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This group ride thing is funny.  I would be willing to bet you all know who you like to ride with and why.  You most likely have phone numbers for each one of them.  If you dont like how the group setting goes and really only want to ride with a certain sub set of riders.......call your buddies on the phone and go for a ride, leave the posting rides off the forum if you dont like who shows up!

Seems pretty simple to me.


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Off Topic / Re: Go Pro video editing
« on: November 30, 2011, 12:26:07 PM »
Gely seems to have a bunch of videos with audio on them.  Perhaps PM him or maybe he'll chime in?


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Off Topic / Re: Go Pro video editing
« on: November 30, 2011, 09:55:09 AM »
Are you trying to actually edit it or just trim it down for YouTube? 

If you install the newest version of Real Player it comes with Real Trimmer.  Open Real Trimmer.  When it opens, use the file tab to navigate to the file you want to open, open it.  Once the file is loaded in Trimmer you can move the slide at the bottom to trim each direction.  Once it's trimmed, save it as another file and upload that file to YouTube.

As for editing to add music or something.......I'm no use.


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General Banter / Re: anyone been to Barber before?
« on: November 29, 2011, 04:05:18 PM »
Real Player trimmer is also free and easy to use.   

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General Banter / Re: anyone been to Barber before?
« on: November 23, 2011, 05:49:31 PM »
I think most organizations would agree that it is the responsability of the passing rider to make a clean and safe pass (both of which look questionable to me given the outcome).  Some of what took place in the video no doubt had to do with the passer's choice of overtaking place and line choice as well as the passie.  You may well have been in front of him technically but if he's looking through a right hand corner when you do he may not have seen you until it was too late.  Had you held your line on the outside and made a clean sweeping pass he would have been allowed to finish his line.

Since it's an intermediate session at a track day and far from a race I probably would have been a little upset with the choice to pass in that manner and blatant line choice had I been the Duc rider. 
Of course I wasn't there and it's only my opinion, which doesn't matter at home either so...Alas, no harm no foul. 

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General Banter / Re: My Crash, limited time viewing now
« on: November 14, 2011, 06:19:56 AM »
They guy two bikes ahead appears to overshoot and stand it up too.   

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General Banter / Re: My Crash, limited time viewing now
« on: November 06, 2011, 08:38:05 PM »
I'm not sure where to begin with the riding in the 2nd video...not just yours but both bikes ahead of you leave a little to be desired too.  I would tend to beleive that the person "inside" did so after you were already too wide and well clear of their path.  If they were not its another prime example of following too closely.

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General Banter / Re: My Crash, limited time viewing now
« on: November 06, 2011, 08:29:01 PM »

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As a side note....this is EXACTLY why I won't ride with the person that was in front of you.

I've heard far too many times that his riding has either caused a crash or almost did.
I do agree that if everyone rides their own ride that shouldn't be a problem...him included.
It's common knowledge he rides that way so people should know to keep their distance.


In my opinion, the rider in front can not cause an accident except in a few situations. If the rider in front crosses the center line, gets hit by an oncoming car and gets flung back into the following rider or causes the car to cross the center line into the following rider, or the rider in front suffers a catastrophic failure which dumps anti-freeze or oil on the road surface which the following rider can not avoid then the rider in front is at fault.

Of course the rider in front can ride erratically (the opposite of smoothly) and possibly diminish the riding fun of the following rider if the following rider follows too closely. The fix to riding with people who don't ride the same way as you do, is almost invariably more distance between you and them. Just like the fix to being around people you don't like is more distance, so it is with riding.

.... There was a rumor going on after the crashed, that I cause Mike to crash....

In my opinion, the notion within a group that the rider ahead can cause a crash behind them by braking is group idiocy. If in a group, you ever hear people suggest this, steer clear of them, as it is prima facie evidence they are an idiot. Groups who believe that a braking rider ahead can be responsible for an accident for a rider behind them should be avoided as they don't get what it means to be responsible for riding your own ride and are clearly willing to blame others for their riding mistakes. People who blame others for their mistakes are not people who learn anything from their mistakes.

Riding your own ride means you ride how you see fit. If you want to hit the brakes you hit the brakes. You should not have to worry about anyone ass packing you or being forced to run off the road under any circumstances. That's their problem. That's what maintaining a safe following distance is about. If someone in front of you is stopping and you hit them or run off the road trying to avoid them, you were by definition following too close. It could be you're following too close for conditions, for the performance level of your bike or the performance level of your riding, but it all amounts to the same thing, you were following too close and the only person responsible for following distance is you.

  This will be my first post here and typically try to stay out of others business but this deserves an AMEN!!!

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