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Post by Scott Baker on Apr 16, 2005 21:12:50 GMT -5
Please rate your overall experience with the Tour de Cashiers in 2005. Include any inputs on what you liked and disliked about the event. Thanks for the feedack.  Scott |
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Post by Scott Baker on Apr 17, 2005 19:49:53 GMT -5
Awesome! Definitely keep the same century route for next year.
Scott
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Post by thomasB on Apr 18, 2005 15:23:18 GMT -5
They do a great job... I don't know where they find so many FRIENDLY volunteers.
I like to eat, and the food is always good
other than that it's just a beautiful ride-thomas
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Post by 1yellowtire on Apr 18, 2005 22:13:57 GMT -5
Great ride. Great course. I didn't enjoy 107 that much, but it was a small price to pay for an otherwise great ride. Good seeing the locals well represented.
thanks to Bill for all of your work putting this on--and to Scott got getting a nice looking (and useful) website.
I have a feeling there will be some sore legs tomorrow!
Chris
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Post by billjacobs on Apr 19, 2005 12:33:10 GMT -5
I had a great time with it, and enjoyed having you guys along for as long as I could keep up with you, as well as post-ride.
Credit for the Silversteen/215/Charley Creek/281 core of the ride goes to Chip Sherrill, who for about a decade now has worked tirelessly on laying out the courses (he's the reason it originally got expanded to 50 and then 75), marking the roads, riding herd on the process all over the place. He's the guy who gave the move-out signal from under the flag. I just wish Chip would get enthused again about actually riding -- at one point he was a seriously strong rider, and is still in good shape, and Steve and I could use the company. My contributions were more in the nature of test rides (which were just good, if somewhat lonely, riding, not really work), suggesting some refinements at each end, and working out the cue sheets, etc. to help Scott with the website. Speaking of which, he's done a great job; incredible turn-around time and good layouts.
Thomas, you're right about all those friendly volunteers. And hardly a one of them has any connection with cycling. Many will also readily confess to having no understanding of why we do what we do ("I can't figure out what's wrong with you"; "I just don't understand the psychology" -- quotes in the past two days from friends who were rest stop volunteers (the latter also observed that the front group was "really whistling" past the first rest stop)). Cashiers has a strong volunteering ethic; that's helped out by the presence of quite a few very talented people who are no longer fully engaged in the work world, but a number of the volunteers (and pretty much all the VFD personnel) also work regular jobs and gave both us and the community a big chunk of their weekends.
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