Hey Seth!Chris, your friendly PMC Mechanic here.Congrats at another great ride!My Saturday was good. Got in before the food tents closed for the first time in 10 years (yea, it's been that long)Sunday wasn't so lucky. Last rider didn't finish until 4pm. Older gent on a 3 wheel Delta Trike. Averaged about 7-8 mph. We skipped the side roads from Wellfleet to p-town heading up Rt. 6 to make it easier on him. LONG day. Never gave up. Man has survived a gun shot wound, heart attack, cancer, and a stoke and still did well over 150 miles in two days. AK0081 if you want to stick a little something in his kitty. His wife ride with him the whole way. She'd go ahead, stop and let him catch up, move ahead...I use my bike to sweep the canal and rail trail, so after doing the rail trail, I just rode along with him to keep him company. Rode with him all the way to Wellfleet. Real family outing as his kids and her brother were also riding. Team Generations. When I'm that age, I hope I can still ride no matter what speed I do. (^_^)By the way, next time you get bad water, just flag down a van, we all keep water and gatoraid on ice. And I always have at least a case of both left over each year and I use the most of all the vans as I try to refresh the riders at the end between stops so that I can both get them fresh cold drinks and monitor their fluids.Was a really wacky year for the mechanics. Lots of odd repairs. Never fixed one flat, but replaced a saddle, derailer, many adjustments, and even a chain. Were 8 tire sidewall blowouts. In the previous 9 years I've heard of one. Just all kinds of odd stuff.Knee healed well after last year, but broke my foot earlier this year. Still did my 50 mile hill ride for the few PMC riders in my area in early July - in the pouring rain! Didn't have many happy riders on that trip. I loved it. Dress right, and rain isn't a big deal. Then again, the only way to know is to do it.Had to cater to Team 9 a little Saturday night ("yes, we'd like our bikes delivered to our hotel so we can start from here") The four of us (2 guys, 2 girls) were way overtired when we delivered the bikes and helmets at 11pm. (and yea I was up again at 4am) as one of the girls said "I touched the saddle that touched the butt of Kurt Shilling's wife!" Never met the riders (they are in bed already) but rather their hysteric personal assistant. *sigh* *think of the money they bring in...*Basically, your pretty normal PMC weekend. (^_^)
