Originally Posted by
somnambulant
You know, that was only part of it. I got entirely snubbed by the three guys that were waiting at Dundas Square when I first got there. I rolled up and tried to chat and they more or less totally ignored me. I guess I was too far below their lofty social strata or something. Plus the whole swarming through traffic, pissing off drivers hammerfest isn't really my scene. I can ride fast without riding like an *******. Meh.. different strokes I guess, but I was kind of disappointed.
I totally hear ya Wes. I hung at the back to see how everyone rode together - since there were so many people that didn't know each other and it was a MUCH bigger turn out than I expected/realized - and I'll admit I was a little disappointed by some of the more aggressive riding.
Originally Posted by
Herbie_Glick
Ryan and i talked about this last night. It will be fixed for next week. And don't worry about the attitudes, we're trying to make it clear to have it checked at the door but with some kids....*shakes head*
The difficulty is that we really were hoping that DSR could be a bunch of people getting together and having some bike fun and that there would be a way that other people could have the opportunity to join in - thus the site and other online stuff. We also didn't want to have to set a lot of rules. Like with the sprints; ride whatever you want and just straight up challenge someone, if you want to keep time, you're welcome to. And even handing out the awards were based on some totally random criteria. That's the spirit we're looking for.
I'm not going to tell people how to act or how to ride, but I definitely encourage those of you who come out to discourage the negative behavior - as will we - and encourage positive things like: riding with lights at night, using signals to communicate with both cars AND other riders, taking only ONE lane when possible, not riding in the oncoming lane, not rushing intersections or swarming cars, etc... As well as just general neutrality with traffic.
And as far as the hammerfest goes, I got the feeling it was a lot of pent up spin that people needed to burn off. As far as I'm concerned, the core decides the pace and the rest can break off as they wish. I'd like to save the speed for the sprints.