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Originally Posted by motoreiter
Threewheel, I also did one organized trip and will never do it again, for the reasons you outline.
I don't think it is really feasible for these operators to vet their customers, especially in today's economic conditions--if they start turning away customers, chances are good that they will have to cancel the whole trip. Moreover, unless the organizer knows them personally, it could be awfully difficult to figure out who would enjoy the trip and who would not.
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I think there is a real need to vet customers for a long trip. A mixed group is great but one can't have a too extreme diversity. The enduro-riding god will quickly get hacked-off waiting for the newbie who is nearly killing himself to catch up. It shouldn't be too dificult to come up with a multiple choice application form to get a rough idea of people's ability, expectations, personality.
I have organised a few short group trips but have been lucky that I know most of the participants very well. We normally have one or two newcomers on each trip but I can normally judge if a rider is up to the challenge and will fit in. Only had one that didn't work out (so far)
The other option that works very well is to split into two groups that take slighly different routes to the same daily stop. I find that these groups change from day to day as the odd nutter needs a rest and a slower rider gains confidence.
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