(You know you have a cycling problem when... the Monongahela Sheetz ranks as a destination.)
2011-08-29 23:30:53
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Monday 09/05/2011: Non-laborious ride to the south
Feels like a nice day for a (mostly) flat trip down to the Monongahela Sheetz and back.
Roughly 65 miles, less than 2000' of climbing, and plenty of post-industrial wreckage at which to gawk.
10 AM, bike rental on the Jail Trail. RSVPs via PM or email (dan.blumenfeld gmail) are appreciated.
2011-08-29 22:54:40
Yes, people should do this ride! Thanks Dan for organizing.
2011-08-29 23:58:54
Hey, it's a very nice Sheetz!
2011-08-29 23:59:47
I'm pretty sure that 99% of randonneurs have a Sheetz fetish.
2011-08-30 00:07:18
Just fyi. I just invited other triathletes. This will be better than Shakes the Clown vs the mimes.
2011-08-30 00:20:56
Jail, industrial wreckage, and the Mon Sheetz. Does it get any better?!?
Ok. The Gauntlet has been thrown. I bet I can put together a uber scenic 200K in my neck of the woods that doesn't include any of those. Ok, it will include a Sheetz, but not the Mon Sheetz.
It's like the proverbial tree in the woods, if you ride a 200K and nobody else shows up, did it actually happen?
2011-08-30 00:46:35
@tomh: Ah, but will you attract an adoring train of tri-dork groupies to your central PA 200K?
2011-08-30 00:54:20
Tri dorks typically care little for scenery. At least scenes above contact patch level, that is. But I love tri dorks nonetheless. One of my best friends is a tri-dork.
Note to self: stop using the term tri-dork.
2011-08-30 01:01:34
95% sure I'll be there
2011-08-30 01:04:36
The bike leg of an iron distance race is 112 miles so a 200k is a perfect training ride. We'll be the ones changing into our running shoes afterwards.
And I rest my case that randos can't stay away from Sheetz.
2011-08-30 03:22:06
Guilty as charged, WRT Sheetz anyway.
Personally, I prefer to just put my feet up, after the second 200K of the day. But I shan't criticize those who stop halfway to go jogging instead. 
2011-08-30 15:50:52
I'm loling bc I posted a link to this forum page when I posted about this ride in the tri club forum. So if they do bother to come here they'll be called dorks and have to read through posts of Dan and I teasing each other. haha!
**Attention triathletes: we are just kidding. You will be welcomed here. Dan can ride much farther than any of us on a fully loaded recumbent bike with a coffee cup in the bottle holder. We must deal with this fact. It's not an easy thing to do, I know.**
2011-08-30 18:37:37
Heh.
**Attention, triathletes. The only people in this thread who have used the term tri-dork ride recliners, so consider the source before taking offense.**
2011-08-30 18:45:20
On the other hand, those of us that are true dorks are appalled by the insinuation that athletic, adventuresome types might be associated with us.
Just sayin'.
*goes back to playing with HP calculator*
2011-08-30 19:01:16
top for tomorrow.
I am out if it's going to rain all day. But hopefully it'll just be overcast.
All paved, no crushed limestone -- right Dan?
2011-09-04 09:44:31
I might want to go on this.
2011-09-04 14:53:44
Forecast as of more-or-less now is saying that showers tomorrow are mostly expected to be in the morning...figure we'll play it by ear, but as things stand now I intend to be at the ride start regardless. An abort to "sodden coffee cruise" is always a possibility.
[ETA:] And yes, it's expected to be pretty much all paved. Wet limestone is de Debil.
2011-09-05 01:17:08
Looks like I'll be able to make it. See you guys there.
2011-09-05 02:57:10
Given the current and forecasted weather, I'm gonna call this one off. Apologies for the late notice...I was being unwarrantedly optimistic that the weather wouldn't turn to poop.
2011-09-05 13:22:19
I went for my own soggy 33 miles in the rain. Was about 31 too many.
2011-09-06 00:36:09