Grand Dyamic Duo
Ξ November 15th, 2006 | → Comments Off | ∇ General |
It was a cooler ride lastnight. I hadn’t felt that cold on a night ride since last year. I’m pretty sure it had something to do with the fact that it was only UB and I on the ride lastnight. Mr. D’Brick & Grinder both had dates and weren’t able to join us.
The ride started from Grinder’s house @ 5:30, which is where I met up with UB. The ride through the park was okay. Ground was somewhat moist with some standing water in some portions that made for some quick dodging. As we made the final climb towards the paved road, there were some patches of ground where I lost momentary traction. We came upon another ride, where he mumbled something to me, I was dying from lack of oxygen so I couldn’t discern what was said.
As we got to Crothers, UB stopped to allow me to gather my breath. He had mentioned that the other rider had said to him, “you’re good,” as he was passed. I’m pretty confident now, that what was mumbled to me was “catch up.”
The rest of the ride was pretty much a blur, as I was concentrating on not slowing down UB too much and trying to have a somewhat coherent conversation. I’ve read somewhere that most people can concentrate on two activities simultaneously, obviously, they didn’t interview me. As everytime I opened my mouth to respond in the conversation, my bike swerved.
We made the whole trip up Corothers & Mt. Hamilton Road up to Grandview without stopping. The top was breached at 6:30. I think the endurance ride on Sunday definitely helped. Took a few minutes to set up for the ride back down and it was on. We got back to the park entrance at 6:46.
As we finished the ride, we noticed that there was a lot activity occuring behind Grinder’s grand palace and stopped by. We met Mr.D’Brick & Grinder’s date, by the way, her name was “Wine Press”. I also met a couple of the neighbors as well as Grinder’s cousin, Rodney. Ms. Press seemed to be quite the party maker, as the 5 gentlemen were taking turns doing various things to her. UB and I stood by and observed. Many jokes were to be made, however I held back as I wasn’t too familiar with the neighbors and didn’t want to make a bad first impression.
The ride was good. Thanks UB for setting a fast but acheivable pace. Thanks to Grinder & Mr. D’Brick, for the entertainment after.
