DAM J.A.M SAG
SAG? SAG is Support And Gear. I have ridden the last few weekends and will ride all next weekend in the MS150. I thought I should give Kelly a break. Vivian and I decided to provide support for a ride out of Pryor, OK called DAM J.A.M. Basically this means driving around and helping any bike riders that need help. We were assigned the 100 mile route.
Riders at the start.
This is the lead pack as they pass the 10 mile rest top. Vivian was the main photographer. I let her use my good camera. She asked me if I would give it to her when she turned 12. I said “probably not”.
It was rainy and cold for about the half the ride.
A self portrait
Our first stop around mile 45. I had one tool. A pump. It was useful once. I think this was Alan. He had a nice titanium bike.
Our second stop was to help Mike at about mile 50. Mike was from Fayetteville. Mike had major cramping problems. He was riding a fixed gear bike. He blamed the cramping on the cold.
Third stop. We came up to the 59 mile rest stop and found Andrew and Drew. Andrew was Drew’s father. They were from Fort Smith. Drew had been riding hard and was somewhat hypothermic. He didn’t have good color and needed a SAG back to the beginning to get into dry clothes. We didn’t have room for Mike so we left him at the 59 mile stop. There was another SAG vehicle not far behind. I would have called 911 if it wasn’t for his Dad saying he would be okay. We cranked up the heat and drove back as fast as we could. Drew was doing fairly good by time we got back to the start.
Vivian took lots of pictures of the scenery. Unfortunately she didn’t agree with me what type of things were scenic.
Vivian also like to take pictures of riders after they passed. I told her it was more interesting to take a picture of their fronts.
Fourth stop. While riding from the start/finish backwards I passed this guy near the 93 mile rest stop. This guy was from Tulsa and was trying to patch his tire. I think he was finally getting it to work. Another SAG came along and I left to ride back to the 100mile route.
Vivian found some more interesting scenery.
Fifth stop was at the 72 mile rest stop. Forgot this guy’s name. He came from New Mexico for this ride. He decided to call it a day after his third flat.
The end of our DAM J.A.M. SAG adventure.
We were dismissed from our duties. We were eating lunch in the tent and telling somebody about Mike, the rider we left at mile 59. I expected that he would have been brought back a long time ago. His friends were sitting in the tent and worried about him. I was a bit concerned too. Finally, they decided to drive the course backward. They found him riding not too far from the finish. The sun had come out and he felt better so didn’t SAG the rest of the route.
Next year I plan on riding the full 100 mile JAM and seeing this route from the bike.
