I am puzzled...

[BluesDave]

puzzled perplexed and ponderant am I.

On this fourm there must be close to 5,000 cyclists, all members. They must be from every corner of every town, city, county & village in Britain.
The general consensus seems to be that cycling is better when done with other people so why I wonder is there not a part of the forum solely dedicated to finding a cycling buddy for days out, touring or anything. Informal Rides and Events just doesn't quite cut the mustard with this one I'm afraid.

Has anyone ever tried to cut mustard is now the other thing lurching off the sides of my brain

 

[benb]

Good idea. I guess you could use the member map to find people in the general area and PM them.

 

[ColinJ]

Well, there are over 18,000 members now, so I'd guess that would mean at least 15,000 cyclists ...

What is wrong with just starting a thread with the title "Riding partner wanted, Morden, Surrey area"?

 

[HLaB]

We also have a forum rides section.

 

[ianrauk]

It's what the informal rides section is for and it works quite well.
As Colin says just put a shout out.

Member Mr Preston did it for Sunday Morning Riders in London and it has kept going over the past couple of years. And in that time it has helped CC'ers meet other CC'ers from all over London for rides. It's quite common to get the number of riders in double figures.

And Morden is no real cycling distance from Hyde Park Corner.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

I got a cycling buddies sticky put up on bikeradar ( http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=40052&t=12736730 ). Though it was set up primarily for newcomers to commuting, and I did it as a completely editable google doc so other contributors could add names and columns, maybe something similar could be set up here and linked to a thread in Informal Rides for a wider range of riding.

Let me know on this thread whether anybody thinks something similar would be useful and I'll mock one up and link it.

EDIT: though it may be that it offers few advantages over the current informal rides set up.

 

[Bicycle]

Well, there are over 18,000 members now, so I'd guess that would mean at least 15,000 cyclists ...

What is wrong with just starting a thread with the title "Riding partner wanted, Morden, Surrey area"?

In theory not a bad idea. But I don't live in Morden. It just wouldn't work.

 

[xxmimixx]

I think that the truth is that we make each other believe that we are better than we really are, thus dont meet to avoid crushing our pride

 

[biggs682]

wheres modern and what is this buddy lark , does that mean i would have to talk to another human being without using a mobile phone or computer ?

 

[Peteaud]

I would want to go out with a group, due to them hurting their necks looking back all the time to see where the hell i was

 

[ttcycle]

iirc - I think there was a post in informal rides.

Is it still the case that Hyde Park corner is too far in? I might be mixing you up with someone else but I think there was someone looking for a riding buddy but wanted trails and simple off road routes?

There's a load of us near you..just depends on what your requirements are.

 

[ianrauk]

[QUOTE 1670541, member: 1314"]Morden is about 7,8 miles from HPC I reckon. Morden is just south of South Wimbledon.[/quote]



Yep, very easy to get to HPC from there.

 

[Norm]

... so why I wonder is there not a part of the forum solely dedicated to finding a cycling buddy for days out, touring or anything.

Because it would need 15,000 entries to cover everone.

Or you could use the map.

 

[classic33]

puzzled perplexed and ponderant am I.

Has anyone ever tried to cut mustard is now the other thing lurching off the sides of my brain

Easy to do. The cut is cleaner if you make the cut at the head of the tube, not partway down what is outside the tube.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I think that the truth is that we make each other believe that we are better than we really are, thus dont meet to avoid crushing our pride

Perhaps that had something to do with the three rides I've been on being sparsely attended, Excellent though they were.