sweet taste of defeat

[mimitabby]

I work for a rather large company, with facilities so big that it's been handy over the years to ride a bike from one building to the next. The kind of bikes that we use are fat tired Worksman type bikes.

For a while people were driving too fast on the grounds in their cars so they brought in a radar machine to clock people and slow them down. Of course those of us on bikes reacted in the opposite way; we wanted to see how fast we could go. About 5 of us compared speeds, and sadly, they took the radar machine away.
A coworker of mine with a 5 year old told me that Hotwheels made a great radar gun; so I bought one almost instantly. You never know when you need a radar gun.
The next thing i did was write to the Worksman bike company and tell them that we were thinking of doing a time trials race on their bikes. THe guy liked the idea so much that he sent me a box of prizes!

That race was today. we all had warmup runs, we had two radar guns,
and you could compete twice, best time wins.

The winner, a seasoned road bike veteran rode 25 miles an hour.
The second place guy rode 24 mph, and he hadn't been on a bike in 10 years (and he's VERY TALL) Third place, 23 (he's the cute guy in the shades)
and last place, me 18 mph.

I was totally thrilled with the whole thing. There were 12 of us, two women (The other gal did 19mph)

[Trekhawk]

Thats so cool Mimi. I could tell you were going fast by your handlebar streamers. Well done!!

[makbike]

What a great way to spend a day at work!

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

!!!!!!AWESOME!!!!!!

[mimitabby]

we did it on our lunch break! what a beautiful day for it.
(there was a tailwind, i confess)

[mekira]

This is great!!!!!

[SadieKate]

What a hoot! Will this become an annual event?

[RoadRaven]

Glad you posted this report, Mimi This is what cycling should be about
You had a great day, you all had fun, and you got to make your streamers flyyyyyyyy!

Most excellent!