SOBs meet SFR (Senior Famous Runner)

A few of us had the pleasure of crossing paths with Bill Rodgers today at the small bagel cafe on Guadalupe after the ride. Bill is in town for a running event and was getting a snack after his morning group run:...

Thursday, July 2, B ride changes

Because of the closures on NM 4 and the subsequent fire dangers in the Jemez, the ride from Cerro Grande this Thursday, July 2, is cancelled. The replacement ride will start at the Sierra del Norte parking lot for the Dale Ball Trails at 9 am on Thursday. Sierra del...

non-Ebike rides

Regarding Alan Shapiro’s message about the exclusion of e-bikes on group rides, I take strong exception to banning them. A ride leader’s true abilities are not measured by their type of bike, but by their qualities in supporting all riders in the group. [1] For me and...

Alan et al re: C rides with ebikes

Our blog is not really a discussion forum.  Only people with website logins can post and that restricts who can participate and I do not want to give everyone a login to post one time.  We set the C group up with a WhatsApp group and that would be a much better place...

Checking interest in rides that exclude ebikes

Is there interest with the SOB membership in having regular “C” Thursday rides exclusively for non-ebikes?I will volunteer to lead some of these.It may be obvious, but ebikes on a ride, especially if the leader is on one, change the pace, the character of...

Change in B ride start times

By popular demand, all of the remaining B rides until the end of September will start at 9 am. The only exception will be the August 27 ride, which will begin right after the photo is taken at 8:30.