Bike Clubs

[It's Chris]

Anybody here have any "complaints" about the clubs in your area? Their
preferred type of riding isn't compaatible with yours, they don't ride
far/fast/slow enough, or enough period, general "lethatargy" and so on?

Post your gripes, if you have any, about "your" local clubs, I'm
curious.

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[Tom Sherman]

It's Chris wrote:
> Anybody here have any "complaints" about the clubs in your area? Their
> preferred type of riding isn't compaatible with yours, they don't ride
> far/fast/slow enough, or enough period, general "lethatargy" and so on?
>
> Post your gripes, if you have any, about "your" local clubs, I'm
> curious.
>
Why do all the rides start so early in the day?

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
“Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.”

[sally]

dedendaddy4spammers@webtv.net (It's Chris) wrote in news:24216-488E73F1-523
@storefull-3233.bay.webtv.net:
> Anybody here have any "complaints" about the clubs in your area? Their
> preferred type of riding isn't compaatible with yours, they don't ride
> far/fast/slow enough, or enough period, general "lethatargy" and so on?

If you don't like the rides your club leads, why don't you offer to lead your
own? Most clubs are begging for more volunteer ride leaders and the ride
leader gets to choose the route, speed, start time, etc.

[Art Harris]

"It's Chris" wrote:
> Anybody here have any "complaints" about the clubs in your area?
>
> Post your gripes, if you have any, about "your" local clubs, I'm
> curious.
>

I haven't done club riding in a few years, but my main gripes were:

- Rides usually start 20-30 minutes past the scheduled "start time."

- Large groups tend to have too much inertia, and also hog the road.

- Rides usually don't stick to the advertised pace.

I enjoy the freedom and solitude of riding solo, and find I'm more
tuned in to the sights and sounds around me.

Art Harris

[Dane Buson]

It's Chris <dedendaddy4spammers@webtv.net> wrote:
> Anybody here have any "complaints" about the clubs in your area? Their
> preferred type of riding isn't compaatible with yours, they don't ride
> far/fast/slow enough, or enough period, general "lethatargy" and so on?
>
> Post your gripes, if you have any, about "your" local clubs, I'm
> curious.

Eh, mostly that I've just never warmed up to the main club (Cascade).
They're not bad people I suppose, I just never felt like most of them
are coming from the same place I am.

Still, there are smaller clubs and enough spontaneous events and
activities that I don't feel like I'm missing much.

--
Dane Buson - nn07tp08@unixbigots.org
It was the Law of the Sea, they said. Civilization ends at the waterline.
Beyond that, we all enter the food chain, and not always right at the top.
-- Hunter S. Thompson

[Bruce Gilbert]

"Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:g6ltqa$oqp$4@registered.motzarella.org...
> It's Chris wrote:
> > Anybody here have any "complaints" about the clubs in your area? Their
> > preferred type of riding isn't compaatible with yours, they don't ride
> > far/fast/slow enough, or enough period, general "lethatargy" and so on?
> >
> > Post your gripes, if you have any, about "your" local clubs, I'm
> > curious.
> >
> Why do all the rides start so early in the day?
>
> --
> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
> “Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
> She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.”

Down here in Houston our summer rides all start at 7 or 7:30. Getting off
the bike later than 11 is just like being incinerated in a solar oven.
Having dealt with Melanoma already I try not to fry too much...

Bruce

[It's Chris]

From: sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com (Tom*Sherman)
>Why do all the rides start so early in the
>day?

The club here in S.Carolina where I live it seems most of the members
start their rides after 11 in the morning, some even later. They do this
all seasons of the year. How they cope with the 90 degree heat and
similar humidity I never quite figured out. I guess it must be genetic.

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[Tom Sherman]

Bruce Gilbert wrote:
> "Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:g6ltqa$oqp$4@registered.motzarella.org...
>> It's Chris wrote:
>>> Anybody here have any "complaints" about the clubs in your area? Their
>>> preferred type of riding isn't compaatible with yours, they don't ride
>>> far/fast/slow enough, or enough period, general "lethatargy" and so on?
>>>
>>> Post your gripes, if you have any, about "your" local clubs, I'm
>>> curious.
>>>
>> Why do all the rides start so early in the day?
>>
>
> Down here in Houston our summer rides all start at 7 or 7:30. Getting off
> the bike later than 11 is just like being incinerated in a solar oven.
> Having dealt with Melanoma already I try not to fry too much...
>
7:30 PM would be a more reasonable time to start.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
“Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.”

[Bruce Gilbert]

"Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:g6luqk$oqp$8@registered.motzarella.org...
> Bruce Gilbert wrote:
> > "Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:g6ltqa$oqp$4@registered.motzarella.org...
> >> It's Chris wrote:
> >>> Anybody here have any "complaints" about the clubs in your area? Their
> >>> preferred type of riding isn't compaatible with yours, they don't ride
> >>> far/fast/slow enough, or enough period, general "lethatargy" and so
on?
> >>>
> >>> Post your gripes, if you have any, about "your" local clubs, I'm
> >>> curious.
> >>>
> >> Why do all the rides start so early in the day?
> >>
> >
> > Down here in Houston our summer rides all start at 7 or 7:30. Getting
off
> > the bike later than 11 is just like being incinerated in a solar oven.
> > Having dealt with Melanoma already I try not to fry too much...
> >
> 7:30 PM would be a more reasonable time to start.
>
> --
> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
> “Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
> She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.”

