ipod while group riding

[indysteel]

Absolutely not. It sounds like somebody needs to have a talk with this guy about the headphones and a few other safety issues. He's going to hurt himself and/or others at some point.

On that note, we had our first paceline accident at last night's tire ride. Tire contact. Three riders down, one with a broken collarbone and one with a bad cut on his arm and a carbon bike that's toast. It was a sobering reminder that pacelines/group riding can be dangerous. It's not clear whether anybody was riding recklessly last night; it may have just been a bit of bad luck.

In any event, I've thought twice about pointing out bad habits before to other riders. I've decided that I need to be a lot more assertive in that regard.

[limewave]

I think I might email the LBS guy who heads up the ride to let him know. Maybe he can have a group ride ettiquete day or something. We have a lot of new riders that don't know anything about riding in a group. When there are only 2 or 3 of us out of 13 that have experience and knowlege about group riding, it's hard to teach it to the majority who don't seem to care and just want to ride fast.

[Kimmyt]

I was on a group ride, a more beginner type group, so ettitquette was a bit... off, anyway a guy not in our group comes up and jumps in the middle of the group. As far as I know he just saw us and hopped in, then later on went on his own way. Well, the problem was, the entire time he was riding with us (in front of me and in the middle of a few riders) he was on his cell phone. Now, I'm sure his bike handling skills were very good, he seemed like an extremely competent cyclist, however I question the judgement of someone who would jump into a group of cyclists of unknown skills (and as some riders were obviously newer to cycling, using flat pedals, on hybrids, etc.) and talk on their cell phone.

Luckily there were no accidents, but I was fuming the entire time.

K.