Sort of smallish group today for an 80 mile ride to the rollers on Cuba Road and Barrington Hills. A competing ride to the Waterford Precision Bicycle Factory drew off some riders and mediocre weather held back others. It was damp and foggy at the start and frankly, about the middle of the ride, when a drizzling rain started fogging up my glasses and the temperature dropped back into the low '50's, we weren't having a ton of fun and thought that those that had passed on today's ride were not so foolish after all. However, the rain soon stopped and the day got warmer and we got back to enjoying a very scenic route.
We started with 7 riders, but 3 of them dropped off early as planned, including Martin, his friend Joe, and Bill Rizek. Thus, for the majority of the ride it was Felix, Paul, Charles, and me. Felix navigated the dozens of turns on our route flawlessly, and took the lion's share of the pulls.
A highlight of the ride was rescuing a damsel in distress. Well, "rescuing" might be a bit of an overstatement, but Felix saved her from a long 10 mile walk home pushing her bicycle by changing her tire. A lowlight of the ride was Charles losing the head to his new power meter. He is not sure whether it fell off or was taken in that den of thieves called Barrington. Somehow after looking around at the other patrons at our mid ride stop at Einstein Bagels in Barrington, it seems an unlikely spot for a thief. The loss remains a bit of a mystery.
All things considered, it ended up being a pretty good ride. Good company. some great scenery, and riding through rolling terrain at a fast pace, in weather that was just fine during the last quarter of the ride.
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