[mlorenz242 offline]

Not many of the friends I've kept for the last number of years are riders. I had been caught up in the daily grind of being a "grown up" for a number of years. For the last couple of years I have gotten back into an active lifestyle and am riding again. I ride alone most of the time and i do enjoy the time to myself, but I wonder if you guys got into the sport with other friends, found riding friends while on the trail, or just ride alone.

[fat_billy offline]

I've come back to MTBing after a 12 year lay off. Don't know where everybody went over the years. I am a loner at present and having a good time. No one to drop you and no one for you to drop. I stay in a no drop zone and love it. Later,

[mlorenz242 offline]

I've come back to MTBing after a 12 year lay off. Don't know where everybody went over the years. I am a loner at present and having a good time. No one to drop you and no one for you to drop. I stay in a no drop zone and love it. Later,

Well said... I don't feel like such a looser now.

[tarvisg offline]

For the most part I usually ride with one other. I know a handfull of people that ride, it just seems that with all the different schedules it usually turns out that one person can ride. I do like larger groups, but one seems to be the best. Then you can push each other, vs. a group which you have large variation in riding and part of the group will fall behind or pull off from the rest.

[BUDDAH offline]

I ride solo about 90% of the time, I hooked up with another singletracks member and we started getting some rides in last year. I also ride with the owners and wrenches from my LBS which is always a blast. I must say I do enjoy the solitude of riding alone but it's always nice to break from the norm...

[crossroads offline]

Me, myself and I most of the time but I usually try to get in a ride around work & family schedules so firends aren't available when it works for me. Have a couple of freinds I ride with maybe once a month. Now that I think of it, I haven't been on a big group ride before. That might be fun a couple of times a year but riding solo lets me push myself and get a good workout in too.

[mlorenz242 offline]

Me, myself and I most of the time but I usually try to get in a ride around work & family schedules so firends aren't available when it works for me. Have a couple of freinds I ride with maybe once a month. Now that I think of it, I haven't been on a big group ride before. That might be fun a couple of times a year but riding solo lets me push myself and get a good workout in too.

I have a few trails on my "wish list" that I would like to ride this spring/summer that would require some travel. For this I think a small group would be great. I have been thinking about trying to get some singletracks.com members to meet up for a ride.
Have any of you ever done that?

[maddslacker offline]

I hooked up with two local clubs, well, local chapters of national clubs. Riding with the same group week in and week out is a lot more fun than going solo.

[BUDDAH offline]

I ride solo about 90% of the time, I hooked up with another singletracks member and we started getting some rides in last year. I also ride with the owners and wrenches from my LBS which is always a blast. I must say I do enjoy the solitude of riding alone but it's always nice to break from the norm...

Yes sir, the solitude of riding alone is a wonderful thing, though I usually always ride with my son and then my wife from time to time, but riding solo is where it is at for me. Don't get me wrong, I do ride with trail buddies (mostly singletracks members or just locals) as well, especially when having a FR or urban/street session, but I prefer the solo riding better.

Yeah my wife-boo wants to start riding more and on some more harder trails this year which I really look forward to.

I have a few trails on my "wish list" that I would like to ride this spring/summer that would require some travel. For this I think a small group would be great. I have been thinking about trying to get some singletracks.com members to meet up for a ride.
Have any of you ever done that?

I have hooked up with a few ridiers thru this site and I am awlways trying to hook p singletrack member rides here in the springs area...

[jeff]

Mountain bikers never ride alone - unless you're the only one on the trail. We're all brothers and sisters.

Cheesy sentiments aside, I really prefer to ride with others - those rides seem to be the most fun. On average I'd say I ride with 3-4 guys but during my 29 day challenge I ended up riding alone a good bit just because I had to ride at odd times of the day/week.

[mlorenz242 offline]

Mountain bikers never ride alone - unless you're the only one on the trail. We're all brothers and sisters.

Cheesy sentiments aside, I really prefer to ride with others - those rides seem to be the most fun. On average I'd say I ride with 3-4 guys but during my 29 day challenge I ended up riding alone a good bit just because I had to ride at odd times of the day/week.

Ya... Cheesy, but I'm with you. So far the people I've met all seem to share some unspoken connection or at least respect.

[mlorenz242 offline]

I hooked up with two local clubs, well, local chapters of national clubs. Riding with the same group week in and week out is a lot more fun than going solo.

Do you ride the same trails with the same group each week? Do you all stick together or do some get dropped?

[mlorenz242 offline]

If you are someone who mostly rides alone (by choice or otherwise), how far would you drive to explore a new trail and would you travel further with a friend or a group?

[kvnrbrts offline]

Mountain bikers never ride alone - unless you're the only one on the trail. We're all brothers and sisters.

We are like Jeep people...

[badbandit12 offline]

I perfer to ride with riders that are better than me helps me push my self more than being alone. even though if everyone is busy then i will head out by my self. But we have a group of about 6 or 7 that ride every weekend together and a couple of nights a week.