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Despite the prejudice, I have found that my non-traditional bikes keep up in the road rides I do, and when they (ok I) don’t, I’ll just go down a class. The fastest group I go with advertises 16.5-17mph, led by a couple on a tandem, isn’t that wild? I like that we are moving but not getting to that level where you’re gasping and wishing to be done. My women’s group goes 16, and that’s the sweet spot for chitchat, which I love. There is a group that goes 18, but it’s a bunch of dudes and I’m not brave enough to ride with them. But I have ridden with their leader on a different ride that he said would be slower and it was SO HARD. We had a mad-hilly route and this guy just always averages 18, regardless of what the ride is supposed to be. I couldn’t even hold a conversation and he said, “Just think if you did this every week, you’d be so fit!” No thanks. The RivSisters who went to HQ rodeo the Charlie and reported it was so spritely and lively and fast. I guess we’ll see if it makes any difference compared to my Racing Platypus. Maybe I will try the scary 18 mph dude class with the rumored fast Charlie. Leah > On Feb 24, 2025, at 8:52 AM, Leah Peterson <jonasandle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Despite the prejudice, I have found that my non-traditional bikes keep up in > the road rides I do, and when they (ok I) don’t, I’ll just go down a class. > The fastest group I go with advertises 16.5-17mph, led by a couple on a > tandem, isn’t that wild? I like that we are moving but not getting to that > level where you’re gasping and wishing to be done. My women’s group goes 16, > and that’s the sweet spot for chitchat, which I love. There is a group that > goes 18, but it’s a bunch of dudes and I’m not brave enough to ride with > them. But I have ridden with their leader on a different ride that he said > would be slower and it was SO HARD. We had a mad-hilly route and this guy > just always averages 18, regardless of what the ride is supposed to be. I > couldn’t even hold a conversation and he said, “Just think if you did this > every week, you’d be so fit!” No thanks. > > The RivSisters who went to HQ rodeo the Charlie and reported it was so > spritely and lively and fast. I guess we’ll see if it makes any difference > compared to my Racing Platypus. Maybe I will try the scary 18 mph dude class > with the rumored fast Charlie. > Leah -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/317E4A35-82BE-4363-A529-EA1D17D76109%40gmail.com.
