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Thursday Ride Report:
It was a pair of tandems that set out on this blustery day. It was quite a site to see - Two captains with their beautiful-skin-tight-lycra-clad-stoker-wives providing that extra burst of back seat power. We left following the Bike Doctor Saturday route and made good time through the first part of the ride. As we turned right onto Harmans road I pedaled through the turn to see if Becky was awake and caught my inside pedal on the road which appeared to lift the rear wheel and move it over a few inches. I pretended like it was normal and continued on after my heart rate returned to normal. As we turned onto Dorsey Road and started uphill, I thought I may have lost the rear engine as we were losing ground to the Tambeaux-Turbo-Tandem but as we reached the top and recovered it appeared that we had just overheated a bit. The short and steep up the first part of Race road hurt a little but the roller coaster ride that followed was worth it. Things were uneventful past the horse farm and over Rt 100. We took turns pulling down Race Rd, but the power was tapering toward the end from the Zaloudek team. The climb up Ridge Road felt a bit different on the tandem than on the single. I had to surrender to the granny gear on the front but we kept relative speed with the TambeauxTandem thanks to a tamer charity pace they were setting. As we rose over the last few inclines Becky was doubting my claims of “that was the last hill.” We had already exceeded all her previous mileage records at this point. We returned to the parking lot safe and sound and went on to our respective Thanksgiving Feasts. I am realizing that I am much more wiped out after a Tandem ride. As I sit here writing this though I do feel recovered enough at least to show up Saturday, but I see it is going to be really cold - I may have to try my new foot warmers.