First Team Ride

Joel and David were already there and waiting when Jon and Lara and I pulled up in the car and they were more than patient as we got our shit together right there in the parking lot. It looked like it might just be the 5 of us, but Diane and Bob rolled up just as we were setting off. So that was the crew for the first unofficially official Veloce Velo team ride!

And what a day! We rolled down the lake under perfect skies and then we headed up through Newcastle hills to May Valley, and eventually on to Issaquah and a stop at the shop. Fortunately Joel was along and gave us the heads-up on some nasty road construction, and he was also able to differentiate between May Valley and Maple Valley, something that I couldn't do even though I was "leading" the ride.

The shop stop was longer than expected because after re-loading up on coffees at the Red Apple Market next door we oogled over all the amazing goods at Veloce. We kept the guys extra busy first thing on a Saturday morning with our coffee-fueled enthusiasm until Joel managed to finally bring us back to our senses so that we could continue our ride back to the start. Good times, and many more to come!

Will there be a team ride this next weekend? Many of the CX gangsters are taking advantage of a series weekend off to go to the Methow MTB Fest, so if a ride is to happen someone needs to step up? Let me know and I'll post it on the site.