Ride to Marin Sat., July 12th anyone?

[Delmar]

have a beer with me  , then call me a jackass.

I will!   

[smducman]

Dear DOC  [moto]

Will we have this group ride or not ?
Either easy pace or crazy pace , I am in .
Let have fun...

[TCK!]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tqXQo6NqFDk

[CharliesAngel]

Dear DOC  [moto]

Will we have this group ride or not ?
Either easy pace or crazy pace , I am in .
Let have fun...

There are five us of confirmed and six maybes, meeting at Tambucks at 9 am and kickstands up at 9:15 am - see you there!

[Michael Moore]

I should be there too.

BTW, there's a Brewfest going on at Marin Brewing at 1pm. I'm just sayin...

[CharliesAngel]

I should be there too.

BTW, there's a Brewfest going on at Marin Brewing at 1pm. I'm just sayin...

Hmmm, I think if you lead...they will follow!   

[smducman]

I will have a friend come along , look like we are going to have good group 

[CharliesAngel]

I will have a friend come along , look like we are going to have good group 

Awesome! We have 10 confirmed and 4 maybes    See you at Tambuck's!

[CharliesAngel]

Wow - well we had 15people on our ride in the beginning!  Some random dude riding a Kawi ended up joining our ride thinking we were the Newbie BARF ride to Bolinas... Anyway we had to split up into two groups.  My apologies for it being rather confusing at some points - Haloduc crashing early on in the ride was definitely worrisome.  I'm just happy that he wasn't more hurt (not that a broken clavicle is a small matter).   Good thing he's an orthopedic surgeon so he seemed to know what was going on.  Basically a car that passed the accident let those of us who were at the Stop sign know that we had a man down.  Three of us returned to the accident scene.  Csongor and Rick were already there and then smDucman and his buddy, Dave showed up.  It took three guys to pull out Solon's bike from under the metal guardrail.  We called Hattar and they sent a tow truck to retrieve the bike and Haloduc.  Thanks Rick for offering to stay with him!!!    We're just thrilled that you were able to walk away from the accident - here's to leather gear!!! 

Lesson learned is that next time, I'm passing out hard copy maps to everyone and will have designated pre-assigned stop points.  Spidey, great seeing you!  Csongor, we're sorry that we lost you.  Normally I'm the sweep but I had to lead in order to show the guys where we were going to get the oysters.

Anyway, it ended up being a beautiful day.  I hope everyone makes it home safely and that we can ride again soon!

Cheers - Charlie

[smducman]

Charlie ,
Thanks for organized a group ride  and nice to meet everyone 

[ptam]

Sorry I missed this, sounds like it was a good time.  I was on a plane back for New Jersey...  

Haloduc:  Sorry to hear about the accident and heal-up soon.  Let us know if you need any help.

Reading all the "debate" on the newbie friendliness of these rides reminds me of when I first started riding about 3 1/2 years ago.  There was a "newbie" ride set up for the Tam loop and I had just finished my MSF and got my 620.  I really wanted to attend the group ride, but was a little antsy on riding over there.  A few of the local mobsters offered to come "pick me up" and escort me over there.  I ultimately decided that I was most likely going to ride over my head and it wasn't worth it.  Both Michael Moore and Spidey both said to me not to worry, there will be plenty of group rides and not to worry about missing this one and that sitting this one out would probably be best.  I don't regret that decision. 

The MOBsters are probably the most newbie friendly group I've come across where everyone is accommodating to all riding skills.  I've swept a few rides where I've seen riders (although they're told that everyone will be waiting at the pre-determined stop points), will try and ride above their heads to keep up.  I've pulled them aside and let them know that I'm familiar with the route and that I'll hang out with them in the back so that they can ride at their pace and not worry.  I'd much rather see everyone make it to wherever we're going a little late, than escorting someone’s bike to Hattar or Desmto.

707:  I think that everyone here is just trying to keep you safe and are offering their advice as we've all been there as a newbie.  There's a certain amount of excitement when it comes to riding, especially when you're a newbie.  There's a lot about riding that is counterintuitive to our natural reflexes (ie. counter steering, wanting to grab a fist full of brake when accelerating through would be the right thing, target fixating),  It takes a bit of seat time to get your mind to allow you to overcome these natural reflexes.  I read your post on your get off, and I’m sorry to hear that it happened.  However, in your own description of what happened, it was due to not counter steering and losing control of the throttle.  In the situation you were in. luckily you got off with a few scrapes to yourself and the bike, but the same type of mistake while out on the twisty group ride could have disastrous results.  Everyone learns at a different pace, for speaking for me, after having completed the MSF I spent a bit of time in a local parking lot with some makeshift cones to practice braking, counter steering, etc. before going out on the rides.  So my advice to you is to take your time, we’ll all be here to ride.

[somegirl]

707:  I think that everyone here is just trying to keep you safe and are offering their advice as we've all been there as a newbie.  There's a certain amount of excitement when it comes to riding, especially when you're a newbie.  There's a lot about riding that is counterintuitive to our natural reflexes (ie. counter steering, wanting to grab a fist full of brake when accelerating through would be the right thing, target fixating),  It takes a bit of seat time to get your mind to allow you to overcome these natural reflexes.  I read your post on your get off, and I’m sorry to hear that it happened.  However, in your own description of what happened, it was due to not counter steering and losing control of the throttle.  In the situation you were in. luckily you got off with a few scrapes to yourself and the bike, but the same type of mistake while out on the twisty group ride could have disastrous results.  Everyone learns at a different pace, for speaking for me, after having completed the MSF I spent a bit of time in a local parking lot with some makeshift cones to practice braking, counter steering, etc. before going out on the rides.  So my advice to you is to take your time, we’ll all be here to ride.

Nicely put!

[707soldier]

Solon,
I'm very sorry to hear about the accident, take care of yourself.
Get well soon, I'll see you at Laguna.

ptam,
Thank You for the kind advice,
I look forward on meeting you.
You gave me the most valuable riding info I can ever have.

regards,
Lito

[countzero]

charlie,
I had a kick ass time and met some wicked awesome riders. Lets do it again! Minus the crashing part. Now if I could just figure out how to post the images I shot, I would be a happy camper
countzero

[MendoDave]

Im sorry i missed this ride too. I had it all planned, and then it was the emergency trip to UCSF  hospital for my nephew. Oh well there is still more summer left and I plan on going for some rides this week anyway. There should be quite a bit of cycle traffic coming through here on Hwy 1 this week. Looking forward to all the bikes...