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Originally Posted by stone hands
I was part of a kind of big team (spokes and hoes) and everyone waited at each checkpoint. When my friend hurt himself and got trucked off, I was able to get in a group of 4 and rode with them from about lunch until the end and it was the best part of the day for sure, actually got to stretch my legs a little bit. I havent ever really ridden in a group before either, and wow does it ever make a difference. That headwind was brutal(if you were on the front) and yeah, thank god the wind didnt shift on the 2nd day. Not grinding through a wall of wind for 4 hours was beautiful.
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I did the badlands gran fondo this last weekend, also was a lot of fun, but I might try to do the MS ride next year. Ktrain obviously enjoyed it as well.
This was my third organized event, and I really learned last month at the Okanagan Century ride how important the group can be. I was flying along feeling good about myself until I saw a swarm of about 10-15 riders gaining on me, and there was nothing I could do. But once they passed me I could jump in with them and keep up.
I had a good group heading into the wind northwest out of Drumheller on this ride, up until I got a flat, lost my group and watched 100 plus riders go past me while I replaced a tube. That kinda sucked.