Originally Posted by
tempocyclist
Don't we all. There's always somebody faster than you, no matter how fast you are. Comparison is the thief of joy.
This is so true. Even Pogacar found that to be true at last year's TDF!
I'm a reasonably strong rider for my age and if I go to local events I'm usually one of the fastest riders in my age group. But if I go to larger events then suddenly there are guys my age who can leave me for dead. That's just how it is.
Here's a nice little video of a local TT, where a really fast guy showed up (fastest in the world at the time) and made the local "hotshots" look pathetically slow. As the saying goes "Sometimes you are the hammer and sometimes you are the nail".