THE CULTURE AND REPUTATION REVOLUTION
AROUND THESE PARTS there are long standing group rides. Some have been going for nearly 70 years and are named after streets that no longer exist...
... but the culture continues.
Isn't that amazing!
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I was thinking about this today on spin down to meet the Swami's Wednesday Worlds, a ride I discovered back in '86 while living in San Diego.
The guys that put it together were the best racers in the county.
Road racers like the legendary Olympian John Howard and coach Arnie Baker.
The inventors of triathlon: Scott Tinley, Scott Molina, Mark Allen.
They're long gone from the scene.
But, the tone they set continues to blast up and down the coast every Wednesday 40 years later.
They built a culture of ripping each others legs off.
If you couldn't keep up, too bad.
Get better.
That culture created a reputation that expanded throughout Southern California. If you wanted to test yourself, get down to Swami's Wednesday or Saturday ride.
Which is what I was doing this morning.
A reputation like that becomes a huge magnet for kindred and fierce spirits. As more people joined in...
... the culture got stronger.
That's a virtuous revolution:
- Strong, defined culture
- Creates reputation beyond the core group
- Brining in more participants
- Creating a stronger culture.
It starts with culture.
It's maintained with consistency.
For group rides,
that means starting at the same time, at the same place,
and having rules
like waiting for the dropped or not waiting,
riding an insane pace or only recovery.
I've applied, and continue to apply, those principles starting my own group rides, raising our family, running a business.
Just another lesson I learned riding my bike.
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