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Cycling, especially of the rough stuff variety, is NOT about trying to keep up with an over-active leader who rides every hill and bumps over the roughest of tracks, waits now and then for the back markers to catch up and, before breath can be recovered, is off again in pursuit of a daily mileage. I wonder how many potential new members have been lost over the years to these thoughtless speed trials? I gave some serious thought to this subject after being on a rough service-road leading up to the Orrin Reservoir, some 20 miles west of Inverness.