Quote Originally Posted by Sheesh View Post
When we first started riding together, I felt badly that I was a lot slower than he was, so I always felt like I "ruined" his ride. I don't like to do things that I'm not good at, so I almost just gave up. But, we eventually came to a solution where he rides ahead of me, and we meet at certain points along the way (it helps that we always ride along the lakeshore path) just so he could make sure I was doing okay. This strategy allowed me to ride at my own pace and not worry about what he was thinking, while also challenging me to get better so that we could ride together again.
Are you me? Well, except I hate the Lakeshore path. Even though we rode early, people would be wandering down the path two abreast, letting their dogs loose on it, pushing their strollers on it. It was absolute chaos and, as beautiful as it is, I'll have to avoid that.

Good to know that my instincts to ride alone might be right on. I live in Wicker Park and traffic is nuts except for very early, so I will probably drive up to the North Shore paths and such.

As for everyone else, thanks for the warm welcome! This board is awesome!