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Re: [RC] rides too close together and heavyweight riders - RDCARRIE

Well said, Barbara!!  I'd love to be in the situation of having so many rides on the calendar that I simply couldn't do them all!!  If a ride can't "compete" with other rides a week apart, and doesn't get enough entries to continue, that is simply the law of supply and demand.  The RM can either stop putting the ride on, or make changes to make their ride more attractive to riders.  Some rides "suffer" because there are fewer riders in their area.  Such is life.  If the ride is sufficiently  interesting/fun/challenging/whatever, riders will make the effort to attend it.  Coddling RMs with less-popular rides by saying no one else can have a ride for at least 2 weeks either side of that ride is very poor practice, IMO.  The riders are the ones who lose, no matter what anyone says to the contrary. 

Dawn in East Texas (RM *and* rider...sulking about missing a ride this weekend due to a broken rib)