KneesUp
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According to dictionary.com, 'suffice it to say' means "it is enough to say this and no more" - if only you had
I want to be alone (or how to be barred from the fraternity of cyclists)
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According to dictionary.com, 'suffice it to say' means "it is enough to say this and no more" - if only you had
Dogtrousers
Kilometre nibbler
I don't have any stories like this. 
I must be doing something wrong, or wearing the wrong clothes or something.
Although .... come to think of it ... some woman kept riding up behind me shouting "all up!" the other night.
I must be doing something wrong, or wearing the wrong clothes or something.Although .... come to think of it ... some woman kept riding up behind me shouting "all up!" the other night.
Crankarm
Guru
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The forum mafia is out trolling ………. 
Poacher
Gravitationally challenged member
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- Nottingham
jefmcg
Guru
...and vegetarians shouldn't wear leather shoes. I was expecting someone to make that comment and you win first prize. You ought be proud
No, obviously it's a consideration isn't it? That is, if I really want to avoid all human contact then I might just become a jungle living recluse or something. But, no, there's no contradiction in wanting to ride an organised event but wanting to ride by myself. Many people do it. In fact, I was passed by some.
You see, you've twisted meanings to make it sound like you've said something quite profound, something that's escaped everyone's attention, but you present a false picture in doing that. A desire to ride by myself doesn't equate to me wanting nobody else on the road. But I think you knew that.
Edit: indeed User30090, point well made.
Basil.B
Guru
- Location
- Oxfordshire
Start to fart loudly!
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
Not quite alone but you could do what my brother done on Saturday, to get rid of somebody who was dafting us and doing no work. He let me go off the front a bit and used me as a spring board to drop the unwanted drafter 
jefmcg
Guru
Audaxing in my experience is a strange mixture of solo and group riding. You ride along with someone for a while, then you ride alone for a long long time on your own, then you ride with someone else.
If you really object to sticking with someone for 1/2 hour and you are both doing an audax, then you must use your words. There is an unstated companionship on these rides, and if you want something else, you must state it.
(I had to separate from someone I'd spent a day riding with on LEL. It was actually quite horrible to do, afterwards I felt like Joe Simpon's mate. Neither of us finished ,so that makes it even worse. But I can't see the problem of blowing off a complete stranger, or putting up with someone for 15km. )
If you really object to sticking with someone for 1/2 hour and you are both doing an audax, then you must use your words. There is an unstated companionship on these rides, and if you want something else, you must state it.
Ah, so when I thought you were trolling, I was right?...and vegetarians shouldn't wear leather shoes. I was expecting someone to make that comment and you win first prize. You ought be proud
(I had to separate from someone I'd spent a day riding with on LEL. It was actually quite horrible to do, afterwards I felt like Joe Simpon's mate. Neither of us finished ,so that makes it even worse. But I can't see the problem of blowing off a complete stranger, or putting up with someone for 15km. )
No but you are again demonstrating the point I was making; a willingness to twist words to fabricate criticism.
Re audaxes, I don't think I see your point. Is it that you must state your riding preference, solo or in group, to others?? I have ridden many so I am aware of what happens. I've ridden them with others (either in full or in part) and I've ridden them solo. At no time has anyone ever stated anything, it all has happened naturally. You realise pretty quickly if someone doesn't want to talk!
Cubist
Still wavin'
- Location
- Ovver 'thill
Why not get a jersey printed with the words "I don't want company" written on it?
JoeyB
Go on, tilt your head!
- Location
- Fareham, Hampshire
I'm confused by all of this. You like to ride alone, yet you attended a popular local ride knowing that the odds of finding yourself in company would be greatly increased...what else were you expecting?
jefmcg
Guru
Just don't use google translate to put that into french, you would seem like a slightly eccentric anti-capitalism protester "Je ne veux pas l'entreprise"
Don't be confused JoeyB, just read the reply I gave earlier.
jefmcg
Guru
My experience is when i catch up with (or more likely) am passed by another audax rider, we tend to engage in conversation and stick together until one of us needs to move away. This is unstated, cause it seems to be what everyone does. My feeling is that is you don't want to do that, you have to say.
Anyway, I am still (genuinely) mystified why you rode that route that day. What is the appeal of a popular ride, if you like to ride alone? Why not ride the same route a different day?
