first ride

Tropez150 · Post by **Tropez150** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 1:28 pm

first group ride. 164 miles..went ok except incident with a curb..center stand scrapped

, some sanding and paint should fix, lesson learned..if leader makes sudden decision, turn, don't follow unless in position to execute without consequences!

jmazza · Post by **jmazza** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 4:34 pm

Cool!

I've only done one group ride and I decidedly did not like it. I'm not much of a group anything person though! I enjoy riding solo much more.

Regarding the "only follow the leader if..." thing, that's most often simply stated "ride your own ride." You are totally right- no one should ever ride above their own abilities under any circumstances. That can be tough in a group ride where doing your own thing can prove dangerous to the others. Glad you didn't have much of a mishap at all. If it's only the center stand that's scraped, be prepared that that thing is likely going to get scraped more and more with general scooter riding (sometimes while riding, sometimes getting the scooter up on to a sidewalk etc) so it might not even be worth painting!

rvajma · Post by **rvajma** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 9:29 pm

Hey, I was on that ride! I was the guy on the Blackjack. Were you with the guy on the silver/grey Vespa?

Jeff

Tropez150 · Post by **Tropez150** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:45 pm

Yeah, that was my husband. We admired the Blackjack when Chelsea got them.

rvajma · Post by **rvajma** » Sun Jul 19, 2009 10:51 pm

Who did the airbrush work on the Vespa? Was that in Richmond?

Thanks.

Tropez150 · Post by **Tropez150** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:55 pm

Canyon Airbrush, I believe is the name. The guy's name is Canyon, in Glen Allen. He has a website. 2nd job he has done for Andy, always good work.

rvajma · Post by **rvajma** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 1:10 pm

That's funny. I actually stopped in to talk with them on Monday. They are doing one of my helmets this week. Thanks for the reply.

Jeff

BuddyRaton · Post by **BuddyRaton** » Thu Jul 23, 2009 5:43 pm

jmazza wrote:Cool!

I've only done one group ride and I decidedly did not like it. I'm not much of a group anything person though! I enjoy riding solo much more.

You were a pretty new rider then Joe. You should come along on one of our rides and give it another shot now that you have a lot more miles under your belt!

Psssst...I still got your stuff!