1. You end up riding outside your own capabilities.
2. Quite often you'll end up speeding in 50 kmp/h zones 'cos everyone else is.
3. Most people follow too closely because someone in front of them is going too slow but guns it on the straights. (Refer to reason # 1)
4. The Police show an interest in some organised group rides.
5. Most people end up trying to race each other and end up in the situation describes in reason #1 and #2 and #3.
6. If you happen to pull over for a emergency, 7 times out of 10 other people on the ride won't stop for you unless you wave them down, because of reason #5.
7. You are likely to see or come across an accident on a group ride which may knock your confidence and hinder your riding.
8. All sorts of people are on group rides, 90% of them talk utter bullshit and after 3 or 4 group rides you get sick of it and eventually join in the bullshit talking and take the piss.
9. The group ride destinations are usually to Pub's, so you are riding with other people who are going to be under the influence of alcahol.
10. The price of beverages and food at the usual group ride destinations are exspensive and the porportions are impractical and "Auckland Cafe" like.
11. Mark (markauckland/skidmark) might be there in his one piece racing leathers with socks and sneakers on. You may die of a heart attack from laughing so hard.
12. People will abuse your bike if it is different from theres and if you are "apparently lucky" enough to have the same bike you'll be told to do XYZ modifications to be considered "cool".
13. Despite your riding ability and experience, CC capacity is the ranking system.
14. Everyone on the group ride will always pick out the "worst" rider there and find reasons to abuse them and how they should improve their riding ability.
15. Expect to have the piss taken out of you at least once, this might create a depressed mood and encourage you to become angry and go into "race mode" like reason #5 which will then result in you becoming the subject of reason #14
16. Someone will always tell you "You are going to crash at some point, everyone does it" and so you accept this, and crash. Don't. You don't have to crash, you can avoid crashing by being a better rider and not listning to their bullshit.
17. If you are new to the group, you won't be made to feel welcome.
18. Mark (markauckland/skidmark) might come in his one piece leathers with socks and sneakers, as mentioned in reason #11, so you won't only die of a heart attack from laughing so hard, but you'll also have to help him jump start or push start his bike.
To be continued...
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