Spanky is right... That's all I've done is on the group rides, worked my a$$ off to hang with them. Got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, got dropped, did not get dropped.
Took me almost 2 years. And of course, outside of the group rides, I did a lot of solo riding as well. But being on my bike is pretty much all I wanted to do. So the journey has been fun for me.