Hain’s Pt peleton rides

[dasgeh]

It’s been a couple years since I’ve done it, but on Thursday evenings there is an impromptu “sprint” practice popular amongst local racers, typically around 6 or 6:30. Someone mentioned it, but the sprint point is one of the yellow signs along Ohio drive before that stop sign. As someone who races and participates in these sorts of mass group rides on public roads I find the behavior you’ve described as reprehensible. I see some names I recognize on the Strava fly-by, including a couple teammates who I would never think were the ones who were so rude and unsafe, but I will reach out to them.

FWIW, long before this post I decided I’ll never do the Thursday night again. It collects a decent number of newer racers and boneheads who don’t know how dangerous they are when traveling at 30+ mph and there have been a number of pretty major crashes in recent memory.

[gtmandsager]

It’s been a couple years since I’ve done it, but on Thursday evenings there is an impromptu “sprint” practice popular amongst local racers, typically around 6 or 6:30. Someone mentioned it, but the sprint point is one of the yellow signs along Ohio drive before that stop sign. As someone who races and participates in these sorts of mass group rides on public roads I find the behavior you’ve described as reprehensible. I see some names I recognize on the Strava fly-by, including a couple teammates who I would never think were the ones who were so rude and unsafe, but I will reach out to them.

FWIW, long before this post I decided I’ll never do the Thursday night again. It collects a decent number of newer racers and boneheads who don’t know how dangerous they are when traveling at 30+ mph and there have been a number of pretty major crashes in recent memory.

[MattAune]

@Starduster 92329 wrote:

I have not seen it, but I understand cyclists have used the RFK north lot to ride. If they want to race, perfect place for it. The course outline and the FIA-spec curbs from the American LeMans Series race of 2002 are still there.

We are not welcome there. Security gets called rather quickly. There used to be one of the biggest Crits in the area held at RFK, it would attract national level pro’s and was known to be one of the deepest women’s fields on the east coast. The Permit process to hold an event there is basically impossible for anyone without a six figure budget.

[creadinger]

@hozn 92327 wrote:

Wow. That is the first I had heard of this creepy use of flyby. I thought it was just used to find folks that you see on a ride that Strava doesn’t track as having “ridden with you”.

I use flyby to check out the rides of other people I see out in the boonies. The last time I really checked it was a climb up in PA where I caught up to 2 guys. We rode together for about a mile (full disclosure, I caught up to them and was promptly dropped. Oh well, they turned off soon afterward). The flyby showed me their route though, which I could use for a future ride if I want.

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