I'm know a lot of you are solo riders, but for those of you who ride in groups.

One of the great pleasures of certain group rides is doing long smooth pulls. I had a ride like that this morning. In this case, it was not a particularly difficult ride - a Sunday ride, not very fast overall. I was riding with friends who are more or less at my level, but for whatever reason today I had a little more in the tank than the others. In a 50 mile ride, I had about 4 different long pulls, each for something like 3-5 miles. Not heroic, just riding a little above tempo. Glancing back, they were clustered tight on my wheel, enjoying the draft. Others in the group contributed great pulls also.

There is a certain feeling in those moments. There is always a good feeling when riding at sustained, but not extreme, effort, but more importantly, a feeling of connection.

Anybody out there have similar experiences?