Originally Posted by
Rootman
Me too, the few people who I've met either outclass me by a mile and I would just slow them down, or are so kooky as to be a real PITA to ride with. One dude thought it was fun to charge across a street on a red light just to see if he could make it, after a few of those I was "too busy" all the time to ride with him and adjusted my routes to avoid him.
I bought a bike carrier for the van and will load my wifes bike on it, she give me an hour's head start and we meet at a MUP around a lake about 15 miles form home. She can only go about 6 miles then complains about wrist pain and fatigue so it doesn't last long.
I can tolerate riding with others whose abilities are not an exact match for mine in small doses. The friends I get to go with me on occasion slow me down, and the few club rides I've been on make me feel they really resent stating a no-drop policy, or as in the case on a ride yesterday ignoring it altogether.