Originally Posted by
bdrake
i am planning on buying my first road bike this weekend and this thread is making me nervous about wanting to ride in a group. this doesn't make it sound very fun! no one ever wants to be the last in the pack, right?
I have been the last in my pack for four years now. Some days I'll admit it gets to me, until I realize the company I'm in is pretty high caliber. I'm the runt of the litter. But I try hard and do the best I can and that's all that matters to me. And it's all that matters to the rest of them too. I don't slow 'em down. If I get dropped they know I'm content to finish out the ride as best I can.
I could show up to an easier ride somewhere else, but I'm too sick in the head to do that. Why? Ironic, but it doesn't sound very fun! Must have something to do with self-loathing.