Organising Group 1 rides

Hi. The group 2 routes seem to be well planned and emailed around, but group 1 routes are more ad hoc and only setup on the day.

Assuming Richard and the club are ok with this; can I suggest that we use the forum to plan group 1 rides in advance? We could all post up potential routes ( about 60+ miles ) and use the forum to vote on and decide what route we will ride that week.

We could then almost sign up for the ride, by logging into the forum and replying to the thread, so you will have a good idea of the route and numbers in advance of Sunday.
What do people think?

hi there Jo why not use the monthly club meeting to arrange the following months ride,,Gr 2 appear to be in the hands of mark,,, what you need is a Gr 1 captain, just someone with local knowledge to plan 4 rides about 100kms....G..

Hi Geoff.

I wasn't aware we had monthly club meetings... Have you any info about where these are held?

If we use the forum, rather than meetings, it will be easier to get people to contribute.

What dates are you back in the Uk over Christmas? I won't be able to do a Christmas Day ride, ( will be t'up North ) but will be out riding between Christmas and new year. You up for some of that!?

Starting in the New Year we will hold regular ‘Social Evenings’ on the first Thursday of every month at The White Horse, Eaton Socon, PE19 8EL from 8:00 pm.
So we look forward to see you all at our first Social Evening on Thursday 3rd January 2013.
hi joe maybe you missed this..G..

Not sure that piss ups, i mean social evenings, are the best place to organise rides!

well joe, you get my vote group1 captain

you have to start somewhere.its a club night not a excuse to go stupid..but maybe it is for some..g..

Hi Joe,
Any suggestions to getting a route organised for group 1 are always welcome. I think its fair to say that the view is that group 1 can cater for itself - which is fair enough. The forum is as good a way of doing this as any other, it gets my vote.
Tim

>well joe, you get my vote group1 captain

Not quite what I had in mind! I was thinking more democratic rather than autocratic...

>I think its fair to say that the view is that group 1 can cater for itself - which is fair enough.The forum is as good a way of doing this as any other, it gets my vote.

Exactly, but instead of us having to organise something on the day, it would be nice to have a little bit of forward planning.

Any suggested routes for Sunday? It will be cold but bright and sunny with little wind.

Whos coming out?

i did think RO has a list of about a dozen routes used in the passed..if so, do the 12 routes one way and then do them again in the opposite way,voila you have 24 routes all planned out..,ask him for the list...G.

Not sure if I'm ready to come out yet ? but I will be attending cub run on Sunday . As I have sausage fingers when it comes to computers I don't know how to post routes on forum. Yet. For now perhaps we can stick to a tested route? As it is winter I would prefer the ride to be at high tempo but not 60 mile chain gang ?

Maybe you could ask Geoff ( ) for some training on how to post on the forum.... I think he thinks replying to posts is mandatory ( joking Geoff...not looking for a forum fight! )