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SUMMARY:The drop ride.
CONTACT:Mark (usually seen on a tall bike)
DESCRIPTION:DROP RIDE.\n\nEDIT///   We will ride 6 top 10 laps of the 
 circle on the top of ladds after the first climb to regroup\, and after 
 the second ascent of rocky butte we'll have a stop at the top of rocky 
 butte\, if people don't wan't all the climbing they can just not drop off 
 the north side of RB and just go straight to the top and wait there for 
 the people that do drop off the north side to climb back up. We will also 
 circle the top of Tabor after the second ascent to regroup.\n\n\nHere is a
  link to a ride with GPS track of the ride\, 
 https://ridewithgps.com/trips/124366717\n\nAre you looking for a safe ride
  during which you won’t get dropped?!? \n \nNeither am I!\n \nNo drop 
 rides are great\, this is not one of those. \n \nAm I leading the ride? 
 That implies I won’t be trying to ditch all of you! \n \n  Route is ~20 
 miles and 1800’ of climbing because there’s no better place to drop people
  than in the hills! \n \n   To be honest\, you can actually drop people 
 really effectively by running red lights and stop signs too\, but I’m 
 pretty sure we’re not supposed to talk about that in ride descriptions?\n 
 \n  Anyone that shows up with their buddy to make a little team to try to 
 breakaway is doing it wrong and they will be excommunicated from the 
 ride\, every other person on the ride is your enemy\, bonus points if you 
 believe you are also your enemy! There will be no alliances\, only 
 drilling\, you drop people with your legs\, not your brain. \n \n  
 Typically you're not supposed to pass the ride leader on rides\, but if 
 people aren’t passing me on this ride I’m going to be big mad! This ride 
 will not be a success unless I get dropped! This ride is all about the 
 dropping!\n \n  Lastly\, this ride is not a joke\, and it is a joke\, but 
 it will also actually happen\, and people will get dropped\, I will be on 
 my road bike\, but won’t go as far as wearing spandex (EDIT: I have 
 received specific instruction from Rudy to get after it\, so I need to 
 wear my Jersey that is specifically reserved for such occasions\, so I 
 have to wear spandex with it)\, but we will regroup at the top of hills\, 
 unless we don't ???????? We will actually have a couple stops to regroup\n
  \n  There may be a plaid pantry stop if everyone wants to have a mountain
  dew shot gunning contest\, but only if every person is in the contest. 
 OHHHH\, I just realized that I could drop so many people with a fake store
  stop!!!! Pull in\, wait like 20 seconds then just full blast sprint 
 through a red light\, GONE! Up! The! road! But now that I've tipped my 
 hand I can see pulling in for the store stop and me immediately getting 
 boxed in/corked so I can't pull this off ???? \n\n  I just had a pretty 
 uncomfortable thought\, is it not actually all about the dropping? Maybe 
 the dropping is just an excuse to go so hard that your brain kicks down 
 that primo cocktail of endorphins that puts the rosiest of tints on the 
 world around us? Why do we need an excuse to do that? I could ramble on 
 about the fact that we don’t actually need an excuse to do that but that 
 would probably get a little deeper than is warranted in a Pedal Palooza 
 ride description\, so for now\, we are going to acknowledge that we do 
 need an excuse to do this\, and this ride is that excuse!\n\nThe route 
 will be from Ladds\, over Tabor\, over Rocky Butte\, back over Rocky 
 Butte\, then back over tabor back to Ladds\, so people could shorten it by
  not dropping down the north side of Rocky Butte and coming back up. \n\n
    Lastly\, it is undignified to use one's lack of a freewheel or gears as
  an excuse for getting dropped ??\n\n Maybe this'll be a once a month 
 thing? \n\nHope you like riding bikes!\nRolling at 
 7:00\nhttps://shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-17058
LOCATION:Ladds circle\nThe middle of Ladds addition
STATUS:CONFIRMED
DTSTART:20230614T013000Z
DTEND:20230614T040000Z
CREATED:20230527T183348Z
DTSTAMP:20230527T183348Z
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