Originally Posted by merlinextraligh
+1
Sounds like a guy new to riding, that's excited about it if maybe a little misguided that could benefit from a little mentoring.
The posts suggesting to drop him point to a problem in our sport. Often new people come out to ride, and rather than trying to teach them to be better riders, we try to drop them, and rum them off. Only after they've proved they can hang do we even begin to talk to them. Unfortunately, many give up from frustration before they ever reach that point.
I understand there is a safety dynamic at work behind this exclusion of new riders. But perhaps we'd be better off if we tried to share our knowledge and experience, grow the sport, and make new people into safer riders.
Yeah, it's the reason I mostly ride alone. I have a friend who is an ex pro racer. He says that now I'm good enough to keep up with the local guys in the group, but my dislike for the attitude bicycle riders have to newcomers keeps me riding solo.
Here we have a new guy who has a lot of enthusiasm for the sport. What does the arrogant guy who started this thread wonder? How to make him suffer for this enthusiasm. Aside from skiing, this is the only sport which oppresses newcomers. It's the reason this sport will always remain marginal. That and the silly outfits.