{"id":27,"date":"2014-10-25T13:49:34","date_gmt":"2014-10-25T13:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevebriscoe.wordpress.com\/?p=27"},"modified":"2026-10-31T22:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T22:10:53","slug":"zen-and-the-art-of-group-riding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justal.net\/loqui\/zen-and-the-art-of-group-riding\/","title":{"rendered":"Zen and the Art of Group Riding"},"content":{"rendered":"

If given a choice of riding with a group or riding solo I would prefer to ride solo. However, there are some caveats to that. If riding in a benefit or a community event then the group dynamic is probably what you are going to engage. If I know all the riders in the group and have ridden with them in the past then I don’t mind\u2026 So much.<\/p>\n

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It’s that new group of people who set me on edge. I don’t know them, I don’t know their riding styles nor do I know their riding ability. There are a number of dynamics that come into play while in a group ride. Some are good and some are not so good.<\/p>\n

Over the next few weeks I am going to submit, through this BLOG, a series of thoughts about the group ride. We’ll call it, “Zen and the Art of Group Riding” for lack of a better title.<\/p>\n

I hope you will join me and I sincerely hope you will provide to me your ideas and comments on my thoughts. I take constructive criticism very well… unless of course it comes from a family member, friend, co-worker, associate or a stranger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If given a choice of riding with a group or riding solo I would prefer to ride solo. However, there are some caveats to that. If riding in a benefit or a community event then the group dynamic is probably what you are going to engage. If I know all the riders in the group […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[34,37,48],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-zen-and-the-art-of-group-riding","tag-group-riding","tag-hoka-hey","tag-motorcycles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t