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Hi All,


I'm new to this forum but not new to riding. I found SBA through a SBN link.

Here's the point of my thread:
If you have been riding for several years of street riding as I have then you will have likely met several other riders and maybe even have a special group that you have ridden with for awhile. As with any group, people come and people go. In the small group that I've ridden with for the past 5 years or so we've come to the point that it's almost impossible to get all of us together and many times not even a couple together due to family, work, other committments or just plain laziness from some people. This has led me to ride mainly on my own. I ride other times of the week but generally I ride earrly on Sunday mornings through the hills of Sussex, Warren, Passaic and the southern parts of NYS or eastern parts of PA.

I have to admit riding by yourself does give you a lot time to think and work on various skills or aspects of your personal riding abilities not to mention setting your own pace and timeframes. However, riding with friends does make riding fun especially when you stop to take a break or get something to eat. Having riding friends around is also helpful if something goes wrong.

The value of riding with like minded/sensible riders as many of you likely have then you'll understand that a riding group helps riders grow in terms of abilities and experience. I've learned from riders that I've ridden with and a few have learned from me in terms of riding lines, street strategy, safety and several other areas.

If any of you have a penchant for riding early on Sunday mornings through northwest NJ and are sensible riders please post to this thread and maybe we can create a new group of riding buds.

-Marc

Welcome

Thanks for the welcome Punani.

Funny sig, has that really worked with the girls?

Welcome, Marc! Sunday morning rides in northwest NJ sound good to me! Hopefully there will be a few more good weekends this season...

I think that was my link Marc....!!!Kennedy!!! ???

Hey! Plenty of us in Jersey that ride on the weekends... I must admit tho I have done few group rides this year mostly because of other things going on, and I have become a track whore... With it this late in the year I dont expect to be doing any more group rides up north, but there is always next year!

Enjoy the site, its a nice and friendly place. :)

Welcome to the site Marc.

Like you said there are good things to riding solo, and good things to riding with your group. This year we had a good solid group of riders (about 6 or so total) but slowly we all started to do our own thing. :( But hopefully things will pick right back up next year.

group rides can be fun but large groups can be a pain..
the new hope?wcw ride was cool at first that we had to go offroading... which was kind of cool but than after we allsplit up xanos (switchback) lead u son sime nice roads...

but sometimes i liek riding by my self cause i get people in trouble :(

I didn't have much of a choice nooka. ;)

Welcome to SBA Marc :wave2: My street season is over and my track season will be over after this weekend :cries: There will be lots of rides next year. Hopefully you will be able to join some of them :)

YO Marc....my season is not over, but my mans' might be. So I don't know if I'll be up for riding with people I don't know without him. It might just be my solo time like it was last year.

Anyway, welcome the site and enjoy it! :wave2:

Funny I always ride Sunday mornings and sounds like similar areas I ride as you do. The guys I ride with well, one is just too into poonanny right now to ride, the other is going track, and the other is race, and the other is going track/street....it's hard to find people you can ride well together with keeping good pace, space, and punctual.
I'm done for this season, but definitely look me up in the spring.

Welcome to SBA Marc

Since my move to NC in April most of my riding has been solo. Doesn't really bother me either way as I just enjoy being out there. I do miss the organized group rides we had through Sussex ect....I have gone on a couple group rides down here and the lack of structure was a little scary.

Thanks for the link Kennedy. I wish I would have found this forum sooner.

Six seems like a decent number of riders because much beyond that you start getting into the "rubber-band" issue .

(Big Thanks to everyone for the warm welcome)

-Marc