Group rides - Here's a question or two

[tigertim20]

Most n00bs would.

Oh, did I firget to bow down to the all seeing all knowing KM?
I forgot you knew everything.

[Katman]

Oh, did I firget to bow down to the all seeing all knowing KM?
I forgot you knew everything.

Meh, stick with it long enough and you'll learn.

[Katman]

If group rides were restricted to those of the sort of learner rides that Maha and Mom organise, there would be no problem.

History dictates that most other sorts of group rides over and above the 3-5 participants already mentioned is a recipie for disaster.

[James Deuce]

see I wanna disagree with that.
I do plenty of group rides, and up to 20 riders is fine... provided you know each other, each others expectations. The problems tend to come when you have an influx of new riders to the group. In that case you just have to think ahead. Split into more than one group if necessary.

Course you do. Your tune will change after a few funerals and spending lots of time in hospital waiting rooms. Or are you one of those group riders who just fucks off home after an incident and then laughs behind the back of the poor bastard trying to get his life back together?

[baffa]

Course you do. Your tune will change after a few funerals and spending lots of time in hospital waiting rooms. Or are you one of those group riders who just fucks off home after an incident and then laughs behind the back of the poor bastard trying to get his life back together?

If you want to ban group rides, you can start by hanging up your helmet.

[DrunkenMistake]

Course you do. Your tune will change after a few funerals and spending lots of time in hospital waiting rooms. Or are you one of those group riders who just fucks off home after an incident and then laughs behind the back of the poor bastard trying to get his life back together?

To be fair he has/had a point,
and I have been on a few group rides with TT and he is the kind of person to stop if he gets to far ahead and wait for everyone to show back up, if they dont start turning up, he turns back, its who he is, and I know for a fact not to long ago he had an experience been first on a scene of a messy motorbike accident on his way to a Rally, which seemed to have him a bit shaken, but you kind of seem like one of those people who would sit in their home on a sunny say and look out your window between your closed curtains and make judgment of the people walking past.

[James Deuce]

To be fair he has/had a point,
and I have been on a few group rides with TT and he is the kind of person to stop if he gets to far ahead and wait for everyone to show back up, if they dont start turning up, he turns back, its who he is, and I know for a fact not to long ago he had an experience been first on a scene of a messy motorbike accident on his way to a Rally, which seemed to have him a bit shaken, but you kind of seem like one of those people who would sit in their home on a sunny say and look out your window between your closed curtains and make judgment of the people walking past.

And you look like an the sort of cock who'd make that accusation from behind the safety of his keyboard.

[baffa]

I guess we are yet to realise that you are always right and we are always wrong.

[blackdog]

but you kind of seem like one of those people who would sit in their home on a sunny say and look out your window between your closed curtains and make judgment of the people walking past.

And you look like an the sort of cock who'd make that accusation from behind the safety of his keyboard.

I like where this is going.

[BuckBuck#1]

And you look like an the sort of cock who'd make that accusation from behind the safety of his keyboard.

I guess we are yet to realise that you are always right and we are always wrong.

I like where this is going.

Gidday Blackdog, reckon you got that right. In the can.

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[Flip]

Back to the question in hand, the TEC looks after the newby riders.

I usually don't mind being the TEC. I carry tools and a first aid kit in all my bikes. About a quarter of the time I just want to ride and won't offer to be at the back.

If a rider wants to split from the ride all I ask is just pull over and I will pull as well and you can let me know.

I have never had a problem with newby riders on a group run, they are as nervous as hell and just want to get there without an accident or making a dick of themselves. If I had to point the finger its the squids who have just enough experience to ride at a reasonable rate but haven't yet leant the "hard lessons". I have pulled a few of them out of ditches over the years.

The biggest group ride I have done was 900 bikes through Auckland for the Hog nationals a couple of years ago, after this the 50 that turns up for the WNR is a piece of cake.

[BuckBuck#1]

Back to the question in hand, the TEC looks after the newby riders.

I usually don't mind being the TEC. I carry tools and a first aid kit in all my bikes. About a quarter of the time I just want to ride and won't offer to be at the back.

If a rider wants to split from the ride all I ask is just pull over and I will pull as well and you can let me know.

I have never had a problem with newby riders on a group run, they are as nervous as hell and just want to get there without an accident or making a dick of themselves. If I had to point the finger its the squids who have just enough experience to ride at a reasonable rate but haven't yet leant the "hard lessons". I have pulled a few of them out of ditches over the years.

The biggest group ride I have done was 900 bikes through Auckland for the Hog nationals a couple of years ago, after this the 50 that turns up for the WNR is a piece of cake.

A good post informative and constructive thank you Flip.

[bluninja]

I went out on a group ride last night. Didn't know anyone there. There was a brief overview of the route before we headed off and away went about 20 bikes.

It was a nice ride, nobody crashed, the suicide squad quickly disapeared into the distance and were already chilling their tonsils when the rest arrived.

At then end of the day we all ride with other motorists that we don't know every day, what makes a group ride so different?

[Katman]

At then end of the day we all ride with other motorists that we don't know every day, what makes a group ride so different?

The fact that you're not all going to be at the same destination.

[Latte]

I went out on a group ride last night. Didn't know anyone there. There was a brief overview of the route before we headed off and away went about 20 bikes.

It was a nice ride, nobody crashed, the suicide squad quickly disapeared into the distance and were already chilling their tonsils when the rest arrived.

At then end of the day we all ride with other motorists that we don't know every day, what makes a group ride so different?

There's no sucide squad without the squad (then it's just a suicide squid).