Today we led our club's "New Member" ride. It's not really just for new members. Last year, 60 people came on this ride. We divide it into 2 groups and we lead the faster group (which is not really fast--15 average or so).
Well, we had a storm yesterday, which was predicted to go into the early morning. It never rained as hard as they predicted and there was absolutely no rain when we got up at 6. The ride started at 10 and only 7 people showed up! But, it was good I had 2 other people to lead the slower group, because they definitely were newbies, injured, etc.
It ended up being a nice day and it was nice to ride in a group of 5 people that all rode around the same speed. We did just under 23 miles through Concord and Carlisle, with an average of exactly 15.01. The slower group averaged 11.7. There were so many cyclists out in Concord today, it was crazy. It was also hazardous waste recycling day, so there were cars lining up for that, too, near our start point. At one point a group that had passed us at one point got in behind me when we were almost back and flying down the flats. Since I was sweeping, I couldn't go any faster, but they stayed behind me until we turned.