At about 7am, Mattituck North Fork Bank, registration -- he dropped off a check for some paperwork... several off his buddies were around already.
To the riders surprise -- and little discomfort -- all day parking was a miles and a bit further east at Mattituck High school. Moving back out and driving there, he got ready to ride and rode back again to the Bank. A growing number of riders gathered -- intending to ride the 100mi or may be the 135mi PyZahl was prepared for?
Some delays at the mobile bathroom, well, there are also trees around to help speed up things...
And finally the group rolled off the start and formed a decent sized pace line -- PyZahl remembered 11 names and about 10 (or few more) riders in colorful jerseys he can not call by name??? The group moved pretty good along passing several riders at warm up speed -- George seams to be pretty happy smiling and loud singing... that was funny.
A few more turns and a good pace was set, going east and all the way north along most scenic roads out there making ot way to the Ferry in Greenport.
Somewhere at the end of Sound View Ave and the turn on North Rd PyZahls rear wheel must have picked up a fairly big peace of glass and a gentle hissing forced a first flat stop at the turn into Albertson Ln :-( However, PyZahl cannot complain, as he even did not remember his last flat, must be way over 3000mi in the past -- that's lucky, isn't it?
So he fixed that, one tube down out of two, and pumped to it with his new (not yet in-field used ROAD G master blaster to a good 105psi) -- that worked great -- and all ready to roll again.
1st ferry: Ferry Greenport to Shelter Island....
On Shelter island the tour wound a little around the slightly hilly island and PyZahl had some fun to pull the group for a good part of the ride to the 2nd ferry and food stop. As they arrived the boat just took off and there was little of time for more photos, getting tickets and some food and drinks ;-)
From here the route went south and little further the group split up into 100/135mi and 65mi, here at the 100mi food stop.
BTW, a big thank you to all the SBRA volunteers preparing Peanut butter Jelly sandwiches and keeping everything well stocked!
Dave seamed all happy...
So, who is doing the 135mi? Only one more, hmmm, that's not so much fun and well then not today. From here one more long section winding along the East Hamptons to the last food stop - almost back :-)
From here it all flew by in no time and it seamed like quick home run...PS: Thanks to all and especially the SBRA voluntary crew made it happen again
We all had a great day, a pretty fast pace and perfect weather!
PPS: Here are now the ride map and statistics:
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