Jimidh
Veteran
- Location
- Midlothian
I enjoy both group riding and getting out on my own - in fact any excuse to get on the bike is good.
just me?
- Thread starter Lee_M
- Start date
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Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
Put your bike in the car and go further afield. I would find it hard to run out of ideas for routes, just mix them up.
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
Yes. Cycling is 'me' time, not time to be shared with a bunch of quantity surveyors and estate agents discussing which Audi they want next.
Mrs M
Guru
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
I like going out alone, toddling along at my own pace, stopping to look at stuff (usually animals and pretty views) 
Going out with Mr M today, (will probably take the road bike) as he just zooms along like it's a race
Going out with Mr M today, (will probably take the road bike) as he just zooms along like it's a race
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Lee_M
Guru
you need a different club :-) dont think we have ANY of them
R8 btw.
Firestorm
Veteran
- Location
- Southend on Sea
I know what you mean, I am East of Southend and the routes only really open up after 10 miles from home (if you take the straight forward main roads, or 15 if you take the less busy routes.
Sure, you can throw in a few different loops for variety , but all roads lead to Battlesbridge and over a a while it can get a bit much , the same cyclists overtaking you every Sunday morning..
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
You won't in Essex. They'll all be wideboys discussing their old XR3i's.
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I prefer on my own. I never quite know how the legs are going to feel from day to day and I don't enjoy trying to match pace with anyone else. I can go as far as I want or just turn for home if I get tired or fed up, but if I was with someone who wanted to carry on it would spoil the ride for both.
I'm a loner by nature anyway and love the solitude of meandering along country roads just with my own thoughts.
I'm a loner by nature anyway and love the solitude of meandering along country roads just with my own thoughts.
MUCH younger than @User14044 (only 69 ) but like him I enjoy riding on my own. I have a mate that I regularly cycle with but single file. Circumstances mean we cycle together but when I can I go out alone.......I can go at my own pace and stop whenever/whereever I want.
) but like him I enjoy riding on my own. I have a mate that I regularly cycle with but single file. Circumstances mean we cycle together but when I can I go out alone.......I can go at my own pace and stop whenever/whereever I want.
Nigelnaturist
Guru
- Location
- Pontefract
Some people don't have cars through choice or not (the not might also include going on trains), and having done 22,000 miles on local roads no matter how you mix them up they do get a bit tedious.
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Lee_M
Guru
thats it exactly. I'm in Leigh and I can head to shoeburyness then out to Gt Wakerig and canewdon and loop round towards rayleigh and battlesbridge and back via hadleigh, or I can head to hadleigh and do it in reverse!
when Im in North Wales I can basically turn left and have the welsh hills or turn right and have the cheshire plains
Big Andy
Über Member
- Location
- Huddersfield & Leicester
I enjoy both equally. Different charms bit enjoyable all the same.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
Remember that cycle chat is disproportionately populated by grumpy old farts who have plenty of time on their hands to post here because they don't like cycling groups 
