Riding in groups/with others

[What?]

I generally prefer to ride alone, but occasionally will ride with small groups of people that I know and trust.

Edit

Shame about your experience on the BADD ride, especially given the reason for the ride..

I avoid group rides like the plague - the BADD run should have been a model of sensibility, but in the 1 mile of highway between my gate and the side road I was going to, I lost count of the acts of utter stupidity I saw. Saw the same on organised runs 25+ years ago; seems nothing has changed.

[Pancakes]

The last ATNR was awesome! Like people have said, a gander around at the start can make you pick some bikes to stay away from but this was a good mixed bag of bikes and riders, all well prepaired and looking comfertable. I dunno how many bikes, 15 - 25, didn't count but it ran well. The group stayed close enough that no-one was waiting but broke into a few packs with good lines etc taken buy the people around me. A bit tough riding a 2fiddy when your following a Tuono and a Fazer thou and have the BusaPete's behind you. Some riders give a squirt on the straights and are gone but everyone was lovin the corners at around the same pace. No "young" riders were really there tho, there were young people but no-one that looked like they had anything to prove.