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June RideStats are posted

15 Jul 2015 6:37 PM | Anonymous member (Administrator)

Congratulations To John Escritt And Crew

As you know, the 2015 Tour D’Amico is now history.  John Escritt and the entire TDA committee did a fantastic job putting together another successful ride.  Many thanks to John and the entire crew for their hard work over the past several months.


RideStats Are Current Through June 30.

Ridestats reflecting your riding activity through the end of June have been posted to the HBC website.  Many thanks to all the Ride Leaders for getting their ride reports in, and to Carol Belair who monitors the stats and double checks the reports I produce.  Just as a reminder, if you look under the RideStats Menu Item, you will see the following items:  

  1. A list of all the rides reported in June
  2. The “Top 20” report
  3. A year to date “dashboard” that shows what kind of rides we have had, the biggest rides, and the mileage leaders for 2015


In addition, The “My Rides” item under the Members Menu will give you a list of all the rides you have done this year.  I hope you find this information useful.  


Add HBC Rides to your Calendar 

“What?” the nice lady said to me.  “YOU mean I can see the ride calendar without going to the frickin’ Web Site?”.  


Yes, Virginia.  It’s true. John and I have tried to make the web site as appealing as possible, but there are still hold outs who haven’t made the HBC Web Page their “home page” in the browser, and just want to get to the heart of the matter — when is the next ride?  You can the HBC ride calendar to your personal calendar so they appear with holidays, your friend’s birthdays, and other important events.    It is very easy to do:


  1. Go to the HBC Home page and notice the “Upcoming Rides” on the right side of the page.  If you look at the bottom of the ride list, you will see a small dropdown labelled “Add" that looks like a wifi icon:

  2. click on the small arrow to the right, and you will see a list of calendar types.  You may have to scroll down a bit to see the complete list of calendars

  3. Choose the kind of calendar that you have, and you will be guided through the steps necessary to subscribe to the HBC ride calendar.  If you have an Android device, or use Google +, click “Add to Google”. 



HBC Ride Etiquette.

It could be that I have become a grumpy old man, but it seems to me that we have been slipping on our ride etiquette.  I have been on at least three rides that left late because we were waiting for someone.  We don’t seem to communicate with other riders as well as we did in the past.  Riders sometimes block entrances and exits at rest stops.  I It also occurred to me that when someone new shows up, we expect them to learn to ride by “osmosis”, which isn’t really fair.  So I put together a brief list of what I think people should know and do before they come to an HBC Ride.  I got many of my ideas from the web page of the Central Indiana Bicycling Association.  One of the things the page says is that experiences riders should set a good example for others and offer “polite, constructive criticism”.   If you think that someone is not being safe , or you don’t like the way they ride, try to have a nice civil conversation with them.  I know that I am not perfect, and some of you may think of this as a guy in a glass house throwing a stone.  But if that is the case, I hope that you will mention it to me and we can have the conversation.  


You can find the “etiquette” page under the ride calendar menu item.  I wanted to put it someplace where everyone can see it, but at the same time I didn’t want it to be the first thing everybody sees.  I am concerned that some folks may find it a bit “preachy”.  I would really appreciate some feedback on this page, and its placement in the world.  If I have said something you disagree with, or omitted something you think is really important, let me know.



HBC Photo Contest

I was out of town most of June, so there are some photo contest entries that I haven’t gotten moved to the web site yet.  Don’t worry if you don’t see your entries there.  I will get them up in the next week or so.  I spent my traveling time communing with the Grand Photo Poobah about the photo  contest, and I thought I should his thoughts and rules  explicit so you know how to enter and what he is  looking for:

  1. All entries must be submitted  to the Grand Photo Poobah, in care of my email address (Leon@Leonwebster.com), or posted on the Hiawatha Bicycling Club Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/hiawathaBike).  If you can’t post a photo to the page, ask Dawn Wilson or Haggith Nadav to help you. 
  2. Photos should be of HBC Rides or Members, and should show riders having fun.  Photos will be evaluated on several fuzzy criteria:
    1. Originality
    2. Aesthetics & Composition
    3. A sense of humor
    4. The PooBah’s general mood
  3. All Photos must be received no later than one week before the annual meeting.
  4. The Grand Photo Poobah will select a small group of HBC Members, acolytes, and hangers-on, known as “The Star Chamber”.  The Star Chamber will choose the 5 photos that they like the best.    
  5. At the annual meeting, each member who attends will get to vote for the photo they like best.
  6. Needless to say, by submitting a photo you grant HBC the right to use that photo on the website, and in other material used to promote HBC.  There is no crying over spilt milk when the photo goes viral and your entire high school class calls you to see if that was really you dancing with Tom Sellek while riding a unicycle and playing polo on the gym floor.  
  7. The winner gets a $50.00 gift to OneTen Cycles.  All other entrants get the lasting gratitude of the Grand Photo Poobah. 


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