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Never did catch back up, which was surprising to me because we were pushing fairly hard, vs a large number of people not all of whom were in the best of shape but did have the benefit of drafting behind Jens, Andy, and a car. I'm not convinced they didn't take a shorter route back than we did though. All in all, a nice ride, beautiful day (by Wisconsin standards; probably low 80s and high humidity by bay area standards but pretty moderate out here) and best of all, they were serving Brats at the end!
I was hoping to have Jens or Andy sign my brother Steve's jersey as we were riding though, something they wouldn't buy into, thinking it might be a bit too risky. Even had a wide felt tip pen with me! Would have made for a great photo, but maybe some other time.
One interesting memory from the ride- shortly before my flat, Andy drops back for a "natural break" (taking a leak). When he returns, instead of riding up the left side of the group, he's out there in the gravel on the right shoulder. Yikes. No big deal to him. I'm thinking shredded tires, crashing in gravel, nothing good comes from riding off the side of the road. But these are the same guys you see putting on jackets while flying downhill through corners at 50mph. --Mike--
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