Thanks Catherine for your response! I'm definitely going to start in the CC group. I don't enjoy exhausting myself only to find that I'm at the tail end of the group. Janice

Janice, you can see how our classification works: you went 15 (.0?) mph for 100mi. How was the weather, esp. the breeze?! The Seagull terrain is Flat, and looking at where 15mph fall under the (F) column will put you in the CC class, squarely. However, the averages there are also expected to be defining principally for the "typical" ride distances, and 100 isn't at all typical for any of our classes; so, you could suppose that you might have a faster pace were you riding, say, 45miles. But the CC class seems like a good spot to start. And, should you meet some riders who seem to like-paced, and esp. if you are towards the front on CC rides, you & friends might take in some Bee rides, too. (-;

I actually started riding with groups very recently. The problem I am facing is the pace generated by fellow cyclists as soon as we hit out of the parking lot. I have seen quite a few sprinting out of the parking lot:-) I can keep a A pace but I like to warm up atleast 10 mins before cranking it. But last few rides I had my HR above 160 in the first 10 mins of the ride:-) and this is not even a race, just a group ride! I guess I have to turn up early enough just to warm up on my own so i feel comfortable later.