Minor Group Ride Complaint
09-05-07, 07:22 PM
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Minor Group Ride Complaint
Please don't complain about the speed when you're a mile away from breaking off to do the "short route".
I'm more than willing to ease up a bit for the sake of the group, but if you're not going to be there to do any work, don't worry about the tempo of the "long route" riders, make your own line.
That is all.
I'm more than willing to ease up a bit for the sake of the group, but if you're not going to be there to do any work, don't worry about the tempo of the "long route" riders, make your own line.
That is all.
09-05-07, 07:24 PM
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I've typically run into the opposite problem. Guys doing the metric option blistering the pace, only to drop off leaving me fried to complete the century by myself.
09-05-07, 07:28 PM
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Please don't complain about the speed when you're a mile away from breaking off to do the "short route".
I'm more than willing to ease up a bit for the sake of the group, but if you're not going to be there to do any work, don't worry about the tempo of the "long route" riders, make your own line.
That is all.
I'm more than willing to ease up a bit for the sake of the group, but if you're not going to be there to do any work, don't worry about the tempo of the "long route" riders, make your own line.
That is all.
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09-05-07, 07:55 PM
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No, it wasn't even my pull when the the complaint happened. I was just a little irked when the guy who asked for a slower pace took a different route so soon afterward. Like I said, it's a minor complaint.
I probably should thank him for the extra work of catching the group ahead.......but I won't!
I probably should thank him for the extra work of catching the group ahead.......but I won't!
09-05-07, 08:10 PM
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Please don't complain about the speed when you're a mile away from breaking off to do the "short route".
I'm more than willing to ease up a bit for the sake of the group, but if you're not going to be there to do any work, don't worry about the tempo of the "long route" riders, make your own line.
That is all.
I'm more than willing to ease up a bit for the sake of the group, but if you're not going to be there to do any work, don't worry about the tempo of the "long route" riders, make your own line.
That is all.
09-05-07, 09:12 PM
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By the same token, don't fret needlessly about so-and-so getting dropped on the return route, like a mile or two from the meeting spot. If your club has a no-rider-gets dropped policy, that's fine. But it needn't extend to the very last mile. It usually applies to the early miles on the way out. The return route should be about cooling down anyway.
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I jumped on to the Rose Bowl group yesterday for maybe 1/2 mile just for kicks and old time's sake. I've got a ways to go.
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