{"id":7881,"date":"2014-09-21T04:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-21T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=7881"},"modified":"2014-09-21T06:32:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-21T10:32:47","slug":"the-importance-of-a-pre-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=7881","title":{"rendered":"The Importance of a Pre-Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Randomride.jpg?resize=253%2C300\" alt=\"Randomride\" width=\"253\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-7882\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Randomride.jpg?w=253&amp;ssl=1 253w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Randomride.jpg?resize=127%2C150&amp;ssl=1 127w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 253px) 100vw, 253px\" \/>Today I am leading a motorcycle ride for my club.  It should be great weather for the last ride of the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, I actually rode the route in advance.  Why?<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nI have three reasons for doing what&#8217;s called a &#8220;pre-ride&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>1.  I can make sure I know the route and can lead it without having to refer to a map, a printed ride route, or running afoul by trying to use a GPS (whose intentions, I am certain, are to send me to another state!)<\/p>\n<p>2.  I can see first-hand what the conditions of the roads are, and any tight turns or blind intersections.  That way I can instruct my fellow riders what to expect.<\/p>\n<p>3.  I can make sure the destination can accommodate a group, and find out if they require a call ahead to set up tables.  In this case, I found out that my intended destination &#8212; a diner &#8212; only accepts cash.  I was able to get the word out among my fellow riders in advance to plan for bringing cash and not be dependent on plastic.<\/p>\n<p>I had a fourth reason, but really inconsequential.  I just like to ride.  However, riding alone is not any fun.  I sure miss my spouse riding as my passenger.  I miss him every single time I ride, though he has not been physically able to ride with me for ten years.<\/p>\n<p>Should be a great day for riding today.  Pictures may follow later this week.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  lead rides responsibly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I am leading a motorcycle ride for my club. It should be great weather for the last ride of the summer. Yesterday, I actually rode the route in advance. Why?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorcycle-ride"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7881\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}