Tell Me About The Group Road Ride(s) In Your Town/City – I’ll Start
If it were a game of street ball or pickup basketball, you’d have players double dribbling oblivious to the fact that it is not allowed, with those who know better allowing it because it’s just a recreational ride and “we’re not pros.”
If it were futball [soccer], it would be grown men catching the ball with their hands and running with it oblivious to the fact that it is not allowed, with those who know better allowing it because it’s just a recreational ride and “we’re not pros.”
Tonight there was a guy consistently sitting second wheel but would not go around into the wind. Even when the front rider stopped pedaling, this guy would put on the brakes instead of come around. I suggested he should sit at the back if he doesn’t want to rotate. He suggested I go to the back or ride by myself. It’s a group ride [emphasis on group] and as such there is the benefit of riding faster and farther than can be done alone. No one seems to understand this or even care.
There are many good riders in this town: a former junior national champion, an Olympian – former Saturn / US Postal rider, former and current collegiate national champions, and a handful of local legends. All the good riders have stopped going to these rides because the rides suck. This has been an ongoing problem for years and I’m ready to move to another area just for better people to ride with.
Where do you live that is freaking awesome for group road rides and where should I avoid?
If it were a game of street ball or pickup basketball, you’d have players double dribbling oblivious to the fact that it is not allowed, with those who know better allowing it because it’s just a recreational ride and “we’re not pros.”
If it were futball [soccer], it would be grown men catching the ball with their hands and running with it oblivious to the fact that it is not allowed, with those who know better allowing it because it’s just a recreational ride and “we’re not pros.”
Tonight there was a guy consistently sitting second wheel but would not go around into the wind. Even when the front rider stopped pedaling, this guy would put on the brakes instead of come around. I suggested he should sit at the back if he doesn’t want to rotate. He suggested I go to the back or ride by myself. It’s a group ride [emphasis on group] and as such there is the benefit of riding faster and farther than can be done alone. No one seems to understand this or even care.
There are many good riders in this town: a former junior national champion, an Olympian – former Saturn / US Postal rider, former and current collegiate national champions, and a handful of local legends. All the good riders have stopped going to these rides because the rides suck. This has been an ongoing problem for years and I’m ready to move to another area just for better people to ride with.
Where do you live that is freaking awesome for group road rides and where should I avoid?
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