Depends on what you mean by lonely, I think. I'm a transportation cyclist, but I don't think being a cyclist has measurably increased the number of friends I h

Depends on what you mean by lonely, I think. I'm a transportation cyclist, but I don't think being a cyclist has measurably increased the number of friends I have. It did give me something in common with quite a few of my friends, but I didn't meet any of them through cycling. For a while I tried joining a cycling club, but I found that I didn't have much in common with racing cyclists. Being a cyclist did however does apparently increase the number of people who seem willing to harm me, unfortunately. That's not loneliness, but it's not good either.