Originally Posted by
downhillmaster
I have confidence in my abilities(whatever they may be)so don’t need validation from, or by, riding with strangers. Group riding in general is not that difficult.
I guess I am old fashioned because if I wanted to test myself by riding with the ‘big boys’ I would enter a race and do it for real.
Huh. The group rides I do are mostly filled with guys who race. That's what makes those rides so hard and so beneficial to my fitness.