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Old Sep 3, 2015 | 08:04 AM
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If you knew anything about riding in a pack, you would not have posted this.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2015 | 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by StoneyFatBoy
I've been on bikes for 14 years I just need people to be more considerate
14 years...I've got sneakers that old. Plus in Ontario that computes to about 4 years of riding. Just learn to take the good with the bad or you're just going to be pissed all the time. Have fun and speed safely.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2015 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Rick58
If they are going the speed limit you've got nothing to whine about.
This.

Originally Posted by Pothole914
Sounds like the "I'm more important than you" syndrome. Get over yourself.
And this.

And no one is forcing anyone to "make risky passing attempts". Slow down, enjoy life, and realize the couple minutes you might save on your drive isn't worth driving like a mad man and putting yourself and others in danger.

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Old Sep 3, 2015 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by mdm
I'm not going to be anywhere close to a group of 20 bikes.
Well said, me neither.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2015 | 08:21 AM
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The few group rides I've seen, we're all going faster than me and the speed limit. I guess I've been lucky.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2015 | 08:31 AM
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Seems like you ride in an area where group riding is prevalent. If in fact this is a real concern for you, perhaps it time for you to move since the majority is not in your favor.

Or more likely, you just thought this thread would turn out differently when you chose to post it.

When I pull up on a group ride, I check out the chicks, yall' take as long as you like....
 
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Old Sep 3, 2015 | 08:33 AM
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You would love the group rides around here when the Devil Staircase event is going on. Everybody rides like a bat out of hell getting there. Like 50-60 bikers groups running red lights and 4 way stops. One ride like that broke me from group rides.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2015 | 08:41 AM
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Originally Posted by an Uncouth Barbarian
If you knew anything about riding in a pack, you would not have posted this.
I don't know about group rides because I don't do them, because every time I am in a rush for whatever reason I get stuck behind a large group ride that are seeming impossible to pass
 
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Old Sep 3, 2015 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Coastal CVO
Seems like you ride in an area where group riding is prevalent. If in fact this is a real concern for you, perhaps it time for you to move since the majority is not in your favor.

Or more likely, you just thought this thread would turn out differently when you chose to post it.

When I pull up on a group ride, I check out the chicks, yall' take as long as you like....
Nope just a volunteer firefighter that could not help somebody that needed it because a large group ride refused to move over and make space even though I had my green light flashing
 
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Old Sep 3, 2015 | 08:49 AM
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Green light?
 
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