Hi Mr/Ms Anonymous
I have three questions for you:
1) Do you have a real name? If so, would you please use it. I would like
to believe that the members of the OBC are a rational group of adults,
who can address each other on a first name basis.
2) I'm assuming that you have taken the group riding clinic. Is my
assumption true?
3) Have you discussed your problems/dislikes about your tour leader with
Tom Stratton? I know that Tom can help tour leaders out with their
leadership skills.
Last Sunday's ride was less then ideal. A strong cross/head wind makes
it hard to keep a group together - the sportif group was having
difficulties (perhaps you were riding with us?). I used to think the
same things that you do; namely getting annoyed with riders jumping off
of the front, and the "leader" just shrugging their shoulders. What I
have learned is that those jumping off the front are 1) getting ahead
to take a leak, 2) sprinting for a "sign", or 3) not the type that I
enjoy riding with.
I don't think that the objective is control - I think that the objective
is provide direction for those who want to ride together.
Here's a question to everyone. Why do you come out on Sunday rides? I
know that I come out for two reasons - social rides, and long group
rides (and they don't have to be fast).
Keep the rubber side down!
Cheers
Peter T.
Kissing Rain wrote:
>
> hi
>
> If Peter thinks that all you need to be a tour leader is some group riding
> skills and the ability to admit that your map reading skills aren't perfect,
> he is addressing a problem. I find at the rides maps are given out to
> someone who can read the map and have a general idea of were we are going
> but have no or very little skill in how to keep and maintain the control of
> a group. I am the first to admit it isn't easy controlling a group
> especially when you have a few riders who jump to the front of the group and
> set the pace and even when told repeatly that they are going to face slow
> down for about a minuite and then slowly start to increase the pace again.
> Most of the time the tour leader shruggs his shoulders and does nothing.
>
> Maybe we should publish in the monthly news letter what is expected of the
> tour leader, and how they can control a group and keep them together. This
> could help us have "great" rides instead of , " well huh I had a good ride"
> or "well it was a okay ride".
>
> sign
> KR
>
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