I almost always ride alone and usually the same route. Occasionally I will just take a side trip up a canyon or something on my westerly ride to the coast and have stumbled onto some nice rides. Last weekend a few guys from my neighborhood were going into Ventura and I joined them . We did a bit different route than I usually ride and it was cool to explore . Sometimes it is best to just find it without a plan especially in rural areas. Oh, and the topic of riding with ebikes, one of my friends has a Specialized ebike and it looks just like a modern carbon bike . He was with us and just rode it like a regular bike no real problem he wasn’t any faster than the rest of us. I was the only one on a vintage racer and we were just social riding so no worries. I am in my late sixties and my wife has a peddle assist ebike because of health issues and now can ride with me and I don’t have to slow for her anymore. Now she has to wait for me at the top of a climb!