Reply To: What is the point of Sundays?

[Julian MT]

Pete – continue to post the Sunday rides please. As you’ll have gathered from previous posts, a lot of us really appreciate the efforts you have been making for the club- thank you!

As Simon has said, a lot of us have been working towards various sportives over the last few months (and, for the elite few, Ironman) and sometimes the length/timing of the posted Sunday rides do not always tie in with everybody’s needs or personal commitments for the weekend.

Perhaps it would help if two alternative routes were posted (one medium length, one longer/hillier) for Sunday, or maybe alternative routes for Saturday and Sunday, to allow people to chose the one most suitable for the individual.

I, and others, have sometimes suggested some alternative routes/start times on the forum from time to time, to try and add some variety, but the response to these has for the most part been quite limited, as is the response to most forum posts. For me, the forum is a good communication tool for the club, as I look at it every day, but maybe we should look at an alternative and more immediate means of communication for the club, such as Whatsapp or something similar, as it seems a lot of members don’t look regularly at the forum?

I know it’s off topic, Pete, but the two sportives Simon has mentioned should be good and it would be great to have a decent Dynamos representation at them.

I think that as a club we should take strength from the generally good turn outs for the week day rides and build on that, with everybody making an effort to ride as a Dynamos group on weekends, either on Saturday or Sunday (or both).

With the Long Course this weekend, I won’t be out this Sunday, but am planning to ride as many Sundays as I can for the rest of the summer.