[OrRando] Snoozeville: an organizer's report

[cecilanne at comcast.net]

 A great report for a great ride - thanks for organizing it!

Cecil
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From: "nate armbrust" <natearm at gmail.com>
> Thirty six brave souls tested their luck against the weather forecast
> yesterday as they started the first official event on the 2007 Oregon
> Randonneur calendar, the Snoozeville 100K populaire. This number is way up
> from the 15 riders that we had for the event last year. The group assembled
> and registered in the parking lot of the Cornelius Pass Roadhouse. After
> some pre-ride instructions and a quick photo shoot they were off. We had a
> couple of tandems on course; Mike and Bonnie on one and the Youngberg's on
> their new purple Bike Friday tandem. Two people (Drew and Ira) were on bikes
> they had built themselves. I'm sorry to report that there was only 1 fixed
> gear on course, piloted by Steve White. C'mon people, last year we saw 20%
> of the Snoozeville field riding fixed. Let's try to get that fixed gear
> rider percentage up!
> 
> Riders were treated to a staffed Snoozeville control at 19.8 miles and then
> another staffed control at Maggie's Buns at mile 47.3. At Maggie's, some of
> the faster riders got their cards signed and moved on, while some decided to
> take a break and have some food before tackling the last 15.5 miles to the
> finish. I don't have a lot of details about what went on out on the course,
> but everybody that finished seemed to have had a pretty good time. There was
> a little rain toward the end of the ride, but nothing serious. Many
> finishers chose to gather upstairs in Imbre Hall to refuel and rehydrate. A
> nice way to end a nice ride. All total (including 3 pre-riders) we had 38 of
> 39 people successfully complete the ride. We had one reluctant DNF. He was
> plagued by flats (5 on the day) and decided to call it in Forest Grove,
> where he caught a bus home. I talked to him yesterday evening and he told me
> he'd stopped by the bike shop on the way home and bought 2 new tires and
> tire liners and he assured me he'd be back. That's the spirit!
> 
> Thanks to all of the volunteers and to all of the riders for getting the
> season off to a great start. Results should be posted soon. Hope to see you
> all for the 200K on March 31st.
> 
> Here is a link to my Snoozeville photo set on flickr :
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/natearm/sets/72157594582762041/
> 
> 
> -Nate


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