Janice, sorry thats not me. I dont tape, I fold the paper in half and stick between the spokes. And thanks for the advice all, more advice is appreciated. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Janice Lee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lightthematch@gmail.com">lightthematch@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">i think i've been a victim of one of these flyerings. Honestly, I was<br>
a bit irritated to find my bike and every other bike at the Providence<br>
train station each clear-taped with a full 8 1/2 x 11" flyer for CM.<br>
I cried a little for the trees that day. And for having to scrub<br>
sticky residue off my bike. I think the flyering was a bit overboard,<br>
not to mention half the flyers became trash floating around the<br>
street. It didn't exactly make me want to go to Providence CM after<br>
that. I would think word of mouth might work a bit better than<br>
littering every bike on the street with an unnecessary piece of paper.<br>
<br>
Considering the lack of bicycle culture here in Prov, I would say 15 -<br>
20 is a fair showing. I also think CM has a much better ring to it<br>
than "Bicycle Awareness Ride."<br>
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On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:16 PM, john saylor <<a href="mailto:js0000@gmail.com">js0000@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> hey<br>
><br>
> On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Victor Martelle <<a href="mailto:vmartelle@metmail.org">vmartelle@metmail.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> So how do we get more people on our rides? Any advice? And any tips on our<br>
>> fliers or anything we should change?<br>
><br>
> the evidence you present seems to support the contention that<br>
> distributing flyers does not increase attendance.<br>
><br>
> i'd suggest bike shops. talk to employees [and even customers] about<br>
> how to get more people to show up on rides.<br>
><br>
> also, people generally will show up to get fed or even for weird<br>
> trinkets. but then you have the problem of how to feed people. or how<br>
> to distribute trinkets.<br>
><br>
> good luck.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> \js : "verbing weirds language." -calvin [<a href="http://or8.net/~johns/" target="_blank">http://or8.net/~johns/</a>]<br>
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