Summer Start Time vote

I understand the temperature dependent earlier start caused some confusion and delays on Saturday Nov 17. The fact that I nominated Narrows South as the start point (when Narrows North was more appropriate for a Hillarys Ride) didn't help!

Firstly some background..to explain why, when changing to the summer start time of 8:00 am rather than 8:30 am at the Narrows, we had added the proviso of an even earlier start when the temperature is forecast to go over 30C.

In recent years some of our, valued, Ride_Group members have preferred to do an earlier ride and haven't ridden with the main group. This "splintering" started in the hotter months, with their preference to get in an earlier ride to avoid the heat and this continued on with a separate group riding throughout the year.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with this and this blog posting isn't implying criticism in any way ...just providing an explanation. It is perfectly natural that different times will suit different people to fit in with their other activities and we're never going to please all the people all the time

The split times were designed to suit those of our group who have got used to and prefer the later start while trying to get the ride done and dusted earlier when the heat turned up.

It looks like that plan won't work. So, we need to "lock in" an agreed summer start time. Please let me have your vote [state Option AND Start time] so we can set a time that suits most. The options are:-

Option 1: 6:00 am at the Narrows
Option 2: 6:30 am at the Narrows
Option 3: 7:00 am at the Narrows
Option 4: 7:30 am at the Narrows
Option 5: 8:00 am at the Narrows

In all instances the Maylands start would be 30 minutes earlier than the agreed time at the Narrows.

I must admit that with my partner, Andrea, now joining a group doing early rides that my preference will be either Option 3 or 4.

One note though... regardless of which option we agree on - the Familiarisation Ride on Dec 1 will be as already published (8:00 am).