Originally Posted by
topflightpro
But how often are there big crashes on these rides? I've seen them around here for years now, but I rarely hear of may catastrophes from them.
Usually more than one a year. With Covid stuff and no rides for a year, obviously nothing to speak of for 2020. But 2019 there was more than one.
This came up on Bikeforums a while back, I think a local guy to me disagreed with me that had gone to that ride.........but it's the Inside Out Sports group ride out of Cary. It's just my opinion and I won't go back to it.
I formed my opinion after I went to it once and decided to instead ride solo and follow behind after watching during the "rollout". I know some locals really like that ride and speak fine of it. But what I saw was a damned mess. Maybe I caught a bad night. Sure, some strong folks might get off front and then be out of the "mess" but I'd rather not count on that probability for a safe ride.
In terms of a "sketchy" rating from zero to 5, I'd say that ride is a solid 3.5 to 4.0. Our weeknight worlds our team runs I'd give a 1.5 out of 5.0 simply because it is still a "worlds" and not a workout rotation. The difference in discipline between the two is just night and day.
I totally get riding a TT bike using the Di2 with hands on the brakes. Even during the rollout I saw folks hammering around in the aerobars mid-group. Looking like a Cat 5 road race with TT bikes mixed it.
So I said "hell no" and dropped back and rode alone and chose to not return.
There is now a guy doing a once or twice a month club TT local to me I go do and then I do our team's weeknight worlds.