2009 VASA Bike Ride

2009 VASA Bike Ride
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[Eric_W.]

It was a lot of fun yesterday! Good timing, too. Would have been tough in the snow!

A friend of mine and I went for the kort Vasa which turned out to be 20.5 miles instead of 15.5. Plus the return trips to Arlington/ Alexandria and we had ourselves a nice Sunday ride. My feet were ice blocks but otherwise it was a great experience.

I also met a few nice people and we had a cool group of five riders who found their way through parts of DC I did not know existed.

Vasa 2010 will be on my calendar!

[Rootchopper]

You must have missed out on the hand and feet warmers that WABA handed out at the registration table(courtesy of REI).I did the 28-mile Halv Vasa. The roads were no problem. I was comfortable for the entire ride. And the blueberry soup was tasty.

[Eric_W.]

The only thing that was cold were my feet. (Lobster Claws rule!) I did not see how taking off my booties and shoes to apply the warmers would have been effective for me... ;-)

If I had a recommendation, I would hope that maybe WABA would distribute the cue sheets beforehand for the next ride.

[Rocky6]

Missed the soup again! Suffered flat tire fiasco on the 56-miler. Two tubes failed, cold temps prevented patching, so walked into Bethesda, bought more tubes, but too much time had passed so I headed home. Still put in 50+, but jonesing for the soup. Next year.

[Lee Watkins]

Who's riding the matching creme-color Kronans? Nice!!!

[Rocky6]

The great Swedish bikes were contributed to the embassy last week, according to one staffer. They were immaculately brand new and gorgeous.

[Megabeth]

Hi Eric - Glad to know I was one of the "cool group of five riders!" By the way, my feet have finally sufficiently thawed...that's because I'm on day 7 of a trip to Hawaii!