On the other hand, 25 miles is only 5 miles farther than my commute to work, one way. Although I might do it occaisionally just to see folks and bikes, it would be hard for me to get excited enough to drive very far to such an event. It would seem a lot more worthwhile if the ride were at least 40 miles long. I did a couple of centuries last year, but I'm at that point in my life where rides stop being fun after 70 miles or so.
I saw three guys on a paceline yesterday, but I wasn't one of them!
Steve Barner, Salt-City (Bolton), Vermont
> 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
>
> Chris Miller wrote:
> >
> > 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/
>
> I'm trying to attract new riders not scare them off!
>
> Chuck Schmidt
> South Pasadena, Southern California