Lunch rides?

[dream]

I have several coworkers that ride. It will be fun to know them out of work. However one wheelie showboater never wears gear and am concerned he will show off and get hurt. What have been your lunch ride experiences?

[fehren2800]

Don't do it. I make it a policy to not ride with anyone without proper gear on. If an "incident" takes place the outcome is usually a lot different for a rider who is wearing gear. At the very least get him to wear a helmet, gloves and boots.

[cmurphy84]

Don't ride with the squid. I'll ride with someone who isn't fully geared up, but they have on a good start to the essentials...(gloves, helmet, jacket).

I take solo rides during lunch. Farthest I went was 45 miles one day. I rode from my office to a local dam and watched the barges go through.

[edgecrusher4444]

Lunch is for wimps.

[hawkeze]

If I am unsure of a riders abilities or if I know they do not ride safely, but I want to ride with the others in the group, I just stay behind them.

[omaha_919]

Originally Posted by dream

What have been your lunch ride experiences?

aaaawww, and I thought this was gonna be a thread about NOONERs

My desk is about 2 blocks away from where I park my bike (or truck, whatever).
And since I only take a 30 minute lunch break, I don't ride my bike at lunch (when I ride to work).
I'd sure like to, but being an hourly employee - I'd rather work my 8 and GTFO

... I take the long way home to make up for it.

[Bigdaa]

I ride alone............................................. cause my skills suck!











On the other hand, you never ride alone if you are schizophrenic.

[nine1nine]

If you wouldn't ride with him outside of work, why bother to do so during lunch at work.

[919Mofo]

Originally Posted by dream

I have several coworkers that ride. It will be fun to know them out of work. However one wheelie showboater never wears gear and am concerned he will show off and get hurt. What have been your lunch ride experiences?

Why do you care if he f's himself up. If he's old enough to ride a street bike, then he's old enough to know better. I personally would care less if he mangles himself. However, I still wouldn't ride with him.

[dream]

Thanks for all your advice!

Originally Posted by fehren2800

Don't do it. I make it a policy to not ride with anyone without proper gear on. If an "incident" takes place the outcome is usually a lot different for a rider who is wearing gear. At the very least get him to wear a helmet, gloves and boots.

Great point, gear is a requirement.

Originally Posted by cmurphy84

Don't ride with the squid. I'll ride with someone who isn't fully geared up, but they have on a good start to the essentials...(gloves, helmet, jacket).

I take solo rides during lunch. Farthest I went was 45 miles one day. I rode from my office to a local dam and watched the barges go through.

Yeah the quid factor drives me nuts! Being the lead there is a risk any accidents reflects on my poor judgment.

Nice, as exempt I need some lunch barge rides!

Originally Posted by nine1nine

If you wouldn't ride with him outside of work, why bother to do so during lunch at work.

Very sound advice. But reviews are a popularity contests...and he asked me to join him on a ride.

Originally Posted by Bigdaa

I ride alone............................................. cause my skills suck!
On the other hand, you never ride alone if you are schizophrenic.

Your skills are perfectly fine since you keep the rubber side down and ridden much more than most!

Originally Posted by 919Mofo

Why do you care if he f's himself up. If he's old enough to ride a street bike, then he's old enough to know better. I personally would care less if he mangles himself. However, I still wouldn't ride with him.

Absolutely... if there was no paycheck liability. But it's my responsibility to keep folks from being stupid on work hours. The showboater scoffed at my gear advice...so it's only a matter of time before he is on IR. I need to give him a non-gear crash video.

After more thought, the downside risks are too great. I will keep my social interaction limited to lunch eating and ride Solo. Thanks!

[raybobb1]

We sometimes do a Friday lunch ride with a mutt pack of bikes and riders. We get one of the HD guys to lead the way and that keeps everyone at a mild/medium pace... It also helps that the head of security and a safety engineer rides with us too.

[dream]

Originally Posted by raybobb1

We sometimes do a Friday lunch ride with a mutt pack of bikes and riders. We get one of the HD guys to lead the way and that keeps everyone at a mild/medium pace... It also helps that the head of security and a safety engineer rides with us too.

Those are good tricks to reduce the showboating.

It's great to hear from you Ray and hope all is well!
The best group ride I've done is the one you organized. Let's ride soon.