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03-10-2010, 06:36 AM
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| Tribunus Laticlavius Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern California
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| Lunch rides?
I have several coworkers that ride. It will be fun to know them out of work. However one wheelie showboater never wears gear and am concerned he will show off and get hurt. What have been your lunch ride experiences?
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03-10-2010, 07:13 AM
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| Alaska bound  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Youngstown, Ohio
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Don't do it. I make it a policy to not ride with anyone without proper gear on. If an "incident" takes place the outcome is usually a lot different for a rider who is wearing gear. At the very least get him to wear a helmet, gloves and boots.
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03-10-2010, 07:27 AM
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western KY
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Don't ride with the squid. I'll ride with someone who isn't fully geared up, but they have on a good start to the essentials...(gloves, helmet, jacket). I take solo rides during lunch. Farthest I went was 45 miles one day. I rode from my office to a local dam and watched the barges go through. |
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03-10-2010, 07:36 AM
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| Sixty-9er  Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Chicagoland
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Lunch is for wimps.
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03-10-2010, 09:12 AM
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| Milites Gregarius  Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: oklahoma city ok
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If I am unsure of a riders abilities or if I know they do not ride safely, but I want to ride with the others in the group, I just stay behind them.
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03-10-2010, 09:25 AM
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| snow hater  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Omaha, NE
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 aaaawww, and I thought this was gonna be a thread about NOONERs  My desk is about 2 blocks away from where I park my bike (or truck, whatever). And since I only take a 30 minute lunch break, I don't ride my bike at lunch (when I ride to work). I'd sure like to, but being an hourly employee - I'd rather work my 8 and GTFO ... I take the long way home to make up for it.  | |
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03-10-2010, 10:06 AM
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| Harry says "Fuck PC!"  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Coming to you LIVE from Belahalababa
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I ride alone............................................. cause my skills suck! On the other hand, you never ride alone if you are schizophrenic. |
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03-10-2010, 02:59 PM
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| Milites Gregarius  Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Maryland
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If you wouldn't ride with him outside of work, why bother to do so during lunch at work.
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03-10-2010, 04:22 PM
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| Tirone  Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA
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03-11-2010, 06:07 AM
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| Tribunus Laticlavius Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern California
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Thanks for all your advice! Quote:
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Nice, as exempt I need some lunch barge rides! Quote:
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Your skills are perfectly fine since you keep the rubber side down and ridden much more than most! Quote:
After more thought, the downside risks are too great. I will keep my social interaction limited to lunch eating and ride Solo. Thanks! Last edited by dream; 03-11-2010 at 06:21 AM. | |||||
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03-16-2010, 06:18 AM
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| necked 919  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: SJ, CA United States of America
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We sometimes do a Friday lunch ride with a mutt pack of bikes and riders. We get one of the HD guys to lead the way and that keeps everyone at a mild/medium pace... It also helps that the head of security and a safety engineer rides with us too.  |
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03-18-2010, 06:42 AM
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| Tribunus Laticlavius Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern California
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It's great to hear from you Ray and hope all is well! The best group ride I've done is the one you organized. Let's ride soon. | |
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