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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
Posts: 19068
Location: PDX

10/4/20 11:09 AM

Guess them blokes riding Raid Rockingham

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dfcas
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 2815
Location: hillbilly heaven

10/4/20 5:00 PM

Uncle

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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5096
Location: Nashua, NH

10/5/20 5:49 AM

Was that last year's event, or people out on their own on the course this year?
I remember that section, as there was a lot of jockeying for position and people flatting left and right.

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Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
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Location: PDX

10/5/20 9:32 AM

Dan Emery sent it up:

"Last Sunday I met Rick Hardy and a friend of his in NH and rode the course of Raid Rockingham, a fairly hard gravel event we did a few years ago. At least it seemed harder now than it did then....a few 15% dirt climbs. And a lot more washboard than before. Good to push it a little though."

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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6884
Location: Maine

10/5/20 3:12 PM

Fun Ride

Funny thing, I didn’t consider this ride very hard when I did it about 5 years ago, but it seemed hard enough last week. I don’t think it’s because I’m older, but because I haven’t ridden nearly as much or as hard.

I don’t know if it was the drought or what, but there was much rougher washboard this year, and the short “cyclocross” section seemed a bit funkier.

It’s a nice course, and I felt I could ride it fairly decent with more prep.

Also nice to have a sandwich outside with real people.

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Brian Nystrom
Joined: 26 Jan 2004
Posts: 5096
Location: Nashua, NH

10/6/20 7:20 PM

That's one of our favorite rides. It's plenty hard, but not brutal and the weather is generally good when it's normally run. The course has a bit of everything in it and they put on a nice feed at the end. Hopefully, it will be back next year.

And Dan, nothing feels as easy as it did 5 years ago...even laying on the couch and watching TV is harder now!

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Garvin
Joined: 12 Jan 2004
Posts: 193
Location: NH Seacoast

10/7/20 8:14 PM

Where was my invite?

It's a great course being a lot of the roads I ride in my 'hood. But not riding regularly enough these days to attempt to try and hold anyone's wheels. Maybe a TTF reunion next year would be cause to get my arse in gear. I think the last time I saw Dan was as at D2R2 probably 10 years ago.

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dan emery
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 6884
Location: Maine

10/8/20 5:44 AM

Hey Garvin

Great to hear from you. You definitely get an invite next time, and a reunion next year sounds great. I didn’t realize you were right in that area. Don’t have to worry about holding my wheel at this point, a bit into the ride I was a one man gruppetto...Let’s all resolve to ride more.

And I don’t think it was quite 10 years ago....

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