All, I am with Tony on this. Next Tuesday sunset is expected to be 6:33. 5:30 is very tough for folks to make and 45 minutes of daylight does not leave us with much time to ride as a "daylight" ride. I like the idea of making it a night ride and leaving from Tony's.
Don -----Original Message----- >From: Tony <[email protected]> >Sent: Sep 30, 2009 8:07 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: [Gyros: 14134] Re: Tuesday ride report... > > >Rick, > >Just my opinion here. We did 27 miles last night and you still rode home in >the dark. I say keep the time the same or move to 6pm, whatever works for >the masses, and let's move over to our night rides. 5:30pm is just too >early for me with soccer going on still. We can adjust the route too. > >I would also suggest doing what we always did in the past with respect to >leaving from my house instead of Shady Grove Church or St Francis. This >way, when we finish like we did last night, it's just an easy cross over >Hickory Grove straight to my house. > >Let's see what others think. > >Tony > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[email protected]> >To: "Gyros" <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 8:50 PM >Subject: [Gyros: 14131] Tuesday ride report... > > > > >Gyro Nation. > >We had 6 strong riders tonight; Tony, Bert, Chris, Mark, Keil, and myself >(Don showed up but he was on his transportation bike fully decked out for >functional travel...). > >It was a great course with plenty of pacelines over over flat sections into >strong winds (Baptist; Coley); and, plenty of challenging power climbs in >the Covered Bridge area. It was just a great workout and I enjoyed the ride >completely. I think that all of the guys would agree. > >There is one thing that was determined for sure tonight. It is just getting >too dark to ride 25-30 miles starting at 5:45pm. Keil and I rode in the dark >back to Brier Creek, and I do not want to chance that again. > >All options need to put on the table. Do we start at 5:30? Do we cut the >ride to 25 miles? Or, do we simply change to night time riding? > >Let's discuss. > > > > > > >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
