I have seen quite a few threads since joining, especially in the new members area, that are of the topic "looking for someone to ride with" and it got me curious.
Do you live in a remote or sparsely populated area where there maybe aren't a lot of people or is riding just not that popular where you are?
I am honestly curious of the situation. I can see if you relocate and don't know people then you might not have riding buddies.

Where I live in South Dakota it is harder to ride alone. There are bikes everywhere so this topic of needing people to ride with is really strange to me and I would like to better understand what your experiences are.

 

Why the need to ride with someone? My bike has been in overhaul longer than I care to admit but my main riding partner rarely rides unless a group ride without me as he does not care to ride alone. While I like riding with him as we are in sync pretty well, I also very much like riding alone.

 

It seems to be more sparse now in my area than prior years.

 

Prefer riding alone

 

I'd rather ride alone myself. Everybody is different, some want to ride together.

 

I much prefer riding solo now. I used to be big into riding with my buddies but they all want to just putt around town now. Well I can get from one end of town to the other in about 4 stop lights. That sucks. I want out. I am taking a trip in July with a group of about 10 and I fully intend to be either in front or a ways behind.

 

I'm on a night schedule for the weekends and most of my friends have 9-5 jobs, so....

 

There has never been a shortage of riders in this area. I just never wanted to ride with anyone.
I started riding on the road in 1978 and have always rode alone. Until this year.
In the last four weeks I've done two group runs with a local riding group. Actually found them to be quite fun.
Still like my alone time on the bike, but also looking forward their next group run.

 

Usually ride just me and the wife. You get more than 2 people, you've got a committee.

 

I work afternoons and the weekends are kind of busy with the kids so most of my riding is during the week after the kids get on the bus. It's great. I'm all alone and the further from the city I get the less traffic there is. Everyone is at work