Decline of group rides (quantity) and how do you cope with it?

[inreb]

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I don't mean to disrespect racing. I was responding to a post that said (for that individual) street riding gets boring once you get up to a certain speed. I would suggest 100% on the street is like 100% on the track. Just the mechanics and outright speed are different. On the street, if I'm riding 80% thru a set of curves that's my 100%. I feel that 100% rush because of the unknowns of public roads. But I've left myself that little bit of safety margin. The racer does too otherwise he'd be crashing all the time.
Another good example might be trials. It's slow, it's not racing but it's far from boring.

 

[油井緋色]

I don't mean to disrespect racing. I was responding to a post that said (for that individual) street riding gets boring once you get up to a certain speed. I would suggest 100% on the street is like 100% on the track. Just the mechanics and outright speed are different. On the street, if I'm riding 80% thru a set of curves that's my 100%. I feel that 100% rush because of the unknowns of public roads. But I've left myself that little bit of safety margin. The racer does too otherwise he'd be crashing all the time.
Another good example might be trials. It's slow, it's not racing but it's far from boring.

I agree, but as much as I hate to admit it, the HTA172 worries me -_-

The better yet you, get the faster you go, and I'm pretty sure any decent rider's 75% isn't the speed limit. Even the 250s I ride with have this issue.

 

[RockerGuy]

+1 Totally agree.....riding with strangers anything can happen.This will be my third season on GTAM and have seen maybe 10 accidents.It's becoming all too common

Yeh, seen my fair share of crashes. Next time I'll got to a gtam ride with a gopro to do a crash compilation.

Btw I just pushed a bike out of a ditch this weekend. Doesn't bother me what people choose to do with their bikes.

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[N3WMAN]

When our rides got popular we were having a crash(sometimes two) on pretty much every ride.

It never really bothered me. Nobody ever got seriously injured, nobody wreck their bikes beyond repair. Made for good stories.

 

[Invincible]

I had to pull 206 km/h on a 90km/h country road trying to catch up to these reckless bozos one time... I don't know about them but I have a licence and I want to continue riding a bike for life so I don't want a stunt driving HTA charge to screw my insurance. These guys don't have insurance or a licence me thinks.

On the other side of the coin there are these 50+ over older guys with their big cruisers/goldwings and their slow-poke boooring rides. There simply isn't any mid-range rides, a middle ground.



Of course people are going to cry when YOU and Ramon123 leave fellow riding brothas abandoned in ditches when they crash. One time you stopped just to see if the guy was alive and quickly moved on while the guy was still moaning on the ground.

looks like we have goldielox here who just cant find the porage that's just right.

on top of that u keep telling mystical stories hopeing people will believe you.

no matter how much you repeat it densest make it true.

i still find it amusing this "left wounded in a ditch" story is back from your fairy tale from last year.

you should write a book about all your imaginary adventures.

if you show up to a ride i'm at. please stay in the back or go home if u want to cry. u must be really slow if you have to gun it after a corner to catch up. i never find myself having to gun a straight trying to catch up(I guess i have more skill than you do). i do however slow down a bit on straights so I can have a bit of space to catch back up as i run through a corner. i guess you can compare that to when you ride with your slow poke cruiser guys. only difference is i don't whine and complain. i find a solution that works for me.

 

[RockerGuy]

on top of that u keep telling mystical stories hopeing people will believe you.

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His avatar is about a "mystical" creature, why would you expect anything less??

 

[Invincible]

His avatar is about a "mystical" creature, why would you expect anything less??

your right lol.

peggy put this on the cover of your next story.

 

[Mina]

I remember Brian P leaving a ride many years ago...lol damn hooligans

I used to love do group rides, especially the Muskoka area. But after bill 203 came along it was no longer fun.

I'd still do a Muskoka ride in the future, but only with riders I know.

Too many unknown riders with go-pro's equals a no-no for me.

I have heard about these Muskoka runs, am I too late to the party?

 

[skip]

Use to do some group riding years ago. Now I prefer riding solo or with a good friend or two with similar riding styles. Lets me stop to grab a picture when I want and if I'm really curious where that unassumed road goes I can try and find out.

 

[jc100]

I agree, but as much as I hate to admit it, the HTA172 worries me -_-

The better yet you, get the faster you go, and I'm pretty sure any decent rider's 75% isn't the speed limit. Even the 250s I ride with have this issue.

Silly me..I thought that the better you get the more mature you are as a rider and the more able you are to control your right hand.

 

[Roomie]

Silly me..I thought that the better you get the more mature you are as a rider and the more able you are to control your right hand.

8 times out of 10 this is not the case at all.


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[mikbusa]

When our rides got popular we were having a crash(sometimes two) on pretty much every ride.

It never really bothered me. Nobody ever got seriously injured, nobody wreck their bikes beyond repair. Made for good stories.

"Nobody ever got seriously injured" - I hope you maintain this good fortune. I have no interest in riding with people this cavalier about crashing. If that's within your comfort zone, great, but I don't ride with people who think this is a game. I'll ride with anybody once, but if I see things that I don't like, then that's it, I move on. The people I like to ride with have "not crashing" as a priority. I found that riding the same roads over and over was only fun when hauling ***, so I have focused on getting out to new areas, and there are lots of people who have the same approach.

