Daylight Saving: Alternative Wednesday night rides program until 31 March 2010

[BuckBuck#1]

Intended as leisurely paced ride and particularly as an alternative Wellington Wednesday evening ride with routes and destinations advertised. This ride is open to all riders however note that novice riders are not encouraged to attend these rides unless they have ridden the particular routes and are comfortable with their own riding ability. 250cc riders will be asked to ride with their own Lead Rider and Tail End Charlie - volunteers from more experienced riders will be appreciated to ride with the 250cc riders

Note the Meeting Points are different each week


RIDES ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR and FIVE - Done - Ride Reports (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/119341-Daylight-Saving-An-Alternative-Wednesday-Night-Rides-Report)


RIDE FIVE
Wednesday 24 March
CANCELLED - WEATHER STORM


RIDE SIX
Wednesday 31 March
This is a 'backup evening' in the event of the (previous night)Tuesday 'meal destination' ride having to be postponed because of bad weather.

RIDER RESPONSIBILITY
As a road user you are personally responsible for your own safety, riding behaviour, and observing the Road Code at all times, whether riding independently or in a group of two or more bikes.

ALCOHOL/DRUGS
All riders attending this ride are requested to refrain from any alcohol consumption before and after this ride (until they return home). Riders that may be taking prescription drugs are asked to seriously consider whether to ride. Any other drug users – don’t bother attending.

Riders are encouraged to read the guide before attending the programmed rides.

The Group Ride Guide (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/107628-The-Group-Ride-Guide)

Calendar Link For This Alternative Wednesday Night Ride (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=2440&day=2010-2-24&c=0)

Alternative Wednesday Night Ride Report (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/119341-Daylight-Saving-An-Alternative-Wednesday-Night-Rides-Report)

[BuckBuck#1]

Well after a bit of site housekeeping the Alternative Wednesday Night Rides Program is posted in the Calendar through to the end of current daylight saving, last event being 31 March 2010

Please note that these rides have various destinations and meeting points.

The rides are in an addition to the current WNCR - Wellington Wednesday Night Cruisie Ride and are not a replacement to that weekly ride.

You now have the opportunity to look at the Wednesday Daylight Saving Wednesday Night Rides Program Until 31 March 2010, and make your own choice of whichever ride/s you may want to attend.

A few comments about the first two rides:

24 February - Harbour and Bays by its very nature a lower speed zone ride.

3 March - The Three Hills - note a pre-ride will occur next Sunday 28 Feb enroute to Martinborough for the Police Training morning. More details will follow.


I hope you enjoy the remainder of the daylight saving period and the rides ahead.

[girlzchris]

see you today.. i think i should be able to join the ride today around the bay...

[Toaster]

Not sure if I can make it tonight but will try to be there.

[BuckBuck#1]

Ride Report posted:

Alternative Wednesday Night Ride Report (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/119341-Daylight-Saving-An-Alternative-Wednesday-Night-Rides-Report)

[BuckBuck#1]

At the end of the ride last night, I reminded the riders of the New Zealand Police motorcycle skills event in Martinborough this weekend.
An early morning meeting point is here:
Early Morning Ride To Martinborough 28 February - New Zealand Motorcycle Skills Event (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=2448&day=2010-2-28&c=0)

[BuckBuck#1]

At the end of the ride last night, I reminded the riders of the New Zealand Police motorcycle skills event in Martinborough this weekend.
An early morning meeting point is here:
Early Morning Ride To Martinborough 28 February - New Zealand Motorcycle Skills Event (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=2448&day=2010-2-28&c=0)

A good ride over the three hills today. All roads were good.

Heads up for Wednesday: the ride will go over Wallaceville and Mangaroa Hills and then to Rimutaka Hill summit. Returning down SH2 turning left at Te Marua, through Maymorne, Mangaroa, and Whitemans Valley intersection - proceeding directly to Wallaceville Hill and to Trentham and finishing at Silverstream Cafe and Sports Bar (opposite Silverstream railway station).

