TNT has lots of teams not just the bike team but you'll also see the triathlon team on the road too. The SF bay area TNT bike teams I think do a good job on pace lining and bike skills in general. I think the triathlon teams don't do much in the way of bike skills. And chapters in other parts of the country I don't think are as good as the teams in the bay area from what I have seen and heard. Also TNT will take anyone and train them to complete a century, so I don't think they are any more dangerous then other people who start road biking. I've done TNT once, but I really don't like the fund raising so I probably won't do it again. But I think its a good way to get started.