Lisa, was that the "lovely" 7 mile climb that we did leaving your town last summer?
Today we lead the AMC New Members ride, which really isn't for New Members. We had perfect weather, between 65 and 75 during the ride and sun! There were 47 of us, including our co-leaders. Thankfully, we split the group into 2 different speeds, because there were so many big groups out riding in Concord today, that it was crazy! Imperfect Storm and Mayanorange came, too! It's always funny when someone comes up to me and introduces herself by her TE name.
The ride was only 22 miles and we only had one mishap. A guy had 2 flats and he had no tubes, etc., hadn't pumped his tires.Two other leaders, who were just along for the ride helped him, but geez, how much more explicit can I be when I say "bring spare tube, water, and a snack!?"
After the ride we bought lunch for our friends who co-lead the slower group, as they did it on less than a day's notice when someone else got sick. We got stuff from the Cheese Shop and sat on the lawn and watched the tourists and millions of other cyclists riding by.
Now I have to go grocery shopping .