Re: [CR]Philosophy on Rides

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2005 19:58:11 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Philosophy on Rides
References: <00e301c4f082$36cc7440$944d9e18@spa.sc.charter.com>


Chris Miller wrote:
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> While for the most part I agree with Felix, in Upstate South Carolina (about 100 miles from Cycles de Oro) there do not exist vintage rides of which I am aware. I would suggest that that riding our Classic bikes for 30 miles and on fair days only perpetuates the "Trailer Queen" stereotype seen in car and motorcycle shows.(snip)

Chris, a Trailer Queen isn't driven at all! Many consider a 30 mile ride on a bike to be not too short and not too long.

While I've been known to ride to the Five Piers ride and back (a little over a hundred miles) I would guess most on this list would not consider that a reasonable ride at all.

Typically the Rose Bowl vintage ride attracts around 10 riders and this is after having the ride in place for five years now. I don't think many of them would be coming if the ride was much longer in length.

Here's the route and profile (courtesy of Steve Maas): http://www.nonlintec.com/bikepages/vr_route.htm

I'm trying to attract new riders not scare them off!

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California

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