Wow, good turnout of 30+ for tonight's New Albany ride, which is a great turnout considering the wind, humidity and temperature. I need to get clarification from the Cycling Club for what is the intent of this ride. Early on, I was told it is a "B" ride but too many (in my opinion) of the real B cyclists are getting dropped as 2-3 cyclists push the pace, a couple follow and just like the Thursday New Albany ride, a group that starts out with 30 ends up with 5 at the end. If that is the purpose then fine, but I feel stupid for promoting something it is not. It is strange, we start out at the promoted "X" pace, at some point it suddenly ramps to a "Y" pace, then someone realizes, oops, we dropped all those who thought it was an "X" pace and we drop down to "X" pace except there are no more "X" riders with us so we plod along at an "X" pace with nobody left but "Y" types. The Cycling Club needs a real ride leader for this Tuesday ride, someone who is somewhat self aware and when someone oblivious to the purpose of the group suddenly takes off, just lets him go. Or, if this is just another drop ride then let that be known. A guy pulled alongside me on Jug, after two clueless types attacked and stayed away and told me, "This is just like it was 2 weeks ago. All it will do is discourage B and B- cyclists from coming out." Is that what was the intent of the Cycling Club? Again. I only want to present the facts to my 3-4 readers and not misrepresent.
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Corvair
6/17/2014 11:04:53 pm
Interesting, because I thought that's why some had left the Canal ride for this one, that it was closer to a B pace. In Canal we have the "fast B" group and a "B" group. The fast Bs tend to stay together (IF Andrew is with us). If not, we tend to drop people, esp. with routes of 50 miles. So I think this will happen with any ride...We also have a small A group and a C group.
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