A Wet Sunday Ride

The KVBC ride on Sunday was warm and wet. The group of six started at the Laura E. Richards school on Rt. 201 in Gardiner and followed a shorter route than was originally planned. The pre-ride doppler radar showed a good sized storm bearing down on us and there was no reason to punish ourselves.

The rain started as soon as we began our tour through the back roads of Gardiner, Richmond and Litchfield.
Noteable roads being the New Road in Richmond which gives you a nice long (1 mile-ish) 3% decent; a Tour de France-like uphill switchback onto GrindStone Crank Road; a grape vinyard and views of Pleasant Pond.
We did get some dry weather towards the end and everyone had a great time.
Hopefully next year the loop to Bowdoinham won't get rained out.

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KVBC Saturday Ride

This past Saturday I led a group ride with the bike club I belong to (Kennebec Valley Bicycle Club). We had 10 riders show up, including myself and wife, for my loop through southern Kennebec Valley. The age range was 30 (wife) to 62. At the end of the day I had 50.11 miles. Wife had ~48, as I had to make a run back at one point for a woman who was WOEFULLY underprepared. I never did find her.

Here is a group pic.