On the road and at quick stops it doesn't feel lonely or boring. Actually it allows me to keep my own natural pace. It's when you stop for longer periods. In the first week it's not a problem. It even feels relieving to be alone by yourself after hectic months.

But after a week alone on the roads, when you stop somewhere overnigth or spend the next day there, when everybody is part of some group and the atmosphere is full of joy, tweets and cheers; swimming, sunbathing or having your meals alone feels a bit awkward. To exacerbate it, my routes mostly follow water sides (sea, river, lake..) for less hilly (albeit winding) rides. Seaside in Turkey or southern coast of Europe means touristic, cheerful and colorful atmosphere.

But there's also a positive side. In groups (be it touristic or riders) people mostly interact within the group, thus creating kind of a closed-circuit within the group, ignoring outside. This somewhat hinders one's openness to the outer world and it becomes less and less relevant whether you're at this location or that. All of them becomes (partly) the same location as far as you're concerned: Midst of your own group!

I consider myself as a somewhat reserved guy. But after a week or so alone on the roads, I turn so outwards that I can't recognize myself. It's like a numbing/isolating layer of film removed off your senses. I feel and live the environment and people more intensely, make friends with a lot of people from all walks of life whom I would've failed to "see" in my everyday life. Overall interesting and good experience.