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[Veronica]

Funny I don't much like riding with other people. Folks around here don't believe in stopping at stop signs. We have a lot of 4 way stops and they will just roll right thorough. Yes I know you can see that there is no traffic. But you are a vehicle and you are suppose to stop. Now I'll admit that I don't come to a full stop, foot down, but I also don't blow through at 18 mph. And they'll get upset if I don't call "Clear" so they can roll through. If that's what you're suppose to do in a group ride, no thanks.

And I really don't like riding in a pace line. If I am going to go hard, I want to go hard at my pace and recover where I want to recover. And I can't look around in a pace line.

Plus drafting is illegal in tris.

Veronica

[PamNY]

I'm quite happy going slowly. Don't even know my average speed, but it's not very high. I have great stamina, and for what I do on a bike, that matters a lot more.

I do a lot of bird-watching and general observing. If I were going fast, I wouldn't have photos of a cormorant trying to swallow a large fish.

Now that I have a lighter bike, I might try some group rides. I probably will put the computer back on my bike for a while just so I know what a particular speed feels like. But if the group rides don't work out for me, I certainly don't plan to worry about it.