Wednesday night ride

Last Wednesday I met up with the Patapsaco crew for their weekly ride,no matter how shitty it gets these guys always seem to ride.
I like it,riding in the elements, at night it is so much more on the senses.
Their is always a beer stop,or maybe that's the reason for riding, it's a combo, a sweet combo.
Bike with other people in conditions that some might think unusual ,drink beer with people you don't know but just shared a cool experience with, then ride back in the elements whatever they may be.

So I went again this week, I was excited too, I had been thinking about it through out the week, I don't get to ride with other people much this time of year,the weather sucks, you get limited to the road and the days are short.

We were crankin up to a big intersection,lights green but its a really long light ,and long crossing,like four lanes on a diagonal, I'm pouring it on to stick with Jay and Mark,then the light turns yellow, I hit some bumps and my chain rolls off ,I have plenty of speed and make it through , but man that was sketchy, my chains dragging and gets bound up, a loud noise and I think it broke.
I put the chain back on and, off it goes. I couldn't keep it on. I know the chain line was much less than straight but it wasn't hopping off earlier.

I had put different cranks on, I wanted to try a longer crank, that's why the chain line wasn't so good.
Anyway....We all looked at the situation and I said just go, I am like four miles out, I can limp back to my vehicular. So they split, and it was working better since I tweaked some things, but it wasn't cutting it.
fortunately for me, and many other people when he's around them, a cyclist was riding by and asked if I needed a hand, It was the S.S. outlaw , usually a leader on this ride, he was busy with business and would meet up at destination.

It's good to have another eye to look at things, especially when its dark and your frustrated. Closer examination showed a bent and twisted chain, I was able to remove a couple links and that seemed to do it, but I was still skeptical, the outlaw could tell and asked if I was up to it, something to the effect of"wana try something stupid?" I wasn't up for the gamble, I should have.
I started to head back and things felt pretty sound, I wanted to chase down the outlaw but I waited to long and its not my part of town. He was gone.
Man I just wanted to ride drink ride, Max's on Broadway was the destination tonight ,tons of draughts!!!