Cleveland Cobbles reflections...

Just wanted to post a 'thank you' to everybody that came out to ride the 2nd annual Cleveland Cobbles ride. We had 20 riders out this year.

It was a day for flats. We had 5 in total. I was the first, and then the mayhem continued from there. One guy commented that we could do small crit races around the block while we wait. Not a bad idea. People began to peel off because of other commitments, the hurt, or they wanted to hurt more. The ride took just over 2 hours, and then getting stopped by a train on the way back put more of a time in.

It started off rather cool as four of us rode from my house, and then after the second climb the jacket was off. Before the second descent, I heard it. The hissing of my front tire. Glass. Fixed and back up and running, it didn't take too long for the flats to keep coming. Unfortunately no one could time their flats in front of Honey Hut, a bakery, or a bar. If I would have had another tube and Co2 I might have given myself another one just to stop and have a beer. As we passed the Clark bar twice, we were cheered on as if we were in a race. Maybe in the fall I'll put together a bar stop cobbles. Don't know how far we would get in the ride.

I could tell I need more time in the saddle. There were times where I felt like I was standing still as some climbed right pass me. So there were some monsters out there with us.

And the dust hasn't even settled on this ride, we are already talking of the next, and I know a Funk 50 is in the works. Join the twitter feed @renegade_cross to stay up to date on goings on & thank you again...