• Try to keep your route off of major
highways. Some county highways are experiencing dramatic increases in commuter
traffic. If you can, plan these sections for the later portion of the route when
it’s less likely to be busy, or plan to go against the traffic flow.
• Prepare a
map. We are trying to get our routes posted on our site so leaders don’t need to
print as many maps. If you can email a “printable” map to the webmaster, at
least 2 WEEKS before the ride, you’ll be spared from printing out a lot of
sheets. Otherwise, plan your printing accordingly. 100-200 sheets on a good
weather night in the middle of the summer is not that uncommon.
• Pre-ride (or drive) the route a day or two before your Wednesday to be sure the
roads are open and to check for fresh pea-gravel. If there are any surprises you
should at least notify riders on the night of the ride. Describe what the issue
is and where it is at. You could offer alternatives (or not). If people have a
map and know about the obstacle, they can decide for themselves what to do.
• Show up on your scheduled Wednesday. Believe it or not, we have
no-shows every once in a while and a panic spreads throughout the WNBR crowd.
Not good. Try to be there at least a ½-hour before the start time. Sometimes
something comes up and you can’t be there. If that happens please find
someone to fill in for you!
The "faces of Jeff"
Several people have approached us who want to help out by being ride-leaders next year. What a great idea! New ride-leaders often bring entirely new routes or welcome changes to existing routes, thereby keeping our rides fun and interesting throughout the years.
There are several people on this year’s schedule that are ride-leaders for 2 rides. We are asking for new leaders to consider picking up one of these rides. You should contact that ride-leader and express your interest or E-mail WNBR directly.
After we have these poor overburdened ride-leaders relieved of their dual capacity, we welcome our new ride-leaders to contact any of the other ride-leaders to discuss their interest in leading a ride. Many of our current ride-leaders have been volunteering for years and would welcome a smooth transition into ride-following.
As Ride-Leader you have full control over the route. We do however have a loosely applied “Code of Conduct” for our ride-leaders, which follows below...
Contact information for our Ride-Leaders can found on the Schedule.