A Good Sunday Loop Has A Natural End

There is a point where a Sunday ride is done, even if there are more roads on the map. The group gets quieter. The pace gets messy. People start thinking about home, pets, dinner, work tomorrow, and whether anyone else heard that noise from the bike.

A good loop has a natural end. It builds, gives you the good roads, allows a proper stop, and finishes before everyone is wrung out. That takes planning and restraint.

Longer is not automatically better. A ride that ends with everyone still keen for the next one has done its job. Leave a little appetite in the tank.