Tell us your sad sad tale of SAG woe

[smilingcat]

Does an ambulance ride count as SAG?? I was doing okay but just wasn't drinking enough water on that hot summer day. I think I bonked at around 80mile mark and was dropped without any fanfare. So much for being in the lead pack... So what do you do when you get dropped like that?? Well I decided to enjoy the scenery and I sat up looking at the wonderful view, the red tail hawk in the sky and a coyote in the distance. I wasn't paying much attention on the road. Well... the concrete curb was an inch or two higher than the black top. When I realized, too late, my front wheel glazed the step and I went flying. Shattered my collar bone. It felt like a long time before I got a ride in an ambulance...

SAG SAG on death ride 1991. Cold wet day!!! By the time I got to the top of Monitor from Hwy 395 (second pass), the mist had turned to drizzle or sleet depending on your altitude. It was cooo---l--lllddd. Couldn't really feel any of my fingers. Still, I mushed onto Ebbetts (third pass) made it to the pass and got my little dot on the number. There it was sleet and SNOW. No winter gear. The road had iced up too. Can it get worse? Well I was taking a shelter under a canopy. A canopy ready to collapse from too much water collected on the roof. This big dude seeing that there was too much water decided without telling anyone or asking anyone, pushed the roof of canopy to empty its ice cold water. Sheet of ice water poured over the edge. Well I was soaked even before then so I don't know if I got any of that water.

I heard that over 900 people SAGed. I also heard that a guy who was determined to finish and went down Ebbetts, went over the edge cause he just skidded on the ice. He was okay though. I was so cold, and probably in the worst shape, so I got to sit in the front seat huddled around the heat vent and promptly went to sleep. Back at turtle rock I changed into warm dry cloth, had some hot chocolate.

Oh I did bail out of two other ride. But I didn't SAG.

And no I don't plan on SAGGing or DNFing a ride.

Smilingcat

[Aggie_Ama]

Not on an organized ride yet, but I know even the most prepared cyclist may have her day. I have had two rides (Tri County Hill Hopper '05 and Shiner GASP '07) that the SAGs looked oh so inviting. On the Hill Hopper the name says it all, towards the end DH was nudging my back up the hills. I was crying (pain) and pushing on. Finished the 76 miles and felt every one of them.

Shiner this year was the result of headwind, humidity and poor training. The SAGs looked really inviting (and full) the last 10 miles but I somehow willed myself along. I don't know that I have ever been so sore.

I have three times needed someone to come get me. Twice when I had so many flats I ran out of tubes (2 the first time, 3 the second). Once when we got caught in the path of a severe storm in the middle of the country.

I would never plan to SAG a ride. I got furious when a former co-worker didn't ride Day 2 of the MS150 because "I never planned to ride two days this weekend". On the other hand we are probably going to do a Century at altitude this fall, since we are only 1,300 ft above sea level I know I may be biting off more than I can chew and may need the SAG. I PLAN on riding 100 miles though!!