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The Ten Commandments of Riding
1. Arrive at a group ride ready to ride. This means with a full tank of gas, appropriate clothing for the weather, well-rested and fed, and a bike in a safe operating condition. Riding is no fun if you are too hot or too cold. Your friends would rather ride than wrench on your bike or get gas for you. 2. Make sure everyone is aware of the proposed route and extended stops (such as lunch, fuel, sightseeing stops). It is always a good idea to prepare a map of the route with these stops indicated. 3. The ride is self paced, ride at a speed you feel comfortable with. No one should feel pressure to keep up with anyone else. In particular, no one will object to riding as slowly as you wish. It is natural for people to feel they need to keep up with the rider ahead, however, riding outside your limits is the main reason riders get hurt! Our primary focus is to ensure the safety of you and other riders.
4. Ride in a staggered formation, with a minimum of two seconds between you and the rider directly in front of you. This allows you to use the entire lane to ride in and give you an extra margin of safety. 5. Ride your ride, not the rider's in front of you. Make sure you keep looking down the road and through the corners. Not at the bike ahead of you. Set your own pace and choose your own lines through the corners
6. A group of motorcycles is not considered a "single vehicle". Be courteous and allow cars to enter/exit a highway or change lanes. Make sure you let riders behind you know what is going on by using appropriate hand signals (this applies to other hazards, as well).
7. At least one of the riders ahead of you (if any) will wait at every point where you might make a wrong turn.
8. Similarly, you are expected to wait at intersections and other decision points until the person behind you (if any) shows up.
9. Plan brief stops through out the ride to let everyone regroup, make sure everyone is present, check gas supplies, and to allow for rest.
10. If you decide to split off from the ride, make a reasonable attempt to alert the entire group to your departure: if regrouping does not happen soon enough for you, you must let at least one other person know you are leaving.
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