Another banger! You were definitely right about guys implementing tactics in the pele. When we were on 27, there was a guy blocking for a teammate in the breakaway group. We didn’t realize it until the gap for the breakaway had grown beyond repair. At that point, nobody wanted to work to bring it back in that treacherous headwind.
Here in Polk County (Central Florida) there is a bike shop in Lakeland called Road and Trails. Every Saturday morning they have a really nice group ride. Probably around 40 riders, starts off nice and easy so everyone can warm up, then at some point the A group goes off the front. Even the B group comes back with about a 19-20mph average. Double pace line, well organized, really well done by the shop owners. If anyone is ever in the area and wants to join a great group ride, all are welcome.
In the DMV, particularly MD we have group rides for every day of the week. Since we are going through our cold months now, we have more pop up rides when the temperatures and weather cooperate with us. Many of our rides are bangers, drop rides, with a respectable amount of elevation. Our weekend rides are longer. 40 plus miles with at lease 1500 elevation.
Glad you made your comments at the end. We have a silent Sunday ride in South Mountain Arizona and it is COMPLETELY blocked off from all vehicle traffic. The San Juan section is great for a roller sprint race. In most cases we all stay in a casual group but, once you hit San Juan …… it is on. I am looking forward to the next ride.
Black Girls Do Bike, Bronx Girl Bike Gang and Bronx Cycling club have become larger and larger. Many rides vary sometimes rides are from the Bronx to places like Bear Mountain, century rides. The Cycling scene is increasing here in New York. This video was really good thanks for sharing.
Much respect Luis for Shout out. I got 2nd place 🥈. My first real breakaway with some strong riders. I am a sprinter so that was tough for me but I did it. Great videos and footage. You doing a great job 👏🏾.
I'm jealous of just how flat your area is. For us 90kg guys that's some good stomping ground. The Saturday group ride that I join in the desert Southwest, does around 58-60 miles on rolling hills with a couple 6% and an 11% at the end. Over the last year, I'd say it's gotten smaller. In March or so there was a good 30 people that would come out and now there are about 15-20. It's a tough ride though that averages around 22-23mph and about 2:45:00 finishing time.
@@chuckhunter77I'm here in socal and we have some good hills. I just don't like hills, I mean if I see a hill I will just lazily ride over but don't have any motivation to spend any effort to climb faster. I do notice as a 88kg rider I stomp pretty hard on flats compared to lighter guys. I just probably am making excuses for being a lazy climber lol
Thanks for sharing! Sounds like an intense ride. There is no doubt that the bigger stronger guys can dish punishment on these rides. You would love it👍🏾
Hey Luis. I love your analysis and breakdown of that group ride. I live in London England where it rains and is quite cold. (-2C today)/ 28F. I would do anything to live and be able to cycle in S. Florida. I started cycling seriously because of you. All your videos are amazing and informative. Please keep putting out great content.Much appreciated.
Brother I love you for this video. Im an old guy that’s been off the bike for five years. You just gave me a spark to put my kit back on and figure out how to get myself back in group rides.
This is very excellent. I watch this channel with the purpose of giving one or two tips to my community of riders here in Kenya Nakuru to be specific. Keep it up.
Yes, that sure was interesting, Luis. Where I live, we're getting sub-zero temperatures (Celsius) now, so I'm only riding indoors from now until April. I only ride by myself, so I don't know what's happening with group rides.
I live in Richmond Virginia area. Some of the cycling clubs have organized rides during the season that offer A, B, and C groups. Then there are alot of more casual rides here also where that pace is really chill.
Reporting from CT, Sound Cyclist Bike Cub has moved into Winter Rides season. These are Show and Go rides - no ride lead- about 35-40 miles. When the weather is decent still get 8-16 people per ride.
Wow the beautiful scenery, flat roads and smooth tarmac look amazing Louis I’m so jealous compared to where I live in the uk it’s a nights and day difference.. would love to ride these roads some day what a dream like paradise for me ❤😊🚴🏻🥇😃😍 great vid as always. Pete
Looks like you guys have a lot of fun in South FL. I wish the rider community here in Cola, SC was as big and organized. There are few group rides to be found. Heck, we only have 3 bike shops on this side of town. Hope we can get some groups going here. Planning to move to eastern NC in couple of years, not sure what to expect, but they do have a great sponsored ride called the TarWheel Century in April. Maybe I can build a group ride from scratch. Would love any advice on how to build up a regular group ride.
