Historic Viaduct Tour April 12

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlPlfCy1urI

It's a little bit funny
This sunshine outside
I’m not one of those who can easily ride
I don't have much storage, but boy if I did
I'd buy some more bikes where they all could live

If I was a wrencher, ha
But then again, no
Or a Drafter who makes pacelines in the sleet and the snow
I know it's not much, but it's the best I can do
My gift is the Draft, and this one's for you

And you can tell everybody
This ride was long
It may be quite simple, but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
That I put down in the blog
How wonderful life is riding in the world

I sat on the porch and kicked off my shoes
Well a few of the climbs, well they've got me quite lost
But the sun's been quite kind
While I rode so long
It's for people like you that keep it turned on

So excuse me forgetting
But these roads I do
You see I've forgotten, if they're Garfoot or Barlow
Anyway the thing is, what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest rides I've ever seen

And you can tell everybody
This ride was long
It may be quite simple, but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
That I put down in the blog
How wonderful life is riding in the world

I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind
That I put down in the blog
How wonderful life is while riding in the world

And that wraps up the sentiment of the Monday night Draft to Church.

Take me Church... up a 17% grade.

The team secretary goofed up the coordinates, taking some Drafters down Barlow while others down Garfoot, and then directed some home via Airport and others on Enchanted Valley. As Blurple said, "we all just ride in a circle anyway." Yup, and Romeo pretty much ran circles around every single one of us.

B Team: Z Wrecks, Keez, Pit Stop, Skipper, Gopher, PDQ, and Squeak.

Strong Start: BrickO, Keez, PDQ, Pit Stop and Squeak.

Thanks to our front line team of healthcare workers. PT, MD, RN and RD in training.

Skipper leads the charge.

Booker J barreling down Barlow.

Vintage named the ride on Strava, "We're gonna put the memory of this ride in the brain-hole category of weight loss motivation", Keez was more concise with "ouch" and Vilks surrendered, "beat the old man up night". Z Wrecks pointed to the favorite climb of the night, "Forsh**g", seconded by Skipper's title "F'n Forshaug Draft". Boys, boys. It wasn't that bad. Even our newbie, Squeak, didn't complain as loudly. Although her beautiful new yellow SEVEN did (hence the name). Booker J had a rough night, drafting Cannibal all the way to the backyard, and further requested a Draft escort to his car.

Want to feel slow? Ride with a Cat 1. I heard him MEOW as he sped past.

Booker J Drafts behind Cannibal, during the ride and even in the backyard.

Romeo, Pit Stop, Squeak, Vintage, LuLu, Columbus, Cannibal, Booker J, Blurple, PRQ enjoy a draft.

Pit Stop mentors our Newbie, Squeak on the finer points of Drafting.

Pipes is one of a few on the injured reserve.... but not too injured for the post-draft Draft.

HINCAPIE DRAFTER GEAR UPDATE: the 2021 store has closed. Thanks for supporting the Draft. Another store will open in the next week with older kits. Stay tuned!

DIRTY DRAFT: Check GroupMe for updates. Air Bourne sent out an inquiry for this Wednesday. We will try to get a more formal organized time and location in the upcoming weeks.

Next week, we will take a historic Viaduct tour.

Download map and GPS:

viaductDownload

Garmin link: Viaduct GPS

RidewithGPS link : RidewithGPS

Draft responsibly,

BrickO