Meeting Recap- July 27, 2013

Seven riders turned out for the meeting, most riding in spite of the threatening skies. After viewing one of the recent lessons from What They Didn't Teach You In Sunday School we took a look at the route for the Maggie Valley ride scheduled for August 9-10 (see the calendar for a description). Dan showed how we could (and should) sign up for this and future rides by checking the participation box on the calendar's event description after signing in to our site as a member (if you don't have a user name/password follow the instructions on the Home page).

We discussed the October Vintage Festival at Barber. Dan/Steve have reserved three campsites for their use and whomever else they will accommodate This event, and September's (9/14 Little River Canyon) are not yet on the calendar so contact Dan directly if you plan to go to Barber ( October 11-13)

We discussed different ways to regroup if one or more rider gets separated from the group. While cellphone contact is probably best, SPOT was discussed as an  alternative. In any case it was agreed that a "plan B" meeting place should be identified in case the group, for some reason does not make it together at the "plan A" meeting location.

The group viewed a few videos, some for fun, some for training of sorts. They are becoming experts at picking out what went wrong and what should have been done in various situations that went bad for the filmed ride. Captain Crash also had a few words of wisdom regarding riding on roads newly refreshed with chip and seal.