Breakaway From Cancer Ride - SF

Alright, as great as yesterday's TNT ride was the Breakaway from Cancer ride had everything TNT didn't. Ok, "Breakaway" had climbs, biting cold, rain, crashes, a general chaos all over the course. The first TNT ride suffered from none of these things.

Ok, this doesn't mean the ride was horrible. The conditions were lousy and no fun, but the end result was a challenging ride that served a good cause and ended with a visit to nice coffee house called Velo Rouge.

As I was riding, I actually felt bad for some of the newer riders. The website gave no indication of the difficulty level of some portions of the ride. I saw numerous people pushing their bikes up the initial climb and later on the last short climb. I think it would have been nice if the website had been better set up. The site was really difficult to navigate and offered little description of the ride.

Still, the ride was for a good cause and the exercise and increase in fitness offset the lousy weather. Would I do the ride again next year? Sure, they did give away a jersey after all with your minimum $75 fundraising. After all, we all know that cyclists will do almost anything for a pin and God knows a jersey is better than a pin. :-)