Tom Schroeder, Mike Finger, and Jim Schroeder raced through Nashville and onto Stonehead where we turned west on Bellesville Pike. The newbies enjoyed this new road and scenery. We came upon a group of 20 cyclists going east toward Story Wine Festival, and a few of them were old friends of Jim from Ft Wayne. Small world! We thanked them for stimulating southern Indiana economy and headed to Columbus for lunch at Papa's Deli. Tom told us of another stop downtown, an authentic soda fountain just a block south of Papa's. Mike flatted due to some rough pavement on Hoover Rd as we heard some thunder rumbling. The skies emptied just before Bean Blossom as we rode the last 25 miles in light showers.
I was just thinking, if there were only 10 riders and 3 of us did the century, that's 30%. What a great turnout for the first C ride!
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