Ride Report - the STM Salève ride, May 7

Riders: BoumBoum, Husky, Balls, Nicolas Thizy, Limoncello

Distance: 27 kms

Time: 2h on the bikes

Up: +530m

Down: - 1210m

Petit Salève, via Salève by cable car. What a great ride and cool downhill, under the sun!

Highlights:

- BoumBoum stopping the cable car (closed doors) right before the start, so we could all jump in … well done

- WARM and SUNNY: exceptional enough this spring to be in the highlight section

- Mechanical: 1 flat (Nico, no tool nor spares), 2 flats … ich (BoumBoum, no repair needed, my 100% hard tail can also run flat and lead the pack).

- Test bike: Limoncello riding Papy's camber. 29er is cool. Done deal! New bike point at the next ride…. ;-)

- Gamelles: Husky, 4 times … no OTB, no blood, no point ;-(

- Marcel, going thru a late dinner while having a very early train to catch in the morning. Hope you made it on time buddy.

- Limoncello making: live demo, enough supply for the near future

- Thomas, delighted that Missile was not in, so he did not have to suffer witnessing his own limoncello go down like beer

- Moussy (the cat), disappointed that Papy could not make it ;-)

- Christèle, disappointed that Labrico could not make it … just joking to make him feel good.

and …

- STM unveil !!!! staring BB: Champagne and celebration! Limited information provided in this report. The STM unveil deserves its own post, big time! 

Points, points, points ….

Bonus

- Sun and weather: 5 points. We had the feeling spring was here.

- Riders, 1 point (BoumBoum, Husky, Balls, Nicolas Thizy, Limoncello)

- Host and dine and yellow juice, 1 point Limoncello (thanks Christèle, once again all was perfect)

- BoumBoum, 1 point for stopping the cable car, ticket supply for all (Jo's, remember to give the money/ticket back), and leading all the way with his "run flat 100% hard tail.

- Nico, 0,5 point for suffering on the way up, but always with a smile. "ça va?" … "ouais, ça va!" … "on y va?" … "OK".

- Limoncello, 0,5 point for tube and tool supply for fixing Nicolas' flat (I was carrying a 26" tube while riding a 29" … smart).

- Boumboum points for STM unveil: up to ref I guess once we have the specific STM post (BB?)

Minus

Nico, -0,5 for flat and no tool no tube

PS: Reminder to all: Need to reimburse or give a ticket back to BoumBoum for cable car ride. Minus point for short memory if needed.