Most of the organized summer rides go at 7am in this part of the world.

Some years ago on the way back home from nationals, my daughter and I
stopped in Durham, NC to see my wife's aunt. We did a group ride that
started at 1PM. That was a new and unusual experience for us. It was kind of
nice to ride in the early afternoon and not have the hair burned off your
arms.

Bruce

[Tom Sherman]

Bruce Gilbert wrote:
> "Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:g6luqk$oqp$8@registered.motzarella.org...
>> Bruce Gilbert wrote:
>>> "Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:g6ltqa$oqp$4@registered.motzarella.org...
>>>> It's Chris wrote:
>>>>> Anybody here have any "complaints" about the clubs in your area? Their
>>>>> preferred type of riding isn't compaatible with yours, they don't ride
>>>>> far/fast/slow enough, or enough period, general "lethatargy" and so
> on?
>>>>> Post your gripes, if you have any, about "your" local clubs, I'm
>>>>> curious.
>>>>>
>>>> Why do all the rides start so early in the day?
>>>>
>>> Down here in Houston our summer rides all start at 7 or 7:30. Getting
> off
>>> the bike later than 11 is just like being incinerated in a solar oven.
>>> Having dealt with Melanoma already I try not to fry too much...
>>>
>> 7:30 PM would be a more reasonable time to start.
>>
>> --
>> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
>> “Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
>> She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.”
>
> Most of the organized summer rides go at 7am in this part of the world.
>
> Some years ago on the way back home from nationals, my daughter and I
> stopped in Durham, NC to see my wife's aunt. We did a group ride that
> started at 1PM. That was a new and unusual experience for us. It was kind of
> nice to ride in the early afternoon and not have the hair burned off your
> arms.
>
Do not people work anymore? I could not attend a ride that started later
than 4 AM or before 7 PM.

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
“Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.”

[Tom Sherman]

It's Chris wrote:
> From: sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com (Tom Sherman)
>> Why do all the rides start so early in the
>> day?
>
> The club here in S.Carolina where I live it seems most of the members
> start their rides after 11 in the morning, some even later. They do this
> all seasons of the year. How they cope with the 90 degree heat and
> similar humidity I never quite figured out. I guess it must be genetic.
>
On weekends presumably?

What about week days?

--
Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
“Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.”

[sally]

Tom Sherman <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in
news:g6oiu4$qd7$5@registered.motzarella.org:
> Do not people work anymore? I could not attend a ride that started later
> than 4 AM or before 7 PM.

Cycling is a popular sport with retired people.

[Bruce Gilbert]

"Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:g6oiu4$qd7$5@registered.motzarella.org...
> Bruce Gilbert wrote:
> > "Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:g6luqk$oqp$8@registered.motzarella.org...
> >> Bruce Gilbert wrote:
> >>> "Tom Sherman" <sunsetss0003@REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:g6ltqa$oqp$4@registered.motzarella.org...
> >>>> It's Chris wrote:
> >>>>> Anybody here have any "complaints" about the clubs in your area?
Their
> >>>>> preferred type of riding isn't compaatible with yours, they don't
ride
> >>>>> far/fast/slow enough, or enough period, general "lethatargy" and so
> > on?
> >>>>> Post your gripes, if you have any, about "your" local clubs, I'm
> >>>>> curious.
> >>>>>
> >>>> Why do all the rides start so early in the day?
> >>>>
> >>> Down here in Houston our summer rides all start at 7 or 7:30. Getting
> > off
> >>> the bike later than 11 is just like being incinerated in a solar oven.
> >>> Having dealt with Melanoma already I try not to fry too much...
> >>>
> >> 7:30 PM would be a more reasonable time to start.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Tom Sherman - Holstein-Friesland Bovinia
> >> “Mary had a little lamb / And when she saw it sicken /
> >> She shipped it off to Packingtown / And now it’s labeled chicken.”
> >
> > Most of the organized summer rides go at 7am in this part of the world.
> >
> > Some years ago on the way back home from nationals, my daughter and I
> > stopped in Durham, NC to see my wife's aunt. We did a group ride that
> > started at 1PM. That was a new and unusual experience for us. It was
kind of
> > nice to ride in the early afternoon and not have the hair burned off
your
> > arms.
> >
> Do not people work anymore? I could not attend a ride that started later
> than 4 AM or before 7 PM.
>

I believe that was a Saturday ride leaving at 1PM from the bike shop on
Broad Street. It was 10 years ago, coming to think about it.

Bruce

[Pat]

>> Do not people work anymore? I could not attend a ride that started later
>> than 4 AM or before 7 PM.
>
> Cycling is a popular sport with retired people.

Our club has retired people, people who do shift work, cops, flight
attendants, people who work from home...all kinds of people.