Originally Posted by
banerjek
I will always cheer for and get more excited about the 200lb+ n00b crossing the line looking like crap in a pitiful time than the posers and slackers coasting through a sub 5 with drafting.
Yes.
I've said it before and will say it again, one of the most outstanding experiences in cycling that I have had is at the end of a Boston-Montreal-Boston 1200km randonnee (that we didn't finish); a woman who had struggled just about the entire way around the course then endured a monster rainstorm in the hour before she finished, and came in to a truly rousing reception.
A