Re: "Social rider" beef

"Rich" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Sounds to me like he planned a social ride. Perhaps you should have done
the other century.

And you sound like kind of a jerk.

Rich

Damn... you beat me to it!

Cheers, helen s

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psycholist said:

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If you're gonna take responsibility to plan a century ride. Please
recognize that your way of riding is not the only valid way of riding
and that riding fast is not a sin.

Sounds to me like he planned a social ride. Perhaps you should have done
the other century.

He didn't advertise a social ride. He didn't advertise a freaking speed
limit.

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And you sound like kind of a jerk.

Yep. I'm a jerk. I have this unreasonable expectation that, when I lay out
my $30, I won't get led off into the wilderness and left for lost.
Fortunately, I was well acquainted with the area. Others weren't so lucky.
(Lions and Tigers and Bears ... OH MY!)

I will say, however, that they had a very nice T-shirt.
--
Bob C.

"Of course it hurts. The trick is not minding that it hurts."
T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia)

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psycholist said:

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Sounds to me like he planned a social ride. Perhaps you should have done
the other century.

He didn't advertise a social ride. He didn't advertise a freaking speed
limit.

I note some clubs alphabetically categorize their rides:
'A' rides, 'B' rides, 'C' rides etc, depending on the
character of the ride and the abilities of the riders.

Seems like a good system.

cheers,
Tom

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psycholist said:

Quoted message said:

Sounds to me like he planned a social ride. Perhaps you should have

done

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the other century.

He didn't advertise a social ride. He didn't advertise a freaking speed
limit.

I note some clubs alphabetically categorize their rides:
'A' rides, 'B' rides, 'C' rides etc, depending on the
character of the ride and the abilities of the riders.

Seems like a good system.

That system is often used for club rides, but this was a century. A
well-supported century will make allowances for riders of all abilities, and
handle course markings, rest stops, etc. appropriately.

Most centuries do describe the course (especially with respect to elevation
gain), but I've never seen a century advertised as a "C" ride.

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cheers,
Tom

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Rich said:

psycholist said:

Quoted message said:

If you're gonna take responsibility to plan a century ride. Please
recognize that your way of riding is not the only valid way of riding and
that riding fast is not a sin.

Sounds to me like he planned a social ride. Perhaps you should have
done the other century.

And you sound like kind of a jerk.

I disagree. If the ride wasn't advertised as a special slow century,
there'd be no way to see this problem coming. (And who ever heard of a
century organized to be slow?)

Since you're a member of the sponsoring club, the question is: What
now?

When I ran our club century, I had a rider comment sheet at the finish,
to get feedback. Did this guy have that? Probably not...

In any case, I _always_ had a post-ride party/meeting for all the
helpers. I'd suggest phoning the club president and seeing if that can
be thrown together quickly. It's a great time to thank the helpers,
but it's also a great time to collect ideas for improvements for next
year - and this situation really needs improved!

BTW, I wrote up "how to" sheets for each different type of volunteer -
for example, the registration folks, the sag drivers, the rest stop
workers, and of _course_ the road markers. I tuned this up year after
year in response to feedback. You might see if the club would agree to
that.

I think I have those files on disk somewhere. Let me know if you want
them, for use as starting points.

- Frank Krygowski