Alone again (naturally)
05-19-08, 06:20 PM
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05-19-08, 11:24 PM
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05-20-08, 06:56 AM
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I go out with a group once in a while, but I enjoy just riding myself. If I want to go fast or slow, I just do what I feel like doing. I think if I kept riding and had a average of 17mph or so, then I would consider group rides more.
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05-20-08, 10:05 AM
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Alone again
Ok..Six years ago when I decided to join a cycling club, I 'knew' I was out of shape.
There are two (well,actually, there are 3 but the 3rd is a premier racing club)clubs in my neck of the woods.
I chose the smaller less prestigeous.
The one with the motto: No Rider Left Behind.
Darned if they wern't true to their word. Every ride there was a sweep who was the last rider.
Four years back, realizing more than a few of the origional members (and some of the new ones as well) were getting 'up in years' the club insttituted B rides.
The idea was: 13 mph and a max. distance of 25 miles
"More the Journey than the Destination"
I began leading those rides. I'd ride into the ride start and home from the ride which gave me additional conditioning and the opportunity to do whatever speed I felt capable of.
By last season the B ride often had twice as many riders as the A.
And...by mid summer, these B riders were clammoring to go farther and pick up the pace a bit (please)
so we were doing 30 milers at 14 mph with some flat terrain sprints up to 15mph!
As some of the B riders progressed, they slid over to the A group and they were ready to ride with that group rather than being thrown to the wolf pack so to speak.
There are days when I'll get A riders looking for a easier paced ride.
There are days when someone else leads the B ride and I get to 'play with the fast crowd'
Maby there's a club with the no rider left behind mindset in your neck of the woods.
There are two (well,actually, there are 3 but the 3rd is a premier racing club)clubs in my neck of the woods.
I chose the smaller less prestigeous.
The one with the motto: No Rider Left Behind.
Darned if they wern't true to their word. Every ride there was a sweep who was the last rider.
Four years back, realizing more than a few of the origional members (and some of the new ones as well) were getting 'up in years' the club insttituted B rides.
The idea was: 13 mph and a max. distance of 25 miles
"More the Journey than the Destination"
I began leading those rides. I'd ride into the ride start and home from the ride which gave me additional conditioning and the opportunity to do whatever speed I felt capable of.
By last season the B ride often had twice as many riders as the A.
And...by mid summer, these B riders were clammoring to go farther and pick up the pace a bit (please)
so we were doing 30 milers at 14 mph with some flat terrain sprints up to 15mph!
As some of the B riders progressed, they slid over to the A group and they were ready to ride with that group rather than being thrown to the wolf pack so to speak.
There are days when I'll get A riders looking for a easier paced ride.
There are days when someone else leads the B ride and I get to 'play with the fast crowd'
Maby there's a club with the no rider left behind mindset in your neck of the woods.
05-20-08, 10:17 AM
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forlorn and forgotten...
that has been my last three years, ever since the guys dropped me and I got lost on the way home.
I took a wrong turning and ended up here.
george
that has been my last three years, ever since the guys dropped me and I got lost on the way home.
I took a wrong turning and ended up here.
george
05-20-08, 10:24 AM
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Well, I would rather look at scenery than worry about the speed of the person in front of me. So I tend to ride alone.
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Thank you, all of you. I feel much better now.
05-20-08, 12:30 PM
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A nagging injury and lack of ability has caused me to drop out of the heavy hitter group in our club. But the "next group down" is just a tad slow and stops to wipe their noses (literally) too much. Three of us have become "tweeners"--riding somewhere between the two groups. We can usually find a way to end up with the slower group for coffee, but have usually done 15 extra miles before the ride started. I long to get back with the Big Boys, but I don't know if it will happen.
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