I commute daily, but decided to participate in my employer's 'Bike to Work Day' ride. What a joke. They only communicated 'Bike to Work' to members of their 'Bike Club' (I'm not a member, nor do I plan to join). I had to hunt down the information to find out when and where etc. A total of seven people showed up. The gathering point was 2.5 miles from work (guess how many drove their bike to this location on the back of their car). Since these people where all club riders (except me) and riding RACING bikes (I was on my touring bike), on the ride they hardly dropped below 20mph.
This was my first (and only!) group ride ever. In the future, I'll keep riding in solitude like I always do.....