We've never had an issue getting riders for weekend rides. I don't lead that many rides a year, just the Boston chapter new member ride, and usually one of the rides at the bike rally. Then, we may do 1 or 2 more. I don't like leading large groups, so even 5 would have been good. I didn't know it was the NVP century, and yes, it did go by part of our ride. My son did that ride many years ago. Anyway, we ended up doing 40 miles just around Sudbury, Bolton, Hudson, Stow and back home, so it's not in vain.
We're coleading a ride on the south coast in October, so that will be it.