Pikato,

I would HIGHLY recommend just going to the LBS dude and asking him to put you in touch with one/some of the ladies from Wednesday night. My LBS guy knows that if any new cyclists come into his shop, he is to ask them if they are looking for riding buddies!

I have had to go out and proactively find people to ride with... in fact, as soon as I saw two new people on this forum who lived near me, I PM'd them and asked them to ride (this doesn't count the people who live further from me who I've bugged as well!). Be pro-active and I bet you'll find a few people. In fact, on my ride Monday, a woman actually pulled over and waved me down to ask if I'd be interested in riding w/her (its Karma, see???).

Keep trying, I'll bet you'll start adding ride buddies to your phone book really soon!

Tracy