Old Plank Trail?

[Trek420]

Yes, there's a Different Spokes club here. I've ridden a couple of their rides. I ride to ride, also ride to eat

If I meet or get to know someone out there, it's wonderful but not a social much less single thing to me.

As far as clubs go I prefer the Velogirls and/or Lunachix or a good ol' TE ride because of the emphasis on safety. There's almost always a talk before the ride, they teach ride skills before after & during the ride...

I'll give DS another chance but the two rides I went on with them, no safety message, lots of passing on the right, blowing though stop signs....funny thing the last time I rode with them:

There was a DS women only ride and on Alameda Creek Trail last season I think and I thought, hey, I'll go, I like ACT, it's nearby, what's not to like?

So we meet up, no safety stuff, ride out, I'll admit I ran some stop signs gingerly just to keep up then we get on the trail. Lots of riding two abreast, chatting along the blind turns.

I got in behind a couple of gals, newer rider along with a gal on a Trek Project One riding side by side. Those of you who know me I'm not fast but I did not want to be behind the debris if they hit a rider around a bend. So I clear my throat (subtle is my middle name) no response, call out "passing on your left" ...nothin'....try it again, ah! Success, they figure out who drops back and I pass.

As I did "newer rider" starts to sprint after me and I hear Project One gal say "nah, you don't want that".

Alrighty, if you're lurking, what did that mean?

She must know about my hat collection ;-)

[Duck on Wheels]

So I clear my throat (subtle is my middle name) no response, call out "passing on your left" ...nothin'....try it again, ah! Success, they figure out who drops back and I pass.

As I did "newer rider" starts to sprint after me and I hear Project One gal say "nah, you don't want that".

Alrighty, if you're lurking, what did that mean?

She must know about my hat collection ;-)

Maybe the gal with the advice just thought that, as a biker, you were out of the other gal's league. I mean ... you do have one very fast-lookin' bike! And you did call out "passing on your left" like a pro, and then pass them. So maybe advice gal figured you were just too good a biker for newbie gal there.

Oooooorrrrr ... maybe advice gal wanted newbie gal to stay back with her.

So next time, stay back and call out "Hi! How 'bout after the ride, wanna come home and see my hat collection?"

[Trek420]

bikeless in WI "next time, stay back and call out "Hi! How 'bout after the ride, wanna come home and see my hat collection?"

...or etchings? Just kidding. This is probably why I'm single, I'd rather pass than make passes

[KnottedYet]

"rather pass than make passes"

An admirable quality!

(we need that as a bumpersticker on the Team Fredwina Athena team car)

[Trek420]

I get to pass riders so rarely that I enjoy it when I do.

I was thinking of having my name changed through the process of being accepted use and just what everyone calls me to "on your left"

[KnottedYet]

I got wolf-whistled by a UPS driver today. And she was really cute. Does that count as a "pass"?

It was a friend of mine, and her partner would strangle her if she knew what she'd done.

It was pretty funny. I thought "oh, must be someone cute behind me" and didn't even know she was whistling at me until she shouted my name.

Then she called me on my cell and berated me for assuming she was whistling at someone else! (she's good for my ego)

What would we do without our crazy biker chick friends?

[Trek420]

It does not count as a pass from your partnered friend....

But it counts as wonderful support from a friend. Nice going with whistle and a follow-up call.