01-18-2007, 08:54 PM
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| Guest | Re: logistics associated with starting a new riding group?
What does age matter? You aren't looking to date any of them are you?
Go riding with them until you feel you can't learn anything more from
them or feel uncomfortable riding with them. Search out other clubs
and organized rides in your area. Check your local craigslist.com for
other riders, or people selling/wanting bicycles. Check
http://www.bikejournal.com for other riders in your area. Some of the
fastest riders around are the retirees cause they have all day to ride.
Once you make a few cycling friends, perhaps you can set up your own
club if a lot of you have differences from the other riders.
Ken C. M. wrote:
> I have now been riding again for a couple of years now, been a regular
> here almost as long and now find myself wanting to ride with some other,
> the problem with this is, there is a local riding group but from the
> looks of some of the club photos, it looks like most of the riders are a
> bit older, I would prefer to ride more with riders a little closer to my
> own age group. Now I may investigate the local group a bit more and
> maybe even do a ride or two when they have open rides, I don't want to
> spend to join a group that I am not interested in riding with. So I
> guess what this boils down to is this: Has anyone ever started a riding
> group? Whats the hardest part? I would think it's probably getting new
> riders. How would you go about such an endeavor if you were inclined to
> make such an attempt? Thanks in advance for all the input.
>
> Ken
> --
> The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets
> old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without
> shocking the entire community. ~Ann Strong
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