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| Leverett Coop Parking Lot, the Meeting Grounds February 2, 2014 |
Super Bowl Sunday. The Virginian, Monsieur Rogue, and I agreed to meet at the Leverett Coop at 11:00. We are, collectively, Team Green, or perhaps Team Rasputin; we are all three registered for the Rasputitsa. We thought we'd get out and get some miles under our wheels; after all, the forecast was for mild temps and mostly dry. Perfect.
And it was mild. And milder still down in Sunderland, Hadley, and Hatfield along the Connecticut River. Everything looked like Flanders from 1916. We were wheel men out of time.
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| Sunderland, MA |
This was M. Rouge's second ride of the year; the Virginian's 6th and my 10th. We were ready for a long meander.
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| Hatfield, MA |
And all would have been fine had the predicted rain showers held off until later. They didn't. We crossed the Connecticut into Hatfield then into Whately and headed north. We were a little more than half way through when I felt the first vague drops. Oy. And it rained the rest of the way; at first only slightly but eventually more or less steadily.
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| Dubstoevsky, Deerfield, MA |
At one point we came to the huge pasture in Deerfield that's the start & finish of the D2R2 and decided to honor the spot by taking team portraits.
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| Where the D2R2 Starts |
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| Monsieur Rogue |
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| The Virginian |
Ride Stats: 42.18 miles (68k), 14.6 mph. almost three hours in the saddle. Low 40s temps, high thirties when we got back. Overcast, then rain.
Sacre bleu! il pleutet! A message sent by the goddess Connecticuttie, she tested your roadbike cojones, and you passed with flair honor and panache! That she will reward you - has probably already rewarded you with lamb livers and stout and exotic mushrooms - I am confident. Great pictures: Hercules Bros in the Field holding bikes aloft triumphantly. triptych. Allez you montagnards of MA, ride on!
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Dubstoyevsky!!
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Une promenade bien que c'était.
ReplyDeleteIt is a pleasure and honor to take to the road and battle such fine rouleurs!
Onward team Rasputin.
Rogue.
Ah Lescaret. Indeed It was a tout à droite kind of day,
ReplyDeleteTeam Rasputin will ride again soon !
Lantern Rogue
Wheel men! Allez! Reggae music, Russian novels, and long rides on finely-tuned bicycles. Sometimes even in the rain.
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