Big Ring Flyers Time Trial

The Big Ring Flyers cycling club put on a 18.7 mile time trial each year outside of Hudson. The course uses the terrain around Bass Lake to create a scenic and challenging course. The weather can be an issue, but this year it was perfect, with 80F with sunny skies and light winds.

Ann Franke, Steve and Leigh McMahon and I met at Linda's house to car pool. We packed the TT bikes on Ann's truck. Linda had graciously loaned her tandem to Steve and Leigh for the race, but a spoke on the rear wheel broke Friday night. Fortunately, Terry was already at Bike and Sport, so he performed his magic and we were on the road with plenty of time to get to Hudson. There we met Ricky Wells and Joan Carlson.

Everyone had a good day. Leigh and Steve won the Tadem Class, Joan won the women's divison, Ricky was 7th overall and second in his age group, Ann was third in her age group and Jim took 5 and a half minutes out of his previous best.

Here is a video put to together by Nate Phelps of the Big Ring Flyers: