On training rides, forget it. If you can talk, you're not riding hard enough . I rode with our women's group this week and in a paceline one of them was chatting up a storm! All I could think was that she wasn't riding hard enough, so I went to the front and bumped up the pace - that quieted things down .

There are rides, though, that are social in nature. Talking is ok on those rides.

SheFly