Cocker Rides

Dear Readers,

This time of the year, I'm happy to lead some pretty amazing road rides out of my place. I'll say that I have a pretty consistent format and I think it helps maximize winter miles. Generally I plan out a route with a few challenging sections that folks can open it up on a bit, but at the end of the sections we always regroup, and then we ride steady to the next section. I like to think of these rides as Joe Cocker rides, meaning that "we all get by with a little help from our friends". The rides are generally pretty well attended. They are hard, but fun.

Today we had one of these rides. I got dropped a lot. Luckily, I'm surrounded by a great group of riding partners, and I was able to get home with a little help from my friends. The group today was Nick, Phil, Brandon, Dave, Shane, Buddy, Jay Jay, Consorto, Me, Eddie, Kurtee and TedLogic.

Here's a quick video of me getting dropped one of the "peppy" sectors:

and again:

The final "peppy" sector clears, we work together and drag my enormous carcass home. (thank you).

After the ride, my kind training partners were happy to help me with another of my projects, which was reducing the number of awesome winter/Christmas beers in my fridge!

what can I say, I get by with a little help from my friends...

thanks for reading....

respect
Vanderbacon