Ahh....I'm jealous! Peter is a true "Mudder". The only way to fly.
Jack
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 1:37 PM, P.C. Kohler <kohl57@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2010 21:01:11 -0700 (PDT)
> From: John Ferguson <xrs2(AT)yahoo.com>
> Subject: [CR] 2011 Cirque
>
> "Not that I'm really expecting this to happen, but how about holding it
> somewhere easy to get to by mass transit?
>
> Seems ironic that a bike show is held somewhere that can only be gotten to
> by burning lots of fossil fuel. The selfish reason: I don't have a car or
> a license!
>
> John Ferguson
> New York, NY"
>
> Ah, but it is already near public transit, John! I don't drive. Never have.
> Never shall.
>
> I cycled to Cirque on Sunday from East Falls Church metro station to the
> Fair Grounds, about a 31-mile run on the superb W&OD cycle path. Rode my '75
> Gios Record and did it in about two hours. Exhibited my machine (even put a
> little sponge in my back pocket to clean the tyres off before showing her!)
> and, in advance of threatening clouds, cycled home. And, in full Brooklyn
> Team kit experienced a true "Sunday in Hell"... no fewer than three
> horrendous thunderstorms, had a lightening strike close to enough to feel
> the heat, got soaked to the point my wool jersey was practically down to my
> knees at the end, threw my rear wheel out of true, filthed my spotlessly
> groomed bike and, hooking up with three 20-something spandex and carbon
> roadies, had the ride of my life... I think we did the return in under an
> hour and a half. A near perfect Paris-Roubaix experience: fast, furious and
> filthy. And proof that a 35-year-old bike (and worse, a 52-year-old rider!)
> can
> still kick ass. It was almost as much fun as cycling out and back two
> years ago on my '72 Falcon in 103 deg heat.
>
> So accessible. You betcha. And a much better racing stage of a ride than
> any of the organised Cirque ones, I wager!
>
> Getting There is Half the Fun. It's the return that'll kill you.
>
> Peter Kohler
> Washington DC USA
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