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Stan has been planning this trip for months.  I have been planning to go for months.  Did this mean I was prepared?  Nope.  Days before the trip I realize that I am short on stamina (only did 2 long rides this year), maitenance (really bad chain and some speedo/odo issues), and gear (crappy helmet, deficient [...]

The weather looked really bad Friday night.  I almost cancelled this ride.  But when I woke up and checked doppler radar, all the Tstorms veered west and the weather looked crystal clear. The moring went well, but in the afternoon we kept running into Tstorms and passing areas that just got hit, leaving the roads [...]