Meeting fellow cyclists

[MickeyBlueEyes]

Met a couple around here @simon the viking and @MickeyBlueEyes but as yet we have not had a ride although i have suggested it a few times i think fitting one in around various work /family commitments has been the issue .

This year CK, this year, we will do one.

 

[Tin Pot]

I hate people.

 

[Cubist]

I've met a good number.. @vernon, @theloafer, @SatNavSaysStraightOn, @longers @I like Skol, @dan_bo @Hacienda71, @Fnaar,@ColinJ, and a whole boatload on last year's York fnrttc, plus a load of eastyorkshire types on one of their Beverly jaunts including the mythical @Shaun. Looking forward to meeting even more on the Llandudno sausage thing.

Now, who's up for a Kashmir Curry experience?

 

[vernon]

Now, who's up for a Kashmir Curry experience?

Me! Me! Me!

Can it be combined with a pie exchange?

 

[Tin Pot]

Pies are for men.

Curries are for people who disagree with me.

Where are we getting pies?

 

[Stu9]

I don't mind meeting others, but if/when I'm out its me myself and me, I probably won't be first to say hello either but if someone says first that's fine

 

[theloafer]

 

[snorri]

The normal way to meet I suppose is on bikes and then cycle together, no?

No, I don't think so, I am friendly with many cyclists whom I have met at a variety of cycle related meetings but don't feel any great urge to cycle somewhere with them. One friend lives just a few hundred metres away but along time ago we agreed that when we were attending events or functions in the nearby town we would travel separately and socialise after the journey rather than during the journey . We both find solo cycling to be more enjoyable and less stressful.

Maybe people who join forums in general don't want to meet others, not sure why as for us it is a way of making new friends. So come on, what is your excuse.

Why should we solo cyclists need an excuse? I'm happy to meet others when out on the bike and know for certain I am much more likely to meet people when cycling solo than in a group. Strangers will often approach a lone cyclist for a chat but seldom want to single someone out of a group to start up a conversation which can lead to a friendship.

, face to face social chitchat has certainly declined since Facebook / Twitter/ et al on the internet have proliferated [that will be CC then]. We are fortunate in that we have many friends that cycle and there are a few clubs we also ride with.

Is it a fact that proliferation of online media has resulted in less face to face contact?. I have become aware of and attended events via online communications where I have met new faces and renewed old friendships. I also have friends who cycle but don't feel any need to cycle with them, I'd rather meet them at home or in a pub and talk about cycling rather than cycle with them.

I'm scared of Lycra.

There could be something in that, as one who cycles in normal clothing I find that meeting up with friends dressed in cycle specific clothing can be intimidating or disconcerting, like trying to converse with people at a fancy dress party where you are never quite sure if you are speaking to the person you think you are speaking to. The wearing of coloured goggles seriously inhibits good conversation IMV.

Some of us solo travellers wonder what's wrong with you folk who appear to need company all the time, do you have some secret fear of open spaces or do you just hope someone in the group will offer to pay for the beers/tea/buns etc? I joke.
Solo or group cycling, do what you feel is right for you, just get cycling, live and let live I say.

 

[S.Giles]

...like trying to converse with people at a fancy dress party where you are never quite sure if you are speaking to the person you think you are speaking to.

Exactly. Unless of course, Lycra just happens to be their favoured form of casual wear, in which case I would want to avoid them anyway, on purely sartorial grounds!

 

[nickyboy]

I'm in the midst of organising an informal ride and it's been an interesting experience. I've been fortunate enough to attract a good number of CCers (although how many turn up on the day we'll have to see). What's attracted folk?

1) A route that feels like a bit of an adventure. We're going from a big city that's easy to get to and finishing at the Welsh seaside

2) Easy riding. Not many folk on here like very hilly rides. Also the fact that it offers multiple start points and finish points has been popular. Key is offering flexibility

3) Flexibility really is the key. I've done mine so whilst it is easy paced (so that most CCers feel they could manage it) faster riders can ride home the following day at a higher pace

4) Turning it into a proper jolly has been a good idea. Initially it was a ride to Llandudno then train home. It's turned into a night out giving folk the opportunity to make a weekend of it if they like and also do some solo/small group riding on Sunday in N Wales before heading home

5) Getting the logistics right was important. Starting from somewhere easy to get to by train and finishing somewhere there were trains back to major cities has been useful

 

[I like Skol]

I'm in the midst of organising an informal ride and it's been an interesting experience. I've been fortunate enough to attract a good number of CCers (although how many turn up on the day we'll have to see). What's attracted folk?

1) A route that feels like a bit of an adventure. We're going from a big city that's easy to get to and finishing at the Welsh seaside

2) Easy riding. Not many folk on here like very hilly rides. Also the fact that it offers multiple start points and finish points has been popular. Key is offering flexibility

3) Flexibility really is the key. I've done mine so whilst it is easy paced (so that most CCers feel they could manage it) faster riders can ride home the following day at a higher pace

4) Turning it into a proper jolly has been a good idea. Initially it was a ride to Llandudno then train home. It's turned into a night out giving folk the opportunity to make a weekend of it if they like and also do some solo/small group riding on Sunday in N Wales before heading home

5) Getting the logistics right was important. Starting from somewhere easy to get to by train and finishing somewhere there were trains back to major cities has been useful

I thought it was because you have promised to buy the beer

 

[Hill Wimp]

I have been lucky enough to meet a fair few CC members though @potsy has eluded me but im on his trail

@hopless500 and i are off touring Europe for a month in July with Mr Hop joining us towards the end in the Belgian beer capital.

 

[nickyboy]

I thought it was because you have promised to buy the beer

Considering the organisation that's gone into it I'm not expecting to have to put my hand in my pocket all evening

 

[I like Skol]

Considering the organisation that's gone into it I'm not expecting to have to put my hand in my pocket all evening

Do you not drink much then?

 

[hopless500]

I have been lucky enough to meet a fair few CC members though @potsy has eluded me but im on his trail

@hopless500 and i are off touring Europe for a month in July with Mr Hop joining us towards the end in the Belgian beer capital.

I, on the other hand, have managed to meet @potsy
And lots of other CC'ers