Quote Originally Posted by FunSize View Post
So I went on the ride this morning I had told you about. I bet you'll do better than me! Get this: as my bf and I pull into the parking lot on our bikes he stops in front of me so I have to turn my bike to the right... but I clip out on my left side. So I fall over in front of all these people I don't know! What a great first impression, right. I bet they all thought i'd be horrible and probably stayed their distance from me!
Falling over like that is a rite of passage. Everybody does is & the part that hurts worse is the ego!

Lots of good advice about group riding - especially about being predictable. I'll be anxious to hear how it went!

I used to ride with a fairly fast women's group. We would get new people almost every week. Once, we were in a double paceline, doing about 20-25 MPH, everybody being good (i.e., predictable!) when the lady next to me says, "Isn't this fun? And I've never gone over 10 mph before!"