All of our rides have seen a precipitous decline in attendance over the past few weeks. I'm sure it wasn't because people knew you were going to be there, Peter.
The transition to fenders, lights, and more steady, less-rock-'n'-roll riding seems to be taking longer this year. For example, last Friday saw just three road bikes at Pareto. Sunday was reportedly small and uncomfortably aggressive for some. Tuesday had an A ride of 6-8, a C ride of 2, and a sole B ride of 12-14 that was down to 9 by the time it hit the box (and apparently continued to blow up from there.) And there were only two lonesome souls yesterday doing Wednesday hills.
Winter is a time to embrace those long, steady efforts and really ride cooperatively—and Thursday TTTs are awesome for this. We had such a successful spring/summer of rapid growth, especially in the faster rides with the firm addition of a second drop-ride. It would be unfortunate if our newer members failed to embrace the more practically challenging—but no less pleasurable—dark and stormy riding. Get those winter setups going, folks!
