How much riding experience,before you took your first passenger for a ride?




Tom

 

Sorry, can't remember. got my first bike 34 yrs ago.

 

When comfortably riding and controlling the bike under normal conditions becomes instinctive.

 

Certainly remember the first chick....nearly crashed the bike!

 

One of my friends wanted me to take her for a ride the other day, and I chickened out. I dont want to be responsible for another person.... that and I just got it out of the shop.... dont want to do that again.

 

About a day or so after my dad got my brother and me our first cycleback in the mid 60's or so. I rode my brother around on it, and he rode me around on it, and we both rode every friend around on it as well in those days.

 

Dang, glad to hear you got yer bike back.

Ride safe and watch out for that gravel...

 

Remember giving my mate a lift to work one morning in the ice and snow...slid off at a set of traffic lights....me and my mate where both sliding down the road in perfect unison!

 

I rode 2 up after 6k miles. Im always much more careful with a passenger. All my "mishaps" i was alone.

 

The above are true enough...you need to be able to easily control the bike solo....BUT...it is important to learn what you must teach the passenger PRIOR to the ride....such as : be sure pegs are down, wait until rider TELLS you it is OK to mount, sit relatively still without moving weight around..AND stay vertical to the bike when it leans in corners...no fair "helping" bike turn. After you do a ride with a lightweight passenger then you will probably come up with a list. It is nice to have someone along. John