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« on: May 14, 2012, 03:56:04 AM »
Hey Mike. Weather was good for the Angola ride, mostly cloudy but most of the time just high clouds, some filtered sunshine. Last 12 miles or so of the 64 mile route was into the wind and hilly, not so much fun. Pretty lame food at the SAGS I have to say. Lots of volunteers at major road crossings were helpful.
So what is the deal with insurance on a club ride? If (when) someone gets dropped and they (me) miss a turn and are off the route map for a few miles...no insurance? What if I get separated from the group and I have an old map? Lot of different scenarios that cause me to deviate off that days' map. I was on a club ride this year and early in the route the entire group deviated from the map I got that day. Upon returning home I compared to some of my old maps, yep we just rode a 2 or 3 mile segment of the "old" map. Happened again last weekend on the ride to Ashley, 3 riders (me) turned right following the map as the "pack" just kept going north. Yelled out..."Right turn!" to no avail. We three then had to hammer to catch up to the pack.
Seems like this will rear it's ugly head and become an issue at some point. Sucks that so many things are driven by "legal ramifications" and not common sense.