Bart

I do not have a lot of track experience....the 2-day camp was my only one as of to date...lol. When I ride on the street I always wear my gear, it saved me from a lot of pain when I had a tire blow out on me a few years back. As many have said not much physical prep for street rides but I did notice that after my school time I was very sore due to me being out of shape. The street riding is not as demanding so it is a lot easier to not be as physically fit. The bike prep, as you can see above I had to improve (trying to get every last bit out of a tire is not worth it). Check fluids, tires, brakes, lights, etc. Just to make sure that everything is in proper working order for the ride. For the planing aspect: I am usually leading the group, if it be 5 riders or just 2 and I have a planned route that I print out for my wife. If anything happens and we cannot get to a truck or means to get things taken care of I can call her for backup and tell her where we are on the map. That has only happened one time and it worked pretty well. We have a couple of rules for our rides so we can keep a little control of things but the rules and not there to mico manage anyones riding, mainly just for safety. We have a sort of mini meeting at the begining of the ride to inform everyone of where we are going and that we will have stops along the way so that we can keep the group together. One of our most important rule is to ride your own ride and dont try to keep up with someone else faster than you, because we dont want to end our day pulling you out of a ditch. Most of the time the group is the same people that ride together all the time so it is easy for us, and we know what are limits are and what to expect from each other. Accidents still happen though and we do our best to plan for those situations.

That is a good question. Will there be a photographer at all the schools (Barber)? I would be very interested in getting pictures of not only myself but of the school experience in general.