It was an interesting ride this morning. At the beginning of the ride, the misty fog was so heavy that at times we could barely see other cyclists that were only 30 yards ahead of us.
We met up at the Velosmith Bicycle Studio and joined their shop ride. The group from EBC included Cons, Felix, Herb, Hugo, Ian, Martin and me. During the course of the ride we also came across and rode for a while with the Judson Classic Group and the Plaza Group, as well as other groups for brief periods. Felix guessed that if we counted all the different groups we got mixed in with, the total number of riders might be close to 100.
The pace of the ride was all over the board. The first third of the ride was at a 20 mph pace. The pace for the balance of the ride seemed to vary almost randomly from stretch to stretch from 20 to 22 to 24 to 26 mph, with 3 sprints at 30 mph thrown in for good measure. The average speed for the entire ride, including all our stops, was about 19.75 mph.
We got tangled up with some of the faster riders from the Plaza Group heading south on Waukegan. They started a rotating double pace line at a 26 mph pace. All the riders from our group, with the exception of Cons and myself joined the pace line. Watching from the back of the group, Cons and I must have witnessed a half dozen near accidents on the wet pavement. It served as a good lesson in how not to ride in a double pace line.
We ended up heading back to the Velosmith Studio to pick up cars, and then stopped at Panera Bread in Wilmette for food and beverages.
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