10-10-2005, 02:00pm
Valid points all round chaps, life nowadays can be a balancing act particularly with regard to family & personal time etc.
My kids left home years ago so I've only got the wife to contend with but I understand where you blokes are coming from with young family's to consider. I'd be doing exactly what you are doing & put them first. If you can squeeze a ride in now & then well & good, if you can't right now, that's ok too.
Over the past 4-5 years I have been on many club rides & enjoyed them all, met some interesting people, so yes, I got involved & got something out of it. On my first ride I just tagged on the back & had a look at what was going on & got a feel for it. It was then that I realised that although the bikes have changed dramatically, the same good feelings & cameraderie I enjoyed from group rides decades ago still existed today
<i>Edited by: rev 01 at: 10/10/05 2:04 pm
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My kids left home years ago so I've only got the wife to contend with but I understand where you blokes are coming from with young family's to consider. I'd be doing exactly what you are doing & put them first. If you can squeeze a ride in now & then well & good, if you can't right now, that's ok too.
Over the past 4-5 years I have been on many club rides & enjoyed them all, met some interesting people, so yes, I got involved & got something out of it. On my first ride I just tagged on the back & had a look at what was going on & got a feel for it. It was then that I realised that although the bikes have changed dramatically, the same good feelings & cameraderie I enjoyed from group rides decades ago still existed today
<i>Edited by: rev 01 at: 10/10/05 2:04 pm
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