Used to, 15-20 years ago, but now I mostly ride with 2-3 others and we’re out there to get some exercise, some fresh air and mostly for the camaraderie. We do recall the old group rides, hauling down the MLK to the Philadelphia Art Museum at 23-25 mph but those days are over.
Two distinct groups racing as in the Silver lakes GP loved this huge numbers and the chatter after the race is my kind of day i just loved it ,next group a touring ride ideal for me now no big hills beautiful weather plenty of chat i also loved this ride Oh man i wish i was young again ,we don't have your numbers or weather here you get groups of 8 to 10 sometimes 15 max very often wet weather regardless to time of year plenty of hills we have nothing in Ireland like Florida no wide flat roads ,Thank you for your time and a great video loved it all BE BLESSED Sir.
10:20 Very wise words and truthful. Riding fast like this in a group can be fun, but it is inherently dangerous. It requires experience and you must know how to ride, the people and the upcoming possible hazards. In my area (large city in Canada) it is unlikely to see an informal organized group of this size, and even less likely to be riding alongside so many cars on a highway. However, cycling is generally encouraged by the public authorities and the way it might work is for people to join a club (which has its own rules, speed groups, quiet routes etc). Alternatively it might only occur with the permission and support of the police which might block off traffic for a few hours, perhaps once or twice in the summer season for a fund raising grand fondo or similar event. The largest group I'd ever ride with in friends or a club is probably eight cyclists, and the pace would be agreed upon. We would wait at the top of hills and slow down if necessary or break up the group if someone wanted to go slower, as a matter of courtesy. We stop but not as a "café stop" like the Brits and Europeans do. It is just a couple of minutes to fuel up, as many people want to back home in 2-4 hours.
In Chicago, we have a fast free for all Thursday ride with a Filipino cycling group that I'm a member of. The ride has grown and has become bigger every week because now you have other cycling groups showing up, and it's now it's become an unsanctioned race. Another fast ride in Chicago is the TLEN cycling team on Sunday mornings their Tuesday evening pizza ridewhich are considered two of fastest group rides in Chicago. Also, the Crank Revolution bike shop Wednesday nights group rides are fast and furious. I was in Davie for two weeks over the Christmas and New Year holidays and got to ride with the Sunset riders.Great group of riders and people
It's so interesting to see how the terrain (flat as a pancake) influences the number and mix of riders. Out in CA (central coast) it's very hilly, and big rides have all but vanished. A large group is a dozen riders, and typically there's an affiliation (college team, shop group, etc.). COVID was a real negative force on social riding - almost everyone you see now is solo.
Wow! Thanks for sharing that Bryan. Yes, the roads and terrain have a lot to do with the groups here because other than speed and wind, the group stays together... making it more social.
What’s interesting is many a times the weekend warrior, when he/she gets talked into racing, they are shocked how much harder it is then rides such as the one you are posting today.
Very cool to see! I’m in the south west area. We never had group rides as large and intense as this, but since Covid we haven’t really had any group rides at all. It’s a beautiful area to ride in with both flats and hills and very little traffic, but unfortunately , most cyclists like to ride solo.
Love to see these kind of rides. I once went out on a small 12 people group ride mainly with people who i didnt know. Close to the finish the guy in front of me crashed (his tire got stuck in one of these bridge rails) and that made me crash into him as well as we pretty much went from 40kmh to 0 in a second. Luckily only some big 🍑 bruises and a week off the bike, but it did cost me my previous frame. Since then i am a bit scared of group rides where people ride wheel to wheel especially when its the wheel of somebody who you dont know. For now i enjoy groups of 2-5 people the most but i also miss being able to comfortably ride 45kmh on the flat in the middle of a big bunch. Lets see maybe one day again.
@@thegoodwheel this is what I enjoy about your channel. It’s a chance to see a totally different cycling culture than what we have here in Seattle. Most people that I encounter on group rides are like introverted REI salespeople (myself included) and the bikes are usually bikepacking type bikes.
Just chiming in from northern California. That flat terrain really doesn't need any gears at all ( Big ups to the cat that did it with a fixed gear), I do most of my Sprint training fixed. It would be one interesting ride for me because out here on my rides it's mostly a lot of intense climbs and suicidal downhills. Your bike skills and control really have to be up to par to compete with it . But nonetheless seems pretty cool out there in Southern Florida. Keep rocking with these killer vids brother. Auntie answer your question out here we've been getting a lot more group rides tons of people tons of diversity and tons of agenda in the San Francisco Bay area.
