For the G-M weekend people.
Started this thread as the other one is up to page 26, and we have not even got onto planning the rides and routes yet.
So I have started this thread to concentrate on the riding aspect of the weekend - I'd like to be involved in collating, editing and publishing the routes and maps (if you'll have me!).
Now it was Blazes' idea, and I think it is sound, that we would not try to have a mass ride, but rather publish suggested routes and let the folks shop about for what they like, and who they'd like to do it with.
I think a mass ride with the number of bikes, differences in speed and arival times is going to be almost impossible.
I did the Alfie Cox weekend in 2007 and it was done this way and I think it worked extremely well. (I think SGB put it together) They emailed us GPS tracks in advance, and gave us maps/roadbooks of the routes on arrival. Each route had more technical and longer "chilli" optional loops as well as the "green" routes.
I am not sure if we can find chilli routes, but we could have optional loops depending on how far/fast the people want to go.
What I enjoyed, as a slower rider, was that I could head out early on each route in the knowledge that the faster guys could catch me if I fell.
As a first task I intend to collect all the routes on G-M I can find on the forum and stick them on a consolidated map and then we can start the negotiation and compilation into something workable.
Hows that sound? Comments and suggestions please.
Started this thread as the other one is up to page 26, and we have not even got onto planning the rides and routes yet.
So I have started this thread to concentrate on the riding aspect of the weekend - I'd like to be involved in collating, editing and publishing the routes and maps (if you'll have me!).
Now it was Blazes' idea, and I think it is sound, that we would not try to have a mass ride, but rather publish suggested routes and let the folks shop about for what they like, and who they'd like to do it with.
I think a mass ride with the number of bikes, differences in speed and arival times is going to be almost impossible.
I did the Alfie Cox weekend in 2007 and it was done this way and I think it worked extremely well. (I think SGB put it together) They emailed us GPS tracks in advance, and gave us maps/roadbooks of the routes on arrival. Each route had more technical and longer "chilli" optional loops as well as the "green" routes.
I am not sure if we can find chilli routes, but we could have optional loops depending on how far/fast the people want to go.
What I enjoyed, as a slower rider, was that I could head out early on each route in the knowledge that the faster guys could catch me if I fell.
As a first task I intend to collect all the routes on G-M I can find on the forum and stick them on a consolidated map and then we can start the negotiation and compilation into something workable.
Hows that sound? Comments and suggestions please.
