Sorry you crashed, but yes, ride your own ride and the other guys can pass you if they want to go faster. Might also help to get intercoms when you ride with someone, to let them know you're not comfortable at that pace or make some way to catch up. Maybe if they see you dropping back they can wait at the next reasonable stopping place.
I had got good feedback on a group ride. Some of the riders were quite content to stay behind me, and stay at my relatively slow pace. They were glad to have someone else take the "responsibility" of being the slow one.
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