Just to weigh in as part of an attempt to buck the trend. I prefer 6:00 as I could really use the extra 15 minutes. I am lucky to get out of the office before 5:30.
________________________________ From: Logan <[email protected]> To: North Raleigh Cyclists (Gyros) <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, June 8, 2010 12:59:46 PM Subject: [Gyros: 15668] Re: Tuesday ride: new 6pm start time! I too prefer 5:45. On Jun 8, 12:00 pm, Keil Wurl <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with the growing consensus to keep the ride at 5:45pm. If Rick's ride > has low turn-out or you want to test your legs, you can catch the 5:45pm Kix > guys... > Bryan Grimmett wrote:I agree with Smith.On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 6:14 AM, Smith > Doss<[email protected]>wrote:Morning Rick: > Why are you changing times? All of the other rides start at 5:45 and have > been well attended so I don't think that start time is the issue. As other > stated the weather and Holiday week changed a lot of peoples schedule? I > personally prefer the 5:45. > Smith > -- > Smith Doss and Claude Monnier > Personal Web Pagehttp://WeTandem.dnsalias.org/ > On 6/6/2010 16:05,[email protected]:I appreciate all of the feedback > regarding the need for changing the Tuesday Rick's Ride format. The consensus > was that it was various circumstances coming together all at once that kept > most of the riders away last week. More a matter of coincidence than any > deeper meaning. > There will only be one change in the ride: > IT WILL BEGIN AT 6:00pm SHARP! > The ride will be the same with one request: I ask our strongest riders to > hold back on the throttle just a bit as we head up Coley/Kemp to allow more > riders to stay on without going into the red so early in the ride. Many of us > do not have the time to get in a proper warm-up, and, hammering right out of > the shoot does not really add much to the overall average speed, and, may > actually take away some strong legs later in the ride. > We still want to ride fast, but, with just a bit more of a sense of > controlling things a bit until we hit Patterson on the way out. A steady, > hard pace without sudden surges as new riders go to the front is how we were > doing it earlier. This falls on our strongest riders: those who are in the > best form. (You guys know who you are...) > Date: Tuesday, June 8 > Time: 6:00pm SHARP! > Place: St. Francis > Distance: 31 miles > *Course: Standard > Pace: 22-23 > *If you are not familiar with the Standard course please email me privately > and I will send you the directions. > Let's see you out there! My ride wants the "buzz back"... > > -- > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > To post to this group, send an email [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email [email protected] > -- > You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. > To post to this group, send an email [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email [email protected] -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] -- You received this message because you subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
