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[Artista]

Might I suggest that you make it a co-ed weekend? More TE'ers may come from far away if they can travel with their SO. The men could do their own group rides or we could split up into co-ed groups of varying skill levels.

[Catrin]

Co-ed sounds like a good idea - and it might be nice to have it the week before or after the Women's Clinic - but of course we've plenty of time to work all of that out.

[indysteel]

Might I suggest that you make it a co-ed weekend? More TE'ers may come from far away if they can travel with their SO. The men could do their own group rides or we could split up into co-ed groups of varying skill levels.

Absolutely. My own husband would be sad if I spent a weekend out there without him.

[ridebikeme]

Definitely keep me in the lop Ladies: I'm definitely interested. I would tend to think each of us would schedule conflicts, so would simply suggest that you pick a time and go with it... those that want to come and ride will be there.

[indysteel]

Definitely keep me in the lop Ladies: I'm definitely interested. I would tend to think each of us would schedule conflicts, so would simply suggest that you pick a time and go with it... those that want to come and ride will be there.

We will definitely keep you in the loop, and you make a good point about just picking a date and running with it. My biggest concern is weather and the state of the trails. Of course, that's always a gamble.

[Catrin]

We will definitely keep you in the loop, and you make a good point about just picking a date and running with it. My biggest concern is weather and the state of the trails. Of course, that's always a gamble.

Exactly, there are no guarantees. Do we want to make this a weekday event and have it right after the Women's Clinic, or just pick the following weekend? The reason I am suggesting weekdays before or after the Clinic is some of us might be interested in attending the Clinic...but of course there would be a longer travel/vacation time commitment and that might not be feasible. The Midwest Women's MTB Clinic is always in mid-June. Both Indy and I know the organizer and it would be easy enough to get date confirmation. Registration typically starts in January - and she fills up faster each year.

[indysteel]

Exactly, there are no guarantees. Do we want to make this a weekday event and have it right after the Women's Clinic, or just pick the following weekend? The reason I am suggesting weekdays before or after the Clinic is some of us might be interested in attending the Clinic...but of course there would be a longer travel/vacation time commitment and that might not be feasible. The Midwest Women's MTB Clinic is always in mid-June. Both Indy and I know the organizer and it would be easy enough to get date confirmation. Registration typically starts in January - and she fills up faster each year.

One thought Catrin is to have the TE weekend the same weekend as the clinic. Those who want to participate can and those that want to stay an extra day either before or after the event can. There's still some down time where we can call visit, ride and hang out.

But these are just thoughts. I personally don't feel any pressing need to get anything sorted out now. Let's table all of this until later this year/early next year.

ETA: Certainly, even if we had it that weekend, TE members wouldn't have to participate in the clinic itself.

[Artista]

I like the idea of piggy-backing it with the clinic. That would require weekday group rides for the TE gathering, though. I could deal with the weekdays since I'd have to take vacation to attend anyway. Weekday TE rides may not be so popular with the local TE'ers, though.

[Artista]

I agree that nothing has to be decided now.

[indysteel]

I like the idea of piggy-backing it with the clinic. That would require weekday group rides for the TE gathering, though. I could deal with the weekdays since I'd have to take vacation to attend anyway. Weekday TE rides may not be so popular with the local TE'ers, though.

I have no problems taking a weekday off to ride and I'm guessing Catrin doesn't either. Boy, are the trails nice during a weekday. They're typically pretty empty.