Originally Posted by genejockey

The other thing about group rides, especially a well-organized, fast group ride is that it's simultaneously exhilarating and terrifying. Well, maybe not really terrifying, but anxiety-inducing. You're part of a group, ripping along the road way faster than you could by yourself, part of a well-oiled machine. But that wheel you're following is deadly. I loved riding in a smoothly operating paceline, but I could never quite get that thought out of my mind - one mistake by me could take down the group, or one mistake by someone else could take me down.