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Originally Posted by intakexhaust
All things considered, I think the biggest challenge is just finding a group who share the idea of riding together in a spirited pace but with respects to all's capability and stick with it.
There's another group I tried maybe a half doz. times to hang with. Its a mid-week evening and a drop ride. Way out of my league and no fun. Eventually we'd all get back to the meet / start and it was usually just two or three guys flapping who's busting who. Its nice to be invited but I'm the old guy with the steel ride. I use that as an excuse usually busting their egos and about their CF rides. That the best they can do is beat on the old guys....LOL.
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I understand how you feel about the ciht talking afterwards. I don't get into those and save it for the young guys. Most of the guys on our ride are seasoned from the old days and the new guys are trained, so they keep that crap away. But they will turn on the gas because it is a training ride and most of them race. A few of the older farts were on the olympic back up roster or were national riders, so their attitude is pretty mellow. There are many occasions where they are pushing me back into the group on the hilly sections because I am just dead. Its not about who cross the finish first but out for a great time.