|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Wildflower Century
The Wildflower Century in San Luis Obisbo is "sold out." I am looking
for one slot. If anyone has had a change of plans please E-Mail me. Thanks |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
"Glewis" wrote in message
oups.com... The Wildflower Century in San Luis Obisbo is "sold out." I am looking for one slot. If anyone has had a change of plans please E-Mail me. Thanks How can a cycling event be "sold out?" The don't own the roads. If they don't want your money and won't give you a T-shirt, that's their problem. Unless they purchased the roads, I don't see how they can keep you off of them. The Assault on Mt. Mitchell always tries to restrict entry to 900 riders who will be allowed to ride the Blue Ridge Parkway and up to the top of Mt. Mitchell. But there are always "renegades" who can't get a ticket and just ride it anyway. There's really nothing they can do to stop it. Of course, in the instance of Mt. Mitchell, that 900 rider restriction is at the request of the national park service that controls the Blue Ridge Parkway and it's in the interest of public safety. So if you want to be considerate of the safety of others, you won't be a renegade. But if you won't be a threat to the safety of others and you don't snarf all the food at their rest stops, I say go and have a nice ride. -- Bob C. "Of course it hurts. The trick is not minding that it hurts." T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
"psycholist" wrote in
: The Assault on Mt. Mitchell always tries to restrict entry to 900 riders who will be allowed to ride the Blue Ridge Parkway and up to the top of Mt. Mitchell. But there are always "renegades" who can't get a ticket and just ride it anyway. There's really nothing they can do to stop it. I've always wondered - what is the point of being renegade riding? If you don't want to support the group that manages the event, why not just do the ride on your own on a different day? Are you trying to mooch off of their refreshment and SAG services? There are 364 other days in the year, right? |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
psycholist wrote:
"Glewis" wrote in message oups.com... The Wildflower Century in San Luis Obisbo is "sold out." I am looking for one slot. If anyone has had a change of plans please E-Mail me. Thanks How can a cycling event be "sold out?" The don't own the roads. If they don't want your money and won't give you a T-shirt, that's their problem. Unless they purchased the roads, I don't see how they can keep you off of them. The Assault on Mt. Mitchell always tries to restrict entry to 900 riders who will be allowed to ride the Blue Ridge Parkway and up to the top of Mt. Mitchell. But there are always "renegades" who can't get a ticket and just ride it anyway. There's really nothing they can do to stop it. I've been wondering about that... I see they can't control things. Of course, in the instance of Mt. Mitchell, that 900 rider restriction is at the request of the national park service that controls the Blue Ridge Parkway and it's in the interest of public safety. So if you want to be considerate of the safety of others, you won't be a renegade. But if you won't be a threat to the safety of others and you don't snarf all the food at their rest stops, I say go and have a nice ride. Well, if you don't pay, you shouldn't eat, either. That's the point of having a slot. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
"Ken" wrote in message
... "psycholist" wrote in : The Assault on Mt. Mitchell always tries to restrict entry to 900 riders who will be allowed to ride the Blue Ridge Parkway and up to the top of Mt. Mitchell. But there are always "renegades" who can't get a ticket and just ride it anyway. There's really nothing they can do to stop it. I've always wondered - what is the point of being renegade riding? If you don't want to support the group that manages the event, why not just do the ride on your own on a different day? Are you trying to mooch off of their refreshment and SAG services? There are 364 other days in the year, right? Gee Ken, did ya read the original post? The guy isn't being given the choice to support the group that manages the event. They're telling him it's "sold out." The guy wants to do an event that includes lots of other riders and all the ambiance, etc. If he wanted to ride that course alone on another day, I doubt if he'd have posted here as he did. I was just pointing out what is quite plainly true -- the group putting on the ride he wants to do doesn't own the roads and can't prevent him from riding. But I agree that he shouldn't partake of their sag and support services if he's not paying. He should be self-supporting. -- Bob C. "Of course it hurts. The trick is not minding that it hurts." T. E. Lawrence (of Arabia) |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
"psycholist" wrote in
: Gee Ken, did ya read the original post? The guy isn't being given the choice to support the group that manages the event. They're telling him it's "sold out." Those limits are for saftey reasons, among others. If you think enough of the group to want to go on their rides, the least you can do is to respect their saftey program and do the ride another day. Next time around, sign up a little earlier. Only a very few rides around the country are so crowded that they have restrictions on early registrations. |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:23:23 -0400, "psycholist"