 

[油井緋色]

Silly me..I thought that the better you get the more mature you are as a rider and the more able you are to control your right hand.

That's what happened to my right foot in regards to driving when I started riding. Hell, I stay in the grandma lane while driving and rarely pass anyone while doing the speed limit.

 

[jc100]

"Nobody ever got seriously injured" - I hope you maintain this good fortune. I have no interest in riding with people this cavalier about crashing. If that's within your comfort zone, great, but I don't ride with people who think this is a game. I'll ride with anybody once, but if I see things that I don't like, then that's it, I move on. The people I like to ride with have "not crashing" as a priority. I found that riding the same roads over and over was only fun when hauling ***, so I have focused on getting out to new areas, and there are lots of people who have the same approach.

I have pretty much the same philosophy. I have no interest in riding with yahoos and I generally don't trust people anyway if I don't know them, but I'm also riding to see different places, to stop occasionally and admire the scenery. Try new places out to eat etc. Speed's fun n'all but that's not my #1 concern at all when riding so a group ride that doesn't enable me to stop when I want is no good to me.

 

[CafeRay]

Honestly, group riding concept mystifies me. I grew up commuting on my bike, the idea of just riding around for no reason makes no sense to me. I was once asked to do a group ride in North Carolina, and those guys treated the ride like it was some athletic endeavour, drinking sports drinks, stretching at stops.. embarrassing. The posing aspect of riding just does not appeal to me. It's sitting on your *** and twisting a throttle, you want effort, let's go for a two-four hour ride on some carbon fiber bicycles.

From the groups that I see around here, they seem to want attention, acting like badasses, looking like idiots. Maybe when I get older, I'll feel the need to get recognition by society by riding around with straight pipes and pissing off people in areas I don't live. What do theses guys do in the winter? Get together in their Kias and occasionally spin out on the snow ?

 

[vrus]

whoa back up, drinking sports drinks is embarrassing?

 

[油井緋色]

Honestly, group riding concept mystifies me. I grew up commuting on my bike, the idea of just riding around for no reason makes no sense to me. I was once asked to do a group ride in North Carolina, and those guys treated the ride like it was some athletic endeavour, drinking sports drinks, stretching at stops.. embarrassing. The posing aspect of riding just does not appeal to me. It's sitting on your *** and twisting a throttle, you want effort, let's go for a two-four hour ride on some carbon fiber bicycles.

From the groups that I see around here, they seem to want attention, acting like badasses, looking like idiots. Maybe when I get older, I'll feel the need to get recognition by society by riding around with straight pipes and pissing off people in areas I don't live. What do theses guys do in the winter? Get together in their Kias and occasionally spin out on the snow ?

I sit on my king chair and play video games all winter juggling school work while contributing to "I hate winter" threads on these forums.

And buddy...you sound extremely judgmental, get the stick out of your *** man. You realize that sport drinks hydrate you much better than water? The carbon fiber bicycle comment was really unnecessary but since you started it: try Tough Mudder. When I ran it in May, mother nature along with the obstacles were trying to kill us (literally). I saw at least a dozen people with hypothermia, my gf also had mild symptoms of hypothermia. Most of us made it through...I never Googled to see if anyone died that day but I honestly wouldn't be surprised.

The above scenario and motorcycling share one driving force: passion. From your posts...you really need some of it. You sound like a grumpy 80 year old prune!

 

[dgcx]

the only way i cope with it is either 1) riding solo, negating the need for a group altogether and added risks 2) go on a group rides and just approach people who you think share the same style as you and keep in touch with them via cell.

once people know who they like riding with they keep it tight knit until they venture out with other rides. the process takes time to establish a core group. i personally think 4 people is more than enough to have fun without all the worry, anything more gets quite hectic.

 

[jc100]

When I go for a ride I frequently end up having a coffee or something at a place where there's a bunch of riders so I have a chat there and then go my own merry way. Can't have a decent chat when riding anyway so it suits me fine plus you meet interesting people and if they happen to be ****tards you can get away from them easily enough.

 

[Gary]

"Nobody ever got seriously injured" - I hope you maintain this good fortune. I have no interest in riding with people this cavalier about crashing. If that's within your comfort zone, great, but I don't ride with people who think this is a game. I'll ride with anybody once, but if I see things that I don't like, then that's it, I move on. The people I like to ride with have "not crashing" as a priority. I found that riding the same roads over and over was only fun when hauling ***, so I have focused on getting out to new areas, and there are lots of people who have the same approach.

Being right behind you when you crashed on Snake Rd was the 2nd last group ride I've been on.
For me, that was the 'icing on the cake', but at least I didn't blow a testicle hauling you, or your bike out of a ditch - it was pleasantly lodged under the guard rail where no one could move it.
However, I reluctantly went on a group ride this yr, and got rear ended by another rider.
I won't ride with more than 1 person anymore.

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