Originally Posted by
slowpace
Have you brought this suggestion to the ride organizers? Seems to me that if they used smaller trucks or cars for sag, and only being able to carry one or two cyclist and bikes back to the start, they would end up making two or three time the trips around the courses, using that much more fuel. Just my opinion.
On a pickup, SAG heads straight back to the start/finish anyway. Unless there's another pickup to be made on the way, they make the whole run for one or two bikes.
IIRC, insurance won't let them carry riders in the bed, and they already run with a driver and radio/phone guy, so they can only pick up two, maybe three in an extended cab truck anyway.