Ridgeway
Veteran
- Location
- Lausanne, Switzerland
I've been hesitating about joining a club local to me, there's actually only one club but it does have a good reputation and seems well established. Overall i've never been a club person but i'm sure i'd benefit from riding with some other people, each time i've accidentally done this when bumping into people out on the road i've really enjoyed it. My second reason and it was really what keeps me thinking about it is my 12yrs daughter seems reasonable keen on road cycling after having recycled one of my old Scott bikes onto her and i had wondered if it would give her a bit more of a bug if she joined the club. My hesitation is always about my abilities as when is see the boys passing through my village they aren't half flying along and they on average look more like racing snakes vs a middle aged portly Mancunian.....
Looking on their website they say the rides are at 27-28 kmh average which i average on a 50-60km ride with say 500-700m of elevation, but that's a pretty reasonable effort for me, one a would struggle to hold much on a conversation on. What i have no experience of is the benefits of riding in a small group of say 5-10 riders and what advantage that would bring to me in terms of energy saving and being able to have a chat with someone ?
Do i need to improve before joining and embarrassing myself ?
Looking on their website they say the rides are at 27-28 kmh average which i average on a 50-60km ride with say 500-700m of elevation, but that's a pretty reasonable effort for me, one a would struggle to hold much on a conversation on. What i have no experience of is the benefits of riding in a small group of say 5-10 riders and what advantage that would bring to me in terms of energy saving and being able to have a chat with someone ?
Do i need to improve before joining and embarrassing myself ?
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