BVC-CHAT Flagpole Thanks and Kudos

[Jean Marie Linhart]

Thanks Willie, Richard.  Awesome gatekeeping.  And thanks to the rest
of the guys for the more moderate pace.  Kathy stayed on to Tunis, and
I stayed on to the Cook's Point turnoff, and even managed a polite
disentanglement of myself from the group by working my way to the back
before dropping off.  We hope y'all had fun on the remainder of the
trip.

I did a Humility Hill descent and climb while waiting for Kathy to
catch up to me.  I found her and Krishna fixing a flat at the top, and
when Krishna got a second flat not long after, we all practiced our
problem solving skills to figure out what was happening.  I keep a
small piece of rolled up electrical tape in my kit, and we spread it
on some spots where we thought the rim was a little sharp.   No
further problems, so apparently that fixed it.

Krishna went from beginner status with a brand new bike, to
participating in a constantly rotating single paceline with either 2-3
participants (depending on how tired the girls were).  I was impressed
-- not too many folks can go from beginner to a smooth, advanced
paceline with continual transitions like that in one morning.

How did the PMS ride go?  Report, report!

Jean Marie