a classic queen bee ride...

Today we rode outside.


This will be another one of those boring basey road rides with pictures that aren't all that exciting.

It was outstanding. I have some great friends and teammates. Fuck it. These people are part of my family.
I am a lucky man.  Buddy, Kurtee, K-man, L-Web, Jeffy, Gunnar, Kyle, Jake, Charlie, Monkey, Ted Logic and Nancy rounded out a nice group of foks to ride with today...

Today we rode the classic queen b loop.  I was telling Gunnar, whether he wanted to hear it or not, this used to be a ride that was the learning grounds for many of the riders in our community. It was the place to learn to road race, to ride in a group. I pointed on the sections of the ride that were sprint lines and "peppy" sections.  I talked about the demise of the ride.
god I feel old. But fuck it, I like to pass on the stories. Sorry Gunnar, would have gotten Kyle, but you happened to be next to me in the pace-line when I started story telling...
Early in the ride, we rode past a church, and a large group of young ladies cheered and clamoured for us. Well, pretty obviously the cheers were for the the U25ers (Jeff, Jake, Gunnar and Kyle). However, they  were up front of the group doing the lions share of the work, and frankly missed the cheering. As masters riders it was our duty to acknowledge the young women. At the front, the young men kept the tempo pace moving.  K-man looked up at the rest of the masters men and said, "Rookies..."

we all laughed.


You know you can't do the Queen B ride with out the Queen B herself:
At the end of the ride Nancy smiled at Diane and I and said  "that was a great ride. Just like old times."
that was a good day.

I'm headed off to Buddy's Superbowl party this afternoon.

Rock and Roll.


respect.
fatmarc vanderbacon...