{"id":3580,"date":"2011-04-09T17:00:54","date_gmt":"2011-04-09T09:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=3580"},"modified":"2011-06-19T22:41:49","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T14:41:49","slug":"monthly-cycling-to-go-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=3580","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Cycling to go on?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi Cycling Buddies
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Our cycling leader, Yew Kwong is very preoccupied these days and Jade had MIA due to family obligations.  Our 2nd<\/sup> in command, Douglas cannot commit to a monthly schedule but he does not wish to see the monthly cycling die a natural death due to poor response.  <\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>Hence, Ah Nee and I have been tasked with the duty to carry on.  However, sometime, some things might better off be done away with, rather than to continue.  We<\/font> would like to seek your opinion or vote as to whether we should continue with this monthly cycling activity.  But first, here are some info \/ history for your consideration.  Cycling activity was first started in March 2006 led by Charles Wee.  There were only 4 of us : Charles, Yew Kwong, Jade & me.<\/font> <\/p>\n

No idea whether you can see the pictures or not.  Uhmmm……. Try clicking on the photo itself.?!<\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font>2nd<\/sup> cycling in April 2006 : There were still only 4 of us – Charles, Yew Kwong, Andrew Yeung and me.<\/font><\/p>\n

3rd<\/sup> cycling in May 2006 : Yew Kwong took over the leading role from Charles.  There were 7 of us – Yew Kwong, Andrew, Jade, Pauline and me + 2 of my friends who were non SHCian.  Pauline was the one who shared with us her account no. with the rental bicycle kiosk which allow us to pay $4 for 1 hour and get 1 hour free and later, plus a bottle of mineral water.  (Today, the standard rate is $5 for 2 hrs – no water and no special privileges.) <\/font><\/p>\n

4th cycling in June 2006 : There were – Yew Kwong, Andrew, Jade, Pauline and me + 2 of my friends (1 of whom became SHC member much later, guess who?)  Subsequent monthly cycling see changes in people combinations but the number grew.<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font>The number of participants peak in Feb 2009 with 41 (all) SHC members and then the number starts to dwindle.  <\/font>Reasons I can think of, for the decline : <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

1.       Non homogenous group – there are advance riders who branched off into “passion riders” doing long distance and in “rough \/ difficult” terrains including off-shore cycling.  They are into “challenging rides” as oppose to our leisure kind of cycling. <\/font><\/p>\n

2.       Recent cycling events evolved from leisure cycling as a group, into 2 factions.  The long-distance cyclists and the mid-range cyclists.  This split encourages non-cohesion as a group as the 2 groups did not start nor end within the same time frame.  We didn’t even meet for a meal together at the end of the ride which used to be the norm. <\/font><\/p>\n

3.       Since Jade no longer involved, beginners have no one to teach them.<\/font><\/p>\n

4.       Constraint – we are restricted to limited localities due to rental bike facilities available. <\/font><\/p>\n

5.       Location – as it is always the same locality, the novelty wears off and participants lose interest after a few tries. <\/font><\/p>\n

6.       Venue – not easily accessible for non drivers.<\/font><\/p>\n

Do you want us to continue with this Monthly Cycling Activity?  If yes, why?  And would you be willing to be one of our team mates?  Hope to hear from you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hi Cycling Buddies Our cycling leader, Yew Kwong is very preoccupied these days and Jade had MIA due to family obligations.  Our 2nd in command, Douglas cannot commit to a monthly schedule but he does not wish to see the monthly cycling die a natural death due to poor response.  Hence, Ah Nee and I … Continue reading “Monthly Cycling to go on?”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,21,2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7","category-21","category-2","category-1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/287"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}