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If you are new to scootering and especially new to Group Riding, here are the basics you should know for today's ride:


1) Remember to always ride YOUR RIDE. Regardless of how fast everyone else is going, ride at the speed you are most comfortable with at all times. If you go down, it should be due to someone else's carelessness, not your own.

2) Ride in a staggered formation with at least 2-3 seconds between you and the scooter in front of you. There are several reasons for this: you have a clear view of the road in front of you, you have time to react to a situation that may involve the scooterist in front of you to swerve or even go down and you give yourself and other scooterists around you enough room to make last minute decisions without worrying how close your neighbor is and how your actions may affect them.

3) Stay in a close group when approaching traffic lights or stop signs. It is often possible for many scooters to get through intersections if you are in a tight configuration. If another scooterist is "blocking" at an intersection, stay close to the group and move as quickly as possible to allow everyone to make it through in an orderly and safe manner.

4) The best rule of thumb to insure no one is left behind is to always know where the person behind you is at all times. If you lose sight of the scooter behind you, honk to alert the rest of the group. Pull to the side of the road and stop when it is safe to do so. If the only person you are responsible for is the person behind you and that person has stopped, eventually the leaders of the Group will have stopped as well. No one should ever be lost or left behind. This will never happen if you stop and wait for the rider behind you. A chain reaction should occur where the ride leader has slowed down or stopped until the Group is fully together again.

http://www.southbayscooterclub.com/sout ... rules.html

This is long but I like it best of all the Internet sites I perused!

Gina and I had an awesome time today and thanks everyone for being so friendly. A lot of great people and a lot of great bikes, hope to do it again real soon. Deb, that was a very nice route, the gravel road did make me a little nervous though? I'm glad my lil scoot kept up for the most part!!!

Had a great time today, thanks to everyone for coming. Good to have so many people out. Don't quote me on
this, , but I think we had a total of about 19 today . What a pretty day for a
ride!

Some pics to share!!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/burgmangir ... 61/detail/

and sorry Dan and to everyone, about the gravel road. I didn't really like that either. It was unexpected and
not there the last time I rode the route. Unfortunately, I didn't know an
alternate route but knew we didn't have to go far on it. You did great
today Dan and Gina on your first ride. Hope to see you guys out more

Thanks Debbie for a great ride...nice to meet alot of you all today. Look forward to getting together again soon!

I gotta' get out of here to head to Centerville so here are the pictures I took yesterday. Debbie, you rock for having the kahonas to lead such a big group ride. Thanks so very much! It was a blast. The mix of scooters and bikes, different scooter groups attending and all sorts of people made it one of the best days ever.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/78266126@N00/sets/72157624469147972/

You can always see my pictures on Facebook as well; they show up as I load them.

Thanks to Deb, our fearless leader. Great to see new folks coming out. . .look forward to seeing you again.

Like the leak video . .

great pics Ang, thanks. Great shot too of the leak which was surprising and something to remember for sure

Thanks Deb for the great ride. It was awesome!

It was great to see everyone too!

Thanks Deb for the really great ride....and thanks to Angie-never saw a ceiling take a leak!

(Melanie and I want to do it again, real soon)

Thanks Deb for a WONDERFUL ride and dinner (and ice cream). Beautiful day and loved meeting new scooter friends (along with seeing the long-time ones also)

Here's a short video.....more to follow

www.flickr.com/photos/9883940@N07/4788460465/

cool Video Sheila,thx! Like the music too

and...one more video

www.flickr.com/photos/9883940@N07/4792402786/

Great job on the videos, Sheila! Bad Kitty thanks you.

really like the 2nd Video too Sheila. I just watched again. For some reason I don't think it was playing right the 1st time and wasn't as clear. You really have me zoomin Good job how you also add the music, and a good song selection with a little Keith Urban, kinda goes with the Video