malevolentoilet

Wow dude. Nice much?

Johnny Colnago

I just have one of the water carriers pull me back to the lead group.
Or I use the old water bottle trick.

substructure

Why do you hate our eWangs?

bigtea

Actually I am a pretty nice guy.

However, that doesn't make the question posed any smarter. The Road Cycling Forum is often mistaken as a Road Racing forum. Although there are plenty of wannabe racers (and even some real racers) who post here, most are simply riding their road bikes.

Let me answer the question about being dropped. My feelings do not change at all when someone leaves me behind.

If you want to ruin the pleasure of a great bike ride, react with shame, anger, guilt or envy whenever anybody passes you.

Lonewolf48

When riding with a group of people 20-40 years younger than I am, I can hang on the back until the first big hill, then when they are at the top I still have a long way to go. It is trying to catch the group again so I can draft and catch my breath that is the trick. If I can, I'll do O.K. until the next big hill when I get dropped again and the chance of catching up diminishes. How do I feel? Well, it made me train hard all winter and into spring, but I didn't do the hill repeats I needed to make myself a better climber because I worry about falling and breaking a hip and not being able to ride this season. One day in the future I will be able not only to hang but to contribute- that is a day I look forward to seeing, but then sadly I would want to find a faster group.

island rider

This is when getting dropped actually hurts... Plus you have to ride all the way back with the guy who dropped you.

MrCrassic 

Depends.

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umd

And of course getting dropped is not the same as getting passed. You can't be dropped by someone you weren't riding with in the first place.

coasting 

if i could actually catch someone who passes me i would challenge him or her to a fist fight.

AEO

dropped? how do you get dropped when you're riding solo?

nikoncmk

Just pedal faster

Shifty

Kind of like this

MrCrassic 

+1

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Nachoman

I got dropped last Saturday, along with a small group of about ten. I felt annoyed.

TruckerMike

Depends on my goal for the ride. If I have a race on the weekend, I'm not going to go anerobic on a group ride, so I'll let 'em burn matches all day and stick to my plan. If its a tempo day, it's usually more structured than hammer till we shed the weak. Intervals, hills repeat, paceline practice, or what have you is the way I'll ride hard. There's just only so many hours in the week for functional training, and spending them in on hammerheads (who I never see at the races) isn't for me.

Longfemur

Me, I feel happy that it makes the faster guy happy at any given moment. Life is going to be miserable enough for him if he carries that attitude over into other aspects of it.

Campag4life

That's how I feel. When getting droped becomes imminent i.e. when I start to spit up internal organs from over exertion, I perform a Vulcan mind meld with the guy dropeing me and I assume his consciousness and then feel better.

revolator

That I'm in the right ride if I want to get better.

DScott

I've dropped and I've been dropped. Believe me, dropping is better.

umd

wut?

WHOOOSSHHH...

Normal!

dsellinger

I'll pay attention tonight and tell you tomorrow how it felt.

faire_du_velo

Im 15 and I ride with Adults most of the time but I can hang for most of the ride, i usually get dropped at the sprints

Romans8:28

I feel nauseous, unable to breath, and on the verge of a heart attack.........

because I never go down without a fight (the best I can generate)

HigherGround

Like this.