Originally Posted by
stumblingdrunk
I'd drive up and participate ... not familiar with the area though - where you planning to meet/where can I park a car?
ummmm, map was drawn to get a point nearest Maricopa,
and mention was made about parking at the Casino. Near Firebird Lake.
This is a natural pick-em-up and drop-em-off type ride. One assumes they'll peel off at the right point, and if you're the last one riding I guess you'd best ask the rest of us if the route was good up to that point. If the ride is easy I might do the loop twice, get in a century or whatnot, but I'm just winging it here. One of you jokers is likely to rip my legs off!
If it's more comfortable, I guess we could declare a meetin' place. Cave Creek = 500 driving miles cumulative (to ride a 50). But the initial respondents were 25 miles apart! What's better than a circle route at a time like this? We're mostly used to riding alone anyways, that's the problem and why we be gatherin' I think.
But in a roundabout way this is an intelligent point - if anyone has particular time constraints that might be a reason to make their leg point A on a map. Or, if there's a natural coffee shop within a mile or two it might be a natural meet place. I know that I'd be a bit bent if I was sittin' on the corner for an hour while someone was changing flat tires!