Here in eastern Netherlands we have a Tuesday evening 60 km group ride of 50-150 men and women divided in 5-8 different speeds, from 40 kph average down to 28 kph average. Sundays there’s a 100 km ride with 5-25 riders
Great report, thanks. Additional info would be nice, for example, what's the average length of these rides/races (in miles or km), what's the average speed of the peleton? Given that this is not on closed roads I'd also like to know what time on a Sunday morning the riders set off (i.e is it super early to avoid traffic?). Final question - I saw at least one (but possibly only one) Tri-bike in the video: are they frowned upon in these group rides/races (I know that's sometimes the case). Thanks very much 😍
Hi Dave! You brought up some great points and I intended to share those details but in the end... The ride is 40 miles. Average speed of the front group will vary week to week but 21-23 is usually what it ends up with. There some really hard sections, then a pause in the action then they go again. Ride starts at 8am and heading west there is very little traffic as most people who live out west head east for the beaches or church. The predominant area is very suburban. I tagged a video of the ride I did a while back that shows the action from inside.
I participate in these types of rides every week. The distance ranges from 20-40 miles, usually 30-40 miles. For this ride in particular the main segment is 30 miles pretty much “full gas” with an average between 26-28 mph. Most weekend group rides such as this usually start at 7:00 am. However, this ride starts at 8:00 am. As far as the tri-bikes are concerned, it is frowned upon for them to ride inside the peloton. Most rides, they are usually in the front of the peloton pulling the group. Hope I answered your questions/concerns.
I ride up in Jupiter Fl I tend to only do one group ride a week in a very casual group and even on my ride it turns into a slug fest, nature of the beast I guess.
As a retired cat 2 with a (small but consistent) list of Palmares, I gotta say I often hated the big weekend non-organized group ride testosterone scenes. Too big, too sketchy even when most riders are mindful of common sense and basic safety, there were always a few morons and strong-but-stupid newbies doing "tactics" (blocking on a training ride, WTF?), blowing through traffic lights en masse, taking up multiple lanes (evident in this video), crossing wheels etc. In the several different cities I did these in, it seemed like crashes and/or necessary police interventions were common, like several incidents per season, and I'm sure this is exacerbated in S. Florida where there are no hills to make a break. You won't see these kinds of rides in other major cycling countries in Europe and elsewhere, this is a uniquely American idiocy on open roads in hostile traffic. Ride and train hard, yes, but in an organized paceline that can still hurt like hell and burn the week's carbon out. Full-on non-sanctioned racing on open roads gives roadies, and cyclists in general, a bad name. Pin a damn number on if you're gonna race.
Another banger! You were definitely right about guys implementing tactics in the pele. When we were on 27, there was a guy blocking for a teammate in the breakaway group. We didn’t realize it until the gap for the breakaway had grown beyond repair. At that point, nobody wanted to work to bring it back in that treacherous headwind.
Thanks Kofi!
I am pinning your post because it is great insight of what takes place👍🏾
Thanks very much. Great info!
Here in Polk County (Central Florida) there is a bike shop in Lakeland called Road and Trails. Every Saturday morning they have a really nice group ride. Probably around 40 riders, starts off nice and easy so everyone can warm up, then at some point the A group goes off the front. Even the B group comes back with about a 19-20mph average. Double pace line, well organized, really well done by the shop owners. If anyone is ever in the area and wants to join a great group ride, all are welcome.
I will have to check that one out! Thanks for sharing👍🏾
In the DMV, particularly MD we have group rides for every day of the week. Since we are going through our cold months now, we have more pop up rides when the temperatures and weather cooperate with us. Many of our rides are bangers, drop rides, with a respectable amount of elevation. Our weekend rides are longer. 40 plus miles with at lease 1500 elevation.
Glad you made your comments at the end. We have a silent Sunday ride in South Mountain Arizona and it is COMPLETELY blocked off from all vehicle traffic. The San Juan section is great for a roller sprint race. In most cases we all stay in a casual group but, once you hit San Juan …… it is on. I am looking forward to the next ride.
Sounds great! Thanks for sharing 👍🏾
Black Girls Do Bike, Bronx Girl Bike Gang and Bronx Cycling club have become larger and larger. Many rides vary sometimes rides are from the Bronx to places like Bear Mountain, century rides. The Cycling scene is increasing here in New York. This video was really good thanks for sharing.
