Organized Rides 2020
George Schick
Bill Lindsay
Deacon Patrick
George Schick
Ryan M.
The charity rides local to me have been canceled for the most part. Some local races are doing virtual challenges instead...stuff you can do solo.
I just bought a Frank Jones Single speed off a list member and my plan is to ride that the rest of the year. I’ve never found single speeds to be good group riding bikes...so solo it is.
John Casteen
High-school MTB league has polled families and coaches to gauge interest. Our HS team will plan to ride and train, but not sure yet about competitions.
Brady Smith
Steve Palincsar
DC Randonneurs is restarting its schedule, beginning with the July 4 weekend. Your local club may do the same, because recent changes by RUSA make electronic proof of passage possible. People argued for it for years, but it took a Pandemic to shake loose entrenched rules.
Organized rides - probably not. USA Cycling
and LAB issued some Best Practices documents outlining steps to
be taken to put on an event. They're beyond the scope of a
cycling club putting on a club century, in my opinion. Although
it's hard to see how a club could be successfully sued by a
participant who might have caught Covid-19 (after all, how could
you tell they got it at your event?) if you were in flagrant
disregard of Best Practices put out by the professional
organizations in the field, you sure would look negligent and
might end up having to prove you weren't responsible,
and good luck with that. Add to that, you know going in your
attendees aren't going to respect social distancing while
they're pacelining, and the documents call for everyone to wear
masks all the time they're riding, and for sure there are going
to be people who won't or can't. (I wanted to and tried, but I
just can't make it work.)
I’ve heard rumors from the local randonneuring club (New Jersey) that there may be a populaire or two this summer, but everything else in my area is canceled.
-- Steve Palincsar Alexandria, Virginia USA
