We joined up with the Velosmith Studio ride again this Saturday. However, unlike last week during which the group got separated and then mixed up with other groups, we stayed together with the Velosmith group for the full ride. The pace of the ride was the fastest yet for our group on a local training ride (this definition excludes the sub 5 route in Hampshire). The average speed for the 50.9 mile ride was 20.7 mph. This average rolling speed includes all the time lost due to slowing down for traffic signals Thus, the pace for the majority of the ride was above 20.7 mph. It was a big group, so the were lots of riders to share the pulls and a nice draft to get in behind.
Felix has provided details on the ride via a link to his Garmin file for today's ride. The group segment of the ride is Split #2 (split #1 and #3 were getting to and from Velosmith).
Members of our group on the ride today included:
Dave
George
Hugo
Herb
Felix
Martin
Randy
The route included riding through Fort Sheridan, the Three Sisters on St. Mary's, and a loop around Ascension Cemetery. We went straight through without a mid ride stop. Our group ended the ride by heading to Panera Bread in Wilmette. In addition to our group, we were joined at Panera by David Cordoba, a very fast cyclist from the Velosmith group that we originally met on last week's ride. Like just about everyone on the today's ride, he was great company.
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