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29-07-10, 06:39 PM

Anyone else a bit apprehensive about riding in such a big group of bikes in close quarters? I've seen groups of 25, and occasions on the GM with 50, where riders get excited, swept up in the atmosphere, and are perhaps concentrating on the spectacle of it all, rather than what's in front or behind them?

I know I'll be taking it very easy, near the back, and riding very defensively in a group of that size.

I know I don't have to do the rideout, and I know others who have decided not to for exactly this reason, but I have decided the benefit outweighs the risk, but it still doesn't stop me being a bit apprehensive about it and I'm not exactly a newbie to group riding.

How many bikes are we actually expecting?

29-07-10, 06:39 PM	#1
-Ralph- Guest Posts: n/a	Doing the rideout? Anyone else a bit apprehensive about riding in such a big group of bikes in close quarters? I've seen groups of 25, and occasions on the GM with 50, where riders get excited, swept up in the atmosphere, and are perhaps concentrating on the spectacle of it all, rather than what's in front or behind them? I know I'll be taking it very easy, near the back, and riding very defensively in a group of that size. I know I don't have to do the rideout, and I know others who have decided not to for exactly this reason, but I have decided the benefit outweighs the risk, but it still doesn't stop me being a bit apprehensive about it and I'm not exactly a newbie to group riding. How many bikes are we actually expecting?