Originally Posted by
indyfabz
I hate that. There are some notables in my club who will show up on casual, Sunday afternoon C rides. The sort of ride I might do in the beginning of the season on that tank that is my Surly LHT. They continuously go off the front and then wait for people, sometimes with these looks that say "What took you so long?" I can only assume that they don't go on the faster rides for fear of being dropped.
I'm not sure of just how "C" these C rides are, but having a mixed group with regroup points - with the slowest paceline serving as a steady sweep - can be a decent ride format. People can show up and be steady if they feel like it, people can hammer if they feel like it, people can be dropped and go to a slower paceline if they feel like it, and people can be dropped and then have the same people who dropped them beat the crap out of them again if they feel like it. And it all works out pretty well. If there's a huge performance gap between the fastest riders and the slowest paceline, then the regroup takes too long and the group needs a full split. But otherwise, it's pretty excellent.