Ted, You’re lucky to have found a riding partner that matches your rhythm. Hang on to that friendship!
Our club is pretty strict about obeying traffic rules and being polite. We had one guy complain about a group of us on a ride saying that the group was 3 wide. It went right to the club president - it’s a small enough city that citizens know who to call - who told every ride leader to address the problem, which they did. I’d never ride with a contentious group. Too many angry people with hair-trigger tempers driving cars these days. I want to get home alive and in working order. L On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 9:58:20 AM UTC-4 Ted Durant wrote: > On Wednesday, May 17, 2023 at 5:36:22 AM UTC-5 Jay LePree wrote: > > I think this is exacerbated by the growth of Swift, etc. Riders have > increasingly big engines, but not the riding skills to harness them safely > in a group ride. > > > That's been a subject of conversation at the pro level, where people are > being picked up out of Zwift Academy and getting pro contracts. Even > before then, I saw lots of people with plenty of power but no group riding > skills create chaos in the pack. > > What keeps me away from group rides these days, aside from becoming an old > fart, is the rampant blowing off of traffic signals and "itching for a > fight" attitude cyclists take toward car drivers. Also, as Paul Fournel > says in _Need For The Bike_, "Hell is the rhythm of others." > > The guy I do most my riding with smiles and waves at everyone, regardless > of how polite or impolite the encounter. And, he and I share the same > rhythm 99.9% of the time. > > Ted Durant > Milwaukee, WI USA > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5203a232-3966-4299-b0ca-593f894238a3n%40googlegroups.com.
