08-18-2015, 03:57 AM
Love the video. Really captured what I love about group rides.
To cbdtran's comment, I have ridden with leaders that take off fast and leave the group to fend for themselves. It's not a good situation. However, in smaller groups (especially in which most or all of the riders know each other well), we often put the faster riders in front for the "fun" sections which sometimes divides the group into two smaller ones. The key differences in how we do it versus how you presented it is that the whole group knows what is happening before it happens, that the second group has it's own leader, that the two groups agree to re-unite at key intersections or at some designated spot, and that no rider is ever criticized for riding his/her own ride so long as he/she is not endangering themselves or anyone else in the group. Twice I have been on rides where the leaders essentially abandoned the slower riders for miles and miles and in both cases, the leaders chose to point out just how slow those of us in the second group were. I don't ride with those guys anymore.
To cbdtran's comment, I have ridden with leaders that take off fast and leave the group to fend for themselves. It's not a good situation. However, in smaller groups (especially in which most or all of the riders know each other well), we often put the faster riders in front for the "fun" sections which sometimes divides the group into two smaller ones. The key differences in how we do it versus how you presented it is that the whole group knows what is happening before it happens, that the second group has it's own leader, that the two groups agree to re-unite at key intersections or at some designated spot, and that no rider is ever criticized for riding his/her own ride so long as he/she is not endangering themselves or anyone else in the group. Twice I have been on rides where the leaders essentially abandoned the slower riders for miles and miles and in both cases, the leaders chose to point out just how slow those of us in the second group were. I don't ride with those guys anymore.