Your Responsibilities DOS AND DON’TS OF BUNCH RIDING The only way you can learn bike skills and bunch skills is to practice, but without basic knowledge of the rules and responsibilities involved, practice alone will get you nowhere. Here is a more complete list of the Dos and Don’ts of Bunch Riding. FORMATION – the bunch is one vehicle Riders should pair off in 2 by 2 formation. You should not sit directly on the wheel of the rider in front. Try to maintain about a 30cm distance off the rear tyre and ride slightly off to the side of the rider in front. Newer riders may need to leave a larger gap, up to one and a half wheels behind. The reason you offset slightly from the wheel in front is for better vision down the line and to allow more time to react to problems. If single file is called to allow a car or truck to pass, the rider on the left slots in behind his partner on the right. Use one whole lane and ride side by side, even with your partner, slightly offset by a tyre width off the wheel in front.
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