Originally Posted by
caloso
Not to mention that even in the same group ride, you have a lot of control of how much and what kind of work you do. Working on threshold? Go to the front and take longer/more frequent pulls. Working on VO2max? Attack, get caught, recover, repeat. Working on tempo/endurance? Sit in.
This is someone describing cycling training to improve cycling ability- cycling for cycling sake. It's not general exercise by the average person.
I can imagine the comments one would receive if they showed up to a recreational ride in full kit on a top tier bike and started telling people to do that.
Now, imagine the comments I would receive at that same recreational ride if I said you didn't need that expensive top tier bike, that you could get just as good a workout with a mid grade bike.