Things would be so much clearer if rides were identified by speeds instead of letters.
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Dana Copeland <[email protected]>wrote: > Leslie, > > I'm new to riding with the Gyros, trying to figure out where I belong, > and reluctant to offer too many opinions. But since you've asked, > here's my online response. My first ride was your May 22nd ride where > I finished in the middle of the group with an average of 16.5 mph. It > was a great ride, hard enough for me to feel like I'd done a little > work, but at a pace where I could chat and enjoy the company of others > while riding. My wife and I were gone for a couple of weeks biking in > Europe, so I didn't have a chance to ride again until this past > Saturday's B-ride. I felt I was just hanging on for most of the ride; > never took a pull, and while I finished with an average of 18.1 mph > behind the lead group, I felt I had ridden about as hard as I could. > While I enjoyed the ride and appreciated the stronger riders waiting > to keep the small group (7 and then 9) riders together, it wasn't as > much fun as the May 22nd ride. I'm comfortable with both of your > suggestions but do hope a 16-17 mph B ride can be preserved. My > inclination is that your first suggestion will have the most appeal > since the fastest riders will be able to enjoy finishing in the lead > (probably not the case if they ride with the A- group), while the rest > of us can enjoy a more convivial 16-17 mph pace. I certainly agree > that in the case of option 1 someone in the B+ group should step up to > take the lead. I really do appreciate your leadership in working to > keep a true B level ride viable. > > On Jun 14, 10:00 am, Leslie <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, it sounds like you all had a great ride in my absence. I'm glad > > there were no complaints on the speed, although, I'd love to hear > > offline from some folks that may have felt that it was a little bit > > difficult to keep up - if there were any such folks. While I do not > > want to ruin anyone's fun, I am a little concerned about the average > > speed. I'm pretty sure y'all would have dropped me at that pace, and > > I have no intentions of putting in the time and effort to post rides > > each week only to be dropped or have my tongue hanging out trying to > > hold onto the group! Also I'm fairly certain there are some true B > > riders out there who are reading this and are growing concerned over > > whether they should continue to show up for this ride. While I don't > > consider this 'MY' ride, I do consider this a group B ride and our > > goal is to average between 16-17 mph. I'd really hate to see people > > dropping off from this ride because they are worried about keeping > > up. So....we can do one of two things.... > > > > 1) We can all show up to ride together, use the same route that I post > > and just have the faster group pull out a few minutes ahead of the > > slower group. Then, if anyone wants to start out with the faster > > group, they will know there is a group coming up behind them if they > > are unable to maintain the faster speed for the entire ride. If we > > choose this option, I would really appreciate it if someone would step > > up and take the lead of this B+ group. > > > > 2) The faster folks can opt to go out with the A- riders and we will > > keep the B group as it always has been at 16-17 mph avg. > > > > Leslie > > -- > 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]
