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Nine local cyclists welcomed the New Year on wheels.
Roger Lomshek of Tailwind Cyclists said the 100-mile ride is an annual event, though not everybody goes the full distance.
He said the tradition of having “century” rides on New Year’s Day is something that dedicated cyclists do across the country, though there’s no formal organization to it. The local ride has been going since 2001.
“Some years we’ve had as many as 25 do some distance with us, and some just do 15 or 20 miles,” Lomshek said. “It depends on who’s in town and who’s up to it. We’ve had all ages from 19 to well over 65, and some over age 50 who have done the full 100 miles.”
The weather is also variable.
“One time it was 13 degrees, and other times it’s been up to 50 degrees,” Lomshek said. “When I lived in Pennsylvania we’d ride in some pretty rough weather.”
This year, he said, the temperature was about 30 degrees when they started out, but warmed to more than 40 degrees. A 20-mile-per-hour wind was blowing steadily.
Riding this year with Lomshek were Todd and Deborah McGeorge, Tyson Patrick, Tom Bagby and Johnathan Davis. Lomshek said Davis rode 18 miles before heading home for a family lunch.
“He finished the day with nearly 40 miles in his legs,” he said.
David and Carol Newcomb set off for their own ride, logging 23 miles for the day, and Jim Brumfield rode solo to Jasper, Mo., and back, making over 50 miles.
The 100-mile riders headed southeast into Missouri, and stopped for lunch in Joplin.
“Fortified with Panera Bread bagels and caffeine, we climbed out of southern Joplin back into Kansas, rolling through Lowell and Riverton before heading northwest to Weir and then finally, blessedly, staggering into Pittsburg after five hours and 45 minutes of pedaling time.”
Lomshek has done all eight local New Year century rides, but this was Tyson Patrick’s first ride ever of more than 60 miles, and Deborah McGeorge’s first New Year’s 100-mile ride, though she has ridden numerous centuries during the summer months. It was Todd McGeorge’s fourth New Year 100-mile ride, and Bagby’s third.
Lomshek said that two riders were unable to make the New Year’s Day ride, but did ride 100 kilometers (about 62.5 miles) on Dec. 31. Hermann Nonnenmacher and Rebecca Lomshek, who both rode Saturday accompanied by Todd McGeorge, who also did the New Year’s century ride, for a weekend total of more than 162 miles.
“This ride is our resolution not to let winter slow us down,” Lomshek said.
Nine local cyclists welcomed the New Year on wheels.
Roger Lomshek of Tailwind Cyclists said the 100-mile ride is an annual event, though not everybody goes the full distance.
He said the tradition of having “century” rides on New Year’s Day is something that dedicated cyclists do across the country, though there’s no formal organization to it. The local ride has been going since 2001.
“Some years we’ve had as many as 25 do some distance with us, and some just do 15 or 20 miles,” Lomshek said. “It depends on who’s in town and who’s up to it. We’ve had all ages from 19 to well over 65, and some over age 50 who have done the full 100 miles.”
The weather is also variable.
“One time it was 13 degrees, and other times it’s been up to 50 degrees,” Lomshek said. “When I lived in Pennsylvania we’d ride in some pretty rough weather.”
This year, he said, the temperature was about 30 degrees when they started out, but warmed to more than 40 degrees. A 20-mile-per-hour wind was blowing steadily.
Riding this year with Lomshek were Todd and Deborah McGeorge, Tyson Patrick, Tom Bagby and Johnathan Davis. Lomshek said Davis rode 18 miles before heading home for a family lunch.
“He finished the day with nearly 40 miles in his legs,” he said.
David and Carol Newcomb set off for their own ride, logging 23 miles for the day, and Jim Brumfield rode solo to Jasper, Mo., and back, making over 50 miles.
The 100-mile riders headed southeast into Missouri, and stopped for lunch in Joplin.
“Fortified with Panera Bread bagels and caffeine, we climbed out of southern Joplin back into Kansas, rolling through Lowell and Riverton before heading northwest to Weir and then finally, blessedly, staggering into Pittsburg after five hours and 45 minutes of pedaling time.”
Lomshek has done all eight local New Year century rides, but this was Tyson Patrick’s first ride ever of more than 60 miles, and Deborah McGeorge’s first New Year’s 100-mile ride, though she has ridden numerous centuries during the summer months. It was Todd McGeorge’s fourth New Year 100-mile ride, and Bagby’s third.
Lomshek said that two riders were unable to make the New Year’s Day ride, but did ride 100 kilometers (about 62.5 miles) on Dec. 31. Hermann Nonnenmacher and Rebecca Lomshek, who both rode Saturday accompanied by Todd McGeorge, who also did the New Year’s century ride, for a weekend total of more than 162 miles.
“This ride is our resolution not to let winter slow us down,” Lomshek said.
