed a full-on 1,000 yard stare and i was getting nervous about whether we'd have to hitch a ride on a school bus. mattie's GF picked him up (lucky) and we limped off, chugging wordlessly along, trying to ignore myriads chafes, twinging quads, a sharp drizzle and still . . . the headwind. we actually made really good time, but getting up closter dock road was sort of horrible.

somethingsomethingsomething i stopped for pinkberry on my block and now i'm in bed cause it's rosh hashanah, which is as good an opportunity as any to be restful and pious.

what does the evening hold for me: gonna buy a new suit (to fit my withering bod), eat some roast duck and take a nap. order to be determined.

big hi five to marc and mattie for a truly epic day of headbanging. total time in the saddle, not counting breaks: 5:45

Posted By: WilliamDChe had accidentally locked his son in the storage unit or something and had to get him out soon.

oh, big lols here.

I'll just say that doing a multi hour hilly ride with cat 2 and 3s that have 20-40 pounds on you is a hell of a work out.

william now gets pinkberry, after every ride, no matter what

here's a photo I took of him eating his treat after our ride Sunday

Great swagger-filled reports... cracking me up.

look at those beautiful half-moons....

Oh, man. Sometimes I just love being on the bike. Returned the car from the weekend, went up in the direction of the Apple Orchards (took little tor though), stopped for bag of chips and a 52-oz fountain coke (best value!), did the Mattie Special Extension Loop, started dreaming of how to throw in a few more climbs out there, set up some booby traps for any guys that want to hit that loop again with me later this week (I'm sick of William DC kicking my ass on every climb...and so will stop at nothing to destroy him), cranked it home. 6 hours 45 minutes of nice and easy riding (well, there were some climbs that are impossible to do "easy") after a fun weekend of cross racing in Gloucester, and I'm feeling great.

Anyone in for a repeat of last week?

yeah for sure, me.