Bike-2-bike comms.

BSL

 

This is exactly my feelings on the matter. Occasional group rides are fine
from a novelty POV, and chasing faster people can build your skills, but I
generally prefer to ride on my own, and socialise when I stop riding.

 

This is very true. I've got a Backchat Duo for rider-to-pillion
yacking, & it works amazingly well. It does have a /slight/ flaw when
it comes to bike-to-bike use though.

I don't want to natter, but it would be handy when out with SO. I.e.
when we get split up by a line of traffic, or if I go ahead for a play
through some bends[1], & need to tell her to "turn right at the big
white house" etc etc.

[1] She's not comfortable with leaning very far yet.

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That's the main reason I want them for, especially as we'll be heading
to the south of France/Spain for a week's playing later in the year.


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That sounds far more reasonable, thanks.

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Ideal number for a group ride is three or four IMHO.

 

You can't really get lost going to Spain by bike. Not even if you take
twisties (although there aren't that many going through France).

 

Or 20-30, judging by the number of bikes racing round the periph last
night.

Some of those pipes made real music going through the tunnels.

Some of those bikes put the wind up some of the cage drivers.

 

You call them ducklings. Ah, how sweet.

 

Ideal number for a group ride is three or four IMHO.[/QUOTE]

Three, ideally skill matched riders, because then you can always
overtake in the same gaps.

 

Massif Central is pretty windy. Lovely route, TAAW, if oen goes via Clermont
Ferrand.

Ali

 

True, but my point is, that it's difficult to get lost.

The route going through CF may be twisty, but the others through
Bordeaux and Toulouse aren't that good.

Mind you, there are some excellent roads going into Spain right up next
to the border if you go through the Pau/Tarbes region. Up in the
mountains too. It's wierd, as the French side is composed of small
narrow roads and when you hit the Spanish side, it's dual carriage way
twisties, all the way into Huesca.

 

Ahhhh OIC

 

You pick your nose, scratch your arse and fart in public?

 

heh

SWMBO: Do we have to lean over so far in a corner?
Me: Yes, it's how a bike goes round the corner.
SWMBO: What's the scraping sound?
Me: What scraping sound[1]?

[1] It's so easy to get the pegs down on the Strom.

 

Heh. S'funny but she doesn't mind what I do when she's riding pillion.
Even the back end sliding around when I cooked the tyre on a
particularly 'enthusiastic' ride didn't phase her. It's just the
leaning when she's riding her own bike that she has problems with.
She's agreed to come on a track weekend to Anneau du Rhin though so I'm
sure that'll boost her confidence & get rid of those chicken strips ;-)


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Cool, good for her.
SWMBO doesn't have a bike and she's just started riding with me pillion
after being with me 7 years.

 

Her: You don't lean over as far as (previous bloke) used to.
Me: <mutter, grumble>

 

Last "group ride" I was on, there were three in front, out of sight, and one
behind, out of sight. My efforts to catch up with the three in front
resulted in me specking out as far as the one behind was concerned.

Good it was.