We give thanks to God for His wisdom and His Blessings….
Well where do we begin…The 2019 CSBA Blue Mountain Run was scheduled to take place on May 4, however a series of events during the weeks leading up to that date resulted in the need to postpone the ride until May 11. While reconning the route with Russ about two weeks prior to ride day and only about a quarter of the way through the route, Russ noticed that his fork seals had begun leaking all over his brake caliper and onto his boots. Amazingly Russ continued on with the recon and we completed the route, however that bike would be out of commission afterwards until it would be repaired. Luckily Russ was able to borrow his brother’s bike and a week later, Russ decided to do another recon of the route, as we had decided to make some road adjustments to the original route we ran the week prior. As he completed the route and began to head for home, a driver in a car honked and approached him at a red light to let him know that his rear brake light was not working. As it would turn out, the light was not working because the entire tail light assembly, including the license plate was missing and had apparently fallen off somewhere during the ride. Now that bike was no longer able to be used for the ride and his third bike at home needed a new water pump. Frustrated with three bikes down and with the likelihood that neither of them would be ready in time for the ride, Russ notified me that he would not be able to attend this one. Then I received a text from Mark that his bike was also getting fork seals replaced and that he was unsure about whether or not he would have it back in time for the ride. Meanwhile John was out of town on a business trip and was fairly certain that he would not be flying home in time to make it. So we were down 3 out of 4 ride leaders just a couple days before the event and with 20+ riders expected to attend, we decided to postpone it a week for the safety and enjoyment of everyone. Unfortunately not everyone who planned to attend the original date could make the new date.