08-14-2016, 09:34 PM
(08-14-2016, 04:06 AM)EmptySea_imp Wrote: how interesting... riding in a staggered formation with sufficient following distance is generally considered to be the safest way for a group of several riders to travel. I have never considered my encounters with organized motorcycle groups to be a nuisance when I was a driver.
If I understand your post, you prefer to ride with other people when it means you don't actually ride with other people, but maybe just meet up with people for meals or overnight accommodations. I don't think that your friend will be offended if you just tell him what you told us. He'll probably be relieved.
Just to clear up the terminology, this is what I call "pack riding".
That practice is tolerated in US and Canada, mostly bcause there is such a long tradition of this behaviour. It was pretty harmless when the roads were orders of magnitude less congested than they are today. Sooner or later, North American traffic laws will catch up with the rest of the world, where this is a sanctionable offense. But since this is clearly a tangent on the toppic of planning vs. free roaming, I will stop here.
Quote:I don't think that your friend will be offended if you just tell him what you told us. He'll probably be relieved.
His view on pack riding happens to be exactly the same as mine. Our differences had to do about the length of day's ride, how many sit-down meals and where in a day, whether to reserve accomodatin in advance or push on when the wether and day-light hours permit, and so on...