Yay, another contest. My longest solo ride was 101mi, I don't win.

Monday's ride was 58, longest so far. Today was 54... hardest so far.

nah...no contest, just wondering what some people are doing on their own.

I always assumed people did most of their riding solo. I like doing my own thing. I only like riding with a group once or twice a week.

My longest solo ride is a 104 mile century.

see I always thought people rode in groups or pairs...I truly enjoy riding with my friend and don't enjoy my rides alone so much. I like knowing that I'm pushing a little bit harder because I'm trying to not be the slower rider, I know he does the same. If I do solo rides I usually do the regular 22mi route I hate and I try to do it fairly quick...I have an avg time that I try to beat.

99% of my rides are solo. Which is bad because I aspire to be a racer. Longest I've ever done solo is 102 miles, back in January. Just got up on a Saturday morning and decided to see what 100 miles felt like (had never done a century before that). It felt good. I need to do it again soon.....

101 miles.

Couldn't leave with the rest of the group on the first day of our cross-state tour, so left the 2nd day and took a different route to rendezvous with the group on the second night. 111 miles. One of my most memorable rides.

64miles slow cruising on an MUP all the way. It was a weekday morning and I was the only person riding. so I just put on my head phones and cranked up the dubstep.

young guy like you? 33 miles? shame! boo!!!!!

Longest for me was 130 miles night ride.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/201...ght-cycle-ride

Longest ride was 80 miles. Long and lonely ride...

I do almost all my long rides solo. Too much dang stoppage with groups once you're over 50 miles. Invariably somebody wants to eat, drink, pee, etc. once you're stretching out to 5+ hrs. Even competitive roadies.

238mi in one day. just left the house in the morning and headed out. was great!

About fifty miles. Left my credit card at a rest stop fast-food restaurant while touring in Arizona. Had to ride round trip from the motel to the restaurant and back.

- Slim :)

300k is my longest solo ride.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/54815576

I have gone a little further on my own on group rides.

Wow that's a tough ride! How is the riding in New Zealand?

It was tougher the other way (though I was on day one of a two day tour, so held back on the climbs).
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/109644336

Riding is fantastic down here
on a good day.

I´ve entered several centuries/sportives by myself, but once you hack yourself into groups along the way it aint solo anymore. I´ve done 120 km solo a couple of times as preparation before centuries/sportives. I quite like it.

No solo centuries yet. I normally do at least a 45-53 mile ride on a Saturday or Sunday and get 15-30 mile daily rides in during the week. However, now that I am retired, this is going to change. Longest solo ride was 57 miles.

Was that a randonneuring/audax event?

When I was in Manitoba, I did the events (200K, 300K, 400K, 600K, and 1000K) mostly with others ... my longest solo stretch was about 300K in the middle of a 600K. I got dropped by a group of riders, and sort of hung about waiting for a couple I knew were behind me, but didn't want to wait too long so I kept moving and rode through the night by myself.

But in Alberta, there were fewer riders, and we were scattered all over the province, so I did most of the events solo (including, as I mentioned earlier, a 600K). At first it wasn't so bad, but after several years of that, it kind of dampened my enthusiasm for the really long events.

Definitely -- some people here would call that ride a "commute"

It's just a matter of what you like to do. I like riding solo, and at least half of my centuries are solo. I've never been bored on a bike or found myself feeling lonely.

Don't worry about having issues when you're out there by yourself. The solution is the same whether you have one or two people. The only difference is that you've just doubled your chances of the ride being affected by a problem.

Other than the increased efficiency of group riding, I don't think that there's anything inherently social when it comes to riding. I think that a tendency to ride with groups or ride solo says more about the nature of your personality than the nature of the activity. Personally, I relish the occasional time alone.

The only reason to do a group ride is to have some one to drop.

Except for the rare event ride all my riding is solo. Several centuries by myself and pretty much every weekend I get in solo 40 -60 mile rides. Am closing in on 7000 miles for the year with only one 100+ Grande Fondo event where I actually road with people.

I agree, I'm a social person. Since I'm off most of the year it means I'm alone most of the day while others are working normal jobs. I also enjoy talking (even though it may be hard and intermittent at times) bike talk. My other friends want nothing to do with my biking lifestyle, my girlfriend just tolerates it (although she enjoys riding just as much as I do, she's got better thing to talk about)

I really would like to try a century by myself...need to break the 50mi mark solo first.

Longest distance in a single day: 100 miles.

Longest distance solo: 1000 miles over 3 weeks from Sioux Falls, SD to St Louis, MO. I was also carrying everything that I needed to live.

Longest distance in the most remote location: 350 miles in a week in central Colorado...on a mountain bike...over the mountains...with a full touring load.

As for issues, you just deal.

that is......PRETTY BAD ASS

One thing that has always amazed me about Bike Forums is the number of people who do most or even all of their riding alone.
I've been riding road bikes since the early 80s and most of it has been with others. Sure, after work rides are alone but I am a member of a road club and there is always someone to ride with on weekends. If not the club I have other friends who ride, too.

To answer the op I have done solo rides around 50 miles, 4 hour climbing rides alone, and multi-hour off road rides exploring new areas.

22 miles is just getting warmed up! How do you know you are pushing harder because you are riding with someone else? What if the other person is the slower rider? Are you going to keep riding at the slower pace just to have someone to ride with? The best part about the longer rides is their Darwinistic nature. At some point you will have to press on by yourself. Someone tires and people either get dropped or do the dropping. Then you are out there with your buddies me, myself and I. You have to face the wind, rain, heat, hills, etc. by yourself. That's what it's all about. No talk of MPH, Powermeters, Watts, etc. Just you trying to persevere.

As a follow up, if you think "competing" with your buddy/buddies is fun over a 30 mile ride, try it on a Century. A Century is nothing more than a 1 day ride/race with stages. If you are evenly matched, everything is critical. Bathroom breaks, hills, etc. are all important. A 100 yard break early or a slow rest stop may be the difference. Are you the hare or the turtle? It's up to you. That's what makes it fun. It can be your 1 day version of the Tour De France!