Originally Posted by
Ron Harry
Second, is CONNECTING with others who like the things I do...and have the same general attitudes. That's probably my fault due to my personality, but I end up training and riding alone. I really envy some of these husband and wife 'teams' who attend some of these touring events. This forum seems to be the only 'outlet' for sharing the adventure [for me anyway].
Ditto on this for me. However, you might actually connect with someone via this forum if you put your location in your avatar
See the relevant thread in this same forum for instructions. Not that I have yet, but at least putting a location makes it a possibility.
Personally, I am getting less and less connected to people at work, as the team I am now on is so dispersed that I rarely interact with them, and the others around are mostly younger with kids at home and focused on them, while those my age don't share interests. I definitely need to join up with some sort of cycling club but being an introvert makes that difficult.