Re: [CR]LA Times article about the Pasadena ride

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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:10:09 -0500 (EST)
From: "Nick Zatezalo" <nickzz@mindspring.com>
To: chuckschmidt@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [CR]LA Times article about the Pasadena ride
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

I have only been doing the Atlanta rides for about a year, and I was glad you posted this comment. At times it gets frustrating trying to get folks to participate, but once you throw a leg over the top tube and start cranking it makes the effort all worthwhile. On Sunday's outing the coolest thing was having one of the guys bring his 10 year old son along. Everyone was a bit apprehensive;I'm sure; but once we hit the road the kid was an inspiration. Maybe he'll be organising one 40 years from now.

Nick Zatezalo Atlanta,Ga

As to guys with classic bikes not using them? It is my observation, after having a monthly vintage bike ride for approximately the past four years now... and I'm talking about the LA area where there are literally thousands of period lightweight bikes... that there is consistently between 4 (at the least) and 20 or so (at the most) riders that show up. Plenty of people are fully aware that there is a monthly vintage bike ride at the Rose Bowl, but for many reasons they won't attend.

In other words the reasons for _not_ coming to the ride out number the reasons _to_ come to the ride. ("I'm not that good a rider, it's too far, my bike is not that neat, you'll laugh at my clothing, you'll drop me, it would disrupt my traning, I'm too fast a rider for you geezers to stay with, I'm washing my hair," etc.)

It's a guy thing (actually an insecurity thing) in my opinion.

Chuck "will ride at the drop of a hat" Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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