Do I have the guts?

[Zen]

Don't go. It will only lead to heartache when you see his girlfriend there and he was just being friendly anyway.
Stay home, watch Judge Judy and eat chocolate ice cream.

[Crankin]

Go for it. If he has a girlfriend, well, it won't go any further.
Or maybe it will... you never know unless you try. I would be more worried about being dropped on the ride.

[NoNo]

Don't go. It will only lead to heartache when you see his girlfriend there and he was just being friendly anyway.
Stay home, watch Judge Judy and eat chocolate ice cream.

Holy crap, you can read my mind!

[Zen]

I'm just the devil's messenger girl.
Go.What have you got to lose?

[malaholic]

Definitely go. It's true that he may be unavailable, so you need to go without getting your hopes up too much. But at least then you'll know, instead of always asking yourself "what if I'd gone?". And besides, even if he's unavailable or if he turns out not to be as great on 2nd glance as he was at first, you'll probably meet some other great people with similar interests and you'll get some training in to boot.

Go! And then come back & post & let us know how it went!

[Geonz]

It's *really* easy for fast riders to invite people assuming that well, their group don't go that fast, really... so I htink I would go, but with a strategy if it's apparent that they get out and do 19+ in their paceline. Though, if you can go 15 by yourself, if you activate your hormones and really focus on round pedal strokes, you may totally surprise yourself. DOn't ask yourself whether you "can" or not... when it seems like you won't be able to keep up say "okay, but I will for another mile or two..." and you just might find a rhythm.

I would, however, know my way back and if I wanted to drop off I'd say "I know my way back, y'all keep goin!"

(I'm coming back from a posted no drop ride that just happened to have strong enough riders that didn't get dropped, but we were doing the posted speeds -- well, after the initial sprint, we did for a little while - into the wind... let's just say I hope some of us with a true no-drop spirit are there when somebody tries to move up from level one to level 2, because the ride leader sort of forgets hers sometimes. )

[jesvetmed]

DH says GO! That's funny. Tell us what happens! And if Zen turns out to be right, well, maybe there is someone more interesting on the ride, anyway!

[NoNo]

It's going to have to be next week, I have way too much going on right now. Yes, I should go into this with an open mind and just look to learn what I can. Should anything else come of it, icing on the cake.