The Return of Dirt Church and/or Stick it to the Man weekly rides

For the first couple years of the club, we often did an informal Sunday morning ride that we called Dirt Church. It was always chill, never more than a couple hours, and often a decide-and-ride affair where we’d meet up, shoot the shit for a few minutes, and figure out a rough sketch to ride familiar stuff, or sometimes explore in a chosen direction. The time of departure was the only true hard rule of the day. Sometimes there was an A and B ride, and sometimes just a B/C+ ride depending on who all showed up, but there was always a ride.

The idea Rich and I had for Dirt Church on Sundays, and the Stick it to the Man rides on Fridays at 3pm (start at Circle K, end at Gold Hill Store) was that there’d be a weekly recurring ride that happened with little to no planning, and folks could just show up at the same time and place every week knowing there’d be a ride going off - similar to the bike shop ‘Shop ride’ model: same time, same place, every single week.

Is there interest in bringing this back? The key to this working is that people show up. Obviously.

We’d like to hear your thoughts about bringing back the weekly recurring rides, knowing that Rich and I will often not be leading the rides. :slight_smile:

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I love the idea. I say let’s do it!

Would love this and would be willing to help !

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(Thanks for the short/local ride feedback, Bill. We’d been talking about this, and my convo with you pushed me to make the post.)

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Great idea to bring this back. I may be able to make it out on Friday this week. Sundays are generally no-go for day rides, reserved for Kandi

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I am off Sundays more often than not and I’d be interested in leading a B or C group. Plus I wouldn’t have to bail early for work…and we could have a slightly later start (9 or 10) for those who have late work schedules and get off at midnight on Saturdays!

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I like that idea .

I can lead the rampart range ride

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I’m Down also on Friday’s sometimes I can finish work early

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Interested and watching.

I already posted the ride in EVENTS & RIDE PLANS