I rode behind omnivore at Deals Gap and tried to keep pace with him. He was long gone while I low sided in a hairpin turn.
Newbie mistake... Trying to keep up with experienced riders.
I've been guilty too
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If you dont push your limits then youll never get past them
While I agree with you, it seems that lately people don't understand time and a place. Between that and the whole fuck the police attitude there's nothing but bad things that will come out of it.
For me last summer I was heading back home from Wasaga Beach in a fairly big group ride, as we were passing cars on the highway 1 guy slows down in front of me to look at the blocker to the right of him, while I was right behind him I slowed down to avoid hitting him...idiotic move on his part but it is what it is....meanwhile there was a car coming towards us & I had no room to move to the right so...I did a last second ditch to avoid getting splattered by the on coming car & put the bike on the gravel to my left but I did manage to keep it up & get back on the pavement all in one piece!
I guess that the dumbest shit I have ever done is going on big group rides...never again!
For me last summer I was heading back home from Wasaga Beach in a fairly big group ride, as we were passing cars on the highway 1 guy slows down in front of me to look at the blocker to the right of him, while I was right behind him I slowed down to avoid hitting him...idiotic move on his part but it is what it is....meanwhile there was a car coming towards us & I had no room to move to the right so...I did a last second ditch to avoid getting splattered by the on coming car & put the bike on the gravel to my left but I did manage to keep it up & get back on the pavement all in one piece!
I guess that the dumbest shit I have ever done is going on big group rides...never again!
Ahhh group rides with strangers lol
I stopped going to those a long time ago, seems everyone is out to prove how awesome of a rider they are while not even knowing the basics.
I guess that the dumbest shit I have ever done is going on big group rides...never again!
I guess it depends on the group, but I had similar experience with a group that liked to wobble slowly in corners then slingshot on the straight bits. A the stop after some discussion I realized they thought that is how to ride a bike, meanwhile some guy on a loaded up Concours passed and pulled away from them all in the twisty bits.
How many of us have had a mysterious stalling-in-first issue?
I saw a poor guy last summer on a Multistrada struggle with this for ten minutes before I showed his sidestand was down.
I recommend that everyone crash at least once, after years of ridding without crashing you start feeling invincible and then is when the bad stuff happens. I have been lucky to only crash on track a few times and not on the street, but since then my 'spirited' street riding has calmed down by 80%.
This does not feel good, Imagine doing it at an intersection? Make sure volume is full on for the full effect
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I recommend that everyone crash at least once, after years of ridding without crashing you start feeling invincible and then is when the bad stuff happens. I have been lucky to only crash on track a few times and not on the street, but since then my 'spirited' street riding has calmed down by 80%.
This does not feel good, Imagine doing it at an intersection? Make sure volume is full on for the full effect
