getting dropped

[Tuckervill]

Lewis & Clark is setting up a cycling team/club. Brand new. There's a L&C store in Little Rock, now, but probably not one in your neck o' the woods.

I've been doing the Saturday newbies group ride at the Rogers store, and hanging out on their forums a little. The team/club is seeming to focus on racing and mountain biking, so I'm hoping to be a voice for the normal people. ;-) When I asked about club cut jerseys, it went over like a lead balloon.

You should google the Arkansas Bicycle Coalition. I'll bet you'll find some folks.

Karen

[sundial]

When I asked about club cut jerseys, it went over like a lead balloon.

LOL!

[Geonz]

I"ll write more later, but a beginner's ride is a bit of a challenge primarily because you always have to assertively address the genuine culture clash between the different needs of different kinds of riders. YOu've got rank beginners, and hten folks who *think* they're rank beginners but have forgotten what it was like to honestly, really average 10 mph, and then folks who like to go 40 miles at 13 mph, and sometimes somebody who's intimidated by the fast group but 'way too fast for us... but usually that's a problem that fades.
And some days are much better than others ;D
Most important message I preach is to "keep coming back" because if you're the onlly beginner this week... but next week it's a differnet only beginner... you'll never know that there really were 12 of you out there. Fortunately for me, when I joined about 9 other 'saunter types' joined so we had our own kind of critical mass, but when it was only one or two of us and most people were faster, I kept saying "but we have to keep coming back, so we can grow!" and it worked.