you´re right,hapens the same here in my country,Portugal,i ride bikes for many years more than 40,im 62,and in the 80´s...90´s everybody wave at each other,but nowadays there is much more people riding,men and women,but are more closed.
No problem here getting an acknowledgment wave back from joggers, dog walkers, other cyclist, and even dudes on motorcycles. My small town must not have as many self-absorbed people than other places.
Lol Your just like me, I wave at the two other cyclists I will see, no return wave, then I carry on a conversation that didn't happen ( hey nice seeing you) ( take care hope to see you again soon) then there's the ones that pass you like your invisible!
In my heyday as a young cyclist, I was in road and criterium races. My early bikes were steel and Campagnolo friction groups. Now years later, retired, and a senior cyclist on advanced aluminum and carbon fiber bikes, I don't ride for the glory, but for the still solitude and serenity of life.
Excellent, Jerry what part of the country did you ride? I raced in Tri-Borough area of Norther New Jersey.. Steel Colnago with Record Campy.. loved it. I felt invincible on the hills. In fact, I still hold the Hill Climbing Championship from 1974. I beat a whole minute off the best time. Wow. Now living in Cuenca Ecuador at 8,300ft. I can't catch my breath going up these mountains... Maybe some day, but hey, that doesn't stop me from having fun.
@@CyclingDave My cycling involved amateur category races and a few criteriums. I have raced up Mount Diablo, I could have gotten to the top ahead of others but there were so many cyclists that it was hard to pass. Lots of benefit rides and centuries. My favorite bikes that I rode and owned were Italian made bikes like Colnago, Tomasini, Pinarello, Bottechia, Guerciotti, and especially Bianchi. I loved all Campy stuff both Super Record and C Record. I also liked Shimano Dura Ace. At 67 I am getting a knee replacement so I am looking forward to riding again after I heal.
Sorry to hear about your knee replacement. I’m trying to do the exercises that Dr. Adam story recommended in speed skating. Look it up under his website for either ice-skating or speed skating exercises.
72 year old road cyclist and ride mainly solo. Enjoy picking my own routes and distances depending on how I feel on a given day. Looks like great riding routes in your area. Thanks for sharing.
I solo ride because there's no one else my age who rides like I do (30-50 mi at a time) in our neighborhood or who are retired like I am. Those who do ride a lot are in clubs & much younger cyclists who drop me in a 1/4 mile. So, I bask in my loneliness and enjoy it. I'll stop at a Maverik (popular gas station with food in Utah) and get something or a "gaseosa" of choice. I manage to leave one bottle cage open just for that. I enjoyed your ride today.
99% of my roses are alone. I feel safer riding alone, I can get my intervals workouts in without being interrupted, I ride at my pace, PLUS I get time to myself to think, sing, laugh, etc.. Those are my reasons.
Solo can be good, as can riding with groups small and large… variety is the spice of life! Do some of each as fits your schedule and comfort level. The Elks BBQ is tri-tip sandwiches. Good stuff, but there are a lot more places serving them now than when they started many years ago. You could easily eat one and continue on the ride, especially if you were 3 hours in and had 2 hours to go…. The spots you are riding are some of the best road rides anywhere in the US. For those who are too scared to to ride because of cars, it is definitely worse than years ago, but Ventura County (where this was filmed) is very safe relative to many other places. If you ride at the right times (eg weekend mornings) you are much safer overall than when you drive. 🙏
Solo rides are good for the soul but also riding companions good, bad & experienced keeps you humbled & grateful for moments we have on & off the bike. Enjoy & safe travels 👍🏾
Luvly ride! I also ride alone, but I do two group rides per year, both charity events, 25-35 miles each. I think of those as social events more than riding.
I know what you mean. Been riding with the club through the festive season, today a 3hour solo ride and I loved it. I will be posting a video a little later.
Why I ride alone? Because I have serious cooperation issues. Seriously though, I enjoyed your videos and I do empathize, also I really loved your still camera shots that gave the sense of climbing.
Like the video: There is a climb here in one of our Metro Detroit northern suburbs. A lot of roadies in Farmington Hills, MI ride this stretch. But coming back on the descent can be reckless with company. You know, bobbing and weaving. Passing on the right...blah..blah..blah. I prefer solo for safety consciousness.
I prefer to ride motorcycles/scooters alone. It’s been awhile, but I definitely liked to go to the Rock Store, Angeles Crest Hwy, Julian, and so on by myself.
