[ORRando] Birkie ride report

[Michael Wolfe]

You know, before this Birkie, I had no idea why they called it
"raindonneuring".

Phil is right, though.  In spite of the rain, that group of five was the
nicest paceline I'd ever been in in any of my four Birkies -- great fender
coverage across the board.  When I flatted, I encouraged them to go on to
avoid getting hypothermia waiting for me, but I was sad to see 'em go.

My favorite moment: when Terry commented on how cold it was, I responded,
"Yeah, but it's a DRY cold."

-Michael

2009/3/31 Philippe Andre <philippe_cycliste at hotmail.com>

>  Thanks for the Foggy Berki Report Cecil. And, a big thank you to Sam, Del,
> Mike, Susan and Michael R. and anyone I missed for putting on an epic
> Berkie.
>
> Cecil,
> I would like to correct a rumor about randos on plastic bikes predicting
> sub 6 hour 200K times.
>
> First: I wish I had known those guys were trying to beat 6 hours, because I
> feel like I was wacked by Tony Soprano for trying to follow the rat
> race pack. I predicted 7:35 for myself.
>
> Second: I observed that Rider#1(Heli) and Rider #2(Terry) rode their
> heavy-ish steel full fendered commuter bikes (nothing as elegant as cecil's
> sweetpea), Rider#3(Lamb), #4(Myself), and #5(Michael W) rode titanium full
> fendered bikes, and finally #6(Alan) rode a steel full fendered bike. So
> that would be 50/50 on the steel/titanium bikes and 100% full fendered
> w/courtesy flaps. Where are the plastic bikes? I don't know about you, but
> Plastic bikes make my skin itch just like asbestos or insulation
> material. Ok...I forgot about the carbon forks on the ti bikes.;)
>
> My bike (Eddy Merckx Majestic Ti '02) is still making me smile....bonne
> route
>
> Philippe
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 03:58:26 +0000
> From: cecilanne at comcast.net
> To: orrando at orrandonneurs.org
> Subject: Re: [ORRando] Birkie ride report
>
>
> Whoops, my report is HERE<http://formerlyfloyd.blogspot.com/2009/03/rain-check-wind-check-cold-check-lets.html>
>
>
> Cecil "still FOGGY" Anne
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Johnson" <mjawnson at gmail.com>
> To: orrando at orrandonneurs.org
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 7:45:27 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
> Subject: [ORRando] Birkie ride report
>
> So I started a blog and posted a ride report. I really enjoy reading
> ride reports and figured I'd contribute to the mix. You can find it
> here if you're interested:
> http://randobooks.blogspot.com/
>
> --mike
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