I've been participating in more group cycling activities since I posted here last summer.

One of the groups does longer road rides (75-125 miles), and the starting locations are often in a different town. One of the group members has a truck and is willing to give me rides. (FWIW, he and his wife sold their individual cars and now share the truck.) I took him up on that offer once, and caught a ride up and then rode the 25 miles back home after the ride. For the most recent event, I rode to and from - adding an extra 27 miles or so!

I also participated in one of the Wisconsin Bike Fed spring rides this year, which started 10 miles from home. The flat 10 miles out and 10 miles back was a nice warm up/cool down from an early season 50 mile event.