点评:There is more potential for this Wildlife Loop Bicycling Tour at Custer State Park. Kevin and Melina do a fine job but more attention to their customers’ preferences for bicycling would make this experience great.
Kevin is knowledgeable, full of South Dakota info. The bagel sandwiches provided were first rate. They certainly have an environment for memorable bike rides. If more attention can be paid in the weeks before to understand what the customers want from the ride, this price tag would be more worth it.
We are in our mid - fifties and use REAL bicycles to ride between fifteen and 25 mile rides of manageable inclines. I thought I had explained that through an exchange of e mails. Our guide, though, was not listening to us when we said that we saw the wildlife loop road and it had steep, sharp turns with no shoulder. Our guide insisted none of that mattered. He refused to admit to a headwind as well. There was little effort to adjust the plan.
Eventually our guide shared the truth with us. “Most people use e bikes and put it on turbo or sporty.”
He knew we pedaled on REAL bikes. In the future, customers should be told that, on some tours, e bikes are the way to go or else change the ride location. To his credit, our guide was patient while we pedaled or got off to walk the bikes up some inclines.
We learned a lot about the land from Kevin but the drive back to our hotel became tedious including a half an hour just driving around Rapid City.
There were considerably fewer animals around in 25 compared to my last visit here in 2014.
翻译:卡斯特州立公园的野生动物环线自行车之旅还有更多潜力。凯文和梅丽娜做得不错,但如果能更关注顾客的骑行偏好,会让这次体验更加精彩。
凯文知识渊博,对南达科他州的情况了如指掌。他们提供的贝果三明治更是一流。他们营造的骑行环境绝对能带来难忘的体验。如果能在骑行前几周多加留意,了解顾客的需求,这个价格就更值得了。
我们五十多岁了,骑着真正的自行车,骑行15到25英里,坡度适中。我以为我已经通过电子邮件解释过了。然而,当我们说我们看到了野生动物环线,而且那里有陡峭的急转弯,没有路肩时,导游根本不听。我们坚持说这些都不重要,甚至拒绝承认有逆风。我们几乎没有费力调整计划。
最终,导游告诉了我们实情。 “大多数人骑电动自行车,会开着涡轮增压或运动模式。”
他知道我们骑的是真正的自行车。以后应该告诉顾客,有些行程只允许骑电动自行车,否则就换个骑行地点。值得称赞的是,我们的导游在我们骑车或下车推着自行车爬坡时都很耐心。
我们从凯文那里学到了很多关于这片土地的知识,但回酒店的车程却变得乏味,包括在拉皮德城周围转了半个小时。
与我2014年上次来这里相比,25号公路上的动物少了很多。