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"Nikita Synytskyy" <nikitaLIPOSUCTION@mondenet.com> wrote in message
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> "Reed Kennedy" <cornerSP@mmail.com> wrote
> >
>
> {snip}
>
> > Speaking as someone who's screwed up fairly majorly in the past, I think
> > we need to also concider the mistakes of the downed rider himself.  Just
> > because he got a bit roughed up and his bike was more or less shitcaned
> > doesn't make him blameless.  He was riding thoughtlessly, stupidy.  He
> > made -very- poor choices.  I've been riding with fairly quick riders
> > occasionally recently, and the ability to just let 'em go is as
important
> > to riding safely as using both brakes or countersteering.  He didn't do
> > that, and deserves some of our negative attention just as I have.
>
> I couldn't agree more.  Every time you crash, it's your own damn fault,
and
> no excuses cut it.  But....
>
> > Yes, motorcyclists need to watch out for each other.  But they also
> respect each
> > other.  When I ride with people, I want friends, not nannys.  I hope
that
> > Daniel and Andrew make somewhat different choices in the future, but I
> > also hope they continue to respect the people that they ride with as
> > individuals and adults.
>
> They were out on a group ride.  GROUP ride.  They were riding together,
from
> point A to point B.  The ultimate differense between group and solo is
that
> you always have to be aware of your riding mates, to know where they are,
to
> keep an eye on them, etc.  And you have to act according to what you see.
> If you see that others can't keep up, you slow down.  If someone crashes
you
> stop.  If someone crashes and you don't notice, it's not a group ride
> anymore--it's a bunch of people on motorcycles acting irresponsibly.
>


You know everyone keeps mentioning this Group Ride thing.  Before we headed
out on the ferry we discussed how everyone should ride his own ride.  We all
knew Daniel would be way out front, and I said I would be happy to bring up
the rear.  We all knew the waypoints, and I mentioned that the road was
treacherous several times.

Squidboy just had it in his mind to "Race" out there.  I swear he posted on
our Intranet msg board that he was trying to hang with Bannon and possibly
even pass him.   We did ride as a group out to this area, just as we had
lunch as a group, however everyone knew to ride their own ride when we got
on the destination road.   I told them we should queue up in order of
comfort and head out from there.  So by definiton, I am not sure the actual
twisty part was ever supposed to be a group ride.

--
Andrew
00 Sprint RS
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