Ahh, that is awesome to hear. I hope it keeps growing.👍🏾
Much respect Luis for Shout out. I got 2nd place 🥈. My first real breakaway with some strong riders. I am a sprinter so that was tough for me but I did it. Great videos and footage. You doing a great job 👏🏾.
Thank you Stephan👊🏾
I’m coming over there again soon!! Had a blast last time. See you soon man
Awesome Bro! Looking forward to seeing you👍🏾
I'm jealous of just how flat your area is. For us 90kg guys that's some good stomping ground. The Saturday group ride that I join in the desert Southwest, does around 58-60 miles on rolling hills with a couple 6% and an 11% at the end. Over the last year, I'd say it's gotten smaller. In March or so there was a good 30 people that would come out and now there are about 15-20. It's a tough ride though that averages around 22-23mph and about 2:45:00 finishing time.
@@chuckhunter77I'm here in socal and we have some good hills. I just don't like hills, I mean if I see a hill I will just lazily ride over but don't have any motivation to spend any effort to climb faster. I do notice as a 88kg rider I stomp pretty hard on flats compared to lighter guys. I just probably am making excuses for being a lazy climber lol
Thanks for sharing! Sounds like an intense ride. There is no doubt that the bigger stronger guys can dish punishment on these rides. You would love it👍🏾
I love the hills and canyons around Salt Lake City, the descents are an amazing reward! BTW, we need an update on the Darkstar!
Hills are great fun, flat's are boring. Great hills great views and good anaerobic training.
Hey Luis. I love your analysis and breakdown of that group ride. I live in London England where it rains and is quite cold. (-2C today)/ 28F. I would do anything to live and be able to cycle in S. Florida. I started cycling seriously because of you. All your videos are amazing and informative. Please keep putting out great content.Much appreciated.
Brother I love you for this video. Im an old guy that’s been off the bike for five years. You just gave me a spark to put my kit back on and figure out how to get myself back in group rides.
I love to hear this type of stuff. Awesome... let's GO!
This is very excellent. I watch this channel with the purpose of giving one or two tips to my community of riders here in Kenya Nakuru to be specific. Keep it up.
Yes, that sure was interesting, Luis. Where I live, we're getting sub-zero temperatures (Celsius) now, so I'm only riding indoors from now until April. I only ride by myself, so I don't know what's happening with group rides.
I live in Richmond Virginia area. Some of the cycling clubs have organized rides during the season that offer A, B, and C groups. Then there are alot of more casual rides here also where that pace is really chill.
I love seeing your video from this angel, and I definitely appreciate watching A and B riders get it in. Where are my C riders at lol???
Whenever I am in South Florida, I always do this ride, love it, although i usually get drop, pace is hot.
Reporting from CT, Sound Cyclist Bike Cub has moved into Winter Rides season. These are Show and Go rides - no ride lead-
about 35-40 miles. When the weather is decent still get 8-16 people per ride.
Here in Brasília, Brazil, we have something like this every sunday morning in a 67km route
Awesome! Thank you for sharing👍🏾
Another great video with excellent content!
Wow the beautiful scenery, flat roads and smooth tarmac look amazing Louis I’m so jealous compared to where I live in the uk it’s a nights and day difference.. would love to ride these roads some day what a dream like paradise for me ❤😊🚴🏻🥇😃😍 great vid as always. Pete
Thank you Pete! Indeed, we are very blessed here👍🏾
Excellent reporting Luis!
Thanks Harold!
Looks like you guys have a lot of fun in South FL. I wish the rider community here in Cola, SC was as big and organized. There are few group rides to be found. Heck, we only have 3 bike shops on this side of town. Hope we can get some groups going here. Planning to move to eastern NC in couple of years, not sure what to expect, but they do have a great sponsored ride called the TarWheel Century in April. Maybe I can build a group ride from scratch. Would love any advice on how to build up a regular group ride.
Great content. Excellent disclaimer as well. This is definitely not a tourist type of ride.
Used to, 15-20 years ago, but now I mostly ride with 2-3 others and we’re out there to get some exercise, some fresh air and mostly for the camaraderie. We do recall the old group rides, hauling down the MLK to the Philadelphia Art Museum at 23-25 mph but those days are over.