Enjoy your ride alongs. I've lived years in Santa Barbara and Ventura so I enjoy the scenery. One day I plan to get back there and ride up Gibraltar Road then cross 154 and celebrate at Cold Spring Tavern. A bucket list item.
I have always ridden alone. When I see a load of cyclists speeding along and talking incessantly, therefore not watching the road, I am glad I go solo!
Enjoy the ride until some idiot makes you road kill - or worse. Not a bad way to go to exit this world doing something you love to do, but you run the risk of surviving with serious life-changing injuries. I rode for 30 years plus all around So Cal and survived. Some drunk driver side swiped me in 2016. The situation on the road is so much worse now, I could never imagine riding like I did before. After 35 years of cycling almost daily, in 2017 I came home after my ride and ended up putting the bike away and haven't touched it since. It was very weird. It was not even something I planned. But reality just hit me that day that cycling in So Cal was way too dangerous to my health or survival. Now I am a runner, and even that is a dangerous activity given all the crap we deal with in LA.
Yep same here. As a senior, I rode with a group . The group leader got to pick the route , fair. Now we are in our 70's and 80's, and most are showing up with Ebikes and wanting to ride friggin bike paths. Not me, I love hills, so now I ride alone. Thanks. KB
I train alone almost always until races. I’ll do group rides for training and that’s it. I hate listening to anyone. I listen to people all day at work and I’m constantly hustling. I love people but they tire me. Thanks for listening 😂😂!
I enjoy riding on my own most of the time! However, every now and then I might hop into a group ride or ride with the only handful of buddies I have in my life haha Especially gravel or MTB I feel like it’s wise having someone with you. Never know what can happen and in so cal we are in mountain lion country. Cheers!!
66 year old road cyclist . Ride 99% solo. Prefer it. It’s a form of meditation for me. Plus I can go when and where I want to. By the way great videos! Thanks for sharing.
Ah, now you came out into our neighborhoods! The Read Rd bypass had several cars on it yesterday. Only residents know to open that gate on Olsen. Erbes yesterday was all headwind climbing the hump. The warning signs on the hill are there because a fire a few years ago burned down the plastic fences. Vicki and I brought our breakfast to the pump track overlook this morning....great spot! And yeah, Agoura Road is always headwinds! You didn't want to take a lake lap for the scenic view? Thanks for taking us along on the ride.
Good video, and, though I’m no expert, it was very nicely edited. Never done any riding up near Santa Rosa (if that’s where you were riding) but it looks nice. As for riding alone, it’s okay, and I do about 90% alone, but I’ll admit I prefer to ride with at most two or three other riders for that little extra motivation.
Fun video. Great job with all the camera angles and the editing. The ride-by's were great. I'm north of you SLO. No desire to ride road, but I (age 61) I still send it hard on the mtb, and I only ride solo, unless my 26yr old daughter joins me on a Sat.or Sun. ride. Love riding solo, and built a 47lb downhill bike to be my brick of a cross-training rig. Love climbing the local peaks on it, and then just full chaos on the descent. Wash, rinse, repeat.
Nothing better than a brand new Smooothhhhh road, by bike or by Car.. Loved the video section of the camera on the wooden post rail. nice angle and view. Content, relaxed, yes, this is why I ride 80% of the time. I can stop at my favor Cafe for coffee, shoot the breeze with other bikers there is a special cafe on the route to the Cajas National Park that only caters to bikers.. coffee=.50cent and it's good too. Enjoy this video.
I ride alone a lot. It’s a little different for what I do. There are positives and negatives to being alone or with someone. I personally think the best size group is three.
Solo rides are good for the soul 90% of my rides are alone I can ride at my own pace, Ride my own route I can make it as long or as short as I want to…. Give me time to think, sing along on a song, Challenge myself on climbs no one to chase or wait for my peaceful time…..
LOL 30 hours of the View and reruns no less...nothing worse than reliving the crappy news events of the last few months. A ride sounds so much more relaxing and good for your head.
@ It’s a TV show where women like Whoopie talk over one another and talk louder and louder with their fingers waving, with their strong opinions and need for attention… and they’re paid millions … it’s like watching 4 chickens in a coup that have been given amphetamines.
They're perfectly good. Disc brakes are really only necessary for offroad/mud and heavy e-bikes. They weigh more than rim brakes and harder to maintain, too. I much prefer rim brakes on a road bike.
