Touring with a group

[shootingstar]

Wow, that's um memorable. Especially post-ride drunkenness of some riders.

For myself I wouldn't exclude completely a paid group touring ride, if my partner or no other friend was around to do the trip.

As a loner and rare group rider (about once a year or less), I marvel at people who ride in groups several times per wk. or so...year after year. After awhile I would feel hemmed in by group schedules or not "my" own schedule. I figured that I've conformed enough to someone else's schedule by getting to work on time and working to my committed quit time for the last 30 years of full-time work!

I enjoy group rides best with my partner, family members or personal friend(s). Being with people in a group ride is in the end for me, more of a social type of ride with people I know. Not about pushing my limits. (although being with my partner is mildly in a way and that has helped me to become a better cyclist endurance-wise. But he doesn't race off and leaves me lost.) It is these rides that are most meaningful to me and ones I remember the most.

If I chose to go on group ride that are all strangers, then it would be in a foreign country in an non-English or non-French speaking country or a remote area with very little services along the way.

At this time, I don't have a desire for group rides with strangers...the more cycling time with dearie is to me, living in the NOW: he is 16 yrs. older than me, after all. And time while we are healthy, is precious.