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Message started by catroad254 on Jun 16^th, 2007, 5:26pm

Title: Tour de Italia
Post by catroad254 on Jun 16^th, 2007, 5:26pm

Well being somewhat unstable mentally I headed for Italy this morning in spite of the dire predictions. South of Dallas the skies opened up with heavy rain, lightning, thunder, etc. It was still raining when I rolled into Italy. I picked up my packet and went back to sit in the car and wait until start time to make a decision. Ten minutes before the start the rain stopped.

The rain held off for the majority of the ride - only 2-3 miles of rain out of the 63 miles. With all of the clouds it was very pleasant temperature wise. The turn out was very low because of the predicted rain so we had the roads pretty much to our selves. The only real negative of the day was a killer head wind for about ten miles near the end. The ride was well organized and with the low turn out they had plenty of everything.

I only saw one other recumbent on the ride, a P38. I'm pretty sure I saw Sue right before the start. I also met Len who was working the ride.

Ken

Title: Re: Tour de Italia
Post by suecoop-Linda on Jun 16^th, 2007, 7:59pm

That was me Ken. I recognized your face, but couldn't remember the name, so I just said hi.
Despite the obstacles, they seemed to have pulled this ride off for us with few problems. The wind wasn't being very kind, now was it?
Linda