Originally Posted by
OldManRiley
'Bout 17.5. I wasn't expecting to keep up with the big boys the whole ride, I just expected that I'd be able to drop back to the advertised pace. Whoops.
So next time I go out I'll hang with the normal folks and plan on going about 19-21. Humility. A valuable life lesson.
I agree with bigfred you got into a group that, Averaged, 14-17 and even after chasing the As you ended up with a 17.5 average. They may have been talking average.