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I'm a little worried by the fact that people get bored riding their bikes solo. If cycling is a hobby, you need a new hobby. If it's a social thing, always ride with friends or make up your own friends or make calls with a bluetooth headset. If you cycle to get in shape, HTFU. I sit in classes everyday and wonder about the state of my peers when they can't keep their cell phone in their pocket for 50 min.
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Nature, my own thoughts, and podcasts have always done it for me, in that order.

Add 'Stuff You Should Know' to the growing list of recommended podcasts.

I think being alone is one of the only reasons I ride. Biking is my escape from all society and everything around me. I enjoy taking the scenic wrought around farms and lakes.

I mainly ride alone, usually between 40kms and 120kms, and find that time goes really quickly on the bike. I'm usually concentrating on technique, and being a competitive kind of person I usually push myself to the point where i couldn't hold a conversation anyway. It's never boring, it's 'my time', I enjoy the freedom and the only person I'm answerable to is myself. If I ride well it's my fault, if I struggle and ride badly it's my fault too. I can stop when I want, go where I want and enjoy the experience without distraction.

i like solo rides. there are always hot girls jogging or hipster cuties on single speeds milling about. just sayin.....

setting alarm right now for 5:00 a.m. tomorrow for solo ride.

I always slow down when I pass any.

5:00 a.m.? Why so early? I never start any rides earlier than 8:00. Gonna be a nice day in SoCal tomorrow!

You don't know how slow I am :)

There are a couple of 100km loops I ride, when I get bored of them I do cross borders. I don't like the causeway with the roadbike but a ferry to Desaru, Bintan, Batam works.

I prefer solo rides, but I can't imagine riding 20 to 30 miles or more on an mup. Mapping a route will help, stopping somewhere and taking a break might also help.


It's quite amusing to me as well.

Do you really limit your rides to MUPs?

Why on earth would you want to ride with someone else?

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Nope. When I started riding we only used the MUPs but now we usually ride on roads or we go mountain biking.

Both ends are traveling at the same speed. Distance=(Rate)(Time). Same speed and same time gets you the same distance. You can cross this one off the list.

Ride next to one of these. Works for me.

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment...hmentid=189834

No. He's talking about their circular path, rotating around the hub.

Ahh got it. My fault.

what he said except I prefer the scenic route :D

NM somebody beat me to it.

Just came back from my solo ride. About 10 miles in I got bored and was about to turn back, but then I realized I had downloaded the FredCast Cycling podcast into my iPod. I started listening to it and it really made my ride enjoyable. I did another 20 miles and then I came back home because I had some work to do. Downloading some more podcasts right now for tomorrows ride or maybe later today. Thanks everyone!

That Plumb Hammer would make me turn back to get it asap. I've had mine (a 22 ouncer) since the late 70's. What a well balanced tool, can't find new ones like it. Great score........

I love riding by myself. It's rare to find time where you can really just disconnect from it all.

And that's a big reason why I ride. I spend all day working at a computer, and then sitting at my computer in the evening. Getting on my bicycle means getting away from all that and doing something completely different. And that's probably part of the reason why I don't use a Garmin, I don't carry a cellphone, I don't use an ipod, etc. etc. ... I like getting away from all that sort of technology for a while.

I just about always ride solo. I have a friend that rides with me occasionally and when he does I enjoy it, but it's rare. Regardless, I always have my iPhone equipped with music and podcasts (motivation/energy boosters). I ride because 1) I do it for my body and 2) I love to ride for numerous other reasons. So, with that said, I never get bored, no matter how far I go.

Solo riding for me is meditation. I think about anything and everything. Last year I didn't like solo riding, but I like it a lot better when you stop riding for a month or two and forget how much fun a group ride is. Now, group rides are strictly for hard riding and long distances.

I sing when I get bored, bark when I get frustrated. Otherwise my mind is inside my leg sacks.

Also found two spendy golfing clubs once, possibly useful for the most extreme repairs to bike or body.