07-19-2016, 08:49 AM
As with most polls here, I seem to be somewhere in the middle.
I am a RR when I'm leading other riders. This is true for both day rides and touring, although I will wander a bit with other riders in tow if I am riding in familiar territory. The problem I have with wandering in a group-ride scenario is the dead-end, the gravel road, the stop sign at a 4 or 6 lane crossroad, the "round-em-up" gesture I have to make to signal a U-turn. I tend to stick to the planned route to avoid comments and dirty looks from my friends.
I am a W when I'm alone...except when I am a RR. LOL. I have not had many opportunities to just ride out alone and stop wherever I want. My spouse knows the perils of this hobby and likes to know my route when I head out alone. Day rides, though, are almost always wandering rides. Long rides are usually a combination of styles. For example, when I rode solo from Chicago to Cincinnati in 2014, I had a planned route, but at a stopping point in the middle of Indiana, I looked at my map and changed my route. I did this because it looked like a more interesting route than the one I had originally planned.
So, I am not sure how to vote in the poll. I guess I will say I am a RR because most of my rides are planned.
I am a RR when I'm leading other riders. This is true for both day rides and touring, although I will wander a bit with other riders in tow if I am riding in familiar territory. The problem I have with wandering in a group-ride scenario is the dead-end, the gravel road, the stop sign at a 4 or 6 lane crossroad, the "round-em-up" gesture I have to make to signal a U-turn. I tend to stick to the planned route to avoid comments and dirty looks from my friends.
I am a W when I'm alone...except when I am a RR. LOL. I have not had many opportunities to just ride out alone and stop wherever I want. My spouse knows the perils of this hobby and likes to know my route when I head out alone. Day rides, though, are almost always wandering rides. Long rides are usually a combination of styles. For example, when I rode solo from Chicago to Cincinnati in 2014, I had a planned route, but at a stopping point in the middle of Indiana, I looked at my map and changed my route. I did this because it looked like a more interesting route than the one I had originally planned.
So, I am not sure how to vote in the poll. I guess I will say I am a RR because most of my rides are planned.