[Toaster]

A good ride over the three hills today. All roads were good.

Heads up for Wednesday: the ride will go over Wallaceville and Mangaroa Hills and then to Rimutaka Hill summit. Returning down SH2 turning left at Te Marua, through Maymorne, Mangaroa, and Whitemans Valley intersection - proceeding directly to Wallaceville Hill and to Trentham and finishing at Silverstream Cafe and Sports Bar (opposite Silverstream railway station).

Are you able to link a map for this one?

[BuckBuck#1]

Are you able to link a map for this one?

Route Map is now up in Calendar and this Forum.
Calendar (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=2440&day=2010-2-24&c=0)

[Toaster]

This is the thread I was talking about at the after ride drink tonight.... http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?119709

[Gone Burger]

Hey hey. Nice to see you all briefly at the summet tonight. So sorry I didn't stop properly. I got rather confuesed and it took me a while to recoginse everyone. Was following the other group over to Featherston, got rather left behind, and thought it was them stopping. Ah crap, that must have come across as being so rude. Sorry, I really got confused. Néxt time I'll say a proper hello.

Hope the ride went well. Another windy evening. Was not my favourite ride back over the hill tonight.

[Toaster]

Wasn't mine either. I had spent hours doing my hair before riding, only to have it ruined in that wind!

[Eyegasm]

Guy & Cam, what was the pub we dropped into for a drink last night?

Was it called Charltons?

I think they charged me $56 dollars for a Beer! Flamin price rise!!

[BuckBuck#1]

Guy & Cam, what was the pub we dropped into for a drink last night?

Was it called Charltons?

I think they charged me $56 dollars for a Beer! Flamin price rise!!

Charlton Bistro and Bar, Kiln Street, Silverstream.
Lemon Lime and Bitters $2.50

[Bald Eagle]

Guy & Cam, what was the pub we dropped into for a drink last night?

Was it called Charltons?

I think they charged me $56 dollars for a Beer! Flamin price rise!!

No that would have been $6.00 for the beer and $50.00 for 'corkage'

[BuckBuck#1]

Enjoyed the ride and company.

Here is a brief ride report:

Alternative Wedneday Ride Report (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/119341-Daylight-Saving-An-Alternative-Wednesday-Night-Rides-Report)

Also I have switched the calendar rides Three and Four around: next Wednesday (10 March) is Paekakariki and the following Wednesday (17 March) is the Wainuiomata Coast ride, just let some time pass for the coast resealing to bed in.

[Eyegasm]

Cheers Guy, gave the pub a call and my "Change" will be there for me to pick up.

The ride last night was quite good, Man I really have to get used to riding hills with wind...

[BuckBuck#1]

This is the thread I was talking about at the after ride drink tonight.... http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?119709

Thanks for that Cam, I have set it up in my control panel settings to have look through.


Cheers Guy, gave the pub a call and my "Change" will be there for me to pick up.

The ride last night was quite good, Man I really have to get used to riding hills with wind...

So it's not your bar tab for next time:yes::scooter::yes::scooter::yes::scooter:

[Eyegasm]

Nah, not my shout Guy...

I do prefer the rides where nothing goes wrong tho

First Tuesday night ride (round the bays), Busted lights and a Puncture
Satuday ride (Makara beach then the 3 hills) Bee fricken STING!!!

Last night............ Expensive beer!

1 out of 4 rides was uneventful.....

Group rides, Who says they aren't an experience.

[Toaster]

Uneventful or you just didn't have an incident?!

[BuckBuck#1]

Route Map is now up for next ride 10 March.

[BuckBuck#1]

Heads Up
6.10pm for 6.30pm departure from bottom of Haywards Hill.


