find a cycling buddy?

[ManBearPig]

Cao.
I have been road biking alone for the past weeks, but it has become more difficult to motivate myself in these early weekend mornings (warm bed, outside - cold). Also it can be a bit lonely when I go on longer rides. Therefore finding a bike ride training companion sounds like something that I would want to try out. So far I thought of couple methods.

1- join a cycling club or bike group
2- interact with cyclists that you meet on the street
3- convince your friends to buy a road bike
4- maybe Facebook or other groups

how do you find bike buddies and what has worked for you? I am not the most extroverted person and the idea of simply approaching other cyclists with a conversion is pretty deterrent..

[Zviedrs]

It really depends on the situation (location, bike culture in the area), but I understand your current state of mind - personally I had similar experience with having lack of motivation or self-discipline. You can be very lucky and have a friend or two who are already road bike owners or willing to get into biking, which is my current situation thanks to the cycling culture here.

I'd suggest you to sign up for a road cycling event. For spring 2020 so that you have few months to prepare. Having a set date for some challenge is always a good push and drive for getting on that saddle more often Make a weekly goal (eg. 2-3 rides per week).

[ManBearPig]

(10-11-2019, 06:38 AM)Zviedrs Wrote:  ... You can be very lucky and have a friend or two who are already road bike owners or willing to get into biking, which is my current situation thanks to the cycling culture here.

Unfortunately, road cycling in particular is not very common in my circle of friends :/ There is higher chance that I'll join them for mountain biking than any of them buy a road bicycle. Quite a gap here ... I don't have a proper mountain bike for trails (and can't afford right now), but they are not into road cycling.