Originally Posted by
maddyfish
Nothing worse than an out of shape slow guy dragging down the group.
Sure there is. Crashing. A huge pileup is much worse than some slow guy slowing everyone down.
To the OP, if you like your rack and fenders, keep 'em on. They're very useful if you actually ride your bike to places and not just around various loops for "training". It sounds like you might want to find another group to ride with.
Az