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ROOOOOOCK!

Things quickly fell together this morning for a ride to warm me back up to NC. Chancey, Sirena, and Jim met Erich and I at Paceline for an East Bend/Baltimore/Wyo ride. Jim had already been riding and had other plans for later in the morning, so he peeled off before crossing the Yadkin. The four of us continued on across the river and up Taylor. While regrouping at the top, we had a big crew of cyclists going by on Flint Hill. OUr newly acquired carrot of about twenty or so riders were out front.

Some quick pulls and they were in sight. We zipped on past, and stopped in at the gast station in East Bend to refill bottles. On back Flint Hill and we were on Baltimore. We made quick work of the climbs on Baltimore and continued across Dinkins Bottom. We made the Bottom of Dinkins very uncomfortable. Err, well, we were uncomfortable. Either way. Once back to Courtney-Huntsville, Chancey and Sirena decided to head back towards town, but I just learned that their ride continued and they ended up with over 100 miles for the day...nice work. Erich and I continued on and hit Wyo. The ride back in on C-H, Shallowford and CC was rough in that there was a pretty stiff headwind. We saw more cyclists out, and made it our job to reel them in. It was a great ride, and a fun return to the Old North State.