Posted on Sunday, 31st August 2008 by admin
Group Riding
The purpose of riding in an organized group instead of an undisciplined pack is to provide the additional safety that a well-organized group inherently generates.
This comes from within the group and from the outside. When a group rides in an orderly fashion, people don’t get in each others way, and the organization of the formation itself discourages cars from attempting to cut in. I have even seen trucks move to the far side of their lane to minimize wind blast when they see a well-ordered formation “single up” and move as far away from the truck as their lane allows.
Once riding rules have been adopted by a club, EVERYONE Riding with the SCRC is expected to follow them. Anyone violating the rules, and compromising everyone else’s safety, will be warned, and if their actions continue, will no longer be welcome to ride with the club.
Riding Guidelines and hand signals
Please read the complete information posted on our national website.
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New Members Ride
What is the “New Riders/New to Group Riding” Ride?
It’s a chance for the newer or returning rider to take a nice ride with several of our road captains on route that we know well. It’s a shorter than usual route, but it’s a nice ride!
It’s a leisurely ride with plenty of time at lunch and after the ride to ask questions and a great way to start riding with a group. This ride is just for you - there’s no pressure to keep up with a large group, no real schedule or time table of stops, and less daunting than taking off with a group of 50 or more bikes (even though we break into groups of 10 or so for chapter rides).
We strongly encourage new and returning riders to join us for a couple of these before making a chapter ride.
Before the ride, please read our road rules and understand the staggered formation, 1 and 2 second rule, and hand signals.
New Riders rides are scheduled monthly, please visit our forum for details on dates/times. In case of questionable weather, please check the forum or your e-mail before heading out in the morning.
We meet at I-45/League Line Road at the McDonalds/Chevron.
Please get there a little early if you want to eat. We’ll spend 30 minutes going over the riding rules and having some Q & A before we take off. The route is around 100 miles, with lunch at the conclusion back in Conroe. At lunch we can continue to discuss group riding and address any questions, comments, or concerns you may have.
To sign up, you may either register on the under this month’s New Members Ride posting or e-mail the New Members Ride Coordinator, Steve “Preacher” Humphrey, at stvhump@hotmail.com
Please read the information below, and at the very least, understand the recommended spacing, and hand signals.
Riding Guidelines and hand signals
Please read the complete information posted on our national website.
printable version
More Stuff
More Hand Signals with images (Thanks to Ann Arbor HOG!)
PROPER SPACING
Just for the official record… here is the correct distance for a 1-second gap at 75MPH
75M/hr x 5280 ft/mi x 1hr/60 min x 1 min/60 seconds
This calculation yields the equivalent feet per second you are traveling at 75 MPH. This is exactly 110 feet!!!!!!!!!!!
If most cruisers are about 8 feet long - that’s close to 14 bike lengths…
Can you imagine how much more comfortable you would be with 110 feet? When riding staggered, the next rider would be 220 feet behind you!!!
The rule of thumb is - 1 second to the rider in front/behind of you on the other side of the lane, 2 seconds to the next rider in your part of the lane, forward or back”. The actual gap distance will change as your road speed changes:
30 mph - 44 feet = 1 second
40 mph - 59 feet = 1 second
50 mph - 73 feet = 1 second
60 mph - 88 feet = 1 second
70 mph - 103 feet = 1 second
75 mph - 110 feet = 1 second
This is really not that difficult. You would never follow anybody in a CAR at 8 feet at 75 MPH and have a prayer of not making a mistake, so why anyone would ride motorcycles that way? If you were staggered, the person behind you would be 16 feet off your bumper. That’s a recipe for disaster…
Think about it… Ride Safe!
VANISHING POINT TECHNIQUE FOR CURVES:
http://cbr.netlore.org/vanish.html
WIND CHILL CALCULATOR
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