Quote Originally Posted by sundial View Post
I pass a guy who is only going around 15 mph... and I'm doing 18 mph... to only have him zoom by me a little bit later. Uuummm.. yea... you weren't going that fast before mister.
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Is there any chance though, before you think that these guys are just being arrogant, that maybe they are doing intervals? There could be a very logical reason behing why they zoom past you later.


Also, a lot of people use group rides as training rides. Which means that a lot of them, unless run by a social club where people are there to chit chat, won't have a drop policy- it is up to you to keep in.

I know there are some cycling clubs down here where their rides are grouped off into speeds and they are no drop rides, but the members have to sign waivers and pay a fee to be part of the club(i think).

Most of the other rides, including those I partake on, are drop policy free and are FAST. If you can't hang, to bad keep working till you are strong enough to be there for the whole ride. A lot of people aren't out on the bike to piddle around, the majority of them are out to train.


And remember, if you do decide to start with one of these rides and see how long you can hang in, one way to make sure the guys(and girls out there) will like you better in the end is when you start to feel yourself dropping off move over, don't allow a gap to form between the person ahead of you and the guys behind you- it will really make them mad if they have to bridge a gap and do extra work when they are trying to be smart with their energy.

p.s. one last thing about the girls seeming to be worse towards other girls then the guys. I find that it is more that as a girl, I have to work twice as hard to prove myself. If I drop off and create a gap, those guys are going to never want to ride behind me. They will also try to use me- they will try to not pull through when I pull of, or not let me back into the paceline. It is hard for them to see a girl still hanging in when you know they are hurting, I have to work my butt off to grab a wheel and stay there. And that means I am not a social person on a ride- if I try to talk, I will lose that wheel a lot of the times, so I will probably come off as being rude- but it isn't meant htat way, it is just ride time is business time and most other girls out there I know are the same way as me. I will talk to you before the ride and after, but on the ride there is no place for socialization.