Wellington Wednesday Night Cruisy Summer Rides (TCWNR) 2010-2011

[Hans]

From my blogg:
Wellington Wednesday Rides Next Spring Summer 2010-11

Though I am no longer regularly riding, I am very pleased to see that a representative of BRONZ has taken up the challenge of the Tuesday evening rides for Learners and Restricted riders. In that regard I would like to think that Uncle B's legacy remains, albeit a Tuesday and not the original Wednesday.

Regarding the Wednesday rides, I think there is room for improvement. The blogg entry link above discusses several aspects.

Ride safe and enjoy the ride.

Be prepared to get told to fuck off since you haven't been to the ride lately.

[White trash]

Be prepared to get told to fuck off since you haven't been to the ride lately.

You can fuck off too HairBear. You didn't even come on our safe and sedate ride last night

[Hans]

You can fuck off too HairBear. You didn't even come on our safe and sedate ride last night

Wait for eet... Get ready... HOMO! Bet you didn't see that coming.

[Eyegasm]

I never went to any of the Wednesday rides last year and the ones I have been on this year have all been great.

Maybe that is cos I stick to the back of the group due to being on a 250 and not wanting to hold anyone up.

I ride at a pace that suits me, sod anyone else. I have nothing to prove.

I will continue to attend these rides as the people I have ridden with before are a great bunch of guys and girls.

Plus some of the feedback I get is great and helpful.

[Gone Burger]

I never went to any of the Wednesday rides last year and the ones I have been on this year have all been great.

Maybe that is cos I stick to the back of the group due to being on a 250 and not wanting to hold anyone up.

I ride at a pace that suits me, sod anyone else. I have nothing to prove.

I will continue to attend these rides as the people I have ridden with before are a great bunch of guys and girls.

Plus some of the feedback I get is great and helpful.

Completely agree - have found these rides to be nothing but enjoyable, and have never been concerned for my safety because of others actions. I have also found that people DO stick to their own pace and ride their own ride. Very quickly the riders fall into a appropriate pecking order of thier own skill and speed, like Eyegasm and I both do.

The Tuesday night rides are wonderful for the learners, and more experienced riders to be able to help out when they can, the Thursday rides seem perfect for those riders who can handle the faster pace and need a good blat, but the Wednesday rides are a good in between. Can be cruisy if you choose them to be, or if you need to stretch your legs you are left to your own accord.

Last summer I looked forward to these rides greatly when I was still on my 250, and now on a bigger bike, enjoy them even more getting experience on the hill with a lot of riders that I can trust.

[White trash]

Can you do a wheelie yet Katie?

[davebullet]

Can you do a wheelie yet Katie?

Maybe that could be rule 4?

[Gone Burger]

Can you do a wheelie yet Katie?

No I need you to teach me - that's why I dont qulify for Thursdays

Perhaps that yellow CBR might be better then the m50 - or at least a friendlier landing? haha - yeah right, I'm far too fresh

[ecko_nzed]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS7nqwGt4-I

comedic genius lol

Never had any problems on the weds nite ride. I'd probably be considered a regular if my bike was a bit more reliable. Sometimes I ride near the front, other times I'm happy to be TEC. In the absence of a lot of rules "most" people exercise common sense. If they don't, they generally get the message loud and clear from a quiet chat, or a more direct "Tone it down or FUCK OFF". This was poor judgement by the guy involved and I'm sure he now has the message loud and clear. I hope he comes back as we have a great community of riders with a wide variety of backgrounds and skill levels.

If people want to remind everyone about the use of common sense and courtesy at the start of each ride, then do it, don't just talk about it on the forum.

[mattathm]

I still love you guys and gals.............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5Dv2...eature=related

[WuZards-Eugene]

I have been coming on these rides for quite a while now, and have also varied between going on the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday night rides. Although I did not get the honor to meet Uncle B, I can see that what he has started has grown quite big and i'm sure he would be proud of it. As it stands now, there is quite a clear distinction between the rides where on:

Tuesdays; for those that are completely fresh, or are up for a slow pootle around are easily catered for, the route is clearly defined and a plan of action and breifing is put in place. Everyone knows they are in for a nana ride, and those who do not want to do so are told nicely to go somewhere else. What Buckbuck started here was a great thing, but was also percieved by many as an attack on the Wednesday, which it is certainly not.

