Got my Cinderella Registration Form!

[jobob]

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[BikerDar]

I generally arrive in the last half hour of check in and there has not been a wait for any letter of the alphabet.


ps....I don't need help with definitions thanks very much.

[BikeMomma]

If your last name begins with a P you end up waiting closer to an hour.

That happened to me for the last two years running.

Jo - You need to misspell your last name by only just the first letter (I suggest with an "N") I'll let you have cut-sies!
(this thread is getting WAY too serious....)

[snapdragen]

Jo - You need to misspell your last name by only just the first letter (I suggest with an "N") I'll let you have cut-sies!
(this thread is getting WAY too serious....)

Or wait until it's close to the cutoff time and ride with all the newbies

So kids, do you suppose a Snap can get a Lemon Drop at Camp Parks? Or maybe Fuzio's would love a sweaty bicycle girl at the bar......

[cindysue]

Not sure what time you're arriving that you end up waiting 45 minutes, unless you're getting there when the gates first open. Go a little bit later and there isn't as much, if any, wait.

Hey Dar, I've had to wait in line even when getting there after 8am. Last name Mc. Will miss you on Sat. but I'll see ya next week!

P.S. this is a great forum. Hope to see you continue to post. And they still let me back in even when I manage to piss somebody off which may be often...

[snapdragen]

Hey Dar, I've had to wait in line even when getting there after 8am. Last name Mc. Will miss you on Sat. but I'll see ya next week!

P.S. this is a great forum. Hope to see you continue to post. And they still let me back in even when I manage to piss somebody off which may be often...

Nah, you're ok people cindysue - if you really pissed us off, we'd hunt you down and steal all your Luna bars...

[bikerz]

I wonder what the "Z" line will be like....

[SadieKate]

Don't think you'll catch many zzzzzz's in it!

[bikerz]

Hah! (SK - I guess that's payback for yesterday's duck pun, huh?)

It's a bit of a risk being a "Z" - sometimes they just lump the whole end of the alphabet together, and it can be worse than the middle-letter lines.

[Melody]

Hah! (SK - I guess that's payback for yesterday's duck pun, huh?)

It's a bit of a risk being a "Z" - sometimes they just lump the whole end of the alphabet together, and it can be worse than the middle-letter lines.

bikerz, don't I know it. My maiden name is Yoon and I was *always* at the end of the list, line, or whatever I was in. Now that I'm a Bliss it feels sooooooo weird being at the beginning. heh

Mel

[Trek420]

bikerz "It's a bit of a risk being a "Z" - sometimes they just lump the whole end of the alphabet together, and it can be worse than the middle-letter lines."

that's why if I do the Cindy again I'm registering as Trek420 Quiglesswibbbly.

Q line was short.

[SadieKate]

I generally arrive in the last half hour of check in and there has not been a wait for any letter of the alphabet.

BikerDar, I do this also only because I have such a long way to drive. Then, I have to put my life on the line, literally, to get around the hordes of slower, inexperienced riders this event attracts. I had a pick-up truck swerve intentionally because I was trying to get around the 3 and 4 abreast tea parties that stroll along chatting away, not a care in the world about traffic or other riders. While other centuries have this same problem, they don't have it to the extent the Cinderella does. Night before packet pick-up would solve a lot of this. Much smaller events do it very successfully.

[carimail]

Well, I thought about leaving my house in Morgan Hill at 3 A.M. on my bike to get there early, you know, to avoid having to park and everything.

HA HA! Just kidding!- Starbucks doesn't even open until 4:30!

Really, though, is parking a problem?

[BikerDar]

That's a really valid point, but my take is just the opposite and maybe the minority, but I'm used to that.. One of the main reasons we start late...aside from hating to wait in line, is because we like to be the ones passing, instead of worrying about the riders who don't call out as they are going by. I have a big mouth (no surprise) and I'm very verbal about warning riders I'm coming up on them, so they know I'm there, and it really has helped avoid many possible collisions. It gives me an element of control that helps me feel safe.

[SadieKate]

I'm laughing because I'm the one who has been vocal about these chatting rolling tea parties. I know you don't know me, but I don't think anyone is going to accuse me of being shy (Veronica and yellow, you can stop snickering).

62 miles of repeatedly shouting on your left 3 and 4 times to the each group is very stressful and dangerous. The faster rider is the one who has to swerve out into traffic to get around them. Funny how the rules say "single file" but so many seem to think it doesn't apply to them. I'm the one who had a pickup truck intentionally swerve at her as I tried to pass one of these many group obstacles.

The organizers could do things to lessen the horde problems at registration and increase the safety of the riders on the route, but it would involve technology. I don't think anyone would complain about an extra few dollars to help pay for that. I've done this ride several times over 19 years and have not seen any significant change to adapt to the growth other than the starting location. Sooner or later, they will be forced to make further changes. I just hope it doesn't come only after the cost of someone's life.