and those legendary (in their own mind?) riders
were;
ken sallot
kdogg
mike robinson
and jason o
!

and they looked like hell coming in i must say

On Tue Aug 24 14:19:48 EDT 2010, Ken Sallot <ken@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

<blockquote style="border-left: #5555EE solid 0.2em; margin: 0em; padding-left: 0.85em">This is just a friendly reminder that neither rain, nor sleet,
nor snow, nor humidity, nor heat, nor tropical storms will
prevent the A-Riders from participating in the /3rd Annual
Tsunami Century*/ commemorating the ride of four valiant (and
stupid?) warriors through Tropical Storm Fay.

The plan: Meet at the NW Chevron at 7AM to ride the Santa Fe
Course.  There will be a stop in Watermelon Park.  There will be
a hard rotation.  There may be antics after the stop.

_About the A-Riders_
A group that strives to maintain a very high level of fitness and
enhance their capability to accelerate quickly and to maintain
high rates of speed over long distances. These rides can be very
fast, and do not necessarily make rest stops.

The group will usually start riding into the wind. It sometimes
splits into two rides, one rather short and the other perhaps
quite long; know which ride the person you are following is going
on! If the group stops at a store, it will be 25 to 50 miles into
the ride.

While the riding pace will vary, on some days there will be times
when the pace of the ride will exceed 25 MPH. The overall average
speed for the entire ride usually will fall between 19 and 22
MPH. To attain these speeds, the riders use several different
pace line formations; riders should be comfortable with single
and double pace lines and be able to ride echelons and rotating
pace lines. Riders who cannot maintain the pace of the ride
normally fall off the back of the ride; occasionally several will
be able to form a second pack, but often a dropped rider will be
on their own for the return trip to Gainesville. The group may
stop if you have a flat or other mechanical problem, but do not
count on it.

Occasionally (especially toward the end of the ride) some riders
will sprint to be the first to reach city limits and county line
signs. Sprint speeds will sometimes exceed 30 MPH. Sometimes the
entire group will accelerate to rejoin the sprinters, resulting
in higher speed levels for a period of time. When this occurs the
ride will frequently split into several groups and single riders
may be left behind. When the group splits you cannot count on it
reforming.

Group membership is open to all Gainesville Cycling Club members.
To join, sign in to the Members Area, go to the My Riding block,
and click on "Join A Group".

Hope to see you there!

Ken

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--
Scott D. Erker
PhD Candidate, University of Florida
Department of Anthropology
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