Originally Posted by
Walter
But it's not a recovery ride. Unless you're sandbagging you're going to take turns pulling.
This is a off topic but if your recovery ride pace is 170W and you're riding in a group, someone out front needs to be doing considerably more, perhaps 240W. It's impossible to have everyone in a group riding steadily at their recovery pace. As long as the average at the end of the day is low enough and you aren't spending any time above threshold you should be fine.