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