Ride: Glen's Ride to Montauk

lorem ipsum, etc.  I'm still not in the mood to write about this ride.

Well the time has come to finally write something about this:

Backstory: Soap and I had done this ride on fixed gear bikes years ago when Glen was still leading the ride with the 5bbc.  It was a blast and I always talked the ride up.  This time two girls from former work signed up, as well as dan, his friend nico, and my brother.  The girls went for the 70 mile ride, the rest of us were stupid enough to do the 108 miler.  Nico, dan and I did it on fixed gear bikes again.  We also did some drinking the night before and only got to bed late.

I woke up and rode over to Nico's house, then we drove and picked up Dan.  We got to the start around 6:45.  The 100 miler was supposed to start between 6 and 7am.  Kurt was there already, but just before we started he got a call from work.  He stayed back to take care of some work affairs, and the other three of us rode on ahead to the first rest stop.  We got to the first stop at the blue point brewery, I had a banana and got on the bathroom line.  By the time I got through with that, the rest stop ran out of bananas and bread.  All they had was grapes and strawberries.  I had a blue point beer and Kurt and I headed on.  The next rest stop was the same deal.  No bread, no bananas.  This time just watermelon and cantaloupe.  Still hungry, we headed on.  We tried to stop to find a deli, but were told there was a really great one the next town over.  After being reassured it was well worth it, we headed off, only to find out the route turned in the wrong direction and on to Dune road.  This normally would be a fast and beautiful stretch, but sadly this day had the wind coming out of the east.  Instead, it turned into an endless slog into the fresh headwind, now without any nutrition.  After this we all were dying 1000 deaths, so we had to stop at a rum bar in the hamptons to get some food and while we were at it, some drinks to numb the pain.

An hour later, we got on the road again and kurt and I went on ahead to the next stop.  Nico was having knee trouble, so he got picked up.  kurt and I got to the stop just as it was closing, but we still got a slice of pie.  Dan rolled in about when we were about to leave and since the stop was closed by now, we all just headed out.  Dan was having trouble, too, so he decided to just stay on montauk highway the rest of the way.  Kurt and I kept on going, and finally made it to the finish.

This is where things went straight downhill.  We dropped off our bikes and I picked up my bag.  The lines for the showers were way too long, so I just towel changed in the parking lot.  The food lines were also way too long, but fortunately the beer lines were short.  We picked up a beer each and suddenly heard "Last bus to the last train leaving now!".  What?  We just got here!  and Dan isn't even here yet!  Kurt got on the bus, and I ran around like a mad man.  I called dan and the girls.  Dan was in the town of montauk, where the train leaves.  Too bad he still had 6 hilly miles to the finish to drop off his bike.  No bikes on the train.  Transportation desk: yup, last train, gotta catch it.  SAG should have picked up dan and the girls.  No clue why they didn't.  Talk to the bike movers.  Bike movers: nah, that cant' be the last train.  look at how many people are still coming in!  Just hold tight.  We can't pick up your friend's bike.

In the end, dan got a $28 cab ride to the lighthouse, dropped off his bike and we barely made the last bus to the train.  The girls were able to roll in and get a coach bus to their finish.  I'm amazed everything actually worked out, but the way the finish was set up was unacceptable.
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