We haven't ridden together since the end of October. We also haven't been to Gayle's in a while either so we decided to do this classic loop. It was supposed to get warm in the afternoon but there was frost on the road at the start. We did eventually strip of all the layers after lunch but it got cold again on Eureka Canyon. We eventually climbed out of the freezing canyon after putting layers back on. Along the ridge and out in the sun, it was feeling like summer again. Did I mention how much I love this kind of weather? No? Right because I don't. All the descending after Eureka Canyon was just cold. I even put all my layers back for the final descent and it was still a little chilly. On the final sprint up Hwy 17 to the reservoir, I heard a loud noise that didn't sound good behind me. I turned to look back and saw Sonny. I didn't know what happened but he seemed okay and he overtook me when I slowed to see what was going on. I thought great! Sonny's going to tow me up the sprint but then he slowed as he was worried something might be wrong. I guess his front tire went into a groove in the road. Not sure what made the awful sound but when we got to the car, we found some minor scratches on his carbon wheel. Disaster averted! Sonny said he felt good considering he hadn't been on the bike in a month. I'm not sure if Bob felt the same. :)