No matter what, BLAME PERGOLIZZI !!!
Well, Pergolizzi is very busy right now (do YOU ever talk about YOURSELF
in the third person omniscient?) , the box man having delivered his
specialty of "empty" flats. Now, we get to fill them. Along with the 15
classic bicycles (Confente, Cinelli, Masi, Benotto, Frejus, Hurlow, Cotten,
Baylis....BAYLIS...holy cannoli Batboy, how did he get in there? Stow
away!).
Personally , I think the suffering will have to go UP a notch. Or two.
Not down. What great pleasure to make some one else hurt! Ha! Got my
cherries handed to me today; twice. A fella by the name of George dropped
my arse 2x. Huh? What? George is F.I.T. And Central Park 110th Street
hill just doesn't get flatter. And the older I get , the faster I was.
No matter what, I sure is jealous of dem Southern Californian dudes
and dudets this past Sunday. Wish I coulda been there. Congrats Mattie. (I
still remember that first bear hug at The Cirque in 02'). Reading the Troll
Report is almost as good. I've been on this ride and that ferry crossing is
mighty purdy. ( Ferrari "Enzo" maybe; sick car) I implore all to get to
SoCal and hang for a while and ride. And I just might do a "Charles" and
take the next one soft and light; just to enjoy "the scenery".
By the way, that newer Raleigh Pro w/ the shifter braze-ons; that's one
good ride'n bike--- road and crit. Less rake, oval blades; if I only
needed another bike.
ciao,
John T.Pergolizzi
N.Y., N.Y.
>
> Charles,
>
> You are absolutely correct. Not everyone has ants in their pants on our
rides. It should be made known that if you show up to one of our
gathersings, you will NEVER regret it! We have a blast, you can ride either
way and have first class company. Personally, I haven't quite had enough of
suffering behind someone's rear wheel at age 50. I actually like to suffer
on the bike, it reminds me of my youth! The time may be soon for me to bring
the suffering down a notch; since Sargent Pergolizzi id due in town shortly.
He tells me that he's bringing his whip and cattle prod! OUCH! But if it
works, I expect the complaints about not being able to draft me will
increase tenfold! Don't blame me, BLAME PERGOLIZZI!!
>
> Also, the summer is a better time to slow down and take in the sights on
our coastal rides in my opinion, for obvious reasons! It isn't thong season
yet!
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA
>
> -- chasds@mindspring.com wrote:
> I have to append one brief note to Brian's story.
>
> On the way back, north of Huntington Beach, at
> Huntington Cliffs, I slowed down, and the group
> took off into the blue distance.
>
> I generally like riding in the group for these things..
> everyone is wearing fine vintage jerseys and riding ultra-cool
> bikes, and it's great fun to take it all in, especially in
> all the beautiful golden California sun we've had lately--we've
> had an extraordinarily beautiful winter, brief, intense storms
> followed by week, after week, of flawless, cool, crisp, perfectly
> sunny days. Not even much smog, and none along the coast.
>
> Now that I've managed to get the eastern CR group gnashing
> their teeth (I lived in NE Ohio for 12 years, I *know*)... you'll
> understand why I slowed down. I spent plenty of time in my
> racing days looking down at someone else's wheel at high speed.
>
> Sunday, I just wanted to enjoy the surfers, who were lucky to
> have a fine big north swell rolling in...the sun glinting on the water,
> the perfect clear sky, the light sea breeze. The bright colors of sea
> and sky and vegetation.
>
> Just as I was hitting Bolsa Chica State Park (home of some quite
> lovely wetlands), who should come up behind me but Scott Smith
> on his spectacular new Saronni-era, candy-red, Colnago Super,
> Alan Schmidt (If I got your name wrong, Alan, my apologies), on
> what I can't remember, and Dennis Stover on his pretty mid-70s
> tomato-red Masi.
>
> We decided to practice our slow-motion sprint for the rest of the
> ride, and we thoroughly enjoyed the road, the bikes, and
> the surroundings, until we rolled into the dwelling of
host-extraordinaire,
> Jay van de Veldt.
>
> If anyone is out this way, and we're doing one of these rides, come with
us!
> If you don't have a bike with you, no problem, we'll find you one!
> Great group, great bikes, and the best weather in the world, I'm convinced
> (other than maybe somewhere on the coast of Chile, or Portugal. Africa
> may have some weather like this on their west coast, but I imagine the
> roads aren't too great, not to mention the dearth of pasta joints)
>
> And, most important, not all of us hammer. Some of us enjoy the
> scenery..
>
> Charles "from SoCal and proud of it" Andrews
> SoCal