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Old 09-21-2009, 01:04 AM   #41
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Considering this was a shot I took after an hour of riding...I don't think I'm going to find many people to ride with. I'm usually pulling back in to the garage when most people are waking up.
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Old 09-21-2009, 01:12 PM   #42
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Considering this was a shot I took after an hour of riding...I don't think I'm going to find many people to ride with. I'm usually pulling back in to the garage when most people are waking up.
That's another thing I run into. I'm an early bird. Everyone else wants to get started when I'm finishing up.
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Old 09-21-2009, 01:31 PM   #43
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That's another thing I run into. I'm an early bird. Everyone else wants to get started when I'm finishing up.
I used to have two crews I'd ride with--one usually met up at 8-830 am and another that met up at noon. Sometimes I'd go out with both of them and spend all day in the canyons. Those were the days...
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Old 09-21-2009, 05:07 PM   #44
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I can understand this. My wife rides so for the past two years I pretty much haven't ridden alone.

My best friend who is usually the third rider in this group had an accident two months ago and totalled his bike and busted his hand up so he hasn't gotten back on the road yet.

My wife was out of town this weekend so I went out alone and on one hand it was nice to not have to worry about other riders...when I wanted to pass I passed etc....but after a while I did get a little bored...just not as fun alone imho.
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Old 09-22-2009, 02:19 AM   #45
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i like riding by myself for the most part, i have a couple buddies that are worth riding with but i normally go by myself or with my one good friend. Every once in a while i go on longer trips with a group.
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Old 09-22-2009, 11:44 PM   #46
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i like riding by myself for the most part, i have a couple buddies that are worth riding with but i normally go by myself or with my one good friend. Every once in a while i go on longer trips with a group.

Same here. In a perfect world I would have 3 or so buddies to ride hard with and a bunch of acquaintances to "tour" with. I don't mind a large group as long as it's a moderate pace. I like to go out early to ride hard, 8 or 9 am for a couple hours then go "cruising by the beach or the college in the afternoon.
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Old 09-23-2009, 08:11 AM   #47
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With the way we do group rides here, it doesn't really matter if there are 5 people or 25 people attending. We all break up into groups depending on skill level and stay in that order. That way there will be a fast group, slow group, and however many groups in between.
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Old 09-23-2009, 01:20 PM   #48
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Same here. In a perfect world I would have 3 or so buddies to ride hard with and a bunch of acquaintances to "tour" with. I don't mind a large group as long as it's a moderate pace. I like to go out early to ride hard, 8 or 9 am for a couple hours then go "cruising by the beach or the college in the afternoon.
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Old 09-23-2009, 02:12 PM   #49
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I like to go out early to ride hard, 8 or 9 am for a couple hours then go "cruising by the beach or the college in the afternoon.

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Old 09-24-2009, 01:34 AM   #50
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See, I ride the same old roads all the time. When I go out with a good group of people, it's great fun. Alone, it's just not the same. The roads are also in the middle of nowhere. So, if I happened to go down all alone, I have no idea how long I would go unseen. That tends to make me hold back some.
Well, my road is full of cars. lol ...and yes riding alone is boring and I don't ride nearly as fast alone vs. someone pushing me. I think it has to do with lazyness though.
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