Why ride with people?

[Tater]

I too, am a loner. Mostly it is because I haven't met anyone to ride with. Now that I have moved to a more populated area and found some weekend rides (thanks, Kano!), I may start riding with a group on a weekend or two. I don't mind my solo rides, though. I think that is because I have always run alone, and now I bike alone. It doesn't bother me.

[mimitabby]

I am a bit timid and though I have to ride alone sometimes, I like company. I find that unless I am commuting; when riding alone i tend to cut the distance
like; if i plan to ride 25 miles I will end up riding 21 instead...
with no one else there I am less apt to keep going.
Being smaller and female, I have no great joy in the solitude, I am very wary all the time. I was born the year of the rabbit, and damn, that's what I am.

[SadieKate]

Ha! Mimi, you made me remember that I wanted to look up my Chinese sign again. After reading the wonderful book about Christopher Hogwood, I wanted to check. Yep, I am a pig. Explains a lot about me.

http://chinese.astrology.com/pig.html

[Cassandra_Cain]

Ha! Mimi, you made me remember that I wanted to look up my Chinese sign again. After reading the wonderful book about Christopher Hogwood, I wanted to check. Yep, I am a pig. Explains a lot about me.

http://chinese.astrology.com/pig.html

Hey! Stop hijacking my thread!

Ok fine, be the way....I'm a rabbit http://chinese.astrology.com/rabbit.html

Back to riding....

[SadieKate]

Sorry! I do think that it is descriptive of why I ride with different people or even by my 'lil lonesome.

[caligurl]

well... i ride alone mostly.... hubby rides with me sometimes... depending on how he's feeling and what he's up to...

there aren't any other riders in my area for me to ride with.... the very FEW riders there are.... either don't ride much.... or are tri-geeks who i don't know and are out for a FAST ride...

i rarely see other riders.... i MAY pass one on a saturday or sunday if i'm lucky!

i used to pass eric (saunders) once in a while (pass as in going opposite directions) until he moved!

[weathergal]

Except for charity and other organized rides, I ride alone all the time. Like caligurl, it's mostly because I live in a town with no LBC and very few cyclists. I think I can count on one hand the number of other cyclists I've seen around this summer, and I've been riding a lot. Plus, my schedule is crazy, so even if I did know other cyclists in town I may have trouble meeting up for a ride.

I do think that riding with a group would be helpful, though. I have very little skill with things like drafting and pacelines, and tend to weave all over the road. I also don't push myself as much as I could, mainly just tootling along.