Lone riding

[Baldy]

🎶 All the lonely people, where doooo they all come from 🎶

I can only speak for myself but just because I'm solitary doesn't mean I'm lonely. I have plenty of friends just like my own company.

 

[MontyVeda]

I am the only person I know locally or anywhere else that uses my bike as a do everything vehicle. I like exploring when I am not at work and going out for the day to various places. I don't tear about seeing how quickly I can get there and back. I do get bored with just me though on occasions. Whilst I like my own company it would be nice to share the day sometimes. Does anyone else do this?

I use my bike for every journey that's more than a fifteen minute walk, and my all-day leisure rides are almost always done alone.

I get on just fine with my own company... riding with other people does annoy me; some have to prove how much faster their road bike is than my MTB, and race off into the distance, only to boast afterwards. Others can't be arsed pedalling which means i have to slow my pace considerably. A few have to disagree with the route at every junction, and one has a really annoying habit of riding about an inch from my rear wheel; claiming 'slipstream' even when we're going relatively slowly and gets grumpy whenever he has to take evasive action, which is very often.

So no, I seldom think it would be 'nice' to share a ride with someone

 

[nickyboy]

Midweek rides are as fast as possible for fitness purposes so they are strictly solo, typically about 2 hours at a time

Weekend rides are social with friends, done at a reasonable pace but slow enough to have a chat. Typically about 4 hours plus cafe stop

It's nice to do both

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

I generally ride solo, so much in fact that I want a 'Lone Wolf CC' jersey, but most with the 'LW' lettering all appear to be motorcycle based )& from the US)
That said, I don't ignore people, & if someone catches me (or visa-versa), I'll talk to them


Oh!
I also want a jersey with this design
Hands Up!, who knows where it's from & used to watch it??
Obviously, it'd have to be edited to You Can't Ride With Us (Me?)

 

[Johnno260]

See, I have the opposite, I work alone, live alone and the odd ride out out, pottering mind, none of your tear arseing about lycra thing, I'm an ooh coffee, pub let's see another castle kind of rider with another human being would be pleasant. If they didn't mind me banging on about history that is.

oh for sure, but thats the beauty of cycling you can go out as a group, or alone if you have those options.

For me, noisy busy office, home with 2 young kids being kids, some time alone with my own thoughts and enjoying the countryside is just what I need.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I generally ride sold, so much in fact that I want a 'Lone Wolf CC' jersey, but most with the 'LW' lettering all appear to be motorcycle based )& from the US)
That said, I don't ignore people, & if someone catches me (or visa-versa), I'll talk to them


Oh!
I also want a jersey with this design
Hands Up!, who knows where it's from & used to watch it??
Obviously, it'd have to be edited to You Can't Ride With Us (Me?)

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The one in the middle is Daria, I think.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

The one in the middle is Daria, I think.

Damned right
Daria Morgendorffer



View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdG9pBtP9D4

 

[yello]

I've ridden with groups small and large, with individuals and on my own. Each have their own place but I must admit to greatly enjoying the singular experience, even if (as the op remarks) you'd sometimes want for company to share that experience with. It kinda validates it, makes it more real. I remember once standing on a bridge in the small hours, all shrouded in mist, looking at the river thinking that life really didn't get much better. A singular and life affirming experience. Nothing 'lonely' about it.

If you're pootling about locally, using your bike as everyday transport, bobbing out to the local shop etc then you will go alone. (How does that phone conversation go - "I'm just cycling down to the co-op to get some rich tea biscuits, fancy coming?")

I've tons of admiration for people that use their bikes like that, for everyday needs and purpose. No need for all the gadgets and Lycra, just a pannier and pump and off you go. I reckon there needs be more recognition of that kind of cycling.

There's an old boy near me, must be in his 80s, and I'll see him out doing his circuit, visiting a friend nearby, pushing his bike up a couple of hills, but simply using the bike because he wants/needs to go somewhere. Top stuff matey, top stuff.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Almost always ride solo. The only regular group ride I do is the annual Cardiff Naked Bike Ride.

I would not have put regular and annual in the same sentence 😆

 

[Ming the Merciless]

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ilty to

What was deleted?

 

[Alex321]

I would not have put regular and annual in the same sentence 😆

Why not?

"Regular" doesn't mean frequent.