Apr-18: Third time a charm

Apr-18:

Third Attempt To Complete "The Bonk Route" -- Success at Last!

PUE:  BoldRunHill-LongMill-Fairport-FlatRock; w/ Iceman ~25 m., Norris, Jason; 72.8 m.; est 3679 ft climbed --> effort index = 109; 4hrs, 37min; 15.8 mph avg pace. 

 

1st Qt. tot: 20 rides; 755.3 m.; 47 hrs, 31 min; 15.9 mph.

Apr tot: 7 rides; 401.4 m.; 25 hrs, 25 min; 15.8 mph.

YTD: 27 rides; 1156.7 m.; 72 hrs, 56 min; 15.9 mph. 

   

[Edit 2021-02-08:  Although a link to the recreated route is in the internal title line, 

I decided to also embed the route just above. 

The original route link was to a "TrimbleOutdoors" route, the new one is RWGPS.

The routing shown includes the detour to avoid what had become PATHETIC 

Conditions on New Light Rd. 

That detour made the route approx 4-miles longer than what we might ride today.]

  

Nice day for a ride.  Nice ride.  Reasonably light breeze.

  

Iceman turned for PUE when we got to the llamas @ LongMill / Pokomoke corner.  

We forgot to count the llamas. 

First ride for Norris in a month?  Seems incredible.

Once we went past ~ 57 miles, it was the longest ride of the year for Jason.

Also, first time ever for Jason on Flat Rock Rd.

I kinda' like Flat Rock Rd -- if the wind is not strong out of the SW. 

 

Jason apparently broke a spoke around mile 30, but we didn't realize that until around mile 55

When Norris blew out an inner tube. 

 

Looked like the tube blew out along the seam, suggesting a faulty tube.

Good thing about Norris's flat was that it happened on Cannady Mill Rd

About 2/3 the way up the climb from the Tar River;

We all got a short and much welcome rest. 

 

Not much from which to build a humorous antecdote.

But did you know that Jason is only 29 years old -- I'm sure he told me he had just turned 30. 

 

Oh, why is the title of this entry "3rd time a charm"?

Because the first two times I rode this course, I failed to complete it. 

[But those two failures ante-date the creation of this blog.]