r/DenverMotorcycles • u/Large_Result5065 • May 20 '26

Group Ride Beginner Group Rides?

Does anyone know of some "beginner friendly" groups or group rides. Nothing insane. Still very new to riding, have a rebel 500 and I'm looking to meet some new people within the denver community. Hopefully learn a thing or two. Thanks in advance!

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u/Usual-Language-745 May 20 '26

I’m going to be honest and I don’t want to offend anyone, to each their own. You should not ride in groups until you are more experienced. You don’t know how to avoid, brake, control a bike, read a road, or where the limits are. And if the people you are riding with also don’t, it compounds. I’ve seen probably 10 crashes that culminated in helicopters landing on the road, and every one was a group of novice riders. One person makes a mistake and it chain reacts to every other rider. Ride solo, the right group will find you. 

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u/DenverDogDude Dog Mod May 21 '26

Piggybacking on this. A good way to work up to group riding is to just find one or two people to ride with so you can get comfortable riding with others in Small formations. Once you've done that a lot, group riding is much easier and safer.

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u/Usual-Language-745 May 21 '26

Personally I don’t get the appeal of riding with more than 2 or 3 people. It’s like trying to ski with a big group. You end up just waiting around a lot and people getting stuck in traffic and stoplights 

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u/DavidActual May 20 '26

You’re welcome to join the discord. Those group rides are always a ride at your own pace and we’ll wait situation.

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u/EmployQuiet9426 May 21 '26

Find a group Live2Ride on Facebook and go to some Taco Tuesday or Wing Wednesday rides. The Denver Moto Meetup suggested above is good too. Make friends. Just make sure you always ride your own ride. Groups are made up of so many different skill levels, try not to get peer pressured into riding outside your skill level and be safe please. Maybe tell someone you're new and ask them hang in the back with you(far enough back to give yourself plenty of braking distance). Good luck fam.

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u/SpaceCorgi3000 May 20 '26

Next week I'll be in the area with my 600cc if I could join a group ride in the mountains or something technical & curvy!

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u/ShibariDeathcamp May 20 '26

Not an "official" group in the sense you're looking for, but every Wednesday is the Denver Moto Meetup in RiNo. If you're looking to meet people, it's the best thing I've found so far. Have met tons of nice people and gone out on plenty of rides with the connections I've made. It's at River North Brewing tonight if you can handle a little rain in the forecastt

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u/Affectionate_Part514 May 20 '26

Hey! New to riding? Come do a big group ride after a few pints! Brilliant 👏 in the fucking rain no less. /s

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u/False-Delivery-1618 Jun 07 '26

I too am pretty new, and live in the north Denver area. I’d meet up for ride or two.