Need Opinions/Input please

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I have a question for those who regularly ride organized events. What month or time of year do you wish you had more ride options? For me, its early fall but wanted to get as much input as possible.

Thank you SO much!

Tracy

[caligurl]

winter! november and december! they are so blank!

jan and feb are ok.. with just a couple rides. that's plenty for that time of year!

march is getting fuller with the addition of new rides!

apr, may, jun! FULL FULL FULL FULL FULL!

july and aug.. slim pickins again.. would like a couple more rides in there!

sept and oct are ok...

i love organized rides! give me different places to ride i wouldn't do on my own! and i love the sags stops (i'm "allowed" to eat junk!)

[bcipam]

winter! november and december! they are so blank!

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See? We can say that cause we live in California but can you imagine the folks in the midwest, south, well anywhere else, they put their bikes away in October and don't bring them back out until April!

But in California where we can ride year round I would like to see more rides in October and November. December's a tough month cause of Christmas. We do a sprinkle of rides in January and February, not many but then weather is usually iffy those months while October and November are normally dry. My favorite month to ride is October, deep fall. Crisp air, cool temps. My favorite!

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I am considering putting together a ride in south Riverside County. I spoke to several people at the planning departments and it seems very doable. I've got the photographer lined up (am going to do this a bit differently than most rides) and am working on some sort of business name so I can get that out of the way, fictitious name statement filed etc. I plan on doing a 20-30 mile route and a metric to start.... now to figure out a date. I'd really like to aim for fall as summer (although, I think there's a need there too) is to close for me to get everything done (I've got a lot of loose ends I'm clearing up so I can concentrate). Although August is a possiblity - however, it gets pretty toasty here in the summer - most people would be done by 1-2pm at latest though... Hmmmm.... whatever I decide, I want to keep it that way and not have to move it to a different month the next year (assuming it all goes okay).

Thank you for your input, I'd love to also hear what things have been very good on previous rides and areas that you find problematic....

keep it comin' ladies!

Tracy

[Running Mommy]

Can I come Tracy???
COOL!!!!

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please do!!!!

... lets see if I can pull it off first I'm a little nervous about what I might be missing at this point!

T~