Originally Posted by
Val23708
I really wouldn't suggest Team in Training. There are other great ways to help the causes it supports without the trouble that comes with it. Team in Training sends out riders without adiquate preperation or knowledge and often times this leads to more dangerous situations for both the riders and the people riding around them (especially when they are grouped, like at the Marin Century.
I'll argue that point: I signed up for TnT in '06 for the Tahoe ride, although I was well into my training for the Solvang Century. I dropped out because my training was already further along than TnT. I was impressed with the training; if I hadn't been training with a CAT 1 racer and his wife I wouldn't have been able to appreciate what TnT offers for the new and inexperienced cyclist.
TnT riders call out when they're passing/being passed. They have crazy helmet adornments but they do communicate, which is more than I can say for the group that passed LOS and me at last year's crash-tastic Solvang century. There were no TnT's involved in the big pile-up. I've not heard more communication (outside of a race) from "casual" riders than I have from TnT riders.
We were on the Marin Century in '07 &'08 and had no problems with TnT. What's your issue? How do you support your assertion that they send their riders out w/o adequate preparation?