Auckland - rolling protest ride

**Maha** · 2nd November 2009, 09:50

Originally Posted by Ixion

Can the ride do a stop, regroup and set off again at X oclock from a couple of points along the way.

That way people who may not be able to make it to the start can join in along the way .

No regrouping Les, it is non-stop apart from the traffic lights.
I suggest any who cant make the start, find a good visual spot close to where we will be riding past and then join on.
Better still, make the start point cos we will have two TEC's and those joining on later will end up behind the two TEC's

Originally Posted by Crisis management

Not sure if I can attend yet but...
just a suggestion, after both the turn around at Westgate (top of the north western) and the lights through botany / pakuranga your line will be strung out & the rear riders will be having to crank it up to catch up. Find a stop after these two points to regroup.
I suggest get off at Te atatu north & regroup (free turn onto the motorway?) and on Ti rakau drive (pakuranga) before getting onto the south eastern.

Good idea, hope there are lots of riders on the day.

It all depends on the amount of bikes and we will decide on the day about the Te Atatu off ramp regroup, but at this stage we wont be stopping.

The pace will be slowed at the Westgate turn around and also the onramp north after the South Eastern. If it happens to be a large amount of bikes we are more than likely to have a little help. Will know more about this later today.

**Mully** · 2nd November 2009, 09:52

Originally Posted by Crisis management

Hang on, the point is, you need a location that provides a traffic light free entry onto the next bit off the motorway so the group starts off in one bunch. Not westgate.

Ahh, I get you now. Traffic lights don't apply to bikes though??

Lots of motorway riding though. I'm not convinced that gaps couldn't be made up relatively easily.

Still, depends on the numbers that turn up I guess.

EDIT: Maha beat me to it.....

**Mom** · 2nd November 2009, 15:48

Originally Posted by Mully

Morning all,

Heart Children are seriously on-board with this.

Couple of points:
Does anyone have an estimate of how long this will take, for the timing of the Domain bit?
Do we have a volunteer (not required to be a rider) to act as Point Duty at the Domain on the day. We will need a cell number for you so the Heart Children lady can get in touch upon arrival.
(This is up in the air, as I haven't offered yet) - Is anyone prepared to take a pillion representative of Heart Children on the entire ride? (I can and will, cos Miss Mully is getting her hair done, anyone else?)

My intention is to peel off at some point and head to the domain and get set up for arriving bikes. Maha will do point at the Domain entrance. I am happy to make a time to meet with a Heart Children representative there, can offer up a seat on the blue lovely, but I have no spare gear. I will be talking to the museum people about our plans too

Maha is very aware of how a bunch of bikes can get strung out so will be controlling the lead riding speed at all times to make sure we stay in a group. The last thing we need is the riders at the back having to hare along to catchup with the rest of the group.

I am quietly working away in the background here to get something of worth happening when we get to the Domain.

**SARGE** · 2nd November 2009, 16:26

Originally Posted by Maha

Please bring your flags/banners/noise makers etc.

i ride my noisemaker...

**Maha** · 2nd November 2009, 17:27

Originally Posted by SARGE

i ride my noisemaker...

You can ride up front with the big people if you turn up....

**T.I.E** · 2nd November 2009, 17:38

Originally Posted by Maha

You can ride up front with the big people if you turn up....

What you calling me fat??? WTF
Ahhh how you be sir?

**Maha** · 2nd November 2009, 17:51

Originally Posted by T.I.E

What you calling me fat??? WTF
Ahhh how you be sir?

Big as in adult sized not as in to much boil up....

Ya coming back for this event?.....

**Mully** · 2nd November 2009, 18:18

Originally Posted by Mom

My intention is to peel off at some point and head to the domain and get set up for arriving bikes. Maha will do point at the Domain entrance. I am happy to make a time to meet with a Heart Children representative there, can offer up a seat on the blue lovely, but I have no spare gear. I will be talking to the museum people about our plans too

I am quietly working away in the background here to get something of worth happening when we get to the Domain.

Good Plan Mom

Miss Mully (MuzzyBee) is having a "Wedding Hair Trial" (Yawn!!) that day, so she wont be wearing a lid. I believe her intention is to meet at the Domain also, in our cage.

I have sent an e-mail round at work looking for excess bears to come on the ride.

**Mom** · 2nd November 2009, 18:45

Originally Posted by Mully

Good Plan Mom

Miss Mully (MuzzyBee) is having a "Wedding Hair Trial" (Yawn!!) that day, so she wont be wearing a lid. I believe her intention is to meet at the Domain also, in our cage.

I have sent an e-mail round at work looking for excess bears to come on the ride.

*YAWN*

some things are actually REALLY important you know

OK, so you me and you and a dog named BOO will liase further about plans at the end. Can you cope with TEC if I abandon you part way through is the question

**paddy** · 2nd November 2009, 18:48

Originally Posted by Maha

All good points Mully thank you...
The Motorway Patrol will be notified on Monday and all steps will be taken to ensure that we do everthing without to much disruption.

I'm glad to hear that you are talking with the MP. I suspect they might put some traffic control measures in around some of the major intersections which would be helpful - they may also want to renegotiate aspects of the route so that they can do the above and make it safer for all. The police are definitely not the enemy here.

Whoever is spokesman should make sure they have some carefully prepared and memorised "sound-bites" to regurgitate to the media at the appropriate times. Knowing how to pivot unrelated questions onto these sound bites would also be useful. Any long answers will be edited down and may well lose their meaning. By providing sound-bites you are making it easy for the editing room and YOU are controlling your message. It's also a REALLY good idea to make sure that the sound-bite stands alone, or re-state the question in your answer. That way the interviewer can be edited out as well - this leaves more time for you and your message.

All in all good work the pair of you (and anyone else responsible). I shall try and make it.