Summer Spins 2021

This thread is for weekend spins during Summer 2021


Lockdown is easing, so we are looking at organising White/Yellow spins this Summer.
Obviously, we this will be subject to government and Cycling Ireland guidelines.

As we start to plan (again), it would useful to have some idea of what people want.

The spins committee would be grateful if people would take a couple of minutes to complete this survey with just 10 questions related to organised spins this Summer.


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Many thanks to the 116 people who have responded so far.
I'll dig into those answers later.

To answer a question I got from a couple of members



Initially our focus will be on White and Yellow groups as traditionally these make up the bulk of riders on club leisure spins. Orange and Red riders tend to be more experienced and have established groups. Generally they don’t need organised spins.

(Red riders typically have different requirements from those of the broader leisure category).

First off, we need a sense for how many people are prepared to lead spins. We would hope that Orange riders would help out here.

The survey captures White, Orange and Yellow riders.
We can add groups for Red Riders if there is a demand for this.
Please use the Other/Comment section on Question 5 to indicate what sort of Red spins would be of interest.

A huge thank you to the 165 people who took the time to provide us with honest feedback.
This information will help us to put a plan together based on what you want
(rather than have us guess what we think people want)
It will also help us to take action to put us in a stronger position for Winter spins.

Below are the aggregated results - an some initial thoughts on what we need to do with the data.



135 - Yes | 7 - No | 23 would prefer something different
Takeaway - committee to work on a Summer spin plan



111 - Sat AM | 105 - Sun AM | Weekday PM - 91
Takeaway - committee to consider what can be done pragmatically



Takeaway - there is a demand throughout the summer



48 - White | 81 - Yellow | 36 - Orange
Takeaway - committee to consider



Takeaway - 60-90km spins with some hills would be the most popular spins



34 - White Leader | 47 – White Minder
31 – Yellow Leader | 42 – Yellow Minder
27 - Dispatcher
Takeaways
We have enough dispatchers
If we use each leader once, we have sufficient leaders for 3 groups per week
Committee to discuss why 73 people not prepared to lead or mind
How do we reduce this/get more leaders for Winter Spins



76 - can navigate | 60 - need a routefile
Takeaway - Committee to discuss


Takeaway - There are COVID concerns we need to take into account

We are hoping to kickoff Summer spins on the weekend of 15th/16th May

The process is a bit clumsy - but there is a goal to get this streamlined for the Winter spins

From the survey, we have a list of people willing to lead

On a Tuesday, I will mail everyone who volunteered to ask

Who is available on the coming weekend
Which days suits best to lead- Saturday or Sunday
Which group can you lead (Yellows / Whites / Either)

The objective is to facilitate members who volunteer to lead
It also helps to keep the numbers down at the meeting point if we spread over 2 days

By Thursday morning I create up to 4 events on RWGPS
(Sat Yellow, Sat White, Sun Yellow, Sun White)
I will publicise this whent its done so people can RSVP

Members can then go into RWGPS and RSVP to the spin for the day/colour of choice.

Each event will say how many people can be accepted (based on number of leadres)
People will be told the will receive a mail if they have been successful)

I will allocate up to 7 riders to each leader - based on RSVP time - first come first served
If we are oversubscribed I will operate a waitlist

I will allocate a destination to each group - and a suggested route
For summer spins we will work off a limited number of say, 6 destinations
This may be less "interesting" but will help people learn some routes
Groups will be dispatched to different destinations to avoid congestion at coffee stops

Any group leader is free to can go on a different route if the group are happy with that

There will be no formal spins on Bank Holiday Weekends
There will be no formal spins on the day that the touring group have a ride arranged

Not sure yet how this would work with dispatchers

It will take some time for this to settle down
Please be patient as we try to get it right

(Im still trying figure out best approach for allocating people to leaders on subsequent weekends - to minimise the number of different interactions.

For those Orwells who havent previously accessed the Club page on RideWithGPS

This link will let you join


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We will dispatch 2021 Summer Spins from the Old Dundrum Shopping Centre.

To avoid large groups congregating it would be good if people could meet as shown in the picture below:

Many thanks to the people who have volunteered to lead spins this weekend

I have opened 4 events on the club page on RWGPS

• Saturday White
• Saturday Yellow
• Sunday White
• Sunday Yellow

You can sign up for ONE event you want to ride this weekend as follows:

Log into your own account on RWGPS
Click on the Orwell jersey to get to the Orwell Club page
If you need an invite to the club page on RWGPS use the following

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Go to the events page
Choose the ONE event you want to ride this weekend
Click on RSVP

If you have problems getting access to the club page on RWGPS then there are step by step instructions in this video starting at 24:30


On Thursday I will allocate people to leaders (based on RSVP time)
If we are oversubscribed I will operate a waitlist

I will publish the groups on Friday.