wrote: "Ken" wrote in message ... "psycholist" wrote in : The Assault on Mt. Mitchell always tries to restrict entry to 900 riders who will be allowed to ride the Blue Ridge Parkway and up to the top of Mt. Mitchell. But there are always "renegades" who can't get a ticket and just ride it anyway. There's really nothing they can do to stop it. I've always wondered - what is the point of being renegade riding? If you don't want to support the group that manages the event, why not just do the ride on your own on a different day? Are you trying to mooch off of their refreshment and SAG services? There are 364 other days in the year, right? Gee Ken, did ya read the original post? The guy isn't being given the choice to support the group that manages the event. They're telling him it's "sold out." The guy wants to do an event that includes lots of other riders and all the ambiance, etc. If he wanted to ride that course alone on another day, I doubt if he'd have posted here as he did. I was just pointing out what is quite plainly true -- the group putting on the ride he wants to do doesn't own the roads and can't prevent him from riding. But I agree that he shouldn't partake of their sag and support services if he's not paying. He should be self-supporting. I had no idea there were such things as renegades...so it's an informative post for rbm, imo. ;-) Why not show up and see if anyone canceled? There's bound to be open spaces -- the bigger the better; the easier to find someone who stubbed their toe on the way there and can't ride!? I don't know, I'm asking... jj |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:06:38 +0000, Ken wrote:
"psycholist" wrote in : Gee Ken, did ya read the original post? The guy isn't being given the choice to support the group that manages the event. They're telling him it's "sold out." Those limits are for saftey reasons, among others. If you think enough of the group to want to go on their rides, the least you can do is to respect their saftey program and do the ride another day. Next time around, sign up a little earlier. Only a very few rides around the country are so crowded that they have restrictions on early registrations. OK let me say that I've run into this problem in a different way. The area I ride in is very popular for rides for NY & NJ. My starting points are very popular starting points for some of the rides and I've been caught in the middle of them during some of my spring training rides. Now what I don't do is to use their stops. But what really ****ed me off was when one of my riders had a minor accident and one of their SAGs pulled up and asked if we were on their ride. We answered no (we're honest) and they took off! They didn't check to see if we needed help and the situation looked worse than it really was. There was no offer of help. Now I didn't expect a whole lot since we weren't on their ride but a slight sign of caring should have been shown. You don't leave a fellow rider on the side of the road totally unsupported. Yes we had it covered but they didn't know that. My best friend and I usually carry enough tools to get us out of most jams. I carry 4 tubes, a patch kit, a spare tire, a tire boot, spoke repair kit, tools, First Aid kit and toilet paper (but nothing to read!). My friend loads up similarly. Personally I try to avoid riding in the same space as sponosred rides if I'm not on them. This is because it tends to cause confusion where other riders try to follow us. That will ruin their day and probably add more than several miles to their ride. -- Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry http://home.comcast.net/~ncherry/ (Text only) http://hcs.sourceforge.net/ (HCS II) http://linuxha.blogspot.com/ My HA Blog |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
How can a cycling event be "sold out?" The don't own the roads.
Usually not, but there are exceptions: 1) When the Solvang Century went through Vandenburg you *had* to have a ride wristband to enter the base. 2) Mt. Diablo State Park was closed to outside traffic (riders and cars) while riders were participating in the Mt. Diablo Challenge. I haven't done either event for several years so things may have changed. Chris Neary "Science, freedom, beauty, adventu what more could you ask of life? Bicycling combined all the elements I loved" - Adapted from a quotation by Charles Lindbergh |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
"psycholist" wrote in message ... Unless they purchased the roads, I don't see how they can keep you off of them. It can be done. Take a look at the start of one of my rides. I don't let any ugly people enter the section of the parking lot that we're using to unload our bikes and get prepared for the hammer session. It just takes one unattractive person in the group to bring the whole thing down to the next level. |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
New milestone: metric century | rubic | Unicycling | 16 | September 21st 08 10:26 PM |
So. Calif. -- Two New Century Rides | M.J. Grove | General | 0 | March 20th 05 08:23 AM |
First double century of the year 15 January 2005 | Zach | Recumbent Biking | 13 | February 19th 05 04:09 AM |
First Century Ride | SlowRider | General | 0 | August 30th 04 06:03 PM |
First century + 75 miles the day before? | Bob in CT | General | 16 | July 15th 04 01:20 PM |