Who Do You Guys Like to Ride With?

JJakucyk

Hey guys, I'm curious about something. When you're out riding/training, do you prefer to ride with others close to your own age, would you rather ride with adults, or do you not really care one way or another? Considering how few juniors there seem to be in any one area, I suspect it would be difficult to find riding partners who are your age, unless perhaps you're on a team with a strong junior program.

Thanks,

whoawhoa

On long rides, I prefer to train with the local somewhat-fast group. There's a cat 2 and a few other strong riders. I usually sit at the front and try to pull most of the time. For anything hard, I like to train by myself. There's a few juniors around here, but I don't train with them very often, except on the aforementioned group rides.

Xboy

I prefer not so much age but some one who thinks the way i do about biking. Also i do prefer companie. Not to much but enough so that all can be in one conversation. This help promote a comfertable environment. as well as no one gets left behind so that we have to slow.

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Virenque

The most important is that he is not a lot better or worse than me. Ages are not so important.

PartisanRanger

I'll agree with that. It felt pretty shitty going on one of the UVA group rides with some of the upper-level guys and getting dropped on the first sizeable hill.

Virenque

Yes that`s shitty. Or if you go with someone worse than you so that you must wait him on every hill! That`s shitty too..

JJakucyk

I think we've all been there, whether young or old.

Roberto badgio

I tend to ride on my own. . . as I dont know anybody who likes cycling as I do, Upside of that is I can go where I like, and stop when I like etc. . . But Group rides are also good, I went on one Last Septemeber, and it was really good, effortly riding along at the back of the pack, then at a checkpoint looking at the average speed and thinking "woah that was easy". . . (17mph av.)(fast for me).

JJakucyk

17 mph average is pretty fast for me too. With one exception, my fastest rides have been group rides. It's amazing how much speed you can gain, assuming you can hang with them the whole time.

I think it would be interesting to ride with some of you younger guys. It seems like most other adults would probably steer clear, but I'm not really sure why. Maybe it's because you guys can be wicked fast, or if you aren't, you can get to be in a very short period of time.

Roberto badgio

having said that was fast on a group ride, i have had 2 avgs faster than that, both just me on my own, a 18.5, on a 4.5 mile trip into town. . . and a 19.2 on a 20 mile ride < that last one was a good ride!! (tailwind. . )

JJakucyk

Tailwinds can be a good thing. I always average my rides out in total, so unless there's a wind shift half way through, a beneficial tailwind is always balanced by an equally evil headwind. So the fastest I've ever done was 17.8 mph over a distance of 26 miles. I'm heavy too, so...well...no need to elaborate.

trackman23434

i average (or at least at the end of last year) 20 mph or a bit more frequently, there are few hills of any real reckoning around me though, and the wind is never much more than 15 mph so it makes it a lot easier exp. don't think i've had an average over 22 though (solo) on any lengthy rides

tumbleweed77

As I'm the youngest by at least 20 years in my club, I'll ride w/ adults.. if i need a recovery ride I have an older lady (bout 70) who I'll ride with... I join up w/ the guys for hard group rides and I'll plan long/faster rides at off times w/ a friend of my mom's... I don't feel comfortable setting up other ride times w/ the guys cause I'm a girl though.. other than that, i'm on my own w/ some music.

bikedude40k

It really depends on the situation. I am one of only a few juniors on my team, but there are a lot of guys outside of my team that I really like, so I ride with them a lot. There are no other Cat. 1 Juniors, though, so I often find myself riding with over-18ers.