BASHERS CORNER

After a few weeks in hiding basher resurfaced, Tms had written him off for dead, but out of the blue he hits us with his take on group rides, dis agree or agree.. its your call.

OK lets get this straight I like group rides, I have done a variety of them some fast, some slow some sketchy some smooth, some i really like others i would never think of going back to. you get the point.. I'm not partial to either sidem as always i am compelled to kick myself in the balls and give both sides to you fuckers.

Point:

they call it a group ride right? We all show up every week for our time to ride in a group, trade pulls, race for the KOM, or the town line sprint points, right? if you want to do a workout or a block of intervals do it on your own time. you want to stop and smell the flowers don't expect certain groups to wait. Its a group ride..Want to run a stop light with the hopes of breaking away and dragging a few others with you to the pearly gates, save it. (err well If we started as a group some feel we should all pass on as a group, but that goes into the whole safety thing.) If you lose a wheel and half the group gets gapped off, your better off tail gunning for the next few weeks. most reputable groups have multiple skill levels or times of departure. either that or sharp in your fight club skills.

Its my night, my ride. don't come and piss in my pond with your antics

Counter Point:

Maybe I'm just being pig headed, they all have proper etiquette right? the saying know before you go, right? without going into the basics of common knowledge of riding in a group, no half wheelin, proper rotation concerning wind etc...No stopping for broken shit in the road and common courtesy of calling out debris is always welcome. Well what about them? whats fair game? With the thought of safety aside....If a rider wants to drill it at the front incorporating his interval workout? let him. hell heaven for bid you put yourself in the red zone in worry of wasting your chances for the town line sprint.....how about the constant attackers? go with them if you can, you get popped you get popped! How about the fuck who has been sitting in for 2hrs and decides to light it up? chase his ass down if you will, don't be insulted by the fact that guy within the group wants to ride off the front, your not getting paid to show up to the weekly hammer. Monster pulls or the 10 seconders, who cares if the one sap wants sit on the front for 2hrs let him , cant take his turtle like pulls, pick the tempo up to the point he ain't ever coming around. better yet FORCE HIM INTO SUFFOCATION and drop him from your group.. Its a group ride, on open roads NOT a sanctioned event and dictating who and how it should be done week after week, Gets old, or at least it should be left for team camps. In all do respect I'm not saying chopping wheels and throwing bottles Ala Tom Steels like, just don't make it like a fucking day at boot camp.