Lying Bastard 2020

 

There is not much to really say about this years Lying Bastard ride expect is was another PERFECT ride. Yes it was overcast, the roads were wet and we did get drizzled on for about 10 mins but otherwise it was a great ride. 

This year Pete, Jim and Bob joined me. Laura bailed again to blow some glass. We sent here a picture that showed here that we missed her. 

I have updated the route for this ride each year to try to make it a little better. Here is the route we did this year. This is almost exactly the route we did last year. This is a hilly ride which starts out with an 8 mile grind up to the ridge where Lake Nockamixon is then it is a series of annoying rollers for most of the rest of the ride. This route is a little easier than a few years ago as I got rid of the short steep 15% plus climb that got us out of Perkasie and to the lake and was the reason I got the name lying bastard.

Now instead we go down to the south side of the lake for a quick break then head up around the hills of the north side. It is a scenic ride through some strange woods. There is a Greek temple and a few strange holistic healing centers tucked in along the way. Even through this ride is in Pennsylvania and an hour north of Philadelphia it feels a lot more like the deep south which is why I call this area Pennsyltucky. 

We did see some more strangeness a few miles from our rest stop at a Turkey Hill. There was a farm with some strange sculptures including a cow made out of a oil tank and a snail 

 

I'm guessing it must have been some art studio because there were a number of other art works decorating the lawn. 

After the break it was a quick 10 mile sprint back to the start. With the usual quick and deadly plunge down the Red Circle of Death road which we all made it down with no problems. 

This ride has a reputation for being a hard annoying ride. The truth is that it is really not much harder than some of our other hillier rides if you look at the facts. However as I have seen recently some people don't seem to believe in the facts so this ride will always be a bastard of a ride to some people.