Josette,
My
personal apologies since I was one of the “sprinters” last night. For
myself I did enjoy picking up the pace towards the very end of the ride but
advanced notice would have been nice. I would have liked to finish the
ride (faster or slower) with the group instead of a hundred feet behind the
next 2 riders. In the future, maybe we could decide at the turnaround if
and when we will be sprinting so that those that still want to keep the same
pace are a big enough group at the back to ride safely and the faster group
advances to the finish.
Thanks
for bringing this up for discussion. And thanks for being my partner
during part the ride! J
Jennifer Laevens
519-436-4600
Ext 2926
From:
ckcycle-bounces@lists.ncf.ca [mailto:ckcycle-bounces@lists.ncf.ca] On
Behalf Of Josette deBrouwer
Sent: August 19, 2010 10:29
AM
To: Chatham-Kent Commmunity Cycling Group
Subject:
[CKcycle] Wednesday's ride
I have a bone to
pick with yesterday’s ride. After riding more than 40K together as a group, to
split the group up for a sprint to the finish is fairly pointless and displays
more bravado than common sense. My understanding of the purpose of the group
ride is to share experience, so we can all be safer, stronger riders. Please,
correct me if I am wrong. When the group falls apart at the end, it
jeopardizes that safety. I also thought that one of the main principals of the
group ride is to ride predictably — maintain the line and the speed. If that
is not the intent, please let all riders of the group know ahead of
time.
Thanks,
Josette deBrouwer