Anyone else similar to me?

[Psamathe]

OP not unusual from my perspective.

Years ago I was a member if the CTC, went to a few talks at local club but never on a geoup ride. But talks I found dull so stopped.

Rides I'd rather go where I want when I want at ghe speed I want (at any given moment). Rides from home I'll generally set out with no particular route, just make it up as I go along.

I do record all my rides originally using phone but then using GPS when I got one and log every ride.

 

[katiewlx]

nope definitely not that unusual.

never been a member of a club, always felt I wanted to, as I kind of feel I miss out on the social aspects of cycling as a hobby, but then Im not very sociable and Ive always found club riders a bit sort of cliquey, and up themselves, like if I pass them on a group ride,in a bunch or even if theyve split the group , theyll never wave back, plus they have all their weird kit rules, their group rides are impossibly early for normal people, and they run at a crazy pace...yeah remind me why being in a club is so great again...

I find Im happiest out riding by myself, I dont have to worry about anyone else then, Ive ridden a few times with friends who are into cycling, but we were all such a range of abilities,and most of them prefer jogging anyway to cycling, it actually wasnt that much fun a ride. We once signed upto do a sportive together, which no doubt would have been disastrous anyway, but as the day neared and after lots of cancelled training rides together, they all backed out one by one to injury or illness etc etc and I did it by myself in the end, which was probably best for all concerned.

not much of a cafe rider either, though most of my rides probably arent long enough for me to bother, though theres always the needle in haystack to actually find a decent one, that doesnt charge silly prices, and even if my rides are long enough Im always more interested in getting home than delaying things by stopping too long, equally a problem thats my own fault since Im a late riser, my rides are mostly afternoon/early evenings anyway, peak cafe stopping is a brunch thing imo. Ill stop if I need to grab food and havent taken enough with me, but on the whole Ill just keep riding.

I do Zwift just to keep fitness when I cant ride outside

and I do Strava just to track my miles, and records.

 

[Punkawallah]

‘Any club that would have me, I wouldn’t want to join’.