BVC-CHAT Mayday Wrapup

Mon Jun 25 12:33:09 CDT 2007

I like the idea of the rest stop being at that corner also.  Many
cyclists know that intersection and are not familiar with turning into
Williams Creek, etc.  We would have to be careful about cyclists pulling
into that area for a rest stop with that 4-way traffic.

The PCCC (Not Pebble Creek Country Club) is on the left - you pass it on
the TT, but it's a fairly transparent looking building and is easily
missed.

Lenae M. Huebner
Assistant Director
Center for New Ventures & Entrepreneurship
Texas A&M University
4221 TAMU
College Station, TX  77843-4221
979.845.4882 (off)
979.845.3420 (fax)

When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes
monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle
and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the
ride you are taking.

- Arthur Conan Doyle, in an 1896 article for Scientific American

-----Original Message-----
From: bvc-chat-bounces at philebus.tamu.edu
[mailto:bvc-chat-bounces at philebus.tamu.edu] On Behalf Of Riggs, David
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 11:55 AM
To: Brazos Valley Cyclists
Subject: Re: BVC-CHAT Mayday Wrapup

1. I don't recall a rest stop. Where is the PC Community Center? I think
a good location would have been at RP/PC and William Fitch.

-----Original Message-----
From: bvc-chat-bounces at philebus.tamu.edu
[mailto:bvc-chat-bounces at philebus.tamu.edu] On Behalf Of Josh Benn
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 11:02 AM
To: Brazos Valley Cyclists
Cc: alice at junction505.org
Subject: Re: BVC-CHAT Mayday Wrapup

Thanks for the feedback and I'm glad the ride was enjoyed!!

Couple of questions and comments to follow up and improve:

1.  Did the lead group notice the rest stop at the  Peach Creek
Community Center?
2.  Please let the sponsors (such as Austin School of Massage) know you
appreciate their support of cycling and the ride.
3.  If you would like to help organize the ride next year or have any
questions, concerns or critiques, please let me know
4.  There were 173 riders.

Josh

-----Original Message-----
From: bvc-chat-bounces at philebus.tamu.edu
[mailto:bvc-chat-bounces at philebus.tamu.edu] On Behalf Of Christopher
Menzel
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2007 12:05 PM
To: Brazos Valley Cyclists
Cc: Bryan College Station fast bike riders
Subject: Re: BVC-CHAT Mayday Wrapup

On Jun 24, 2007, at 10:57 AM, Jean Marie Linhart wrote:
> Someone on the BVMBA (mountain bike) list asked how the Mayday went, 
> and I figured a wrap-up might be good here too.
>
> From the ride side, it was good.

I'd say excellent! :-)  Awesome weather conditions, esp for late June
-- overcast skies, relatively low temps, and almost no wind.  Just
great.

The fast group rode pretty aggressively for the first 40 miles or so,
which included a couple of hard pushes, especially when we hit the
Tuesday TNP section of the ride along 2038/Cobb/Grassbur and lizard
brain instincts took over and the ride transmogified briefly into a
fully-fledged TNP-style hammerfest.  (Willie played the role of the
lizard brain here, as he went around inciting the TNP regulars to light
it up on the 2038 hill. :-)  I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that
pretty much the entire group (maybe 25 riders?) was still  
together by the time we eased up on the gas at Elmo Weedon.   
(Saturday flagpole regulars were especially proud of new recruit Bill
Bowers who'd hung in there very well, looking only slightly worse for
the wear. :-)  I didn't know a lot of these guys, but I'm pretty sure
most of them are locals.  I hope we can get them to start showing up for
some of our regular rides.

After the TNP section we rode pretty steadily til near the end.  We
missed the rest stop at 30 and Birdpond, as it was a block off 30 and we
weren't watching for it, so a lot of riders were low on fluids by the
time we did the southern Rock Prairie/Peach Creek loop, so we stopped en
masse at the Exxon at Hwy 6 and Fitch to restock.  After the turn onto
Birdpond off Rock Prairie the pace hotted up again -- this is part of
the alternative TNP route, so Lizard-in-Chief Willie probably couldn't
help himself  -- and the pack finally shattered apart when Willie, Steve
G, and David R laid down a merciless pace on the long rise about 2/3 of
the way down Birdpond (usually the crux of the TNP rides), whittling the
group down to about ten riders.  Roy C saw to it that there would be no
let up when he went off the front at the top of the rise, and after a
brief respite to turn back onto 30 for the final leg we had a (for a
number of us -- well, me anyway, whose thighs were starting to cramp --
not at all welcome) final hammerfest back to the church.  Great, painful
fun.

What *was* welcome were the excellent free massages offered by Austin
School of Massage (?) back at the church.  I had strained my back a bit
moving stuff around the house on Friday, so I was pretty stiff when I
got off the bike.  The therapist worked on my back for at least 20
minutes to loosen it up -- how cool is that?!  I think that really saved
me from some serious discomfort later in the day.

This was a really fun, well-organized ride for a good cause that I will
certainly help to support next year.  There appeared to be a fine turn
out (a couple hundred folks?) and I'll bet, with a little more
advertising and promotion, it could easily double in size.  The routes
they picked show off the nice riding we have in the area very well.  I
suspect the organizers could attract a sizable number of out- of-towners
with an appealing, widely-distributed promo.

-chris

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