i usually ride with my brother but he broke his collar bone yesterday ridding back from work (just avoiding a stupid kid who cut him off and smashed into a pole) so now i mostly ride alone sure i dont push myself as hard as i usually would but i dial my lines a lot better and get to work on my trails without getting bothered
When I've ridden in groups before, I used to hate riding out back of group as I used to come off either bunching up getting disorientated by their rear wheel or lagging back depending on who I was riding with.
But now, I am older, fatter and generally slower off technical trails, I like to enjoy on my own but do miss those group rides and similarly skilled speed riders as mates to go for a razz round woods.
Once I get fitter, will start to ride in groups but I like meeting random riders and tagging along visaversa.