Originally Posted by shashank ashwin
Well, well, well.. .
The thread is up and exciting times await us. Superb enthusiasm, heated discussions, poll open, poll close, it's all happenning here, 2nd day and the thread is already 9 pages. The options look good and the dates planned seem legit.
I have been on a Bangalore-Varkala trip and keep visiting wayanad often, Munnar has been more in cars though. My suggestion would be to have Varkala open as an option, reason -

a>The road is butter-smooth for 85% of the journey
b> Bangalore guys (including me) went to the Valneshwar ISG2G a while ago, the distance was similar and we encountered one the worst patches of Ghat roads on the way. We are alive and rocking for more !! !
c> We had bikes ranging from 500cc to 100 cc too.
d> Last point, each one of us has a lot of good memories from the trip despite the distance and conditions.

The weather too is much better right now, the distance is not impossible and hence keep it open as an option. Let's not vote-out a destination without even giving it a chance.


By the Way, my vote is neither for Wayanad nor for Varkala and Munnar. I am looking forward to some new destination

shashank, thats great too know from you. Organizers even the Bangalore guys don't have problem with varkala. Then why are you still not insisting to put Varkala on poll list??
btw, Shashank why did you delete your post? its was a good one.

Praful ji,
Nobody is implying that there is a dictatorship. Location almost wherever in kerala im fine with it,no matter the distance. For me its all about meeting you guys from the other states.

But the simple thing is when the newly active members see something being decided and posted by the core team which just held default positions since the last few times(i am ok with it, the isg2g's have always been grand success under their expertise) naturally some of the newer members will feel they were left out from the planning or decesion making part.
Now lets leave that, even about other matters like the districtwise coordinaters , the members were just given the final answer, no discussion were there or soft anouncements were made, either online or offline to the host team, so again some feel bad that they are just being given orders and the they feel being left out, even though they have been quite active in organizing and executing local g2g or events. The co-ordinators need to have a more indepth contact with the people for whom you guys are working so hard arranging a meet, but instead no kind of talks are being conducted either in offline threads or in facebook or pm, so naturally they feel left out.

And eventhough going to every single guy and informing is not possible in such a large scale event and is definetly not the way. The decesions made must be first informed at a lower scale like the individual state threads or a fb group which is there for almost every state and discussed upon before being stated as the final decesion.

Just these small small details tends to blow up ego in the minds of many. So why not try to work out and maintin this unwanted stupid ego to the bare minimum ? A good communication network is the only way out of this.

And let me add in particular, i have no problems with kochumvk,swas or celebrity or any organisers from the neighbouring state brothers. And i have no problems with the decesions they take together. But i am just one person , other peoples needs/opinions are to be addressed , hence this post. Please no one take it in a negetive way.

Cheers
Ride safe
Krishna


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It takes tine vishnu, poll for location is set up by praful , you can vote there and lets wait for the polling date to close.

And the way of solving a issue is to talk abt it and find a solution , if everyone just keeps quite and sit in a corner nothing will materialize.

Cheers
Ride safe
Krishna

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How is last year rains during September ?? , as Kerala inherits heavy rains during monsoon as per my knowledge Agust-Septermber will be peak right ??
i think October-November is least , or any other insight on rains ??

Hey mate, great to see you here. Let's hope we get to meet this time. Last time was a close call..!!

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna

it has already started raining here... will be worse in september. so maybe oct-nov can be good. rains are bad for group rides na??

Depends a lot on comfort zone of the riders, I for one love rain rides, it is always much cooler and better.
But in group rides rain rides means more chances of slight mishaps like slipping and skidding and stuff like that. A very proper riding formation helps clear that to a extend. Then it's kerala roads, the element of risk is natural, especially in ghats.

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna

Yeah man, totally looking forward to meet you this time