Just back from helping lead a 20 mile ride down the multi-use trail with 50 kids from age 11 to 14. We had stops every ~3 miles with food and drink. Everyone did a great job of more or less staying together and staying on the right side of the trail -- no double file allowed.
I really felt sorry for one kid. Piece of [censored] department store bike, broke its shifter in the first mile. His rims were messed up, and then in the last few miles, he got one of those mysterious flats where you can't find the hole but the tube won't hold air. Some ran a van to pick the poor guy up.
Just back from helping lead a 20 mile ride down the multi-use trail with 50 kids from age 11 to 14. We had stops every ~3 miles with food and drink. Everyone did a great job of more or less staying together and staying on the right side of the trail -- no double file allowed.
I really felt sorry for one kid. Piece of [censored] department store bike, broke its shifter in the first mile. His rims were messed up, and then in the last few miles, he got one of those mysterious flats where you can't find the hole but the tube won't hold air. Some ran a van to pick the poor guy up.
Amazing. I have had only 5 kids on rides and had a handful with only a 25 mile ride. We were riding back roads but it was still quite a bit of effort getting the group to hold together. I led the group but there was always a kid going too slow to keep up (10 MPH?) or one had to take a leak or some other thing. They also managed to finagle a stop every mile or so for water of food. I just can't imagine 50 kids at once. How many adults were on this outing? Bill
