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RIDEMYST:
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DirtFlier:
When I was working Registration at Fall Colors, a rider asked me "Who's leading the ride tomorrow?"  I politely told him that we don't have led rides and only ride in small groups.   I'll never understand why some people have a need to be led somewhere because it's certainly not my idea of fun.  :-(

HawkGTRider:

--- Quote from: DirtFlier on October 15, 2015, 09:04:43 AM ---When I was working Registration at Fall Colors, a rider asked me "Who's leading the ride tomorrow?"  I politely told him that we don't have led rides and only ride in small groups.   I'll never understand why some people have a need to be led somewhere because it's certainly not my idea of fun.  :-(

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While that doesn't work for you, it does work for a lot of people. At STAR we asked people to volunteer to lead groups of a size with which they were comfortable. These rides were broken down by levels of "enthusiasm" so that even if you didn't have a riding group, you could probably find a small-to-large group with which to ride in a flower sniffing-to-hard charging manner. It worked pretty well. I expect we'll be doing that again with some tweaks.
Like clubs in general, we are a social group. If you don't have riding buddies, most still don't want to ride alone. I feel like it's more of a feeling of being included than needing to be led. If people found their way to an event, they obviously know how to find their way from one place to another. My guess is that it's the desire to be part of something that leads a person to ask about led rides.

Patmo:
It's been my experience that people that are "new" to an area are much more inclined to look for a "led" ride.  People more familiar with the area, because of prior experience, are more willing to either go out on their own or become the leader.  Expereience leading a group usually leads to more comfort doing it, but the catch is that it can only happen by doing. 

fz1grl:

--- Quote from: HawkGTRider on October 15, 2015, 12:15:23 PM ---
--- Quote from: DirtFlier on October 15, 2015, 09:04:43 AM ---When I was working Registration at Fall Colors, a rider asked me "Who's leading the ride tomorrow?"  I politely told him that we don't have led rides and only ride in small groups.   I'll never understand why some people have a need to be led somewhere because it's certainly not my idea of fun.  :-(

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While that doesn't work for you, it does work for a lot of people. At STAR we asked people to volunteer to lead groups of a size with which they were comfortable. These rides were broken down by levels of "enthusiasm" so that even if you didn't have a riding group, you could probably find a small-to-large group with which to ride in a flower sniffing-to-hard charging manner. It worked pretty well. I expect we'll be doing that again with some tweaks.
Like clubs in general, we are a social group. If you don't have riding buddies, most still don't want to ride alone. I feel like it's more of a feeling of being included than needing to be led. If people found their way to an event, they obviously know how to find their way from one place to another. My guess is that it's the desire to be part of something that leads a person to ask about led rides.

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For me it's having someone to visit with at stops, take breaks with and eat lunch with.  I'll never ever be the fastest rider but I love to ride.
I'm a willing ride leader but most folks don't want to ride at my pace.  I can find my way just about anywhere and have even in Europe so it's not for that reason that's for sure.


I've been leading a Sunday Funday ride out of my dealer's here in OKC and that is maybe the only place i'm actually faster than the rest of the group but then they are 75% cruisers and 20% adventure bikes.  Once in a while I'm not the only one riding a sport bike which is how they see my bike. 

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