Re: Coumting bikes

On 4/19/2024 6:18 PM, Frank Krygowski wrote:

On 4/19/2024 4:19 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:54:55 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
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On 4/19/2024 1:15 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

Why would
anyone choose to ride under somebody else's directions?

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As is often quoted, for every room in heaven there's another
just like it in hell for someone else.

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Everybody follows their own directions. Some people's directions have
them following other people.

 So the grumpiest person here, and the one with the most limited riding regime, thinks there's no joy or value in riding with others.
 On my most recent group ride, I had friendly conversation with at least 8 different people, and I was introduced to a few roads I'd never ridden, some with beautiful scenery. At the group ride's end, I carried on solo for another 16 miles or so at a higher pace.
 I'm happy to be able to enjoy riding with others or riding solo, riding fast or riding more slowly, riding for recreation or for utility.
 Some folks are much more limited.
 

That's your value judgement on a matter of personal taste.
Meanwhile Mr Tricycle is free to ride wherever he likes with whomsoever he pleases. Or with no one.
I'm maybe less a misanthrope, but I quit 'group rides' 35 years ago and don't miss them, or that sort of conversation,   at all.  Oh, and I am never alone. This week I'm riding with Tacitus (I'm reading his 'Histories'), Hannah Arendt (just finished her Past and Future) and others. With Billie Holiday in the background.
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