In a summer of rain and storms a hot, humid day seems like good weather to us, so I had planned on doing the Shutesbury ride to celebrate our good fortune. At 6:00 ride time we had a smallish group of 15 riders set for the trip. I was glad to see that Sir James and Curt were in attendance as that gave me hope that I would be able to do this ride. I left the shop in the middle of the pack and rode to the Esleeck Hill where gravity took over and I rocketed to the bottom of the hill in first place. 

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There were dark clouds on the western horizon as 6:00 ride time arrived but a quick check with the weather radar seemed to suggest that the storms were not going to make it here. So the riders who gathered for tonight’s trip, emboldened by that radar screen, agreed to head out for the planned 20 mile loop. The group that included Sir James, Tim Luippold, Todd Seager, Bruce Mainville, Mally-O, Joe Kayan, Sean Kelly, Bonnie Losick, Patrick and Kathy Jaques, Bad Bob, Paul Billings, Keith Olson (Mr. Miyata) and myself set off to do the ride. 

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I haven’t been out on my MTB in a couple of weeks and for that matter I really haven’t put in a big effort to do so because I have been so busy at the shop. It is usually a matter of time not interest…but that is my issue. Anyway, I planned on riding at Wendell this evening and at 6:00 I was ready to head out the door when Knoepfchen walks in with her bike in pieces. It seems that she could not get her wheel into the frame and after a quick check I found that she needed to leave the bike for repairs. She really wanted to ride so I hooked her up with a demo bike and after loading it into the Red Rocket, we were off to Wendell. 

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