See to Ricks post above where he says "Majority rules in a democracy, but, no-one said that the Gyros were a democracy."
Tony, you know we can do better than that. No compromises. On Sep 3, 8:30 am, "Tony" <[email protected]> wrote: > This was all decided in the parking lot. Majority rules baby! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Logan" <[email protected]> > To: "North Raleigh Cyclists (Gyros)" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 8:29 AM > Subject: [Gyros: 13929] Re: Tuesday report: The Magic 23 has been met!! > > Accuracy is hardly the issue (and GPS can screw up too). The rule was > 3 with 23+. You know Im down with trying to go as fast as possible. > Lets not sully it by saying "well we lost time cuz of a truck and we > had to wait extra long at a stop and whine whine whine." Thats all > part of riding. > > On Sep 3, 7:57 am, "Tony" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Come on Logan. You had 23 without a gps. Not accurate enough. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Logan" <[email protected]> > > To: "North Raleigh Cyclists (Gyros)" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:53 AM > > Subject: [Gyros: 13925] Re: Tuesday report: The Magic 23 has been met!! > > > I once had 23 and others were at 22.9, 22.8. We didnt consider any > > lost time at stops etc then so why should we now? I say nay. > > > On Sep 3, 5:18 am, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ed, > > > > Here is what this was based on, and, after considering all of the facts > > > I > > > was convinced that we had met the criteria. Tony's first email just > > > after > > > the ride (I broke off after the Doc): > > > > Rick, > > > > >> Just letting you know that we finally hit 23mph average tonight. I > > > >> can't > > > >> give you any specifics on the primes since I was not in the front at > > > >> either the Doc or at the finish but Steve had a gps that registered > > > >> 23mph. Others had 22.8 and 22.9 but did not add back in the time and > > > >> speed lost when we got to 98 and when we stopped briefly at Burton > > > >> due > > > >> to > > > >> a couple of cars. I know I lost .2mph at 98. So if you add that back > > > >> in > > > >> on the guys who had 22.8 and 22.9 you will get 23mph. > > > > I questioned this once more to make sure that we had indeed broke 23. > > > Here > > > was his reply: > > > > "I talked with everyone after the ride and everyone was in agreement > > > with > > > the > > > 23mph pace so I don't see anything wrong with announcing the > > > accomplishment." > > > > Tony > > > > I will admit that it was very close, but it was accepted by the > > > committee. > > > I am sure that the guys will want to show that this was not a fluke and > > > the pace will be higher this Tuesday. > > > > I will put this to the club: based on what has been presented are we all > > > in agreement that the A group has met the qualifications for breaking > > > 23? > > > Might as well have some fun with it... > > > > Majority rules in a democracy, but, no-one said that the Gyros were a > > > democracy. > > > > - "itchn2go (Ed)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 3 computers reported 23+?...your rules. > > > > > ----------------------- > > > > Sent from my Treo(r) smartphone > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: <[email protected]> > > > > Date: Wednesday, Sep 2, 2009 9:43 pm > > > > Subject: [Gyros: 13917] Tuesday report: The Magic 23 has been met!! > > > > To: Gyros <[email protected]>Reply-To: [email protected] > > > > > >Gyro Nation. > > > > > >I am very proud and pleased to announce to the club that the Gyros > > > > >have > > > > >finally done it! We broke 23 for the first time on our Tuesday ride > > > > >yesterday! This is a milestone moment for our club, and we can no > > > > >longer be referred to as the Geriatric Gyros. > > > > > >For me this is particularly pleasing because I was able to contribute > > > > >to the effort and say that I was on the ride when we broke 23. After > > > > >everything was factored in, and with Steve having the magic 23 mark > > > > >on > > > > >his GPS it can be stated for the record that we have done it. > > > > > >Great job, guys. It would be great if I could take attendance for the > > > > >ride because everyone who was on it will go down in Gyro lore. I am > > > > >hoping that Tony can put something about this in our Archives. > > > > > >We are now in the big leagues. The way we were riding Tuesday makes > > > > >it > > > > >clear to me that we will be going faster and faster. > > > > > >Rick- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
