Easy group rides

Originally Posted by dhk2

Why not go to the front and pull them along? In fact, from the front you can dictate the pace. If you split up the pack, that's ok too. No point in having an entire group ride at one fixed pace anyway; it's boring for the fast guys and too hard for the slow ones. You can always agree to meet up at the rest stop or at the finish.

Not sure how your group works, but above is pretty much standard practice for the club rides here. If 12-15 riders show up, there are normally 3 mini-groups that form up pretty quickly.