Quote from plcm111195 on Jul 24th, 2010, 5:44pm:Mark, It was great to meet you! Ended up with 48 miles after that first little detour. I don't know if someone turned the wrong way and a bunch of us followed or the escort turned us wrong. All I know is a there was mass confusion at the start. It was a pretty good ride overall though. Had a great time.
I forgot to mention I was so caught up trying to overtake a rider on the north route I failed to notice he (and I) missed the Valley View turnoff, went about a mile or more before we both figured out the mistake which is why my ride finished at 67.5 instead of 65. I had no problems with the start although one traffic cop apparently forgot we were coming and had to rush out to let us through going north. They also had almost no crowd control going through downtown.
One guy in the front pack asked how well my bike climbed hills, I replied not very well and he then said "You're going to love Valley View", I blew it off at the time but "The Wall" brought me back to reality
If they keep it going it'll be an area "must ride"