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Group Riding Dynamics
As my riding and bike-handling skills have improved, I've been doing
some centuries and metric centuries with small groups of between 3 and 6 riders from one of the bike clubs to which I belong, not always the same people. We are not skillful enough to ride in a paceline but we do try to work together, although usually only partially successfully. The dynamics of riding in a group intrigues me and I've asked some previous questions arising from my experiences. The question that occurred to me during this weekend's charity ride is this: how do you handle hills when the riders in the group have different abilities to maintain some speed and momentum while climbing? That is, I take my turn pulling then pull off to rest--but then comes a hill and the line breaks down. I'm a bit stronger up hills than most of the people with whom I ride so I typically have to pull out to the left and pass just to get up the hill without killing myself at the slower pace. Then I usually soft-pedal until we regroup when I either stay out front or let the leaders take over again. We often have a similar situation on descents where some folks ride their brakes and others are more comfortable getting up some speed. I of course like the speed going down hill because it helps me get my bulk up the next hill. So how does a group stay or work together better when the members cannot climb at roughly the same speed? Thanks for contributing to my cycling education. --Roy Zipris |
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