And the insurance issue is one I totally understand. It's just other aspects of this particular group that I have problems with. Anyway, in MN you need to be a member of TCBC before riding a brevet.
Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Jan 4, 9:16 pm, "Ralph Rognstad Jr." <rognsta...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I believe membership is an insurance issue. Some clubs carry a blanket > policy for all members, so they require membership. My local club pays a > premium for each ride based on the number of riders (members or not), > which the riders pay for through the ride fee. I decided not to run the > brevets I coordinate through the club, and instead I pay an insurance > fee to RUSA after the brevet for each rider based on the length of the > event. The insurance cost is included in the $10 ride fee, as well as > printing brevet cards, maps, and release forms; purchasing envelopes and > postage to return brevet cards; and gasoline for pre-driving the route > if I have not ridden it recently. > > Ralph > > On 1/4/2011 1:01 PM, Anne Paulson wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:45 AM, Steve Palincsar<palin...@his.com> wrote: > > >> It's $10 per year to join the DC area randonneur club, and $5 per event. > >> Considering how much effort the organizers put into setting up the > >> events, I think that's well worth it, and I'm sure it scarcely covers > >> the expenses. > > In my area one doesn't have to join the club putting on the event. > > That's probably because we're blessed with four different randonneur > > clubs in reasonable driving distance, so local randonneurs sample all > > the clubs' brevets.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
