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Mike,
There are reasons we might not want the feel of people communicating via walkie-talkies "running" the ride, but to address the mechanics of your suggestion, who would the people at the front have been?
2 people largely "led" about the first 3 miles or so, and then the cowboys couldn't be held back and the ride sped up with mostly newbies and very infrequent participants (and some guy yelling something about a Pony) racing away at the front.
You would have had nobody communicating to nobody.
At some point I don't think you're going to be able to keep things from getting strung out, unless you can consistently put a team of 6-8 people who are committed to staying at the front and leading in an authoritative manner for the entire ride . . . I was satisfied that we were together until we cleared the loop, at least.
It takes much more than one ambulance to cause the ride to spread out.
Were you at the front at all on this ride? I think you're making some assumptions about what happens up there.
Was there anything good about the ride?
Widespread mellowness due to the beautiful weather worked in our favor last night.
Mike,
There are reasons we might not want the feel of people communicating via walkie-talkies "running" the ride, but to address the mechanics of your suggestion, who would the people at the front have been?
2 people largely "led" about the first 3 miles or so, and then the cowboys couldn't be held back and the ride sped up with mostly newbies and very infrequent participants (and some guy yelling something about a Pony) racing away at the front.
You would have had nobody communicating to nobody.
At some point I don't think you're going to be able to keep things from getting strung out, unless you can consistently put a team of 6-8 people who are committed to staying at the front and leading in an authoritative manner for the entire ride . . . I was satisfied that we were together until we cleared the loop, at least.
It takes much more than one ambulance to cause the ride to spread out.
Were you at the front at all on this ride? I think you're making some assumptions about what happens up there.
I was just thinking... You guys do try and lead the mass (thanks for everyone's effort btw). I don't think anyone expects the mass to be totally controlled. It seems like this could only help the effort. FRS/GMRS radios are cheap and should do the job. I have two. anyway... just saying...
H3N3 said:Mike,
There are reasons we might not want the feel of people communicating via walkie-talkies "running" the ride, but to address the mechanics of your suggestion, who would the people at the front have been?
2 people largely "led" about the first 3 miles or so, and then the cowboys couldn't be held back and the ride sped up with mostly newbies and very infrequent participants (and some guy yelling something about a Pony) racing away at the front. You would have had nobody communicating to nobody. At some point I don't think you're going to be able to keep things from getting strung out, unless you can consistently put a team of 6-8 people who are committed to staying at the front and leading in an authoritative manner for the entire ride . . . I was satisfied that we were together until we cleared the loop, at least. It takes much more than one ambulance to cause the ride to spread out. Were you at the front at all on this ride? I think you're making some assumptions about what happens up there.
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