Old 06-04-19, 04:11 AM
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For sure leave early.

I had a bunch ride almost exactly the same. The first time I drove to the LBS and went with the bunch. I was spat out before we even hit the first climb partly because I hadn’t even had the chance to warm up. Forward to next week, I rode from home and aimed to meet the riders as they headed out of town. I was a bit early so I started on my own waiting for them to catch me. It turned out they caught me right at the top of the big climb. PERFECT! It is an out and back ride and the last bit before the turnaround was a solid climb. I got spat out, but you could see the riders coming back down and turn around to rejoin for the return home. That ride was a blast and had some fast riders on it, but I could hang if it left a little early and punched that first climb. Then others started leaving early and it became a reasonable ride and fast and those that couldn’t climb quick enough joined in more often
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