RP2IPBP

A grey fully overcast humid windy 15C warm morning. Wet leaves spread all over minor roads -- extra attention for that. Py decided the RP2IPBP ride is a go and meet w C at 9am at Tildas for the old RP2IPBP ride.

On the way he had to stop for this view...

at Iron Pear Beach Park... a grey background





an good decent just right ride to prepare for Trevors.

Visit of Tildas at end of the ride and
one lap around the block to complete 12 WP points -- needless to say, this lap adds also 80hm.

10k Bluestones...

Drizzel, warm, wet, high humidity, slippery leaves, just messy on the road. Py put in a few lunch time runs...

This is his favorite route w/o warmup/cooldown and meeting at the reactor sections -- scenic back roads within the quite woods of the Camp.

Road Ride Lunch

This nice warm and sunny morning at the time he was up to close his gate before driving to the Camp, Py spontaneously decided to get quickly back in and grab his road bike and stuff in expectancy of some one would think a like and would be up for a quick lunch time ride at noon.

So it came, and Py meet up with Trevor at the old reactor building. A great day for good ride, a perfect pace.


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Trevors race (ride) #1

The first Sunday of November kicked off the change from EBs to Trevors route or ride... same core riders, hillier route, no stop, similar distance, later start at 8:30 for the winter season.

This morning and basically all day it was pretty chilly, clear sky and windy, 4C as Py left his house to ride the 16km on mostly North Country to the start in Port Jeff at 112. He got quickly to the start and was early, he had tail wind.

All he got were a few photos of the riders at the start -- the assembled riders were mostly some of the stronges out here on LI -- getting interesting...

From Trevors

So far so good, 8:30 they rolled out of the parking lot and got moving pretty fast for the first section out easy on North Country, flying over the seamingly not existing hills, Py felt good so far and was may be little too excited and took some good pulls... they passed some riders fixing (a flat?) of the 8:12 started group. Pulling again out to Boy-Scout-Hill into the wind little too long, Py got little behind but caught back up to the little slowing group shortly before Osborne.
Turning into Osborne with some tail wind (12mph NNE) they started racing at up/over 50km/h what did gave Py a hard time to hang on, not yet recovered from the catch up and as they aproached the light at Old Country he still was close, the group passed the light just at the end of the green phase and Py lost even more time at the red light :-(
In the mean while Py joined up with S. who also got behind. They continued as a duo team, so that was good. On mill they caught two more dropped riders, one was K. They just tagged on... Taking turns again on Mill, a differen slower group ride came along opposide direction on mill, telling they were 30sec behind -- well, true or not, no way to catch up with the "big" guys.

Two riders bailed out (home?) early, so only K. and Py were left, Py took one long pull the long way back back to North Country, from where he rode back this same road again as he came, roade out and now back. It seamed the arctic cold wind was always in Pys face and it did not warmed up at all.

The Ride stats - almost 70mi:

CP laps

Saturday morning about 8:15, not yet sure what's up for the day, Py got up and checked mail and figured it was already 8:20... and his buddies wanted to ride CP at 9am.... welllllll, hurry up, quick Cappuccino, splashing some water in the face, grabbing all the stuff, dressing up and putting the big bike in the car, skippin breakfast, and taking a few Cliff bars and water... he drove to CP and arrived in time.

A very nice day was just starting out slightly chilly but good for short sleeves and pants to start out, great. They stared out at a good pace and kept going form half way at good, but little more moderate pace enjoying the ride.

One lap down, quick snack, they decided to go for one more, still getting nicer :-)

Two laps down, quick 2nd snack and one more, but just the dolly lap for cool down.

Three laps down. Nice ride guys....

Back home after some shopping, house work and other stuff... Py finally got his "breakfast" in just little delayed.

Chilln' and missed birds

Due to stupidity Py missed the birds :-( However, he had friends visiting and they did the motorized scenic North South Fork tour, a great day -- for what so ever.

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RP2IPBP - the original

This afternoon some rain was expected. Quick last minute decision this morning was to go for the RP2IPBP ride with M. Weather and temperature was perfect, little high humidity, overcasted, windy. They meet at Tildas as usual and went out the usual route, in case of early weather changes they had the option to take the short way back.

Some efforts going east, strong South or SE winds, but no big deal -- just pushing air. As they got to IPBP even the sun came out, really nice. So the they returned via mill, the ole regular original route back. Flying North... back home was fun. 2h40' (just counting time from Tildas) for the ride with two and wind, not bad. Py did a lot of pulls.... good ride.

Jim Thorpe & SGL Rock Gardens

This past weekend Py escaped from the Island and went for a road trip to Jim Thorpe, PA. A very scenic drive out west

to Jim Thorpe:

Arriving at JT unexpected crowds and a fully with cars saturated small but lovely set village at the Lehigh Gorge was found.


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As there was the annual foliage festival weekend and some special train rides going on.

But beyond the city limits is was quite.

Seen that, Py got out of that crowds to find and explore the State Game Lands just little past JT on 93.

1st day, Broad Mtn Loop in SGL. An easy MTB ride, little rolling rough double track,

a few sections of rocky single track,

leading to more and

more great vistas:

2nd day, Py wanted to find out about the legendary network of single track hidden in SGL.

some nice easy winding narrow single track, but the look may be missleading, it got more and more technical to the end

hidden unter a dense cover of leaves more and more rocks all over...

Almost like some one put them there to decorate a garden, but they were just every where spread out... good (cross) skills training.