Hi everyone I am new here

[bmccasland]

Furryduck - any chance of organized rides? As much as I'd like to keep up with the fast boys, I can't, but I have made riding friends on organized rides - that have my pace for the most part. All of us have good days and bad days, but we also have our pretty standard happy pace that we'll naturally fall into. There's pushing yourself to go a bit faster, and then there's killing yourself. I find chasing someone in a pace line makes me train harder than if I ride solo. I just don't have the personal drive to push hard solo for any great distance.

The reality is that riders have their own natural pace, which can be improved, especially if you haven't been riding for a while. But, I'll never be able to ride as fast as some riders, and I can live with that. If you pace and your partner's pace is significantly different, then riding separate is probably for the best.

You want to have fun riding, if it stops being fun, then it's hard to go back out there.