[OrRando] Thinking forward to the Three Capes

[joel metz]

seconded. even riders like me, who actually think 
riding solo at/all night is just dandy (even 
desireable!), are more than happy to start 
finding people to ride along with once night 
starts to creep in.

-joel

At 19:03 -0700 04.01.2007, Susan France wrote:
>Most of our experianced riders start "packing 
>up" during the day. They very consciously start 
>"packing up" at night... and you will most 
>probably hear the organizer mention that riders 
>should try to ride together after dark. If it's 
>not mentioned in the morning announcement, it is 
>often mentioned in Netarts. At Netarts you are 
>probably with the same riders you'll be seeing 
>the rest of the ride. I've been known to 
>introduce riders to each other in Netarts and 
>suggest they stick together after dark.
>
>Lynne, if you ask someone to ride with you after 
>dark...they will. And it often is the most 
>enjoyable part of the ride.
>
>Susan.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com 
>[mailto:orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com]On Behalf 
>Of LynneF
>Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 5:55 PM
>To: 'Oregon area Randonneurs'
>Subject: [OrRando] Thinking forward to the Three Capes
>
>Specifically riding alone in the darkŠ  To say 
>that this makes me uneasy is an understatement.
>
>Doing the math puts me 25-30 miles from the 
>finish at sunset.  Do riders consciously "pack 
>up" around sunset or shortly before?
>
>Lynne "chicken" F

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