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Liar, Liar

Welcome to the club, fellow prevaricators. Don’t forget to add these gems to our growing vocabulary of sneaky things roadies say (and what we really mean):

“It’s not that hilly”
Translation: This climb lasts longer than a presidential campaign. Be careful on the steep sections or you’ll fall over – backward. You only have a 39x23 low gear?.....Here’s the name of my knee surgeon.

“This energy bar tastes like real food”
Translation: This energy bar tastes like real dog food.

“It’s not that windy”
Translation: Yes, that was a mobile home cartwheeling by. No, they’re not supposed to be that mobile.

“I was just riding along when it broke”
Translation: I rode down a flight of stairs on my 398-gram race wheels. I drove into the garage with my bike on the roof. I decided to save weight by filing the rails on my saddle.

“This is a no-drop ride”
Translation: I’ll need an article of your clothing. It’s for the search-and-rescue dogs.

“The proprietary Carbonium tubing yields a stiff yet compliant ride”
Translation: This bike feels exactly like the 14 gazillion others produced in a monster factory in Taiwan, but our marketing guy had to come up with something to justify the $4,000 price tag.

“It’s not that far”
Translation: Yes, it is.

"Let’s just go easy today"
Translation: hair on fire, can’t breathe, tasting blood, narrowed vision.

This Weeks Rides - TBD, Thursday, 5/27 & Gun/Green Lake, Saturday, 5/29

Thursday, 5/27 - Ride Specifics:

Road Riders:
Essential Bean
Date: Thursday, 5/27
Distance: 25-30 miles
Start Time: 6:00pm
Finish Time: 7:30pm
Start Location: Behind Essential Bean Complex - 8980 N Rodgers Ct Se , Caledonia, Michigan, 49316

Map Route: TBD

Saturday, 5/29 - Ride Specifics:

A & B Group
Gun & Green Lake
Date: Saturday, 5/29
Distance: 30 to 40 miles
Start Time: 7:30am
Finish Time: 9:45am
Start Location: Behind Essential Bean Complex - 8980 N Rodgers Ct Se , Caledonia, Michigan, 49316

Gun Lake Route

or

Green Lake Road Ride Date: Saturday, 5/29
Distance: 30 miles
Start Time: 7:30am
Finish Time: 9:30am
Start Location: Behind Essential Bean Complex - 8980 N Rodgers Ct Se , Caledonia, Michigan, 49316

Green Lake Route

For more details, click on the Google Calendar link:

This Weeks Rides - TBD, Thursday, 5/13 & Gun/Green Lake, "Ride Time Change" Saturday, 5/15

Thursday, 5/13 - Ride Specifics:

Road Riders:
Essential Bean
Date: Thursday, 5/13
Distance: 25-30 miles
Start Time: 6:00pm
Finish Time: 7:30pm
Start Location: Behind Essential Bean Complex - 8980 N Rodgers Ct Se , Caledonia, Michigan, 49316

Map Route: TBD

NOTE: Ride Time Change! Now that it's getting lighter in the morning we're going to start 15 minutes earlier.

Saturday, 5/15 - Ride Specifics:

A & B Group
Gun & Green Lake
Date: Saturday, 5/15
Distance: 30 to 40 miles
Start Time: 7:30am (NOTE RIDE TIME CHANGE)
Finish Time: 9:45am
Start Location: Behind Essential Bean Complex - 8980 N Rodgers Ct Se , Caledonia, Michigan, 49316

Gun Lake Route

or

Green Lake Road Ride Date: Saturday, 5/15
Distance: 30 miles
Start Time: 7:30am (NOTE RIDE TIME CHANGE)
Finish Time: 9:30am
Start Location: Behind Essential Bean Complex - 8980 N Rodgers Ct Se , Caledonia, Michigan, 49316

Green Lake Route

For more details, click on the Google Calendar link:

This Weeks Rides - TBD, Thursday, 5/6 & Segwun, Saturday, 5/8

Thursday, 5/6 - Ride Specifics:

Road Riders:
Essential Bean
Date: Thursday, 5/6
Distance: 25-30 miles
Start Time: 6:00pm
Finish Time: 7:30pm
Start Location: Behind Essential Bean Complex - 8980 N Rodgers Ct Se , Caledonia, Michigan, 49316

Map Route: TBD

Saturday, 5/8 - Ride Specifics:

A & B Group
Segwun & Morse Lake Date: Saturday, 5/8
Distance: 30 to 40 miles
Start Time: 7:45am
Finish Time: 9:45am
Start Location: Behind Essential Bean Complex - 8980 N Rodgers Ct Se , Caledonia, Michigan, 49316

Again this week, both groups will start together and split on Grand River Avenue.

A Group - Grand River & Segwun Route

B Group - Grand River & Morse Lake Route