Originally Posted by
Tulex
I'm simply saying that the posted speeds should mean something. If the group doesn't want to ride at that speed, they need to change it or they need to jump group. To post a speed, go faster, and tell the other guy he is wrong is wrong. In fact, I think these people are the *******s. They are the ******* (think cat) that are afraid to ride in the A group.
Posted speeds are there to be ignored; haven't you been on group rides before? Nearly every ride I've been on might have started at the posted speed but it never ended that way.
If the group leader is having to come back to sweep the OP and he's getting tired of it, the OP can point to the posted speed and no-drop policy but it won't win him any points. Ride leader will simply change them in the next e-mail and that will be that. It sounds like the OP is riding solo anyways so he should just tell the ride leader he doesn't mind getting dropped.
If I'm having a rough day staying with the group, I'll tell them to go ahead. If I'm feeling frisky and run on up ahead, I don't expect anyone to have to keep up. I don't ride with the racers; we're just out having fun.
It sounds like the group has improved their pacelining and working together. I'd just ride without them.