Nicholas, Caroline and Frank.

If you want to join a spin, please sign up for the relevant event on RWGPS

This will help us manage multiple spin groups, at different levels across two days.

Full instructions are in the post above

After you have done this the first time, signing on for subsequent weeks is a just a matter of 3 or 4 clicks.

Please read the posts and follow the instructions

If you dont register for a spin via RWGPS then you will not be allocated to a group for a spin at the weekend.

Thanks Ronan - I have. you down for Saturday
When I got the mail from leadervolunteers I didnt want to make them go through another step. We will figure out a way to streamline the process as we go forward.
Regards
Joe

DD-062-0337-Malahide ridewithgps.com/routes/31651613
Peter McGrath
Anne Brennan
Bernadette Tansey
Emile Burke-Murphy
Niall Gannon
Caroline Loughlin
Meliosa O Byrne


DD-070-0410-Dunboyne ridewithgps.com/routes/31004774
Seamus Connolly
Mags O Brien
Killian Byrne
Joanne Corley
Miriam O'Donohue
Mary Finegan



DD-075-0440-Maynooth ridewithgps.com/routes/31201165
Tom Weymes
Tom Mc Govern
Caroline McCarthy
Fiona Manley
Richard Barrett
Laura Casey
Edward McSherry


DD-067-0650-Blessington ridewithgps.com/routes/32039104
Colm Featherstone
Tom Crotty
Lorraine Donohoe
Triona Agnew
Gurucharan Sathyanarayan
Gavin Moore

DD-062-0337-Malahide ridewithgps.com/routes/31651613
Gerry Kieran
John Healy
Aoife Parker-Hedderman
Colm McNamara
Eimear O Driscoll




DD-070-0410-Dunboyne ridewithgps.com/routes/31004774
Jim Davenport
Ronan Gill
Frank Keane
Gertrude Fitzpatrick
Joe Wheatley




DD-075-0440-Maynooth ridewithgps.com/routes/31201165
Sean O'Connell
Mervyn bent
John Collins
Judith Byrne
Lorcan Lynch




DD-067-0650-Blessington ridewithgps.com/routes/32039104
Tony Walsh
Bryan Johnston
Denis Gleeson
Simon Kelehan
Val Smith
Vera English

WHITE groups and routes for Sunday
will be dispatched between 9:20 and 9:30

Route: DD-062-0337-Malahide
Leader/Minder
Fergal O’Sullivan
Niall Connolly
Riders
Anne Brennan
Fionnuala Callan
George Flanagan
Jacqui Enright


Route: DD-070-0410-Dunboyne
Leader/Minder
Tom Weymes
Stefan Foster
Riders
Peter Tormey
Terre Duffy
Jillian Higgins


Route: DD-067-0650-Blessington
Leader/Minder
Niall O'Shea
Paul Walsh
Riders
Julia Morrell
Kathryn Keogh
Paul Walsh
Peter McGrath

YELLOW groups and routes for Sunday
will be dispatched between 9:10 and 9:20

Route: DD-062-0337-Malahide
Leader: Paul Mullen
Riders
Adam Conlan
Adrian Gallagher
Ann van den Ancker
Brian Carolan
John O'Brien


Route: DD-070-0410-Dunboyne
Leader: Tom Conlon
Riders
Bronagh Connell
Caoimhe Kalnoki
Conor Cosgrave
Enda Gunnell
Michael Moyna


Route: DD-075-0440-Maynooth
Leader: Padraig Cunningham
Riders
Gerry Reilly
Brian Lynch
John Anglim
Nicola Rice
Sarah Jane Delany


Route: DD-067-0650-Blessington
Leader Paschal Comerford
Riders
David McNamara
Rachel McCluskey
Simon Dowling
Stephen Tripp
Claire Maher

These groups organise themselves on the day.
If they dont have a route in mind - the following are suggested

Red
DD-081-1380-CunardGlencreeX2
ridewithgps.com/routes/30464255


Orange
DD-077-1140-Ballynultagh
ridewithgps.com/routes/31210141