Historically we have had a Tuesday night group ride in my area but the last few years the people that organized and announced it either moved away or got busy with life ands it’s fallen to the wayside. I am wanting to start it back up this summer. It was sometimes a social ride, sometimes a shootout on an established route.
We currently have an MTB ride on Thursdays but it’s turned into chasing around e-bikes as the organizers almost all ride e-bikes. They aren’t rude about it or anything but their social ride is very different. The fastest riders can keep up in most situations but there’s some that have no chance and even for the ones that can it’s freaking hard, which sometimes is fun but not every time. And if the bikers decide to go hard, just forget about it.
I hate to exclude but I’m thinking about saying no e-bikes or e-bikes ride in the back, at least no leading the group.
Is that something that would be out of line? Or other solutions floating around out there? Has this been an annoyance in your community like and what if anything has been tried? Thanks!
Edit: Lots of good info and ideas. I honestly didn’t think about splitting the group ride into smaller groups. TBH I don’t anticipate a mass of riders or anything, maybe 15-20 on a really good night, but definitely see how splitting that down to 2/3 groups with a lead rider would be handy.