Quote Originally Posted by fallstoclimb View Post
I do agree with this -- and honestly that group ride was way out of my league. I don't think the LBS can be blamed, though, because if more inexperienced cyclists had shown up, we could have all hung together. However I think unfortunately it tends to be the strong cyclists who mostly show up to group rides, and the weaker ones are the exception.

One thing I have done before are bike club-sponsored longer-distance rides, with staggered start times, that were much more casual. Are there any of those near where you live?
It is hard for me to find anything like that as I am rarely in one area more than a month.