Sorry …didn’t mean to make it sound like a pissing contest. Just a little to straight forward I guess. I understand to each their own as far as riding, and to that the freedom of decision if you ride with a particular group. Would I feel comfy with that woman in that hat beside me….. not judging from her slow crawl, at which point I tell them that I am gonna do something different then the group and maybe catch up with them on the other side.
I ride some what tight with people I know…. others I don’t …. well like you I drop back quite a bit until I can grasp what their skills are.
Didn’t mean to come off as an ass just merely wanting to point out that not all answers are one sided …. honestly I think it was something that IBA said. Eh…maybe a nerve got touched and I typed before realizing it. Oh well….no harm meant… just devils advocate (with apparent passion)