@@cyclinginsoutherncalifornia Great vid. You wrapped up the benefits of riding solo. I just bought a Trek Domane+ (road e-bike). Was going to buy just regular Domane but the price differential was only $500.The bike rides like a traditional bike when used without assist. I like that I have assist if I ever get close to bonking or need to fight the headwinds when riding back to home. Plus the Domane+ comes with speed and cadence sensors as well as a power meter (which isn't too accurate).
I ride solo exclusively, but nothing makes it more lonely than when the other cyclist I wave to doesn't wave back haha
you´re right,hapens the same here in my country,Portugal,i ride bikes for many years more than 40,im 62,and in the 80´s...90´s everybody wave at each other,but nowadays there is much more people riding,men and women,but are more closed.
No problem here getting an acknowledgment wave back from joggers, dog walkers, other cyclist, and even dudes on motorcycles. My small town must not have as many self-absorbed people than other places.
Lol Your just like me, I wave at the two other cyclists I will see, no return wave, then I carry on a conversation that didn't happen ( hey nice seeing you) ( take care hope to see you again soon) then there's the ones that pass you like your invisible!
Did I mention the butt head that leaves his banana peel in the middle of the breakdown lane, everyday, 7 rotten peels a week!
@@rcdogmanduh4440 Ha ha..I do the samething.. Hey, thanks for waving. You should hear what I say when a car tries to cut me off... HA
In my heyday as a young cyclist, I was in road and criterium races. My early bikes were steel and Campagnolo friction groups. Now years later, retired, and a senior cyclist on advanced aluminum and carbon fiber bikes, I don't ride for the glory, but for the still solitude and serenity of life.
Excellent, Jerry what part of the country did you ride? I raced in Tri-Borough area of Norther New Jersey.. Steel Colnago with Record Campy.. loved it. I felt invincible on the hills. In fact, I still hold the Hill Climbing Championship from 1974. I beat a whole minute off the best time. Wow. Now living in Cuenca Ecuador at 8,300ft. I can't catch my breath going up these mountains... Maybe some day, but hey, that doesn't stop me from having fun.
@@CyclingDave My cycling involved amateur category races and a few criteriums. I have raced up Mount Diablo, I could have gotten to the top ahead of others but there were so many cyclists that it was hard to pass. Lots of benefit rides and centuries. My favorite bikes that I rode and owned were Italian made bikes like Colnago, Tomasini, Pinarello, Bottechia, Guerciotti, and especially Bianchi. I loved all Campy stuff both Super Record and C Record. I also liked Shimano Dura Ace. At 67 I am getting a knee replacement so I am looking forward to riding again after I heal.
Sorry to hear about your knee replacement. I’m trying to do the exercises that Dr. Adam story recommended in speed skating. Look it up under his website for either ice-skating or speed skating exercises.
72 year old road cyclist and ride mainly solo. Enjoy picking my own routes and distances depending on how I feel on a given day. Looks like great riding routes in your area. Thanks for sharing.
@@roberts1159 that’s awesome!!!
Solo rides are a good way for me to reset and take stock in all of life's blessings.
@@brockjennings yep. Exactly.
I solo ride because there's no one else my age who rides like I do (30-50 mi at a time) in our neighborhood or who are retired like I am. Those who do ride a lot are in clubs & much younger cyclists who drop me in a 1/4 mile. So, I bask in my loneliness and enjoy it. I'll stop at a Maverik (popular gas station with food in Utah) and get something or a "gaseosa" of choice. I manage to leave one bottle cage open just for that. I enjoyed your ride today.
99% of my roses are alone. I feel safer riding alone, I can get my intervals workouts in without being interrupted, I ride at my pace, PLUS I get time to myself to think, sing, laugh, etc.. Those are my reasons.
You have a point!
Same for me, except you miss talking nonsense and having some chat at the cafe stop with buddies.
I like riding solo bc I think it makes it easier to deal with cars.
Like seeing rim brakes
Riding in groups also increases the possibility of an accident. Try singing, I drink alone by George Thorogood but replace 'drink' with 'cycle'
Solo can be good, as can riding with groups small and large… variety is the spice of life! Do some of each as fits your schedule and comfort level. The Elks BBQ is tri-tip sandwiches. Good stuff, but there are a lot more places serving them now than when they started many years ago. You could easily eat one and continue on the ride, especially if you were 3 hours in and had 2 hours to go…. The spots you are riding are some of the best road rides anywhere in the US. For those who are too scared to to ride because of cars, it is definitely worse than years ago, but Ventura County (where this was filmed) is very safe relative to many other places. If you ride at the right times (eg weekend mornings) you are much safer overall than when you drive. 🙏
Solo rides are good for the soul but also riding companions good, bad & experienced keeps you humbled & grateful for moments we have on & off the bike. Enjoy & safe travels 👍🏾
Totally agree.