RIDE THREE
Wednesday 10 March - Route Map (http://maps.google.co.nz/maps/ms?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=-41.08126,174.869814&spn=0.012163,0.035834&z=15&msid=118237826601181735195.000480f10a2813e549506)
Haywards Hill/Judgeford/Pauhatahanui/Paekakariki Hill/SH1 back to Mana

[girlzchris]

i think i might join you guys today... i just want to get away from my laptop... my brain is going to explode very soon...

[Toaster]

i think i might join you guys today... i just want to get away from my laptop... my brain is going to explode very soon...

Bring your laptop so I can run it over.... that should help!

[Rev DJ]

Fantastic ride this evening - you gotta love Welly on a good day!! Good to see new as well as familiar faces... and a nice new Harley - way cool Dennis!! Thanks again Guy for prompting us to get out and about!! DJ

[Gone Burger]

Fantastic ride this evening - you gotta love Welly on a good day!! Good to see new as well as familiar faces... and a nice new Harley - way cool Dennis!! Thanks again Guy for prompting us to get out and about!! DJ

Wishing I had joined you all - sounds like you al have a great ride on a wonderful night.

[girlzchris]

Bring your laptop so I can run it over.... that should help!

it doenst help cam. as im sitting in front of my laptop again :( stupid assignments!!!!!!!!!

[girlzchris]

Fantastic ride this evening - you gotta love Welly on a good day!! Good to see new as well as familiar faces... and a nice new Harley - way cool Dennis!! Thanks again Guy for prompting us to get out and about!! DJ

Hey, I hope you dont mind that I saved that 2 pics for my album??? Very nice pictures. I love it and now its on my desktop screen saver......

[BuckBuck#1]

Cool pictures David, by the time we got back down to the inlet the sun was well over the horizon, perhaps that's why so many of you didn't see the road slump going up the hill from the inlet just before coming down to Mana - well I suppose that is a good excuse. The slump has caught me out a few times with sudden front suspension k-thump. I see the road work markings on the road at the slump it is about time it is fixed.

Also you recall I mentioned the Wainui Coast Road ride, well it so happens there are rides Fri, Sat, Tues, & Wednesday over this coming week - they are in the main calendar.

[Toaster]

It was a good ride up the Paekak hill and a good return around Gray's Rd. Nice to blow a few cobwebs off.... That big truck was a tad close coming around the tight right hander. I had to make a quick line adjustment and I am sure my close quarters follower would have made an even bigger one!

[BuckBuck#1]

It was a good ride up the Paekak hill and a good return around Gray's Rd. Nice to blow a few cobwebs off.... That big truck was a tad close coming around the tight right hander. I had to make a quick line adjustment and I am sure my close quarters follower would have made an even bigger one!

The 250 riders and I were just approaching the Motukaraka/Grays Rd intersection and had a clear view of the monster coming along the inlet, slowed right down and was well left when the truck was on that notorious bend just before the intersection.:scooter::scooter::scooter:

[Toaster]

Sunday afternoon ride here: LINK (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/120277-WELLINGTON-Sunday-14-March-Afternoon-Ride-North-to-Vinegar-Hill-casual-all-bikers)

[Bren]

Sunday afternoon ride here: LINK (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/120277-WELLINGTON-Sunday-14-March-Afternoon-Ride-North-to-Vinegar-Hill-casual-all-bikers)
We have our very own "KB Spammer!"

[Toaster]

We have our very own "KB Spammer!"

See you on the ride then??!!

[BuckBuck#1]

RIDE FOUR
Wednesday 17 March
Wainuiomata Coast/ * Petone Jetty Cafe

17 March – Meeting Point Map Here (http://maps.google.co.nz/maps/ms?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Wainui+Rd,+Lower+Hutt,+5010&msa=0&ll=-41.317529,174.903717&spn=0.211959,0.617294&z=11&msid=118237826601181735195.000480ae9155fc96e9962)
Intersection Whites Line East and Wainui Road - Woburn
Time 6.10pm for 6.30 departure

We'll see how the weather conditions are at the meeting point and abandon the ride if too gusty and head down to Petone Jetty Cafe.

