Hey Zen! That's great you're in the Denver area - I'd love to go for a ride sometime. I hear you about feeling lonely doing LC and cycling at times. I hang out quite a bit at www.bikeforums.net and www.cyclingforums.com and there are many anti-LC threads on there. For awhile I tried to talk sense to people, but most won't listen. Interestingly, there ARE other LC cyclists there as well - they just hide I guess.

Anyway, PM me anytime the weather is good and we'll see if we can't get a ride organized. Do you do road/mountain/both? Describe a "typical" ride for you - where do you like to go/how far?

For me - on the road - it's usually about 25 miles at between 15-18MPH. I do mountain also but it's still too muddy/icy to really enjoy any trails. Otherwise, I mostly ride in the southern end of town and enjoy the Platte River Trail, cruising around Chatfield Res and pretty much anywhere else that motorists don't see us as an opportunity for "points."