Tuesday evening: BRONZ Slowpaced Social Ride

[blackdog]

Looks quite nice out there, I may be tempted tonight.

[aeonsien]

I'll be heading there tonight. Looking forward to meeting up it's a tad blustery but nice enough out this way. I'll be on a black vtr 250 with me lovely L plate (gotta be home by 10pm or it'll turn into a pumpkin)

[aeonsien]

That was fun. I waited at McDs for a while but noone showed - what happened?
Great stuff though, and thanks for the tips too. I practiced on the gravel strip on the way home too - lots of careful skids.

Edit: Sorry I'll say that again now that a few people have told me that I'm not making any sense:

Great ride guys, I really enjoyed it aye - nice to get out with other people and do stuff without feeling the need to speed up and show off
I think it would have been good if the ride ended at a cafe or McDs or something - I thought we were going to hook up at the latter but no-one showed while I was waiting (I admit that I might not have been listening all that good though...).

Did anyone get any pics?

[BMWST?]

looks a bit gloomy in town ,plenty warm tho....

[BMWST?]

was a nice wee ride out to makara via Karori and then out through the gorge to J ville where macdonalds awaits.. A little chat and we went our seperate ways.

[Bad Biker]

BUGGER!!!!!!!!!!

Not happy I missed that ride as I was looking forward to it but work kept me busy in Palmerston North therefore I didn't get back in time.

Up side was I was home for Valintines day therefore got brownie points.


Looking forward to next weeks ride.

[Ratti]

these rides have been going really well. Im stoked at the courteous behaviour and the genuine helpfulness being shown. No room for large egos on these rides, but heaps of room for sense of humour and chat about bikes and life in general.

Look forward to seeing familiar faces and new ones next week.

[Milts]

I've been wanting to attend this year, but have had class every tuesday evening! I'm finally done with that - are these rides still on? When and where do they start?

[blackdog]

I've been wanting to attend this year, but have had class every tuesday evening! I'm finally done with that - are these rides still on? When and where do they start?

6pm at the duckpond.

[Bald Eagle]

6pm at the duckpond.

Nah your a week out

"Feb 28 - Round the bays. Meet next to caltex servo at Kaiwharawhara. "

[Milts]

Cheers guys, I didn't see the second list obviously - I was wondering why it looked like the rides ended in December....

[blackdog]

Nah your a week out

"Feb 28 - Round the bays. Meet next to caltex servo at Kaiwharawhara. "

Oops, thanks Paul.

[Ratti]

As usual a really good ride this week. Ably lead by one of our Ulysses mentors. Tikkytour up to Wrights Hill, over to the Generator in Brooklyn then in to Newtown maccas. 16 bikes of mixed abilitiy, usual high standard of behaviour and courtesy. Well done people.

I hope the noobs are finding these a skill challenge and the senior riders are being challenged to think about their riding habits and whether anything needs to be changed.

Only a few more rides to go now...I'd encourage participants to be thinking about swapping contact details so you can continue to meet up for rides once this series has finished. These are about socialising and forming contacts within the riding community as much as improving skill levels.

Due to my new work hours, we will be kicking off a bit later on Tuesday evenings. The meeting place and area we will be riding in remains the same, just the start time is delayed by 15-20 minutes. No excuses for anyone else to be late now! ( you know who I mean )

See you next Tuesday as per the schedule.

[Ratti]

Of concern from this weeks ride...I know I said ride your own ride, BUT...

you all knew the route we were going to take. Why did a large part of the pack follow someone who veered off the route? The rider who went that way is not a senior rider let alone the ride leader. If he was a senior rider, he'd have enough experience to know to stop and shoo everyone back the right way. Think about what is happening, don't just blindly follow the leader.

Once a group breaks up, the point of riding as a group becomes a fail. We lose riders, and who will be there should anything go wrong? With so many noobs in these rides, I really do expect a lot from Senior Riders in the way of looking out for each other.

IN future, if you're not going to ride the route, please stay parked until ALL the group riders have moved out. Then you can do whatever you want. I'm not a control freak, but I do have to keep a tight rein on the overall form of the group.

On a happier note, I am impressed at the willingness of new riders to give things a shot at a speed they are comfortable with. These are SLOWPACED rides and the slowest rider is in charge of setting the pace. ANyone who doesn't want to ride this slowly won't come with us, so there is never any pressure to go faster than you are able.

Welcome along to older riders who are stepping back into the game.

see you all next week. Reminder that we will be starting slightly later as I have trouble getting to the meeting place on time due to work committments.

cheers

[BuckBuck#1]

Of concern from this weeks ride...I know I said ride your own ride, BUT...

you all knew the route we were going to take. Why did a large part of the pack follow someone who veered off the route?

IN future, if you're not going to ride the route, please stay parked until ALL the group riders have moved out.

Points well taken.

Prior to leaving Avalon I mentioned I would not complete the whole ride from Pauatahanui to Paekakariki Hill, and that I would carry on around the inlet to Mana. I understand that Pauatahanui was going to be the mid point for riders to then be identified who were going not going to proceed to Paekakariki Hill.

I rode immediately behind the ride leader, from Avalon to Pauatahanui, where we all stopped and I parked immediately behind the ride leader. We chatted generally and when no discussion was had to the whole group collectively to identify who else was not going to proceed up to Paekakariki Hill, I thought this will be interesting. I observed that neither Rider Leader nor TEC liaised, nor was I given any heads up about remaining behind until after the group departed.

When Rider Leader moved off I followed immediately behind him and when I approached the T-Junction (Paekakariki Hill and Pautahanui Inlet) I indicated to the rider behind me to proceed through the intersection to follow Ride Leader which he did. As I proceeded half a kilometre down the inlet road, I then noticed three or four bikes a ways back, and said to myself 'well these must be the non Paekakariki Hill riders'.

When I arrived at Shell Mana, I thought to myself, 'Hmmm me thinks there may have been a stuff up' however neither Ride Leader nor TEC confronted me in person when they arrived at Shell Mana.

Again the points are well taken.