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Message started by jayg on May 16^th, 2009, 12:10pm

Title: Richardson Wildride
Post by jayg on May 16^th, 2009, 12:10pm

Learned a valuable lesson today - Don't register for a $40, early-morning pay ride the day before, even when the forecast is 60% chance of rain only in the afternoon. [smiley=sad.gif]

Title: Re: Richardson Wildride
Post by AustinSkater on May 16^th, 2009, 12:15pm

jayg wrote:

Learned a valuable lesson today - Don't register for a $40, early-morning pay ride the day before, even when the forecast is 60% chance of rain only in the afternoon. [smiley=sad.gif]

Title: Re: Richardson Wildride
Post by jayg on May 16^th, 2009, 12:36pm

AustinSkater wrote:

[quote author=jayg link=1242493808/0#0 date=1242493808]Learned a valuable lesson today - Don't register for a $40, early-morning pay ride the day before, even when the forecast is 60% chance of rain only in the afternoon. [smiley=sad.gif]

So, did you do the ride in the rain? It looked like they started a little early to try and avoid the rain. I was over at Shellene's when the first riders went by (she lives past the first rest stop), it was about 8:30, and I don't think that they were riding 28 MPH plus.

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No, it was raining a little bit when I got up, and then started raining hard later on, so I took a pass. I'll ride when it is misting or if I get caught in the rain, but I don't ride in the rain on purpose.

Title: Re: Richardson Wildride
Post by jcsadowski on May 16^th, 2009, 12:55pm

I rode... Forty miles of rain. It eased up for a few minutes once, then rain, rain.
Still it was a good ride with cops at almost every intersection.

Title: Re: Richardson Wildride
Post by irodguy on May 16^th, 2009, 5:14pm

jcsadowski wrote:

I rode... Forty miles of rain. It eased up for a few minutes once, then rain, rain.
Still it was a good ride with cops at almost every intersection.

wow John you are indeed a tough clown! I was planning on riding today then got up to rain and went back to sleep. It was a great day to sleep in to noon.

Title: Re: Richardson Wildride
Post by jcsadowski on May 16^th, 2009, 8:31pm

I have no idea why, I just did it.

The worst part was the seat, The Vision seat is just a big sponge and it soaked up quickly and every time I sat on the bike it went squish.

Title: Re: Richardson Wildride
Post by aikigreg on May 16^th, 2009, 8:34pm

I got up this morning, stumbled into the spare bedroom where I keep my cycling gear, and pulled on my kit. Had some water and wondered what that annoying noise was. Looked outside, saw it was storming, and went back to bed. Got in 30 miles this evening though.

Title: Re: Richardson Wildride
Post by mleuck on May 16^th, 2009, 9:05pm

jayg wrote:

Learned a valuable lesson today - Don't register for a $40, early-morning pay ride the day before, even when the forecast is 60% chance of rain only in the afternoon. [smiley=sad.gif]

Yea that's why I never pre-register

Title: Re: Richardson Wildride
Post by jman on May 17^th, 2009, 8:27am

mleuck wrote:

Yea that's why I never pre-register[/quote]
[smiley=headbang.gif]Yea the weather service blew this one, Crosstimbers ride no doubt the same story. Glad I didn't register [smiley=lolk.gif]. To bad the weather couldn't be like today.