It was a lovely day for a vintage ride, hot enough that it was nice to have a rest stop to replenish fluids for those with "Manly" bikes only having one or no bottle mounts. Starting on the W&OD (Washington and Old Dominion) rail trail we went several miles on the fairly congested trail (everyone was out enjoying the nice weather) until it got a bit more rural and cleared out, then switched to roads. The hills were flat enough for those of us riding fixed, the perfect terrain for the ASC ratios I'm running at the moment on my Jack Taylor path racer. Paul Raley brought another Jack Taylor full tourist setup that was as gorgeous as all the bikes he seems to own. Peter Kohl showed up with two of his Raleigh RRA's, one being ridden by a friend. Roy Drinkwater drove down with me. There was Marty Walsh riding his Olmo, Tom Rawson with his Rambouillet, and too many other people I just can't remember the names of with old timers desease settling in. Harvey Sachs showed up late in the afternoon with a Medici he wanted to sell. Wayne's wife MJ was telling me racing and bike stories while rolling along the route. Life was good!
We returned to Wayne's for apres' ride refreshments, good munchies,
many fine beers and sodas and good company. I felt like the guest who
wouldn't leave as a small cadre of us were there quite late, goodbyes
just seemed to take at least an hour or more. Thanks again Wayne and MJ
for a lovely time. I've got photos posted at
http://community.webshots.com/
Happy trails, and see a bunch of you at the Cirque' in a couple of weeks.
Dan Artley
Parkton, Maryland