Love this! Nice use of the word bucolic. I think my girlfriend and I were there in 1979 or 80. She wore a tube top the whole way. We didn’t train. We had regular bikes, no bike shorts or helmets and that is all I will disclose in public.
Great memories, Kyle! The Pickard anecdote I recall was his riding a one speed bike, coming in late each day and having dismount issues--on more than one occasion he would circle a couple standing fellow riders, coming closer and closer until they could catch him and lift him safely off the bike. Hope it was true!
Love this! Nice use of the word bucolic. I think my girlfriend and I were there in 1979 or 80. She wore a tube top the whole way. We didn’t train. We had regular bikes, no bike shorts or helmets and that is all I will disclose in public.
Great memories, Kyle! The Pickard anecdote I recall was his riding a one speed bike, coming in late each day and having dismount issues--on more than one occasion he would circle a couple standing fellow riders, coming closer and closer until they could catch him and lift him safely off the bike. Hope it was true!