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ide with us anyway) are a minimum of LevelIII riders who carry First Aid kits on their bikesand are First Aid and CPR certified.Helping out the community and doing whatyou love at the same time—riding a GoldWing—who could ask for more? Isn’t thatpart of what GWRRA stands for? “Friendsfor fun, Safety, and Knowledge” “Why notshare that in whatever manner we can withour community?” we wondered.For a little added perspective, I figuredit would be nice for you to see this ridefrom two different points of view: That ofthe cyclist and that of the motorcycle marshals.So this year, since I am an avid bicyclistand have completed a couple Centuryrides in the past, I decided I would cycle inthe event instead of assist with my Wing.The nice part being that, either way, I couldstill participate in the event with myChapter.A Cyclist’s PerspectiveOn Saturday, April 19, I rolled out ofbed ready to go. Well, not really. Let’s say Irolled out of bed like I do every other morning,tired and dull. I wolfed down somebananas, steamed fish and some juice. I hadto get my energy up; remember, I was going toput my feet on pedals, not floorboards!But, just like I do prior to any ride on myGold Wing, I reviewed my modified checklist,readying my bikes for the ride: Extra tubes andair—check; tires—check; water bottles—check. Everything looked good but, oops, didn’twant to forget my MP3 player (a hundredmiles of just talking to myself wasn’t going tocut it.We arrived at the high school early and rearingto go. The event was set to start at 8 a.m.sharp. Kristen and our daughter Dawn headedover to where Jim Clagett had staged theChapter and all the Wings that would be marshalingthe ride. (Jim & his wife Kathy havebeen instrumental in the success of this event.As well as being a Chapter “B” Member, he isa Member of the ADA committee and assists inthe planning of the ride, organizing volunteersto assist with marshaling, giving safety briefs,and even sweeping the course at the end of theevent.)After getting set up and ready I joined ourgroup to greet everyone and to listen to Jim’ssafety brief. He explained the duties of themarshal—the do’s and don’ts, the route, andthen clarified the assignments. At the other endof the bicycle route (in Manteo) he had stationeda few Gold Wings from our Chapter andsome volunteers from various other Chapters.(Two smaller, 25- and 50-mile rides were startingsimultaneously from Manteo).Other than the motorcycles, state andlocal police assisted with traffic at majorintersections (marshals were not allowed tostop traffic) and, of course, there were fiveSAG vehicles. (SAG stands for “sweep andgather,” or “support and gear.”) The SAGrole is to pick up any cyclist who may havehad a mechanical malfunction with theirbike or to help a cyclist who cannot rideanymore.Nick Knox was lead marshal on thispart of the ride, and I saw a lot of him. Andthrough seeing a lot of him along the way,I got a first-hand view of how the Chapterwas assisting the cyclists. The ride wastruly made a lot easier with the marshalsout and about. They were key in identifyingroad debris, holes, and railroad tracks thatwere in bad condition.The route was identified by coloredarrows at different intersections and themarshals let the cyclists know of oncomingtraffic, the direction of a turn and, in someinstances, even went out of their way to find acyclist who had taken a wrong turn.At the 55-mile point, the organization hadset up a lunch break for those who wanted tostop and eat. The organization caters to themarshals as well.The first 50 miles had been pretty easy ridingthrough the countryside, occasionally hittingsome main roads. But after we broke outinto the open roads of North Carolina the ride54 Wing World
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