Luvly ride! I also ride alone, but I do two group rides per year, both charity events, 25-35 miles each. I think of those as social events more than riding.
I know what you mean. Been riding with the club through the festive season, today a 3hour solo ride and I loved it. I will be posting a video a little later.
Why I ride alone? Because I have serious cooperation issues. Seriously though, I enjoyed your videos and I do empathize, also I really loved your still camera shots that gave the sense of climbing.
Rock on!
I ride alone because i have a family and no friends. 😂
Very nicely edited and wry observations.
I mainly ride alone because I like it. I like to listen to my music while climbing and being alone with my thoughts.
@@runmvp Well said.
95% of my riding is alone. As much for there's no one immediately around where I live that rides, not at any kind of pace. But I prefer alone anyway..
Like the video:
There is a climb here in one of our Metro Detroit northern suburbs. A lot of roadies in Farmington Hills, MI ride this stretch. But coming back on the descent can be reckless with company. You know, bobbing and weaving. Passing on the right...blah..blah..blah. I prefer solo for safety consciousness.
Totally understand. I've had some close calls too.
I prefer to ride motorcycles/scooters alone. It’s been awhile, but I definitely liked to go to the Rock Store, Angeles Crest Hwy, Julian, and so on by myself.
Enjoy your ride alongs. I've lived years in Santa Barbara and Ventura so I enjoy the scenery. One day I plan to get back there and ride up Gibraltar Road then cross 154 and celebrate at Cold Spring Tavern. A bucket list item.
@@atlaswest check out my many videos on Gibraltar… you’ll love and reminisce with the views.
All the "best" crashes I've had have happened due to someone else......
I have always ridden alone. When I see a load of cyclists speeding along and talking incessantly, therefore not watching the road, I am glad I go solo!
Enjoy the ride until some idiot makes you road kill - or worse. Not a bad way to go to exit this world doing something you love to do, but you run the risk of surviving with serious life-changing injuries. I rode for 30 years plus all around So Cal and survived. Some drunk driver side swiped me in 2016. The situation on the road is so much worse now, I could never imagine riding like I did before. After 35 years of cycling almost daily, in 2017 I came home after my ride and ended up putting the bike away and haven't touched it since. It was very weird. It was not even something I planned. But reality just hit me that day that cycling in So Cal was way too dangerous to my health or survival. Now I am a runner, and even that is a dangerous activity given all the crap we deal with in LA.
Billy No Mates here. Prefer it like that.
Yep same here. As a senior, I rode with a group . The group leader got to pick the route , fair. Now we are in our 70's and 80's, and most are showing up with Ebikes and wanting to ride friggin bike paths. Not me, I love hills, so now I ride alone. Thanks. KB
@@kenblair2538 love those Santa Monica mountains!!
I train alone almost always until races. I’ll do group rides for training and that’s it. I hate listening to anyone. I listen to people all day at work and I’m constantly hustling. I love people but they tire me. Thanks for listening 😂😂!
@@brandoncavnar9179 I agree.
I enjoy riding on my own most of the time! However, every now and then I might hop into a group ride or ride with the only handful of buddies I have in my life haha
Especially gravel or MTB I feel like it’s wise having someone with you. Never know what can happen and in so cal we are in mountain lion country.
Cheers!!
66 year old road cyclist . Ride 99% solo. Prefer it. It’s a form of meditation for me. Plus I can go when and where I want to. By the way great videos! Thanks for sharing.
@@randyppenner594 cool. Thanks!!
Ah, now you came out into our neighborhoods! The Read Rd bypass had several cars on it yesterday. Only residents know to open that gate on Olsen. Erbes yesterday was all headwind climbing the hump. The warning signs on the hill are there because a fire a few years ago burned down the plastic fences. Vicki and I brought our breakfast to the pump track overlook this morning....great spot! And yeah, Agoura Road is always headwinds! You didn't want to take a lake lap for the scenic view? Thanks for taking us along on the ride.
@@shell7789 Sometimes I’ll go around the lake, but just wasn’t in the mood that day.
