Steve Peplinski reports about glowing conditions and a fab ride. Jason K's jersey shows why the Italian's are so good with fashion.
This is as good as it gets" said Andy as he slid past me in the left side of our huge rotating pace line on Nicolet drive. He wasn't just repeating a trite phrase popularized in a beer commercial. He was stating a fact. 72 degrees. No wind. Traffic free smooth pavement. A view of the setting sun over Green Bay to our right. And a well oiled pace line with over a dozen riders smoothly rotating while maintaining a speed in the neighborhood of 22 mph. How could it get any better? This morning as I was jogging, I was reflecting on that question. Tuesday was special because the "as good as it gets" moment lasted so long. We rode together as a group for the whole ride, but we WORKED together all the way down Nicolet. When we hit Benderville (that's the uphill that follows the 35 mph downhill just past the Red Rocket) Jason shot to the front, leading us up at 26 mph. Certainly maintaining 26 mph up that hill qualifies as an AGAIG climbing moment for me, but when Jason soft pedaled at the top (I had to feather the brakes behind him to stay in line) and we slowed to 22 so that riders who may have been dropped on the hill could re-group, I knew it was a special ride. The Perfect Ride. Steve
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