Funny, I got more responses to my changing the time to 6pm than I had riders who showed up at the old time. (Ok...I can't base the entire season on the last 2 weeks...)
Well, if ever there is case of leaving well enough alone this just might be it. Based on the responses that I received from those who participate on the Tuesday rides (or, those who wish too), the one that I heard the most was the starting time. Couple that with the fact that all of the other weekday Gyro rides begin at 6pm, I thought that a change would be appropriate. (It must also be mentioned here that in previous years the starting time for my ride was 6:00pm until around mid-July...) I CANNOT change the time back to 5:45 for today since it would not be fair to those who have decided to use the extra 15 minutes. But, it does not make sense to change things mid-season so we will go back to 5:45 next week, and all subsequent weeks. Enough said on this subject. Rick ---- Bryan Grimmett <[email protected]> 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 Page > > http://WeTandem.dnsalias.org/<http://wetandem.dnsalias.org/> > > > > > > > > > > On 6/6/2010 16:05, [email protected] wrote: > > > >> 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 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] -- 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]
