Parleys Canyon Riders: Another Lost Sheep

Bikers learn early on that riding in a Paceline is key to saving time and energy. However, for some of the PCRs this lesson is a difficult one to learn. Mr. MBA/The Mechanic has been trying to teach BIG MAN all week the proper process for signaling when you want to have someone take over the PULL. BIG MAN has been working hard at this and started to get "tennis elbow" so has decided to ride in the back and not have to worry about the "chicken wing" signaling.

Yesterday's ride, like last week's, was another lesson of what happens when you don't stay with the group. (There was a sighting of Coach Craig riding alone to avoid being left alone.) Prez. Hale, stayed-up until midnight watching "The Founder", the story of Ray Kroc, and woke up at 4:00 AM so excited to ride the proposed route to Henefer and back. Let's just say, Prez. Hale has had better rides. The discussion of what was learned from Mr. Kroc was an interesting one that BIG MAN and Prez. Hale had prior to reaching Big Mtn summit. He even shared the TATS prior to reaching the summit.

All people dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind, wake up in the morning to find that it was vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous people, for they dream their dreams with their eyes open, and make them come true.

- D. H. Lawrence-

Focused as he sometimes can get, Prez. Hale opted not to stop and continued his ride down to East Canyon... "What's The Deal"??? The three left behind said, "No problem, we can catch him on the downhill", which they did. As they pulled off into East Canyon like they ALWAYS DO, Prez. Hale, rode by again and said, "I'll meet you at GRUMPS", a store named after bikers that only get fours hours of sleep. The three being left behind again, stopped for water and a quick snack and continued their ride towards Henefer. After reaching Hogback Summit and still NO Prez. Hale, a joint decision due to time to get back for HONEY DOs was made to turn around.

Prez. Hale finally made it home, but learned that four hours of sleep and riding alone is NO FUN. The others worked in tandem to ride up the back side of Big Mtn, well the older of the two did, while younger legs, Queen of Wraps, waited at the summit talking to fancy car owners trying to figure out how he can buy one of those. The ride down Emigration was a treat, as the trio ran into a celebrity couple and stopped for pictures, of course.

YIPPY SKPPY

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