Tuesday evening: BRONZ Slowpaced Social Ride

**Ratti** · 26th September 2011, 09:25

Well, hello All, here we are again. Finally it's daylight saving time and we have enough light of an evening to make it fun to go riding. Following the success of last seasons Tuesday Slowpaced Rides, BRONZ Wellington is running them again. This year we have got trained Ulysses members alongside to be ride leaders. These folk have a wealth of experience and are a valuable asset to the motorcycling community. While they won't be in a position to do any actual mentoring on the night ( this needs to be done one-on-one ) , they will be happy to talk over problems you are having and offer possible solutions.
The point of these rides is to have fun and meet up with other riders. The emphasis is on learning about road hazards and how to avoid them and to get your confidence and skills moving along at the same pace.
We meet on Tuesday evenings at about 6pm, leaving promptly at 6.30. Meeting place and the route taken will vary from week to week. The calendar up to Christmas is here, any queries can be posted here and I'll help you out.
Meeting Places as follows
Round the Bays route. Leave the Self serve Caltex station in Kaiwharawhara at 6.30.
Upper Hutt route meet at Duckpond at Avalon Park
Porirua Route Meet at Aotea lagoon,
Lower Hutt Meet at Duck Pond, Avalon Park
Makara Meet at Self Serve Caltex in Kaiwharawhara,

October 4 Round the Bays
October 11 Upper Hutt
October 18 Porirua
October 25 Lower Hutt
November 1 Makara
November 08 Round the Bays
November 15 Upper Hutt
November 22 Porirua
November 29 Lower Hutt
December 06 Makara
December 13 Round the Bays
December 20 Upper Hutt

See you out'n'about

**BuckBuck#1** · 26th September 2011, 09:43

Well Done Faith, BRONZ and Ulysses.

Look forward to doing a few rides with you all this season.

**Ms Piggy** · 27th September 2011, 19:25

Great! We'll see ya there Ratti!

**Bowlch** · 30th September 2011, 21:24

Will try my best to get to some of these as I'm a leaner at the moment.

**Ratti** · 1st October 2011, 16:17

They are well worth it. Good to get in with a group of riders of similar ability. Tend to end up hanging out and riding together for a long time to come. The Ulysses mentors are great guys with a wealth of knowledge, and one team of ride leaders is from TSS Red Baron bike shop here in the Hutt. The riding community here is quite small but it's nice to have contacts who share the obsession with 2 wheels.

**magicmonkey** · 2nd October 2011, 11:10

seeing as I'm finally back on the right number of wheels, I might head along this Tuesday if that's cool

**Ratti** · 2nd October 2011, 13:52

totally cool!
two wheels always are, no matter what the flavour or style you ride

**allycatz** · 2nd October 2011, 13:56

If i ever get out of 3rd gear i mite be able to join you one day lol!

**magicmonkey** · 2nd October 2011, 14:01

as the weather is looking pretty likely to be nasty on Tuesday, is this a rain or shine type event or just for a sunny day?

**Bald Eagle** · 2nd October 2011, 14:04

If it's to wet you can always come along to the BRONZ meeting at the Parrot at 7pm as an alternate plan.

**Ratti** · 2nd October 2011, 16:57

I'm going to do it rain or shine this year. Should extreme winds come along, then I'll cancel but not otherwise.

I second the visit to a BRONZ meeting if it does need to be cancelled. Friendly bunch of folk and if you dont know what BRONZ is about, it's a good chance to ask lots of questions.

**Ratti** · 9th October 2011, 10:54

LAst weeks ride saw 4 people turn out in spite of the rain. People, as motorcyclists we will ride in and out of all sorts of weather. This is why these rides will go ahead in all but hail or howling gales.
Report from the Ride Leader said that by the time they got to the finish point, the newest rider was coping well with the wind and keen as anything to carry on. Good on you!
This weeks ride meeting at the Duckpond in Avalon Park and doing the Upper Hutt Route. This is one of my favourite routes, taking in a bit of rural riding, some gentle cornering and a bit of loose surface practice. All good stuff and well worth turning up for.
See you on Tuesday about 6, leaving 6.30