Take a look t the following video...it's presumably from some highly trained bikers (not sure which country)...it looks flippin dangerous to me...
https://fb.watch/dIoZPpg0Ie/
...what do others think (especially the few bikers we have here)?
Really good or quite bad?
Really good or quite bad?
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Re: Really good or quite bad?
Looks like two gendarmes clearing a route for the camera vehicle probably an emergency ambulance (sapeur-pompiers)
Re: Really good or quite bad?
Having seen videos of the DPG, seen the DPG in action escorting Boris on the A12 (didn't know who it was until that evening's news) and the combination of police and "amateur" bikers escorting and creating a rolling road block for the women's cycle tour last week, I felt that was awful. Drivers might see the bikers approaching but have no idea how they might be passed. I'm not a biker, but I would've thought that style made the bikes pretty unstable if there was oil or water on the road too
Re: Really good or quite bad?
Triquet wrote:Looks like two gendarmes clearing a route for the camera vehicle probably an emergency ambulance (sapeur-pompiers)
Apparently the camera vehicle is blood or organ transport
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Re: Really good or quite bad?
martine wrote:Take a look t the following video...it's presumably from some highly trained bikers (not sure which country)...it looks flippin dangerous to me...
https://fb.watch/dIoZPpg0Ie/
...what do others think (especially the few bikers we have here)?
IMO, that was bloody awful and, TBH, not entirely sure whether it was a help or a hindrance, at least in the heavier traffic. Still, I guess if you live there and that is what you expect from them you know to just stay the feck out of their way.
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Re: Really good or quite bad?
angus wrote:Having seen videos of the DPG
SEG Special Escort Group?
Back to the OP, a lot of 'emergency' riding would probably fall under the WTF? category for many riders.
But, TBH, those French guys are amateurs (or, to use the French, 'amateurs'). Watch this ...
Your 'standard' is how you drive alone, not how you drive during a test.
Re: Really good or quite bad?
That is what bikes are for, getting through traffic
Re: Really good or quite bad?
Horse wrote:angus wrote:Having seen videos of the DPG
SEG Special Escort Group?
Yes - I thought they were called Diplomatic Protection Group - either they were or I imagined it....
Re: Really good or quite bad?
If it was just blood or organ transport why not just take it by bike ....
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Re: Really good or quite bad?
Because sometimes...
ETA: This is the full video with input from the participants rather than the edited version with the annoying Alastair Stewart.
ETA: This is the full video with input from the participants rather than the edited version with the annoying Alastair Stewart.
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