I feel you on that. There are times... and they are more and more frequent, I prefer the calm👍🏾
Two distinct groups racing as in the Silver lakes GP loved this huge numbers and the chatter after the race is my kind of day i just loved it ,next group a touring ride ideal for me now no big hills beautiful weather plenty of chat i also loved this ride Oh man i wish i was young again ,we don't have your numbers or weather here you get groups of 8 to 10 sometimes 15 max very often wet weather regardless to time of year plenty of hills we have nothing in Ireland like Florida no wide flat roads ,Thank you for your time and a great video loved it all BE BLESSED Sir.
Thank you David! There are times I prefer those smaller cooperative groups of 8-10👍🏾
Fine work Louis, you got a good vibe going!! Don't take it for granted, quite special scene.
Thank you! Yes, it is great here for sure👍🏾
Great video again!
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Amazing video... Hugs !!
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Oh my what a ride. Nice video❤
Thank you!
West Palm Beach Sunday ride from Bikes Palm Beach ty for your video
Alright! Thanks for sharing 👍🏾
10:20 Very wise words and truthful. Riding fast like this in a group can be fun, but it is inherently dangerous. It requires experience and you must know how to ride, the people and the upcoming possible hazards.
In my area (large city in Canada) it is unlikely to see an informal organized group of this size, and even less likely to be riding alongside so many cars on a highway. However, cycling is generally encouraged by the public authorities and the way it might work is for people to join a club (which has its own rules, speed groups, quiet routes etc). Alternatively it might only occur with the permission and support of the police which might block off traffic for a few hours, perhaps once or twice in the summer season for a fund raising grand fondo or similar event.
The largest group I'd ever ride with in friends or a club is probably eight cyclists, and the pace would be agreed upon. We would wait at the top of hills and slow down if necessary or break up the group if someone wanted to go slower, as a matter of courtesy. We stop but not as a "café stop" like the Brits and Europeans do. It is just a couple of minutes to fuel up, as many people want to back home in 2-4 hours.
Looks fun
It is!
Great job.❤❤❤❤
Thanks for watching👍🏾
In Chicago, we have a fast free for all Thursday ride with a Filipino cycling group that I'm a member of. The ride has grown and has become bigger every week because now you have other cycling groups showing up, and it's now it's become an unsanctioned race. Another fast ride in Chicago is the TLEN cycling team on Sunday mornings their Tuesday evening pizza ridewhich are considered two of fastest group rides in Chicago. Also, the Crank Revolution bike shop Wednesday nights group rides are fast and furious. I was in Davie for two weeks over the Christmas and New Year holidays and got to ride with the Sunset riders.Great group of riders and people
Hi Andy! Thanks for sharing about your rides. Yes, Sunset Riders are a great group to ride with.👍🏾
It's so interesting to see how the terrain (flat as a pancake) influences the number and mix of riders. Out in CA (central coast) it's very hilly, and big rides have all but vanished. A large group is a dozen riders, and typically there's an affiliation (college team, shop group, etc.). COVID was a real negative force on social riding - almost everyone you see now is solo.
Wow! Thanks for sharing that Bryan. Yes, the roads and terrain have a lot to do with the groups here because other than speed and wind, the group stays together... making it more social.
What’s interesting is many a times the weekend warrior, when he/she gets talked into racing, they are shocked how much harder it is then rides such as the one you are posting today.
Thanks for sharing your insights 👍🏾
Very cool to see! I’m in the south west area. We never had group rides as large and intense as this, but since Covid we haven’t really had any group rides at all. It’s a beautiful area to ride in with both flats and hills and very little traffic, but unfortunately , most cyclists like to ride solo.
Love to see these kind of rides. I once went out on a small 12 people group ride mainly with people who i didnt know. Close to the finish the guy in front of me crashed (his tire got stuck in one of these bridge rails) and that made me crash into him as well as we pretty much went from 40kmh to 0 in a second.
Luckily only some big 🍑 bruises and a week off the bike, but it did cost me my previous frame. Since then i am a bit scared of group rides where people ride wheel to wheel especially when its the wheel of somebody who you dont know.
For now i enjoy groups of 2-5 people the most but i also miss being able to comfortably ride 45kmh on the flat in the middle of a big bunch.
Lets see maybe one day again.
Hey Michael! It is good that this is just one way people chose to ride and we have so many other ways to express our love for the sport👍🏾
Sims with the humble-brag 😆. Where I’m from having a new bike with Ultegra is a pretty big flex.
