http://www.ride-strong.com/group-ride-etiquette/ the blog for cyclists Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:22:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.ride-strong.com/group-ride-etiquette/comment-page-1/#comment-647 Karen Burwell Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:23:50 +0000 http://www.ride-strong.com/group-ride-etiquette/#comment-647 Thus far, I haven't joined group rides for some of the reasons you mentioned. The ones my husband goes on sound like they are hammer fests. I'm not the fastest rider out there....We did decide to join a Critical Mass Ride one evening a few years ago. People showed up on every kind of bike you could imagine. And they rode SLOW. They had a guy who would stop traffic and let the entire pack get through an intersection. It was kind of cool. They also would wave and talk to folks as they cruised by 'em. Very friendly. Sometimes, someone would ride along with our group for a few blocks, just because the riders spoke to them in a friendly manner and invited them to come along. It was different, and fun. Thus far, I haven’t joined group rides for some of the reasons you mentioned.
The ones my husband goes on sound like they are hammer fests. I’m not the fastest rider out there….We did decide to join a Critical Mass Ride one evening a few years ago. People showed up on every kind of bike you could imagine. And they rode SLOW. They had a guy who would stop traffic and let the entire pack get through an intersection. It was kind of cool. They also would wave and talk to folks as they cruised by ‘em. Very friendly. Sometimes, someone would ride along with our group for a few blocks, just because the riders spoke to them in a friendly manner and invited them to come along. It was different, and fun.

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