Quote Originally Posted by tulip View Post
GLC, congratulations on your new bike. You have earned it! No doubt you will have some successful races next year.

Just a wee concerned about the talk of riding on tri bikes and aero bars on road bikes on group rides. I really hope that those who do that will re-think it. There's no reason to ride with aero bars (and certainly not on a tri bike) on group rides. As mentioned here, they are squirrely, which can really cause problems on a group ride. They are also quite dangerous in a crash because they can (and have) literally impale a person. Considerate riders don't ride their aerobikes on group rides!
Though I totally agree, I don't think anyone was talking about riding in the aero position on the group rides, but riding sitting up on the brakes, right? Never a bad reminder, but on the brakes, I do think we have the same kind of control as a rider on a roadbike. Hands are in the same place.

Now, I also don't ride group rides much, because I don't think it is great tri training (and I have a road bike). I did ride my tri bike up in the mountains yesterday on a "group ride," though people are not particularly grouped when climbing for an hour anyway Plus, they were mostly IM triathletes like me who do not like to draft anyway.

Just my 2 cents. everyone should be careful and considerate on every ride.