the way some of the riders are riding on a public road
20mph. Madness.
My last outing with the TRF group was mostly on the road and we were all on big-ish bikes (I was on the GSA). Toddmeister should have some pics too (for the court) I guess.
the way some of the riders are riding on a public road
I sent them a message about 3 weeks ago now. Not even had the courtesy of a reply, not even an automated one. I think I shall just give up on them they seem awefully cliquey from the contact I have had so far.
I joined the TRF online in 2 minutes. I don’t remember anyone asking me about my bikes.
Perhaps they're southerners
Disagree all you want but I wouldn't bother making my points without substance although sorry both you and the other 'woe is me' had problems
I don't think TRF has "reps".
Doesn't take much of a leap to imagine that if one wants to join a group of offroading people (TRF or anything else) without having an offroad capable bikes is probably (I might be going on a limb here) a no go.
A “rep” in this context being someone who attends an event on a TRF stand with TRF flags and TRF branding to promote the TRF.
The first show in question was an adventure bike show, focused on the likes of GSs, big KTMs, Triumphs, etc. If they’re not interested in riders with that kind of bike, it doesn’t take a leap of imagination that the TRF were at the wrong place. And in this thread we’ve got people talking about and posting photos GSs being on rides. So it’s both a “no go” (in your words) and welcomed?
I think it's safe to say, and as Cookie and others have alluded to, you only get out of anything in life what you're prepared to put into it.
It's no more complicated than that.
Andres
They do actually have reps, there's two kinds. The ones below and also each group has a rep that deals with national meetings etc, the local Devon rep reports national thinking at meetings. There are also many adhoc volunteers that help out along the way.
https://trail.trf.org.uk/local-groups-map/?page=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/profile/map&map=1&gid=22&reset=1
Wait till he's confronted with a proper hurdle out on the trails.........
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I know many people who fill such roles in clubs and they do just as good job as if they were "proper jobs". I know at least three people who fill the role of group contact/rep in the link I posted and whilst they did "put their hand up to take on a task" they have done if for years and to a very high standard. There's a long list of very accomplished hand putter uppers in the TRF filling many important roles from event organisation, ROW officer (a term that our local authority likes to use), researchers, map markers and just people happy to meet and greet new members. Just because they don't have a job description doesn't make it not a job, they are all jobs that need doing.Lots of organisations and clubs have titles for different roles but all you should take from that is someone put their hand up to take on a task - They are not proper jobs, they don’t have job descriptions and management and development behind them quite often the are done by the only person not sitting in their hands when a candidate to take on the task was asked for.