I ride solo so much that I welcome an occasional buddy. 😁
It’s great to have riding buddies! Getting everyone on the same page is the tough part.
Good day, Sir! Safe ride/vlogging! GOD Bless!
Good video, and, though I’m no expert, it was very nicely edited. Never done any riding up near Santa Rosa (if that’s where you were riding) but it looks nice. As for riding alone, it’s okay, and I do about 90% alone, but I’ll admit I prefer to ride with at most two or three other riders for that little extra motivation.
Tried to follow you on Strava and sent you a Strava request to follow you. Always cool to follow a celebrity! :)
Fun video. Great job with all the camera angles and the editing. The ride-by's were great. I'm north of you SLO. No desire to ride road, but I (age 61) I still send it hard on the mtb, and I only ride solo, unless my 26yr old daughter joins me on a Sat.or Sun. ride. Love riding solo, and built a 47lb downhill bike to be my brick of a cross-training rig. Love climbing the local peaks on it, and then just full chaos on the descent. Wash, rinse, repeat.
@@austinado16 I love riding in SLO.
Solo for the soul!
Into the wind to start, wind at your back on the way home. I do my zone 2 alone so that it's my workout.
@@danielrussell9416 I was an idiot that day.
Riding alone is great because I don't have to wait for those who ride bald tires to fix flat after flat.
@@bubby372 ha ha. Yeah. No kidding.
I want to be alone and not talk while I make this video and talk the whole time!!!🤣🤣🤣
@@RobertTarmac I could have let you listen to the voices in my head… but then I would be demonetized
@@cyclinginsoutherncalifornia I know I'm just playing with you it's just one of those little life ironies that make you smile. 🙂
Nothing better than a brand new Smooothhhhh road, by bike or by Car.. Loved the video section of the camera on the wooden post rail. nice angle and view. Content, relaxed, yes, this is why I ride 80% of the time. I can stop at my favor Cafe for coffee, shoot the breeze with other bikers there is a special cafe on the route to the Cajas National Park that only caters to bikers.. coffee=.50cent and it's good too. Enjoy this video.
It's hard to beat a good road.
I'd bet you've ridden with Ken Mathis.
I ride alone a lot. It’s a little different for what I do. There are positives and negatives to being alone or with someone. I personally think the best size group is three.
As long as everyone is the same skill level. I hate being the "loser" of the the three.
Good size group to manage and great drafting
Solo rides are good for the soul 90% of my rides are alone I can ride at my own pace, Ride my own route I can make it as long or as short as I want to…. Give me time to think, sing along on a song, Challenge myself on climbs no one to chase or wait for my peaceful time…..
@@doron1170 perfectly said.
LOL 30 hours of the View and reruns no less...nothing worse than reliving the crappy news events of the last few months. A ride sounds so much more relaxing and good for your head.
A ride is much better. 😉
Not sure what the view is?
@@jayobannon5359 Talk show on ABC
@ It’s a TV show where women like Whoopie talk over one another and talk louder and louder with their fingers waving, with their strong opinions and need for attention… and they’re paid millions … it’s like watching 4 chickens in a coup that have been given amphetamines.
@@cyclinginsoutherncalifornia Another good reason for not having a TV
See Eddie Merckx…
I also enjoy riding alone.
Me too!
i can dig it.
Talking is being quiet ?
WHAT? Rim Brakes? How? Why?
It's an old bike. I don't want to spend $15,000 on a new one. I'd take that money and put it in a Roth-IRA and invest it in Pfizer. Get rich. Retire.
Because rim brakes work great and aren't butt ugly like the disk brakes? I feel sorry for all of the people riding these ugly, overpriced new bikes.
They're perfectly good. Disc brakes are really only necessary for offroad/mud and heavy e-bikes. They weigh more than rim brakes and harder to maintain, too. I much prefer rim brakes on a road bike.
Solo
You must be thinking as you are talking. Just saying.
Get a ebike
@@ar3zondo why?
@@cyclinginsoutherncalifornia Great vid. You wrapped up the benefits of riding solo.
I just bought a Trek Domane+ (road e-bike). Was going to buy just regular Domane but the price differential was only $500.The bike rides like a traditional bike when used without assist. I like that I have assist if I ever get close to bonking or need to fight the headwinds when riding back to home. Plus the Domane+ comes with speed and cadence sensors as well as a power meter (which isn't too accurate).