On Saturday, we rode took a 55 mile ride to Naval Station Great Lakes. The ride included a detour at Fort Sheridan for a bit of hill climbing.
The group included:
Cons
Doug
Gary
Mitch
Randy
This was Mitch Dudek's first ride with the Evanston Bike Club. When we got down to the lake at the bottom of the hill at Fort Sheridan, he quickly dismissed our attempt to convince him that the first ride initiation included jumping into Lake Michigan. Aside from the fact that Mitch was not as naive as we had hoped he would be, having him on the ride was a nice addition to the group.
We took a rest break at Panera Bread in Lake Bluff and came home via the Skokie Valley Bikeway. Unlike most of the other groups riding on Saturday, we managed to avoid the rain. Some of the credit for making it home before getting rained upon was due to Cons 26 mph pull coming home down the Bunny Trail.
Sunday's ride was a 40 mile Panera to Panera ride. There was a 9-10 mph wind blowing from the NE, so the trip home was a lot easier than it was holding onto a 22 mph pace on the trip north. The group included:
Cliff
Dave
Felix
George
John C
Martin
Randy
Coming home via Green Bay Road, Martin had gotten quite a bit ahead of the group. Felix decided the we should be able to catch him if we were smart about taking short pulls. However, the stop lights on Green Bay seemingly decided to foil our attempt. Every time we got up a head of steam, we would hit another red light. At one point, we were within 300 yards of catching Martin and gaining behind a 30 mph pull by Felix, and of course Martin made a light and we did not. Dave led one last valiant attempt to catch Martin, but once again we were held up by a light. However, we stayed close enough that due to a detour Martin made to put his bike in his car, it allowed us to make it in the door of Panera slightly before Martin did. (When you are racing against Martin, you have to take your victories where you can get them, however feeble.)
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