Group Rides are FUN!

Curtis, Drew, Laurent, and I had planned a ride for Sunday afternoon at the OVT. On our way up, we talked with Alex, who was already out there riding, and he agreed to meet us at the parking lot when we got there. After trying to keep up with Laurent in the Audi on 421,
we pulled into the lot at about the time Alex came rolling in, muddy. Key word of the day; muddy. We rolled on out the trail and made our way on the OVT to Shiner's Run and to the end at Bandit's Roost. Along the way there were some near spills, and some thorough tumbles. Evidence:

Curtis touched the ground on more than one occasion, quickly assisted to the floor by the small block 8's. Great for dry, and as evidenced by the picture above, not so great in muddy conditions. On the way back, Curtis was having some major chainsuck issues, to which my response was, gotta get rid of gears. He was relinquished to riding in the big ring for the remainder of the ride. We made a couple of stops along the way, after one of which I had some issues getting clipped in. Upon further investigation, I noticed something looked slightly askew;




I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I don't think eggbeaters are supposed to look like that. At this point, we were just a stone's throw from 268, so Curtis and I limped it out to the road and I one-footed it back to the car. Alex Drew and Laurent took off to continue on the trail. We met up back at the cars for some bike washing, and pose-off time. Overall a great ride, just a bit muddier than any of us had expected!

Back at the Cars

Laurent enjoying part of the OVT

Drew enjoying the same section

Alex, making interesting faces

Alex after just having stated, "There he is, everyone act normal." Normal apparently is relative....