Well said, me neither.
Group ride d-bags
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Road Master
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From: Inside of a house
Sounds like I am a volunteer firefighter and was trying to get to an emergency, but you and your wanna be MC friends just stay in your large groups and assume you run the road
Road Master
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From: Duluth, MN
If you are a volunteer firefighter, then you of all people should understand why group rides ride the way they do. It is for the safety of all in the group.
I applaud you being a volunteer, and if you have flashing lights on your vehicle that indicate you are a volunteer firefighter, maybe you should have taken down the plate number of the last bike and turned it over to authorities...
So many things that you COULD have done to try to alleviate the problem...
I have seen where a car cut into the middle of a pack and saw the safety issues it caused and the potential injury it COULD have caused just because someone thought THEY owned the road....
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Road Master
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From: Inside of a house
Yeah volunteer firefighters in Ontario put a green light on / in our trucks so people recognize its an unofficial emergcny vechicle and to move out of the way of it
Road Captain
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So annoying there is nothing worse then being on a single lane highway riding along and comming up to a large group ride that is going the speed limit or a little under the speed limit leaving no way to pass.
I am not knocking someone for driving the speed limit that's fine the law is the law, and I am not picking on group rides they are not for me but to each their own.
That being said however when you are in a group of around 20-30 bikes instead of taking over an entire section of road and basically screwing over any other vehicle on the highway with you. Leave a few large noticeable gaps in your group allowing faster riders / motorist to pass, it's just commen decency and it's not going to force people to make risky passing attempts to get around you keeping people in the group ride and other people on the road safe
I am not knocking someone for driving the speed limit that's fine the law is the law, and I am not picking on group rides they are not for me but to each their own.
That being said however when you are in a group of around 20-30 bikes instead of taking over an entire section of road and basically screwing over any other vehicle on the highway with you. Leave a few large noticeable gaps in your group allowing faster riders / motorist to pass, it's just commen decency and it's not going to force people to make risky passing attempts to get around you keeping people in the group ride and other people on the road safe
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From: Massachusetts
It must be a Canadian thing. The group thought they were more important than you.
Last edited by Jack Sullivan; Sep 3, 2015 at 09:22 AM.
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Road Master
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I think it was that maybe the leader of the group could not clearly see my emergcny lights and the people at the back did not have a brain.
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I'm just busting on you with the canadian thing. I love canada.
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Years ago, I got stuck behind a group like that. The back end of it had a major "rubber-band" thing going on, and was averaging 45 mph. Because of curves, hills, and sight lines, there weren't many places to pass the whole group safely. One straight section finally presented itself. Being young and immortal with a fast bagger, I went for it. When I went around the two guys in front, I was at 117 mph. Made it.
Having survived...These days I would consider pulling over for a minute or two and let them get some distance before doing that again. If the amateur groupies wanna think they're better off riding like that, I don't need to be the wrench in their gears.
Having survived...These days I would consider pulling over for a minute or two and let them get some distance before doing that again. If the amateur groupies wanna think they're better off riding like that, I don't need to be the wrench in their gears.
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From: Chicagoland
Ever been in a country song, stuck behind a working man in a tractor taking up most of the road doing way less than the speed limit??? Lol