youngoldbloke
The older I get, the faster I used to be ...
Pikey - see you are in Wiltshire - are you willing to give us a clue as to which club you're with?
*snork*That is a hell of a pace for riding on the pavement
You mean they don't?do you really think people on club runs beat their chest and announce "we have defeated pot belly by riding our wheeled steads like champions"
You mean they don't?
I would.
Signed Pot Belly
I think this is important. I will always tend to put myself at the back of a ride if someone is struggling. I think there's must be few things worse than being tired and hanging off the back of a ride as everyone disappears into the distance.I agree at some level but at least 2 riders noticed him drop off the back & did nothing. Personally when I've been at the back of the group in a no-drop & noticed someone been gapped I drop off & give them a hand back to the group. I'll also try to make sure weaker riders are in front of me because right at the back is the worse place for a weak rider.
I think it's not so much the 'testosterone laden' and 'macho' stuff, but more a case of people not knowing how to be thoughtful and behave well in any group - how to look out for one another. In my experience, the 'no one gets dropped' rule almost never applies routinely to club rides, whatever type of club it is. The dialogue you quote makes my point - it amounts to, 'Ah well, who gives a ****, it's everyone for themselves.'
What do you do about the rider who turns up week after week for the 'easy' ride, isn't capable of maintaining more than around 10mph and expects the group to wait for him/her at every junction/hill top, and quotes the clubs policy 'we never leave anyone behind' when the issue is raised?
Yup! It's pretty effective too! Particularly if as I catch up to them I say "And Adrian is only a hundred yards behind me"Is this to scare them into keeping up?
We had one like that a few weeks ago, another club had dropped him and we scooped him up (so as to speak) but I think he expected that every week and turned up for nearly a month. The last I saw of him though was when he turned up to a faster training ride :-/What do you do about the rider who turns up week after week for the 'easy' ride, isn't capable of maintaining more than around 10mph and expects the group to wait for him/her at every junction/hill top, and quotes the clubs policy 'we never leave anyone behind' when the issue is raised?