wiggydiggy
Legendary Member
The CTC club near me keeps posting nice looking rides, one of these days I'll decide I'm old and crusty enough to join them.
Anyone else similar to me?
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Elswick Cotterpin
Veteran
- Location
- South Wales
Solo cyclist here, also. I always have ridden alone, it wouldn't actually occur to me to ask anyone to join me, but then I don't have any friends, so...
The only time I ever actually rode regularly with anyone was commuting to work by bike way back in the late seventies-eighties, but we were riding to work, what was there to talk about?
All I really do is pootle around. There used to be a couple of older guys around here who did the same, you'd see them now and again, just out and about, going nowhere special, doing nothing in particular. Haven't seen them for years so they must have popped off. I could be the local, old, cycling weirdo these days, but that's ok.
If anyone wants to form an anti-social cycling club I'd be up for that, we could all arrange to meet somewhere then none of us would turn up, it'd be great!
Happy cycling everyone, however you do it.
The only time I ever actually rode regularly with anyone was commuting to work by bike way back in the late seventies-eighties, but we were riding to work, what was there to talk about?
All I really do is pootle around. There used to be a couple of older guys around here who did the same, you'd see them now and again, just out and about, going nowhere special, doing nothing in particular. Haven't seen them for years so they must have popped off. I could be the local, old, cycling weirdo these days, but that's ok.
If anyone wants to form an anti-social cycling club I'd be up for that, we could all arrange to meet somewhere then none of us would turn up, it'd be great!
Happy cycling everyone, however you do it.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Another problem with clubs - routes fixed in advance. I went out this morning and changed my mind on which way I was going at the end of the road. Try doing that on a club ride 
Ianonabike
New Member
I just do my own thing - slowly!
I dont want to derail this thread into another cycling club debate, but I can assure you Ive had more experience of them, than merely passing them on the road, remember you dont have to be a member to do their trial group rides.
Reynard
Guru
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK
Clubs of any kind (my experiences are with cat clubs) will always rise or fall depending on the calibre of the people at the helm.
But since I'm not really a peopley person, I prefer to do my activities in a club of one, or in ways that have absolutely no strings attached. Although I do go walking once a week with a friend who lives in the same village as me, and I'll happily steward at cat shows when I'm not judging. But I refuse to get involved in the club stuff. Life's far too short.
But since I'm not really a peopley person, I prefer to do my activities in a club of one, or in ways that have absolutely no strings attached. Although I do go walking once a week with a friend who lives in the same village as me, and I'll happily steward at cat shows when I'm not judging. But I refuse to get involved in the club stuff. Life's far too short.
Bristolian
Über Member
- Location
- Bristol, UK
Sorry, but I haven't read all the posts here - way too many 
Since I took up cycling again in early 2023 I have been a lone rider for the same reason many above give and hadn't really given any thought to joining a club until about a month ago when I came across a group of about 12 riders stopped at the side of the road. I pulled over to see if they were lost only to see they were stood around watching one of their members mending a puncture. There were a couple giving actual assistance aided by a steady stream of moderately amusing quips/tips/advice from the side-lines
Anyway, I got chatting to a few of the older riders there and it turns out they are members of a club based just a couple of miles from home who have regular weekend and mid-week rides. After about ten minutes they'd fixed the puncture and we went our separate ways but ever since I've been wondering about going on one of their rides to see what it's like.
I'm not a stranger to group riding, although I have done a couple of rides with one friend in the last two years, it's been possibly 35-40 years since I last did any proper group riding. They've got a 35 mile ride this weekend which is described as "easy" so I many just pop along and see how it goes
Since I took up cycling again in early 2023 I have been a lone rider for the same reason many above give and hadn't really given any thought to joining a club until about a month ago when I came across a group of about 12 riders stopped at the side of the road. I pulled over to see if they were lost only to see they were stood around watching one of their members mending a puncture. There were a couple giving actual assistance aided by a steady stream of moderately amusing quips/tips/advice from the side-lines
Anyway, I got chatting to a few of the older riders there and it turns out they are members of a club based just a couple of miles from home who have regular weekend and mid-week rides. After about ten minutes they'd fixed the puncture and we went our separate ways but ever since I've been wondering about going on one of their rides to see what it's like.
I'm not a stranger to group riding, although I have done a couple of rides with one friend in the last two years, it's been possibly 35-40 years since I last did any proper group riding. They've got a 35 mile ride this weekend which is described as "easy" so I many just pop along and see how it goes
