Meeting Recap--September 28, 2013

Seven of us met this fine Saturday to choose from a few alternatives for October. We decided to stick with October 12th for the Twp Parks Plus ride (see Calendar) even though it conflicts with three riders being at the Barber Festival that weekend. No other dates worked well and two of the three at Barber wouldn't be able to make the ride if moved to the 19th, the only other date available. So if you plan to go on the Two Parks Plus ride, sign up via the Calender on the website.

We used the Fellowship Hall for this meeting and everyone agreed it works better than the room we used before, mainly because the audio/visual equipment is superior. The only potential glitch is the WiFi signal strength that hovered between two and three bars. Someone suggested that a "repeater/amplifier" might preclude that being a problem  when using web based videos. I'll look into procuring one, if the price is reasonable.

Everyone agreed that it would be good to reactivate slow speed stop and turn practice in the lower parking lot. I'll refresh the "yellow dots" and have cones available for the October meeting. We will view some videos on slow speed riding first in a truncated meeting, then go to the lower parking lot and practice, weather permitting of course.

We talked a bit about SMIDSY and Outside/Inside/ Outside. Here's a couple videos from our website that may help clarify the riding techniques:

Following is the SMIDSY

Here the cameraman gets O-I-O right most of the time

and finally, a cameraman that may still be alive, shows how NOT to take turns

Next meeting will be on October 26. Mark your calendar.

Bob (the elder)