Starting my 4th year of cycling and every century has been alone. Planning on doing a double century this year and it will be alone. Question? When you all talk about doing a century with others, does that automatically mean you are drafting? To each his own, but that would be impossible for me. At least now. I rode in a paceline for 25 miles and hated it. I'm too ADD to ride that way. Gotta look around a bit. If I ride with others for a decent period of time, it is with some distance. Course, I'm riding in my first RAGBRAI this year, so maybe I'd better get used to it.