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Originally Posted by kirbyx
Does anyone out there prefer solo rides, and avoids group rides. Why do you have that preference?
Me. I prefer riding solo. I'm an introvert with low social needs, and I ride to be in my own space.

I've done enough group riding to appreciate how much fun it is, flying along in a peloton of strong riders, going WAY faster than I could on my own. But in the end, I prefer riding alone. I don't have to make small talk, I don't have to live up to anyone else's expectations, if I have a slow day I don't hold the group up.

Luckily there's room for all of us in cycling - the extroverts and introverts. Not sure there's room enough for the extroverts on the road, though - at least 4 times on today's ride, I had to swing WAY wide to pass groups of 3 rider strung out from the edge of the road to the middle, which on that particular road is a Bad Idea.
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