Hal, I am happy with the ride. Gyros gives 3 options for those that can't or dont want to ride with the A's on Saturday morning. We should increase our speed throughout the summer or we will not be getting better. I would change the speed on the posting to 18.5 to 19.5 as Ed recommended. If people can't hang on, there is an option to drop back so we are not leaving anyone alone. As for the last 10 miles, it is fun to have a little bit of open play.
Curt On Aug 10, 7:13 am, "Hal Marcus" <[email protected]> wrote: > This is long, but important for the future of this ride. > > From my perspective it was a great ride and then I thought about it. It was > supposed to be in the mid to high 18s and it finished in the mid 19s--5% > faster than posted. Some people are out there to push their abilities up to > the 18s and that 5% faster would be a killer. > > At the finish it was obvious that we, I, had dropped a handful--hopefully > they were picked up by Maria. > > At the rest stop no one came to me complaining about the pace, but I, as the > leader, did not check with everyone. > > After the rest stop only about 1/3 of the people were still able to pull--I > took that as a sign that people were biking smart and drafting, but maybe I > should have seen it as people hanging on for life. > > After hills, I went to the front to slow the pace down until I heard all > back on. > > I never heard people yelling that they were being gapped or falling off the > pace. > > I thought we were altogether when we hit Old Weaver, but now I doubt it. > > On the hills of Weaver we broke up--I was not concerned for 2 reasons--it is > a gyro tradition to break up towards the end and the stronger riders 'race' > in and Ed was back there to help the 2nd group (turns out Tim was also > there, but I did not realize that at the time). > > At the end of Weaver at New Light I was asked if we should hold up--I said > no (because of the above reasons)--maybe this isn't a group that should > break up at the end. > > We are a stronger group than I originally had thought we would be--in part > this is because several A riders like the 1/2 hour extra sleep and the > shorter distance. Also the strong riders that use to go out with the A's and > cut it short are now going with us and cutting it short. Starting with about > 20 riders with almost 1/2 of them capable of A riding makes it a strong > group. We are now riding at last years A pace and we are capable of > increasing the speed. > > As I said, not what I envisioned for this group. > > Now the question--should we back it down to the high 18's or leave it where > it is? Another possibility, when we are a big group, is to split into 2 > smaller groups at the rest stop with a secondary leader. > > This is a club that is designed to serve all riding levels, not just the > A's. > > Opinions before we post next Saturday's ride. > > Hal Marcus > Pro-Active Management > A Profit Enhancement Organization > 8125 Glenbrittle Way > Raleigh, NC 27615 > Cell 91... > Office 91... > [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your replies. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