Update: 7.10pm
Gave the ride a miss. Out here in Stokes Valley the roads were very wet, and Moira came in from Lower Hutt and said it was still raining down there at 5.45pm.
Since then the sun has come out a few times and the clouds drifting by.
Oh well there is next week.

[BuckBuck#1]

RIDE FIVE
Wednesday 24 March
Blue Mountains Road/Whitemans Valley/Rimutaka Hill
This ride ends at Rimutaka Hill summit.
Returning down to Upper Hutt/Lower Hutt for meal.

24 March - Meeting Point Map Here (http://maps.google.co.nz/maps/ms?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Wainui+Rd,+Lower+Hutt,+5010&msa=0&msid=118237826601181735195.0004808b4672f47bc1777&z=16)
Mobil Service Station Silverstream (Ferguson Drive – 1km from SH2 over Silverstream Bridge next to McDonalds)
Time 6.10pm for 6.30 departure

Tomorrow, Wednesday 24th March is the final Alternative Wednesday programmed ride for the Daylight Saving Season.

Next week will be a Tuesday evening ride to a 'meal destination' and Wednesday night will be the backup night in the event of bad weather on Tuesday.

[Quasi]

RIDE FIVE
Wednesday 24 March
Blue Mountains Road/Whitemans Valley/Rimutaka Hill
This ride ends at Rimutaka Hill summit.
Returning down to Upper Hutt/Lower Hutt for meal.

24 March - Meeting Point Map Here (http://maps.google.co.nz/maps/ms?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&hl=en&hq=&hnear=Wainui+Rd,+Lower+Hutt,+5010&msa=0&msid=118237826601181735195.0004808b4672f47bc1777&z=16)
Mobil Service Station Silverstream (Ferguson Drive – 1km from SH2 over Silverstream Bridge next to McDonalds)
Time 6.10pm for 6.30 departure

Tomorrow, Wednesday 24th March is the final Alternative Wednesday programmed ride for the Daylight Saving Season.

Next week will be a Tuesday evening ride to a 'meal destination' and Wednesday night will be the backup night in the event of bad weather on Tuesday.

Hi Guy - what approx time will you end up at the Top of the Takas. May come over but not really wanting to ride back down in the dark

[BuckBuck#1]

Hi Guy - what approx time will you end up at the Top of the Takas. May come over but not really wanting to ride back down in the dark

Hi Carla - Look forward to catching up with you. Allowing 45 minutes to get up through Whitemans Valley, Mangaroa, Maymorn, and Te Marua, and on up to the Rimutaka Hill summit - around 7.15/7.25pm I would think we should be there. We'll take a short stop at the summit and return back to the Hutt Valley.

Cheers

News Update - I won't riding the Kawasaki Green Machine sold this evening.

[BuckBuck#1]

Well the weather looks like absolute rubbish this afternoon.

Over the past two months, the programmed rides on the Tuesday evening for 250c paced riders were certainly well attended by a wide variety of bikes of all sizes, with several rides exceeding 15 riders. While there were reduced numbers for the Alternate Wednesday evening programmed rides there was a general theme that having an alternative ride was worthwhile and practical, particularly with routes and meeting points linked to Google Maps.

Next Wednesday is a 'backup evening' in the event of bad weather for the final Tuesday evening meal destination ride.

In the meantime I have just completed my recent blogg entry that reviews the current Daylight Saving season.

A Review - End Of Daylight Saving 2009/2010 (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/entry.php/1445-A-Review-The-End-Of-Daylight-Saving-2009-2010)

[Toaster]

I am unlikely to make any more of the Tues/Alternative Wed rides. Thanks for organising these Guy. It was a good tool for the learners and novices to get out and enjoy social riding at a pace anyone could cope with. My bike didn't overheat too badly!