It was a cold Saturday, so breakfast was pushed back to 9:30AM with the ride following around 10:25 AM. I wanted to thank Nelson, Jo, Bryce, Sandy and Mike for driving in just to have breakfast with once more for this year. You all are the best!! Rick J, Carl, Robert, Ted, and myself went on the Berks county Blitz. It ended up being about 115 miles of riding. There were no get-offs, spills, or crashes; and only 1 U-turn. We saw a lot of farmland and some nice country but some riders weren't crazy about that short stretch of stone road. We encountered a large number of pick up trucks which seemed strange until we found out it was hunting season. The sun stayed behind the clouds most of the day, but we made the best of it. Road debris was present, but road temperatures played a larger part with traction than debris. In the end, it was a good ride and some good fun. Thanks all for coming and I look forward to seeing you soon! I will post up the winter lunch dates soon and ask for suggestions then. Take care all.

The morning of the ride was chilly, 40 degrees outside, when I left my house. You can tell it's Autumn in Pennsylvania! I met up for breakfast with about four other riders. As we kept eating, they kept coming in. At the start of the ride, we had 20 riders. We had our riders meeting and a prayer for safety and off we went. Our 2nd turn brought us to our first twisty road and we occasionally hit some spots where water was crossing the road. The wierd thing was we did encounter some washout or gravel, but nowhere near what I expected. Two turns before our first stop sign on this road we went through a bit of water, then a right hander, up a rise, over the rise then a quick left hander. On this left hand turn, our first rider in question (about 15 riders back) had his front wheel come off the ground and his right wheel get light in the suspension. As his front wheel came down his bike started to shake, then as he got that under control his rear wheel started to oscillate. He attempted to stop and bring it under control, but he was thrown from the bike. He slid and impacted a dirt bank and his bike went up the bank into the woods. The next rider had similar effects on his bike and saw the rider slide in one direction and that bike slide in another direction. He said he really couldn't swerve in either direction, so he scrubbed off as much speed as he could. He then hit the dirt bank and was ejected off his bike onto the bank.