The Board has taken input from members and discussed the decline in Sunday ride participation.
Next month we will ‘retire’ the Sunday routes and feature Saturday routes on Sundays, as well as try to schedule a Remote Ride monthly. We hope the folks who have left to other long hard rides will enjoy their Sundays, but more of the club who enjoys the non-racing social Saturday format will participate on Sundays.
We will juggle the routes so that there will not be a repeat of a Saturday ride on a Sunday in the same month.
We will try this for several months, through January 2022 - and see how members respond, or see if a member steps up to lead another option for Sunday rides. The route slips all say SAT on them, so don’t be surprised if you load one on a Sunday soon.
Below are the analysis of survey responses we received:
>53% of respondents do not ride with BCI on Sunday
>59% say they might ride more with BCI on Sundays if there is a change
>21% say they would welcome what we did - have Saturday rides on Sundays.
(Sorry - we don’t plan to offer free beer)
Only a few said they would help the Ride Coordinator with mapping rides, crafting spread sheet cue slips or posting pdf’s for the club… those who said they could help, and other willing - PLEASE do contact Paul @ Rides@BikeIrvine.org !
A wide collection of comments - including some nice ‘Kudos’.
Remember - it is your club so please take a turn at the front, helping support the Board, or run for a position next year. Rides need help reviewing errors before repeating so take the time to point out any you experience. Members are always encouraged to suggest rides and routes, and we always need help generating and correcting routes. Picnics & BBQs and meeting speakers and covid adjustments have taken a lot of volunteer work so please pitch in with a little help or take a leadership role. If you see others needing to be trained on legal riding or group etiquette, offer that concern when you see it.
Thank you to the 37 members who took the time to give some feedback on the Sunday Rides.
