Quote Originally Posted by MartianDestiny View Post
I always get dropped, yes, it hacks me off (insert nastier word ), but with myself, and if I'm not riding with people that drop me I'm not motivated.

I love riding with my shop owner as he's super amazing at knowing *just* when I'm going to pop and keeping me there without dropping me (and then of course 50 feet from the agreed upon "finish line" totally creaming my arse). Loads of fun and really tells me where I need to work.
Sounds like we would ride well together--as that is my idea of fun too

I love riding with DH but it doesn't happen often as we have to get a babysitter.

He'll ride out for set time and I ride out for 15 minutes longer than his set time. When he catches me on the way back he'll pace me, really pushing me to my limits. It's a lot of fun.

If we do a road ride, he'll zig-zag the route, adding 1/4-1/2 mile increments to his ride. When he does that, I'll go as hard as I can and he tries to catch back up. Then we'll soft pedal for awhile and chat. It's fun and we both get in our workouts.