Forum rides

[david k]

What's wrong with starting threads of the type "Forum ride from [Place] on [Date]" in the CC & Informal Rides and Events forum, like this: Forum Ride from Hebden Bridge to Slaidburn, Sun 10th July or Yorkshire Dales forum ride from Settle, Sun 26th June?

Nothing Colin, just a thought that it may work well to have a more formal area, may encourage more to join. If its not a good idea then fine, Id happily look out for people posting when one is coming up.

I still like my idea though, if its taken on by the board it would be better to role it out in spring

 

[ianrauk]

Nothing Colin, just a thought that it may work well to have a more formal area, may encourage more to join. If its not a good idea then fine, Id happily look out for people posting when one is coming up.

I still like my idea though, if its taken on by the board it would be better to role it out in spring

there are plans in the pipleline for regional sections.

 

[david k]

there are plans in the pipleline for regional sections.

i think thats a great idea

who thought of it

 

[Deleted member 1258]

In my two Meriden ride threads, I suggested that some people might already be booked up but that surely can't explain why I struggled to get more than 3 or 4 people interested when there are more than two million people living within a 25 mile radius? Midlanders are more club or family-orientated than Southerners or Northerners - surely not?

It would be interesting if Admin could give us an idea as to how many forum members are in the Coventry area, I suspect we are thin on the ground in the Midlands, would go some way to explain the lack of support.

 

[totallyfixed]

Go back and read post #9 from Shaun, not exactly sure how it will work but at least it's an idea, a bit like getting people out on their bikes and riding together.

 

[Shaun]

i think thats a great idea

who thought of it

I don't think it was me, but I don't mind taking the credit ...

No, it's something I'm going to look at when we've moved to the new software. It allows for thread prefixes and for narrowing the thread selection to just one specific prefix - so, for example, if we have Scotland, England, Wales, and Ireland - you can click on the Scotland prefix and you'll get all the Scotland tagged rides. (NB: you can clear the selection and pick other ones too or just go back to the main view - it's not a permanent selection!!)

The difficulty is in how narrow to go with the regions. County level might be the best fit, but some rides cross counties!!

It's something that will take a bit of experimentation to get right, but it should be a useful addition to help people find rides in their preferred area.

Cheers,
Shaun

 

[Shaun]

There's also and Events add-on that is likely to replace the current rides calendar - this might be useful to review from time to time as well.

 

[lukesdad]

Can we make it strictly rides though, and leave the bolt on threads to the cafe or elsewhere ?

 

[wiggydiggy]

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The difficulty is in how narrow to go with the regions. County level might be the best fit, but some rides cross counties!!

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True, but just select the Start county, can specify the finishing county in the thread?

 

[ColinJ]

True, but just select the Start county, can specify the finishing county in the thread?

Don't most forum rides end up back where they started from?

How hard is it for forum ride organisers to identify the start/finish town and for would-be forum riders to check the CC & Informal Rides and Events forum to see if there is anything coming up that they fancy?

Let me just check ...

• London area rides (no)
• South Birmingham social rides (maybe another time when I'm visiting family in the Midlands)
• FNRttC (not currently into night riding)
• Cottingham Road Club (don't want to join a club, but quickly checked where Cottingham is anyway - too far away)
• Lanes and Fens (sounds good but too far away)
• Brighton (too far)
• Leeds (I like riding with the Leeds crew but I can't really afford any rail fares and another cafe stop this month, and I would prefer a longer ride if I'm going to travel to do one)
• National Hill Climb ride (bit too far away for this time of year - pity!)

And so on ... How easy is that? I think the tagging thing is an answer in search of a problem!

 

[ianrauk]

Agree Colin.
It's not as if the ride section is overflowing with pages and pages of rides. It's very easy to quickly scan to see which would be of interest.

 

[Becs]

all social occasions involve a degree of conformity. If you're going out to dinner with people and arrive an hour late, and then take a further hour to knock back your starter you're probably not getting in to the swing of things. There are people who find social arrangements difficult or constrictive, and they probably spend more time on their own that most, but most of us get in to the swing of things without difficulty. Other than that, as Ian says, some rides are quick and some rides are slow. The Sunday London Ride can average under four miles an hour, and will never break the ten mile an hour barrier. The FNRttC is a bit faster, and the Rides for Food faster and longer still.

I'm pretty sure we've gone 20mph + on the south circular on a few occasions, but I guess you're talking averages. It would be nice to get the Sunday London ride going again, although perhaps a little quicker :-)

 

[wiggydiggy]

• Leeds (I like riding with the Leeds crew but I can't really afford any rail fares and another cafe stop this month, and I would prefer a longer ride if I'm going to travel to do one)

Colin now my Carradice Barley is on the way I'm planning a credit card 2 day tour to South Shields from Leeds along the TransPennineWay. No real plan as yet but I'm hoping to scope the journey as far as sheffield this weekend and I know of a reasonable hotel at the halfway point.

Might be a bit much considering we've not ridden together yet, but the idea is in my head and I'd like to do it this year before it gets too crappy weather.....

 

[Becs]

I don't use trains that often and didn't realise how dire the Sunday service is, pathetic. If this ride goes ok the next one in Spring probably will be on a Sunday. If I get enough positive feedback I will decide on a date and post it up at the weekend. Looking forward to Becs forum ride on 30th Oct.

29th Oct (easier to find country pubs with room for 20 on a Saturday). Anyone that fancies a flat 60 miler from Cambridge at a conversational but not too slow pace check out the "lanes and fens" thread (shameless plugging)!

My first CTC ride was the "little green ride" in herts. I turned up on my battered old pub bike and looked positively sporty! One lady not only had a basket but she bought horse manure from the tea stop and strapped it to her rack, shedding horse apples all the way home!

 

[ColinJ]

Colin now my Carradice Barley is on the way I'm planning a credit card 2 day tour to South Shields from Leeds along the TransPennineWay. No real plan as yet but I'm hoping to scope the journey as far as sheffield this weekend and I know of a reasonable hotel at the halfway point.

The Trans-Pennine Way is a footpath, so I assume that you mean the Trans-Pennine trail, but that doesn't go anywhere near South Shields! If you meant Southport from Leeds, that wouldn't go anywhere near Sheffield - I'm confused!

I turned up on my battered old pub bike and looked positively sporty! One lady not only had a basket but she bought horse manure from the tea stop and strapped it to her rack, shedding horse apples all the way home!

I saw a place selling manure at £1 a bag on my forum ride on Sunday. It struck me as odd to pay for it, when you can just scrape it up off country roads for nothing!