ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Proposition - Ride descriptions

Re: Proposition - Ride descriptions

Susan F. Evans (suendavid@worldnet.att.net)
Sun, 02 Mar 1997 12:32:42 -0800

I agree with Linda, I think this would be a great idea, but a pretty big
project. I have no idea of how to put together a FAQ (Mike Maul posted
me about one some time back and, like a total idiot, I had no clue what
he was talking about). What about this idea...if Linda and a few other
people are willing, maybe Linda could do the rides for one or two
regions, I could do the rides for another one or two (I happen to ride
mostly in SW and W regions, but that doesn'nt mean I'd have to do those)
and maybe another person or two or three could do the other regions. If
Mike or Steph or someone hasn't gotten totally fed up with my
FAQ-challenged mentality, maybe he/they could help get it into FAQ
format?

What do y'll think?

Susan Evans

P.S. I agree about putting together a basic "form", too. Good idea! Is
this democracy in action or what?

Linda Cowles wrote:
>
> I was thinking the same thing as Susan Evans about getting information together
> to describe rides as I was going over the ride calendar looking for a good
> 1st 50 in the middle of the summer, and a good 1st 100 at the end of the year.
> There are very few descriptions on these rides on-line... although a few do a
> great job.
>
> I would offer to write-up descriptions of rides I've done, but I'd personally
> like to see a general form that describes all of the basics, and includes comments
> from multiple riders on ride specific matters such as crew access, support for
> crewless (and clueless!) riders, suitability for a first ride, etc. What I would
> really like to know are things like "have a butt cover or blanket at the Fireworks
> lunch stop in case the wind picks up" - in the blazing hot California summer, many
> of us don't think about those things until after we've done the ride.
>
> If people want to suggest form contents, I'd be happy to collect them and post
> them back to the group in a week, maybe we could start a ride.FAQ, of see if we
> can keep the information on-line at the site.
>
> What do you folks think? Would this be a good group effort? If it's deemed worthy,
> I can collect input on form contents, and we can take it from there.
> --
>
> Linda Cowles

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