Wednesdays; this has become more of a social ride, with any and all turning up for a jaunt over some hill, then gathering again for a good ole yak. As most attendees are now usually veterans of the Wednesdays, a sort of pecking order has been established, however this is not apparent to those that have just joined the ride. For this, it would be great to keep a similar pattern, where small groups of riders take off together to ride there own ride which pretty much is what is happening now. Newer riders should be told or asked to fit in with another group which is going at an acceptable pace so that they can get a feel for where they want to be in the ride. Although this started off as a learner friendly ride, most of those learners now have larger bikes, and come along for the social element, which can be seen by anyone turning up to the pond, seeing everyone around in small groups having a yarn. Less experienced and slower riders are most certainly welcome, and should be identifying themselves, and then pulled into a group. Newer riders quite often have the pressure of not being completely sure of where they are going, and seem to focus on keeping up with whatever is infront of them, contrary to riding their own ride. The biggest improvement that could be made to start off with, is a brief before we all leave, mainly to decide where we are going, as the question of where we are going is frequently asked, which is usually prompted by bikes starting up. I'll give this a try next week and see how it goes.

Thursdays; mostly experienced riders that are wanting to go for a blat, usually to the Royal in feathers. Those that are either inexperienced, or new are either told or already know that these rides are for the experienced and the pace is generally quite fast (percieved by some as stupidly fast or irresponsible etc etc homos ). Everyone rides in a responsible manor. Again, those on the ride are mearly riding their own ride, and theyre all tuff cunts too


In regards to what happend with Hans, this was due to a riders misjudgement/bad decision, and in the end, the rider in question got the shits scared out of him, and then got some firm words from the reciever (or atleast im guessing it was firm words). He knew what he had done, and (apparently) accepted responsibility for his actions What Hans has gone and done is the right thing to do, and anyone making similar errors in judgement should be spoken to, rather than moaned about. All three of these group rides bring out various riders, and quite often there may be one that makes irrational decisions that lead to possible destruction. One thing to be aware about is that these people are out there, and are not always in a big group to lay blame on. In every incident or accident there is always two factors: Rider control and Rider decisions. Just being blunt here but cloggy's incident (no offence cloggy, just an example) can be applied just as any other. An error of judgement was made, causing a loss of control, and had it been a corner going the other way, this could then have been a bike heading straight for you because of a bad decision. Some of you say thats different, but in my eyes its not. If I ran wide on a corner, and hit another bike/car/truck/flying saucer I would hold myself responsible, just the same if I tried to overtake and something was coming towards me, or if I ended up in the only patch of mud in a ditch on the side of the road.

[White trash]

IThursdays; mostly experienced riders that are wanting to go for a blat, usually to the Royal in feathers. Those that are either inexperienced, or new are either told or already know that these rides are for the experienced and the pace is generally quite fast (percieved by some as stupidly fast or irresponsible etc etc homos ). Everyone rides in a responsible manor. Again, those on the ride are mearly riding their own ride.

You forgot that we're all tuff cunts too.

[ecko_nzed]

The biggest improvement that could be made to start off with, is a brief before we all leave, mainly to decide where we are going, as the question of where we are going is frequently asked, which is usually prompted by bikes starting up. I'll give this a try next week and see how it goes.

Go Eugene , you sir are a tuffest of the tuff cunts Top idea! I'd offer to help, but essentially I'm lazy

[Dodgy]

Sadly, I have only had the time to come along on one Wed ride. Being straight after work, I had the korean squid boat lookalike FJ with a rack bag full of laptop and shite.

No problem that evening with the pace and behaviour. Some people wanted to do wheelies all the way up the Hutt Road and throw stoppies into the mix. Fair enough. If I had taken the R1 I could have played along, or just cruised.. Same deal over the hill, there seemed to be a self established order and the ones up the front were free to play silly buggers and the less experienced/ more mellow/shitbox FJ riders could hang down the back.

Certainly not as bad as the old VMCC days when I once counted four bikes trashed during the day as people outbraked, ran off and generally terrified and bashed the local scenery. Then the day finished with a coasting race down the hill.

[White trash]

Then the day finished with a coasting race down the hill.

Ohhh hfuck, you've just reminded me. Awesome idea for a ride coming up.