Those of you with a regular riding group

[t-homo]

Originally Posted by marko138

I'm not much of a 'group' guy.

Coulda fooled me.



I typically ride 3-4 from the front. Our group rides don't really stay together, but we stop every 15 or so miles for everyone to catch up. Fastest guys in the front and progressively slower so that nobody holds anyone else up, other than one of the most experienced riders always takes sweep. The fast guys in our group are normally balling up the tires on the street, and I'm certainly not that fast.

Originally Posted by Sean

Back when I had a usual riding group I always liked to be second. I'm always faster if I have a rider in front of me to follow. I watch his body language and where he's looking and it's like I can see around the mountain and know when a corner is coming up. And it gives me reassurance that there's nothing major in the road in front of me. Of course when I'm riding with a group of racers I can't always keep up that pace...

You need to be careful when you are basically riding your buddy's bike and not your own. If something were to happen to him, you would run off directly where he did.