I guess its relative... compared to some of the rigs on this ride😂
@@thegoodwheel this is what I enjoy about your channel. It’s a chance to see a totally different cycling culture than what we have here in Seattle. Most people that I encounter on group rides are like introverted REI salespeople (myself included) and the bikes are usually bikepacking type bikes.
Just chiming in from northern California. That flat terrain really doesn't need any gears at all ( Big ups to the cat that did it with a fixed gear), I do most of my Sprint training fixed. It would be one interesting ride for me because out here on my rides it's mostly a lot of intense climbs and suicidal downhills. Your bike skills and control really have to be up to par to compete with it . But nonetheless seems pretty cool out there in Southern Florida. Keep rocking with these killer vids brother.
Auntie answer your question out here we've been getting a lot more group rides tons of people tons of diversity and tons of agenda in the San Francisco Bay area.
That is awesome! I appreciate you sharing that 👍🏾
GCN+ folded, true. Guess who unfolded --->>> Luis-Scott . . . Good-'Wheel' Network
Ha ha. I can always count on you for a good one😂👍🏾
So seems this type of group ride exists everywhere. Some small. Some big. Some friendly. Some not so much.
Here in eastern Netherlands we have a Tuesday evening 60 km group ride of 50-150 men and women divided in 5-8 different speeds, from 40 kph average down to 28 kph average. Sundays there’s a 100 km ride with 5-25 riders
Nice! Thanks for sharing. 5 to 25 is a huge range of riders.
Very good video bro
Thank you👍🏾
Holy ish! Y'all are on a highway!?
Yep. Pretty much
Make Group Ride priority 1.
Make Personal Ego priority 2.
Great report, thanks. Additional info would be nice, for example, what's the average length of these rides/races (in miles or km), what's the average speed of the peleton? Given that this is not on closed roads I'd also like to know what time on a Sunday morning the riders set off (i.e is it super early to avoid traffic?). Final question - I saw at least one (but possibly only one) Tri-bike in the video: are they frowned upon in these group rides/races (I know that's sometimes the case). Thanks very much 😍
Hi Dave! You brought up some great points and I intended to share those details but in the end...
The ride is 40 miles. Average speed of the front group will vary week to week but 21-23 is usually what it ends up with. There some really hard sections, then a pause in the action then they go again.
Ride starts at 8am and heading west there is very little traffic as most people who live out west head east for the beaches or church. The predominant area is very suburban.
I tagged a video of the ride I did a while back that shows the action from inside.
@@thegoodwheel Thanks very much. I really appreciate the reply, and your channel!
I participate in these types of rides every week. The distance ranges from 20-40 miles, usually 30-40 miles. For this ride in particular the main segment is 30 miles pretty much “full gas” with an average between 26-28 mph. Most weekend group rides such as this usually start at 7:00 am. However, this ride starts at 8:00 am. As far as the tri-bikes are concerned, it is frowned upon for them to ride inside the peloton. Most rides, they are usually in the front of the peloton pulling the group. Hope I answered your questions/concerns.
Thank you very much - really helpful@@godofgreen7807
I wonder if weather changes in Indonesia have been negatively impacting cycling group size. Has the weather been "good" for cycling in Florida lately?
Yes. But not this week
I ride up in Jupiter Fl I tend to only do one group ride a week in a very casual group and even on my ride it turns into a slug fest, nature of the beast I guess.
That's the way it is. Thanks for sharing👍🏾
As a retired cat 2 with a (small but consistent) list of Palmares, I gotta say I often hated the big weekend non-organized group ride testosterone scenes. Too big, too sketchy even when most riders are mindful of common sense and basic safety, there were always a few morons and strong-but-stupid newbies doing "tactics" (blocking on a training ride, WTF?), blowing through traffic lights en masse, taking up multiple lanes (evident in this video), crossing wheels etc. In the several different cities I did these in, it seemed like crashes and/or necessary police interventions were common, like several incidents per season, and I'm sure this is exacerbated in S. Florida where there are no hills to make a break. You won't see these kinds of rides in other major cycling countries in Europe and elsewhere, this is a uniquely American idiocy on open roads in hostile traffic. Ride and train hard, yes, but in an organized paceline that can still hurt like hell and burn the week's carbon out. Full-on non-sanctioned racing on open roads gives roadies, and cyclists in general, a bad name. Pin a damn number on if you're gonna race.
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