Went out this morning in the dark. More dark than there should have been, in fact. The sky was overcast and as I made my way out to the lakefront in a light drizzle I wondered if anyone would be out there. Things were dry on Lakeshore Drive, though, but the mere threat of rain must have scared off a few people. The group was only about 25-strong, but that didn't seem to make it any easier. By the time we were halfway down Hayne Blvd. we were rolling pretty fast and after a while Matt got on the front on his TT bike and the group split. I was sitting on Matt's wheel (well actually it was more like hanging on for dear life) as he pulled at a steady 27 mph until we got to Six Flags, where he finally eased up and we all regrouped. Not long after that, on Chef Highway, he did the same thing. Once again I was basically motorpacing on his wheel for what must have been five miles.
The return trip was easier and relatively uneventful except for the loud blowout one of the guys had on the service road. Regardless, by the time I got home I felt pretty wasted, so naturally I went out in the sun and trimmed hedges and trees for a couple of hours.
Realdo's wife sent an email out to the group today to report that things were going well for the guys doing the Tour of Guyana, and said there would be some coverage of it at www.rfo.fr.
On the equipment front, that right shifter still didn't seem right, so I took it apart again this afternoon and rebuilt it again. This time, I think I got all the washers in the right places and it seems to work a bit better now! On the plus side, it was much easier to reassemble the second time around.
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Not sure that link is any good Randy. Try this one http://sport.rfo.fr/article118.html
That should roughly put the site in the right place, but lets just say the organisation is a mess and difficult to navigate. It's all in French of course too. If anyone makes it to one of the stage videos, you'll see that the carnage is worse than a Cat 5 B race.
Or try this one
http://www.antilles-sport.com/news/Default.asp
Looks like Realdo is 2nd in the GC, but with a lot of peeps not far behind. Leader has 1m05 on Rea. No word on Herring boyz.
Yeah, if we Reo could ever turn in a good Time Trial, he wouldn't have to work quite so hard in the Road Races!
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