Leaving the house at 805 riding into the Bagel Ride route in reverse as usual, little tired and full feeling from last night's SBRA awards/holiday party, little too much but good food and two glasses of that red wine :-)
But amazing warm temperature, just a good (head) wind going West -- slowly first warming up. After about 15 minutes picking up speed a notch... shortly later at 8:25 the "B" group passes up the road, spotted a few GABs in there, little stretched up with riders little off the back. Getting towards 8:30 when the A groups is supposed to take off, still about 7 minutes from the "start", plenty of time to make quick "rest" stop at a cross road -- turning back on route a small group of 4..5 riders passes along -- what's that?, weird.
Heading on expecting the see the A group soon, then GAB George coming up the road having a breakfast banana..., turning around and rolling along for just a few moments until the A groups catches up at warp speed. Merging on. Flying in possible record time towards Rocky Point. Flyby the women's groups obviously stopped for some problem/flat? Then just entering Rocky Point catching up to a seemingly slow-mo B group -- what, already!?!?!? Some mix-up of riders eventually in the back. Heading on to Wading River, up the lil hill and a part regroup on top before take off for non stop no-mercy full speed ahead out East, shooting through this "boy scout" micro notch and after slight adjustments of rider orders and composition it some what sorted out and opened a significant deadly gap for the riders left behind. It was a 7 riders (right?) -- Py realized this fact way later after falling back after a brief pull, forming a efficient Echelon going South on Osbourne at still full throttle -- Karl, Chris (East End), 2 CarlHart riders, George, Trevor (EECT/??), Py (do I miss some one??). Not really knowing there were a few behind in a doomed battle to catch up...
At Peconic Lake two more riders, Rick and his buddy came upon the road and joined for a while but left soon again. Then Chris took off going home.
Later the 2 CH riders left...
And Trevor and the 3 GABs finished by about 1100 at the bagel place for a bagel&coffee.
Good ride!
Py then rode back home.
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