Being at the back

[Viney]

We are organising a rideout and it seems that everyone wants to be at the back. Now, i know that this is a physical impossibility, but, why do people feel that they need to be there?

Isnt a rideout a thing where like minded riders get togehter and ride. Its not a race.

So pelase explain, that if youa re one of these type of people, why do you feel you need to go at the back of a rideout?

Originally Posted by Viney

We are organising a rideout and it seems that everyone wants to be at the back. Now, i know that this is a physical impossibility, but, why do people feel that they need to be there?

Isnt a rideout a thing where like minded riders get togehter and ride. Its not a race.

So pelase explain, that if youa re one of these type of people, why do you feel you need to go at the back of a rideout?

Because I ride so slowly I am usually at the back?

Not a deliberate effort, just that I dont feel the need to hoon everywhere and I bide my time.

[fizzwheel]

Dunno

I like being at the front, that way you are following the one person on the rideout who knows where they are going therefore theres less chance of getting lost.
If I end at the back of a pack of riders I'll overtake my way through the group till I end up at the front again.

Like to ride in the top 1/3 myself.

[fizzwheel]

The other thing I find is that if you are at the back you have to ride much faster in order to keep up due to traffic lights and stuff like that splitting the pack up.

Maybe it like the hard / naughy kids at School who used to sit at the back of the classroom or at the back of the bus so they could smoke.

I reckon it's the people that can't ride properly and don't want anyone seeing them f*ck up every corner so they go at the back where no one can see.






Well thats why i go at the back anyway

[rictus01]

Generally I'm "at the back" on two occasions.

The first is because I don't rush to go and take a little time "getting dressed".

The second everyone has passed me and I'm finishing my fag brake

I'm also "at the front"

I always know where I'm going.

Also I need to get ahead so I can stop for the afore mentioned fag brake

Cheers Mark.

Unless someone is more comfortable at the back due to their acceptance that they are a slowish rider,then it is to be avoided I think.

Recent rides to unfamiliar territory for me had me deciding to stay at the back to gain an idea of severity of bends etc. by watching the guys in front. However they tend to ride at such a pace that I have been literally hammering it to stay in touch!
This can put altogether too much pressure on the back marker. Middle of the pack in future for me.

[anna]

I never aim to be at the back but always end up there

[_Stretchie_]

Can't really answer, not enough people come out to play for me to experience this..

Rant over... I know people are starting to play out now but I've been OH SO LONLEY since November

I know and fully accept I am far from the fastest rider and still have a long way to go before I 'COMMIT' fully into corners so I am happy following, but at the same time I do like to hoof it a little so I think middle-front of the pack is good

I don't like overtaking people when on a rideout with a group, I always worry that those people will think that I am presuming to be better than them when in reality I think a teenager on a Raleigh Activator can 'out twistie me'



Stretchie