On The Road Again - Group Riding Attitudes – Upcoming Daylight Saving 2011/2012
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, 12th August 2011 at 08:16 (1842 Views)
Last night I looked back over one of my summary blogg entries:
A Review The End Of Daylight Saving 2009-2010
The review was written when I had just sold my previous bike.
Since that review was written over 15 months ago I tend to think that there has since been a gradual shift in group riding attitude and also focus being made upon positive aspects.
Last year BRONZ - Wellington picked up the ball and ran with Tuesday evening rides for novice and returning riders, following on from 2009/2010 initiatives.
Recently local government council (specifically Hutt City in this region) in conjunction with Roadsafe (Andrew& LynneTempleton) have held Rider Improvement training courses.
While Ulysses also recently conducted a skills rodeo riding circuit in Lower Hutt.
Also I have noticed that "Wellington Riders" has taken the initiative through Facebook promoting a safe riding edict at the start of their Facebook page/site.
Looking toward the upcoming daylight saving period 2011/2012 and the social rides that no doubt will occur, I am somewhat pleased to see that there does appear to be a positive shift in riding attitude here in Wellington.
I sincerely hope that the positive initiatives continue. I will be very pleased to arrive at the numerous social-ride gathering points on my GSR600 this summer in anticipation that group riding will have shifted to another level of collective and individual responsibility.
Enjoy the upcoming spring and summer.
(Daylight saving starts on 25 September 2011)