Great ride this beautiful morning. thanks all!
Continuing my bunch riding tips:
– As noted by Adam on Beach Rd we were a bit ‘loose’ early. Keeping in a tight group, 2 lines, evenly spaced, makes us more distinct for cars to see and deal with us group.
– “single up to pass”. When passing another group it’s sometimes necessary to pass in single file. The safest way to do that is as follows (assuming we a riding 2 abreast):
– the right hand line progresses past the other group in single file
– the left hand line joins the back of the right hand line and progresses past the other group in single file
– the lead rider of the right hand line moves left when well clear of the other group
– all our riders progress past and move left after passing the lead rider. This is similar to ‘rolling turns’
– everybody rolls through in the right hand line until we are re-established into the 2 abreast formation again.
– why do it this way… it gets our group past the other group in single file (safer), the right line is always going past the leader meaning there is lesser risk of our riders getting jammed between the other group and our lead rider (safer), we get established back into 2 line abreast clear of the other group.
Hope this helps!
Thanks, R