Leading a group.

Airwave

Just wandering how others deal with it.The small group i lead at the weekends can be a right old noisy bunch.I'm forever having to turn around to tell those at the back to shut up! This is becoming rather tiresome on a long ride&spoils the piece&quiet i'm enjoying.Sometimes i feel like i'm in charge of a load of school children not grown ups.On a recent ride whilst i was answearing a call of nature behind a hedge they all rode of&left me alone,it took me ages to catch up as they were going hell for leather for some reason.Usualy they just pootle along&i have to chastise them to go at even a half decent speed.When i get back from a ride,after telling them what i think of their performance on the ride,i wander is it all worth it?I'm seriously thinking of denying some of them the chance to come on one of my rides if they don't start complying with my rules.

ratsbeyfus

I bet your tardy crew don't hand in their homework on time either.

ratsbeyfus

Oops, forgot this.

weapons

Er go riding on your own? From what you say, it doesn't look like you get much out of group riding.

etapechamp

sounds to me like you need to get em organised, don,t take any shananigans, if they mess you around show em who,s boss, let their tyres down or put their brakes on - make em work n sweat , you;ll soon have em eating out of your hand as they beg for mercy, or your bike will be up a tree ....

lucan

It sounds like you want them to do as you want and they want to do what they want. Riding off and making you chase them down was probably them trying to tell you something.

Time to reconsider what you're doing with them, methinks.
:roll:

OffTheBackAdam

Ride faster, then they'll be too puffed to yak!

andy162

OffTheBackAdam wrote:

Ride faster, then they'll be too puffed to yak!

that's what I'd do...chuck a coupla gears in & rev it up! That'll shut em up.

RichN95.

Lucan wrote:

It sounds like you want them to do as you want and they want to do what they want. Riding off and making you chase them down was probably them trying to tell you something.

Time to reconsider what you're doing with them, methinks.
:roll:

What this man says.

You thought that they should do exactly as you wished, while they just wanted to enjoy themselves. You lost them and you won't get them back. My advice would be to step down in favour of someone with more empathy and more willing to find common ground.

Wheelspinner

@ weapons, Lucan and RichN95...

WHOOOOOOSH...

shockedsoshocked

Airwave wrote:

Just wandering how others deal with it.The small group i lead at the weekends can be a right old noisy bunch.I'm forever having to turn around to tell those at the back to shut up! This is becoming rather tiresome on a long ride&spoils the piece&quiet i'm enjoying.Sometimes i feel like i'm in charge of a load of school children not grown ups.On a recent ride whilst i was answearing a call of nature behind a hedge they all rode of&left me alone,it took me ages to catch up as they were going hell for leather for some reason.Usualy they just pootle along&i have to chastise them to go at even a half decent speed.When i get back from a ride,after telling them what i think of their performance on the ride,i wander is it all worth it?I'm seriously thinking of denying some of them the chance to come on one of my rides if they don't start complying with my rules.

Sell your bike.

RichN95.

Wheelspinner wrote:

@ weapons, Lucan and RichN95...

WHOOOOOOSH...

I'm afraid I don't have the time to peruse the internet all day, so if this is referring to some other thread, then I missed it. I was just taking it at face value.

Wheelspinner

Try Googling the phrase "tongue in cheek".

Then re-read the OP.

Then feel free to slap your own forehead and shout "D'oh!!"

RichN95.

Wheelspinner wrote:

Try Googling the phrase "tongue in cheek".

Then re-read the OP.

Then feel free to slap your own forehead and shout "D'oh!!"

That's great if you believe that the internet is free of pompous, self-righteous morons. I don't.

Wheelspinner

RichN95 wrote:

Wheelspinner wrote:

Try Googling the phrase "tongue in cheek".

Then re-read the OP.

Then feel free to slap your own forehead and shout "D'oh!!"

That's great if you believe that the internet is free of pompous, self-righteous morons. I don't.

It's clearly not free of people entirely lacking in a sense of humour. Since we are taking things at "face value", it's apparently not free of scumbag gunslingers-for-hire either, or is there just the teensiest possibility that you might not in fact be Carlos The Jackal?

Lighten up, fer crissakes..

badly_dubbed

Airwave wrote:

Just wandering how others deal with it.The small group i lead at the weekends can be a right old noisy bunch.I'm forever having to turn around to tell those at the back to shut up! This is becoming rather tiresome on a long ride&spoils the piece&quiet i'm enjoying.Sometimes i feel like i'm in charge of a load of school children not grown ups.On a recent ride whilst i was answearing a call of nature behind a hedge they all rode of&left me alone,it took me ages to catch up as they were going hell for leather for some reason.Usualy they just pootle along&i have to chastise them to go at even a half decent speed.When i get back from a ride,after telling them what i think of their performance on the ride,i wander is it all worth it?I'm seriously thinking of denying some of them the chance to come on one of my rides if they don't start complying with my rules.

take a bow!

daviesee

Time to go all Bernard Hinault on them......

That'll learn them

Gazzaputt

Choose one from the group and make an example of him.

Shot to the back of the head will work you won't hear a peep out of them again.

Dunkindiver

You'll be the guy I see some evenings in Meyrick Park, holding his willy and trying to jump on a bike?

fleshtuxedo

Wheelspinner wrote:

RichN95 wrote:

Wheelspinner wrote:

Try Googling the phrase "tongue in cheek".

Then re-read the OP.

Then feel free to slap your own forehead and shout "D'oh!!"

That's great if you believe that the internet is free of pompous, self-righteous morons. I don't.

It's clearly not free of people entirely lacking in a sense of humour. Since we are taking things at "face value", it's apparently not free of scumbag gunslingers-for-hire either, or is there just the teensiest possibility that you might not in fact be Carlos The Jackal?

Lighten up, fer crissakes..

Pwned!

Lancslad

Gazzaputt wrote:

Choose one from the group and make an example of him.

Shot to the back of the head will work you won't hear a peep out of them again.

Surley D-locking one of them is more appropriate

markos1963

I'm a bit disappointed, I looked at this thread thinking it was about someone forming a new beat combo.

Ginjafro

Mmmmm, sounds like your more suited to the CTC or the Ramblers.

Frank the tank

The OP is sooooo tongue in cheek I'm impressed it's racked up so many replies.

Wish I'd thought it up.

jim453

Frank the tank wrote:

The OP is sooooo tongue in cheek I'm impressed it's racked up so many replies.

Wish I'd thought it up.

Thought what up?

It doesn't seem so hard to do. Just open a thread with an obviously fictitious and very nearly amusing little description of something that didn't happen.

Then sit back and (presumably) be really pleased with your work.

Get involved and invent your own if you love it so much.

Frank the tank

jim453 wrote:

Frank the tank wrote:

The OP is sooooo tongue in cheek I'm impressed it's racked up so many replies.

Wish I'd thought it up.

Thought what up?

It doesn't seem so hard to do. Just open a thread with an obviously fictitious and very nearly amusing little description of something that didn't happen.

Then sit back and (presumably) be really pleased with your work.

Get involved and invent your own if you love it so much.

Nah then! Why didn't I think of that? :roll:

Ben6899

This thread is headed for gold thanks to all the frothing replies. Chapeau to the OP.

feltkuota

Either the OP is a bell end for acting like that on a ride or a bell end foreither trying to or getting, a rise out of others. Either way

bobtbuilder

feltkuota wrote:

Either the OP is a bell end for acting like that on a ride or a bell end foreither trying to or getting, a rise out of others. Either way

Amen to that.

Jez mon

Either some people take themselves too seriously or some people take themselves too seriously

Ben6899

^^^WHS