Mighty Cyclists,
Last Thursday on 6/1 we had 70 Mighty cyclists show up for the warm weather and the challenging East winds.
Group 1 (Hot1): Phil Carroll stepped in as ride leader in the absence of Ben Groves who was out of the country on holiday. Phil reported the front runners of the group reported a 25.1 average. I would call that smoking aces hot. Phil and 3 others got gapped and finished a bit later than the extremely hot riders.
Group 2 (Hot2): Tim Eckel and his crew must have heard the sonic boom from Hot 1 and they came in at a blistering 22.7 average.
Group 3 (Xtra Spicy): Doug Kilpatrick and his Thursday night warriors were out to conquer the world and came in with a 21-mph average.
Group 4 (Bold Picante): Traci Bash led her hot pepper riders to another 20.2 mph average. Consistency is the key here.
Group 5 (Spicy+): Keith Meredith led the Spicy plus contingent to a nice 18.1 mph average.
Group 6 (Spicy): Dave and Mark led crew of 13 riders on the course with 3 new additions. No issues reported as they coach, teach and ride.
Group 7 (GLR): John Galdeen reported a nice 14.5 mph average on a 14.5-mile course.
No issues reported. All riders made it back safely. The post ride mood was spirited and excited. It is heartening to see the groups gel, leaders rise, and the teachers teach.
Our next ride is Thursday, 6/8/23. The weather is looking to be pretty close to perfect with a start time temp of 73 and no rain. Winds will be out of the East AGAIN at 13 mph and gusting to 19 mph. The ride out will be fun and fast. The ride in will be made of suffering and hard work.
The Toledo Blade is sending a reporter out to the ride. So, if you can, wear your club jerseys! TAB, MVW, Flatlanders etc. This ride is sponsored by TAB but all are always welcome.
It’s official, Traci’s Bold Picante group is now part of the 5’fer family. Please pay close attention to the group numbers below.
Please use the online sign-up option for the ride and avoid the clipboards!! The link is below
https://toledo-area-bicyclists.ticketleap.com/2023-thursday-5fer/
Groups Ride Leaders
Group 1 (Hot1) AVG: 23+ mph, 26 mi Ben Groves
Group 2 (Hot2) AVG: 20-23 mph, 26 mi Tim Eckel
Group 3 (Xtra Spicy) AVG: 19-21 mph, 26 mi Doug Kilpatrick
Group 4 (Bold Picante) AVG 19-21 mph, 26 mi Traci Bash
Group 5 (Spicy+) AVG: 18-19.5 mph, 26 mi Keith M., Jeff Logsdon
Group 6 (Spicy) AVG: 16-18 mph, 26 mi No Drop Mark Maxwell, David Barret
Group 7 (GLR) - AVG: 14-16 mph, 20 mi No Drop ??
