Originally Posted by
genejockey
Oh, come on, Larry. If someone rode 15 feet off your wheel for MILES, you'd sure as shootin' consider them to be 'riding with you'.
You were disinvited, so the right thing to do is to GO SOMEWHERE ELSE, and come back next week with a shirt and a helmet. Now, you've spent a ride stalking them after being told not to ride with them, AND you slagged them off online. Also, I'm not sure I'd assume most of the other riders were 'cool with' you. Most people won't make a stink because most people are conflict avoidant. They rely on the ride leaders to play cop, so they don't have to.
And I rode with a club long enough to know that most riders really would not be 'cool with' somebody without pack riding skills who makes it a point of pride NOT to fit in.
I considered myself not riding with them because I never joined the pack, I couldn't be involved in any group crash or anything like that. As for stalking them, I told the ride leader exactly what I intended to do and he didn't object (he couldn't, its a public road) so they knew I was stalking them. I think they were cool with me for the most part because I got a lot of encouragement.
In any case, im leaving them alone. They are a cool social group but im just not the right fit, don't like structure. Not trying to rag on them, just good natured ribbing