Okay, I need some tips.

Since I returned to cycling in '06, I just don't much enjoy riding by myself. I can drag myself out for a rare commute, but I have to have that specific purpose in mind.

It's a long drive to the start of the group rides (and they're either early morning or evening, so riding an extra 90 minutes to the start just isn't an option; even if I had a blazing set of lights, it's just too isolated to ride at night IMO).

Once in a while one or both members of a couple who live about 11 miles from me, will meet me nearby and we'll do a loop together. But other than that, it's the organized group rides, and if it's rainy or I have other commitments (like this week), I could go a week without a ride.

It's not that I'm scared, precisely (during daylight hours anyhow), I just don't really enjoy it. And I need to get over that if I'm going to get the mileage I want.

All suggestions welcome!