Tour dE TUCSON and OTHER rides

[PinkBike]

talked to him today, i guess he already went to tucson. DH and i gotta work tonite and thursday nite so we're going to tucson friday morning.

i met RD once at a ride on the west side of town but barely talked to him.

oh, and i'll be ":@@??'d if i'm gonna line up at 4:30 am!!!!!!!! after reading maillotpois' post, i had a "DUH!" moment. i thought i was just getting old because every year i get slower. but actually every year i start farther back! the first year i was in the front of the gold group, then the next two times we kept drifting farther back. i went from finishing in 6:06 TO 6:12 TO 6:20+. maybe i WILL get up early, park my bike in the staging area then go find a starbucks!! thanks MP.

[maillotpois]

Yeah, you gotta get up pretty early if you really want it.

I don't.

[Blueberry]

Everybody OK? I heard on another mailing list that a pack of 10 was hit by a car (who got out, looked at his car, and drove off). Any truth to that?? Please tell me no one from here was hit

ETA - It appears to be true. I can't get to the story, but I see a headline on an AZ paper. GRRR.
Further edit: Here's a link to the story: http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp...7&nav=14RTPaT5

[Dogmama]

Checking in. Yes, it's true. An older man apparently turned into a line of cyclists, got out of his car, looked around, got back in & took off. Here is the link: http://www.azstarnet.com/sports/268536

It would have affected the 109 miler's. When I went through, everything appeared normal. There were cops directing traffic (why didn't one of them follow him?) cones up, etc. - so the driver must have been out to lunch.

Knowing the laws in this city, if he is caught, he'll probably plea down to driving too close to a cyclist. Yup, we're the 3rd finest city for cycling.

[Biciclista]

Raleighdon is fine. he finished gold, 5 hours, 30 minutes... he rode 108 miles in that amount of time!!!!

[maillotpois]

I saw Raleighdon rght at the start - amazing! we lined up pretty early and were there a while. just as we start crunching forward before the gun, I saw him. I called to him and said hi. he will have no clue who I was, so maybe you can tell him mimi. I pointed out my daughter in matching kit on the tandem.

CA that car hit a pretty fast finishing group. tragic. we didn't see it.

my 12 year old daughter is a GOLD finisher. honestly, given how strong DH is they could have had platinum, but we had three flats in the first 10 miles.

I lost them at mile 40 on a big downhill. if you lose the wheel at 40 mph, you're gone. the since I didn't see them at the next logical place, I assumed they'd stopped, so then I waited a long time - and of course they were ahead of me. and they waited for a while for me. it was funny. the key is we all finished safe. I vwas really nervous about Em doing it. but she did great and more important she had a great time.

[Blueberry]

Glad all TE'ers seem to be OK and accounted for.

MP - Congratulate PP from us! That's amazing! Glad it was a good ride!

Mimi - Did he have a jet powered bike That's awesome.

Dogmama - Sadly, I think the same would be true here

CA