Originally Posted by Hipcycler
Depends on how much it means to you to run with these guys.
Yeah, that's the quandry. It was pretty slick, going that fast, but I was too busy working hard to keep the wheel in front of me to really enjoy it. I may go back out there, hope there are some B riders, and be that B leader. Have to ride the full route, though, first
Originally Posted by Hipcycler
Now, if you have aspirations of racing and high-level training and you WANT to go 27 miles an hour, then go back and take a beating. That's a great way to push yourself to get faster and keep track of your progress by seeing how long you can hang with them.
Racing?
Training? No, not for me. It's recreation for me, a Zen time outside that has the bonus of a workout. Sure it's fun to go fast, and I may ride with these guys again to see where my envelope is, but at the end of the day, I just like being on the bike. --I'll liken it to hockey: I've played with the A guys, and when I have it's been a tremendous time, but always way over my head. Yeah, doing so I got better, but I know I'm not an A player, and never will be. So I concentrate on having fun and exploring the parts of game that I can improve on without serious
training (which is to say I prefer to "think" the game). I think I'm finding this same balance with the bike, I just don't quite know where my settling point is yet. Make sense? Am I babbling too much? I must really not want to work right now