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 David, you said: " I say that if you're a member of the American 
_Endurance_ Riders Conference, and do rides, then it ought to be OK to 
call oneself an endurance rider."  It is perfectly okay to do so. 
"Endurance rider" has become synonomous with "distance rider" or "long 
rider."  Is someone actually objecting out  loud when you refer to 
yourself with those terms?  That would be silly.

 But when the term endurance ride is used within the vernacular of our 
sport, it does define a certain something, just for clarity, not insult 
or exclusion. I think one of the reasons people like to refer to 
themselves as an endurance rider is that they know there is inherent 
honor and respect contained in the term, and they want to be connected 
and identified with it. And that honor and respect was initially derived 
at a time when there was nothing but 100 mile finish lines to cross to 
become one. If we keep moving that finish line closer to obtain that 
title, where does it end? The 12 or 8 mile fun ride?   Bruce

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