Alpine Community Center located at the Alpine Elementary School

Alpine Community Center

located at the Alpine Elementary School
25114 Alpine Rd.
Monroe, OR 97456

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Alpine Century Ride > Rider's Survey

Rider's Survey

The following results are from the 2009 Alpine Century Rider's Survey.

57% response rate.

Where’s home?

3 Albany 16 Corvallis 0 Salem 5 Eugene 6 Portland

Sodaville, Gresham, Alpine (3), Bend, Lowell, Philomath (2), Otis Orchards WA, Seatle (2), Fallon, Nevada, Monroe, Oregon City, Hamisbay, Creswell

Is this your first time cycling in Alpine?

20 Yes.

21 No. I’ve cycled this area before.

7 No. I cycle through here often.

Will we see you again?

18 Yes. I wouldn’t miss it.

20 I hope so.

0 Nope. Been there, done that.

How did you hear about our tour? (Check all that apply)

2 Printed Flier 12 Website 2 Bike Shop 2 Oregon Cycling notice

22 Word of Mouth 5 Email 4 Club Newsletter 13 Other:

OSU MVBC Peak Sports August in Motion

How about registration fees?

Was registration fast and easy for you?
45 Yes, easy and quick.

2 No. What was the difficulty?

0 Should be less $$.

6 Glad to support a non-profit and get the tax deduction.

What did you thinnk of the route?

0 too difficult

47 just right

0 too easy

The route information was:

47 very well communicated and marked. I never got lost.

5 clearly communicated and marked and easy to follow most of the time
0 not well communicated or marked at all. “I missed _____ times.”

What can we improve?

Mileage on route sheet between mi 73 & mi 88 stops was wrong. It was 10 mi, not 18 mi. Bigger signs. Riders should check back in after ride, Wine tasting afterwards.

The number of rest stops was…

42 perfect – “When I needed a rest stop, it was there!”

5 adequate – “Another stop would be nice.”
0 inadequate – ”I needed more support!”

Were rest stops spaced appropriately?

46 Yes 0 No

At each stop, was there enough food?

32 Yes 13 No.

Rate the following:

Excellent Good Fair Poor

Route:

Scenery 47 1 0 0

Food:

Quality 22 21 3 2

Variety 17 17 9 4

Volunteers:

Friendliness 48 0 0 0

Knowledge 37 9 2 0

Volunteer friendliness more than excellent

What did you like best about our ride?

Route quiet & beautiful, Climbs not bad, I loved it, Drawing was a good idea.

Going down from Alsea Falls!

Weather, volunteers, route.

The good support.

Small event, great scenery, community.

Friendly support, scenary.

Scenery, having support stops.

Scenic, friendly, good cause.

Everything, thanks.

Toss up, the course or the food at lunch.

Beautiful scenery & perfect grades on climbs & descents.

Scenery.

Beautiful route, friendly.

Good route, great ride.

That you can check-in, register and go, No waiting for timed start.

Route: gorgeous, low traffic volume, relatively clean, contributing to the center.

No traffic

It was spectaculary beautiful.

Scenery, newly paved

Final climb up Alsea Scenic Byway.

What would you improve?

Give riders a call # for a seq. or other emergency coordinator, just in case of an accident.

Bigger, brighter **** bike signs, specially on Hwy 34

Must be present to win prizes.

Food variety at rest stops.

More "lunch" type food at 50 miles.

Less traffic on 34.

Get more riders, maybe do on a Sunday.

Something salty - chips.

Wine tasting, extra hand sanitizer, Prize for the person who traveled farthest to get here.

Better food at stops.

Sell t-shits.

Have some food at start, get a sports beverage. To sponsor and donate, serve some watermelon.

Food. Critical stop ran out, same stuff at every stop not very exciting. Plentiful food at each stop.

More food variety, lunch stop part way - sit & drink/sandwiches.

Have fig nestons.

Win the prizes.

Would definitely love a shower.

Lunch stop for century.