Why, just why
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Darius_Jedburgh
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There's your answer.
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I remember a club ride many years ago when a senior club member went to the front of the group and gave out a serious B*******g to the two young lads who'd got on the front of the ride and started ripping it up.
I also remember a ride where I was riding lead and a small group came through from the back and tried the same thing, I looked at my mate and we said let them go, we didn't react and they flew over the brow of the hill and we didn't see them again.
neil_merseyside
Guru
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- Wirral
No one should go in front of the leader, except up a hill to stop at first turn. So if they don't follow the rules you needn't. So just turn off as soon as they disappear from sight, or decide you meant to go the other way round so do a 180.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
They probably think that 20 mph up a 3% drag IS steady! 
We had a terrible problem with that kind of thing on one of our cycling holidays in Spain. The rides were organised in 4 categories...
Only a small number of riders actually thought that this was A Good Thing, so next day most of group #1 moved down into group #2 and turned that into what the group #1 ride should have been. On day #3 the original group #2 riders fled to group #3 and wrecked our ride! On day #4 most of the original group #3 ended up on the group #4 ride and spoiled it for them!
We had a terrible problem with that kind of thing on one of our cycling holidays in Spain. The rides were organised in 4 categories...
- Super-fit race training group. No prisoners taken.
- Fit club riders, good steady pace.
- Keen, but not so fit. Pace of the slowest. (My group!)
- Recovery and touring rides.
Only a small number of riders actually thought that this was A Good Thing, so next day most of group #1 moved down into group #2 and turned that into what the group #1 ride should have been. On day #3 the original group #2 riders fled to group #3 and wrecked our ride! On day #4 most of the original group #3 ended up on the group #4 ride and spoiled it for them!
xxDarkRiderxx
Veteran
- Location
- London, UK
That is why we have the following ride groups in our club, and the ride leaders enforce the speed. Also we never post the route so if someone goes off the front they will likely get lost.
Comfortable : 10 - 12MPH (including coffee cake and social)
Steady : 12 - 15MPH (Those feeling a little more daring)
Fast:18 - 25MPH (Stupidity, or just insanely fit and I am jealous I cannot ride this fast.)
Comfortable : 10 - 12MPH (including coffee cake and social)
Steady : 12 - 15MPH (Those feeling a little more daring)
Fast:18 - 25MPH (Stupidity, or just insanely fit and I am jealous I cannot ride this fast.)
neil_merseyside
Guru
- Location
- Wirral
Only by the faster riders, everyone else is happy to see the back of them - literally.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
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Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Depends on the club. The one I co-founded didn't...which was the aim.
matticus
Guru
Except for when they do ...
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Always a few of course, but AFAIK it's still pretty relaxed in the lower mellow orders and still going strong it seems....
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
It depends on how good a ride leader you are. it very easy to control a ride but a talk before the ride normally helps. I did have two wannabe racers fly off, i just took the next left, never saw them again.
