Originally Posted by
terrymorse
I think that's the secret sauce for excellence -- choose to ride with slower guys.
Yup. I try not to forget that the people we ride with aren't randomly chosen, so it's probably wise not to use your ranking among your friends as evidence that what you're doing is right -- or even that it's wrong. It's tempting to see causation ("I'm fast and I do this, so that must be why I'm fast") but that's not always a reliable method.