Since I retired in 2022 I've been doing bike tours in foreign countries solo.
I've met a fellow biker on this forum and we rode a few days in Thailand. I would ride with him again. Unfortunately he prefers to ride in Thailand only.
But on the other hand I've ridden with a guy for a week and I could not wait for him to leave as I was riding for 4 weeks and he joined me for a week.
He was moody and did not reply when you said morning to him. And then he would not talk for the whole day. What a cluster****!
From then on I preferred to ride on my own solo.
Do I get lonely? Yes because as bikers our choice of accommodation requires some parking for the bike and there is not much interaction with other travellers unlike when you ride on a bus/train.
I don't drink much and that makes it even harder to meet fellow travellers as I don't go to bars when solo.
But I prefer to be on my own than ride with someone I don't enjoy being with.
On my travels, I sometimes meet other bikers who are going in the same direction and we ride together for a few days and then go our separate ways.

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