I know many, many people enjoy it and I think it’s great. It’s just not my style, and it certainly can be dangerous due to circumstances beyond the individual’s control. Off the top of my head, I can think of no less than 7 group riding incidents that I have a personal stake in. One is a fatality, and another was by a very close family friend that left him with debilitating injuries and eventually led to financial ruin. Two other incidents resulted in a serious injury to a rider’s wife, and yet another (and the last example) led to riders totally leaving the sport.
On emergencies…is there a type other than a medical? Well, ok…we’ve all had bbq that didn’t sit right…
My point simply is; there isn’t neccesarily safety in numbers, and many riders, especially new riders, get the impression that there is…