I prefer to ride with others. Even though I'm not much of a talker sometimes, I like to listen to the conversations that take place. But here is a perfect reason to ride with other, at least for me.

I've been trying for some time to bring my average speed up to 15mph but can only get to 14.8 on a regular basis. Thursday I rode the "moderate" ride with the club. To my surprise I was able to hang for 10 miles. After that 3 of us dropped back. Long story short. At the end of my ride my avg. speed was 16mph! On a bike that is a pretty big difference. I was soooo excited!!! Every time I looked down at my speedo I was shocked to see how fast we were going. Too bad the hills knocked my speed way down. Now I'm thinking about riding with them more often.