Why Can't I keep up with my friends ? Wise words of support :-)

[Buzz]

I did a BikeSafe course in North London last year, about 6 months into my riding, and found it a bit frustrating because of the pairing up you get.

I can get from A-B pretty safely but do it at my own pace, the other guy who I was with however was a nutter...and rather than the copper with 20 years experience keeping with me, the inexperienced rider, and controlling the pace both him and the nutter shot off from the gun leaving me behind....i'm not joking when I say I was on the verge of going home as I hadn't seen either of them for about 30 mins on the country road ride. 

After I'd finished being monitored/followed we stopped at a cafe to get a drink and the nutter starts having a go at me in front of the copper about being too slow and said "what's the point of having a 600 if I'm going to ride it like a pussy!?"...err, whatevs.

So it was a useful course for road positioning and observation but just make sure you get someone who wants to ride like you do or you might find the road rides sections are a bit crap...the copper did say to me in my debrief that the nutter was a good rider but riding right on the limit, said he was dreading hitting a patch of diesel or gravel.

I've learnt from that nutter that I'd rather get there 5 mins later than not at all, life's too short.