Originally Posted by
StephenH
I started riding with a group on Saturdays. They mostly take one route, but it's a route I wouldn't have thought of, and now I use that as my daily route. So in your case, I would just follow the cue sheet even if it took a few stops. After you do the route two or three times, you'll likely have it memorized for the future. If the route's worthwhile, I wouldn't worry so much about the group; just ride when you want to. Or find a slower group.
That can be a VERY iffy thing to find, the local BC's Social Ride, is about 14+ mph. while my wife is more like 8-9, we are always in the back and the rest of the group disappears. Now these are "No-Drop" rides, so they do leave a "rider" at the corner or route change but you can tell, the group is "getting" grumpy, after a season of riding with them and the Mrs. isn't any faster
My wife commutes almost every day, 5 miles RT and does weekend rides and even did several 50 mile days on our first "mini-tour" this summer but she is "SLOW" and don't think she will get any faster. If you can find a group ride of SLOW riders, then join them but I got a feeling, it ain't gona be easy to find at "CLUB LEVEL", jmho, ymmv.