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I am totally with you on this, James. It holds absolutely zero appeal for me. Riding my bike around the city is such an everyday thing for me. It doesn't take much imagination to have fun on a bike ride throughout the city. I won't pay to be a follower and go on an organized ride.
James Baum said:
I see the draw here for the inexperienced rider. Letting someone else do the thinking/organizing might be the prefered way to go for a rider with less experience and little knowledge of the city for a dark late night ride in unknown territory.
The issue is that many of the people here are regular riders. We don't need much of an excuse to ride Heck we ride to work and ride for errands and ride to the bar (or hangout) and back after all that. The whole idea of having to sign up and pay to go for a ride is sort of silly for many of us. Riding is just what we do and we don't need to have our hands held to do it. I'm not sure about other people but the whole idea of having to "sign up" and fill out forms and releases and pay money just go for a ride to be a little bit on the obtrusive/ridiculous side for me -if not outright offensive. If one wants to ride in a group then Critical Mass is FREE and doesn't have all that authoritarian rigid structure that the pay-to-ride events have.
Maybe that is just the anarchist/anti-authoritarian in me -or the Dutch spirit of a bike just being basic transportation where one just gets on it and RIDES. Sort of like a car. Most people don't need to sign up for a hand-holding session to drive downtown or out to Uncle Fred's place to have dinner. Most people just jump in a car and go. Riding a bike is the same thing -without the trip to the gas station. If people want to hang out then just meet and hang out and maybe ride around then just DO THAT. Wha's with all the sign-up sheets and entrance fees? I do understand the part about trying to raise money but would it be so hard to just have it be an open ride and have some guys with a bucket collecting cash zipping around the ride?
Maybe it's just me. I hate structure ;)
47 here and yes I used copacetic all the time.
Herpyderpy, not so much; but I like it.
James Baum said:
Thank you for the plaudit.
You must not have been around in the 80's because that word was so over-used back then that I didn't realize there were people who hadn't heard it. I forget how old I am sometimes.
Duppie said:New word of the day: copacetic
I had to look that one up. Nice!
James Baum said:Every night is late ride. Why would I spend money doing what I do any night for free?
After this outburst/troll post I'm even less copacetic about this Late Ride thing. What more do these guys want? It was listed on the calender and in posts. Sounds like herpyderpy to me.
notoriousDUG said:Please explain to me why I should support a paid event that bills itself as a cyclists only chance to ride the city after midnight when I do just that every week?
the Late Ride is yet another cycling 'event; that works hard to make a larger gap between cyclists and those who don't ride.
"Are you hipsters too good to participate in such an event?"
Does this mean I am a hipster now? Cool....but I am probably the oldest one!
A few things I learned from from this thread:
1. The Late Ride attracts a different kind of rider than the average chainlink member.
2. Chainlink members love their community and are quick to defend it.
3. James Baum likes to use obscure words. He deserves eclat for that.
Isn't this the ride that had several cases of dehydration last year and McDonalds had some kind of crappy energy drink (that probably didn't help the situation)? If so I hope the organizers did a better job of educating participants on what to expect on the ride and how much water to bring.
A few things I learned from from this thread:
1. The Late Ride attracts a different kind of rider than the average chainlink member.
2. Chainlink members love their community and are quick to defend it.
3. James Baum likes to use obscure words. He deserves eclat for that.
That's a change. Usually I'm being castigated.
That's a change. Usually I'm being castigated.
Duppie said:
A few things I learned from from this thread:
1. The Late Ride attracts a different kind of rider than the average chainlink member.
2. Chainlink members love their community and are quick to defend it.
3. James Baum likes to use obscure words. He deserves eclat for that.
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