Bikers In Blue Ride: Sunday 15 September 2013, Auckland, Wellington & Christchurch

[Gremlin]

Successful ride by all accounts I think.

Some 250 bikes for the Auckland ride, and around 340 total bikes across the 3 cities. Lots of laughs from Max's speech

[Hobbyhorse]

I will second that ... a well supported and well organised event that was fun to participate in ... thanks guys.

[Theantidote]

i third it...awesome event, well organsized, a great ride and the weather gods did their bit to look after us........
fat bikers rock

[MadDuck]

Successful ride by all accounts I think.

Looked like you had a fun time

It was a well organised ride and lots of fun. The entertainment at Pakuranga was fantastic. That Mad Butcher is still mad.

Nice to see some faces from the past. All crawled out from the woodwork

[Fatt Max]

Thanks to everyone that turned out today across the country for this.

350 bikes, over $1700 raised and a real good day out.

Cheers to you all, see you next year

[leathel]

A great ride, well organized and a good...no fantastic turn out in Auckland

Nice to meet a few more bods at Dangerous Chocolates on the way home.

[caseye]

Awesome day out and for a great cause, cheers to peter Leitchy, Sir, Peter for making sure there was at Least enough snarlers for us all at Albany.FM and the team did a bloody amazing job of getting us all there and back in one piece and having some light hearted moments throughout the day, first time back with the guys and girls for some time and am so looking forward to our next run.
A proper privilege it was FM, you and your guys and girls did Owesomely today, take a recommend.

[The Reibz]

Awesome day out and for a great cause, cheers to peter Leitchy, Sir, Peter for making sure there was at Least enough snarlers for us all at Albany.

Enough sausages but they ran out of bread... twice...

I ended up riding with with the Patriots today. Was a good run. 200 odd bikes in vic park tunnel sounded farken meannnn

[MadDuck]

Enough sausages but they ran out of bread... twice

Last year we had 80 odd bikes. It really is tough to know the numbers until the day. Would have been worse to run out of sausages?

Glad you had a good day on the bike because that is what it is all about

[Theantidote]

Enough sausages but they ran out of bread... twice...

I ended up riding with with the Patriots today. Was a good run. 200 odd bikes in vic park tunnel sounded farken meannnn

ya gotta love the tunnels...reminds me of when i was a kid in the car heading thru mt.vic tunnel in wellies...
an awesome ride out with everyone...thanks again...looking forward to the next one

[Murray]

Well done Fat Max - certainly a great day and well done to the fellow Waikatoins that joined up to make the ride. A great charity and a fun day - again thumbs up to the organising crew!!!!

One suggestion Max - don't mention Burger King at the beginning of your ride brief I didnt hear anything after that -- ummmhhh cheeseburgers and bacon

[Juniper]

Was a good day. Ended up eating sausages skwered on my knife.

I don't think I'll ride in it again or the pink ribbon one (which ive heard is bigger) as for some reason having an L plate means ride my ass even closer, sit in my blind spot or over/undertake me so close I can feel your tassels.

Pillion next time.

[leathel]

Was a good day. Ended up eating sausages skwered on my knife.

I don't think I'll ride in it again or the pink ribbon one (which ive heard is bigger) as for some reason having an L plate means ride my ass even closer, sit in my blind spot or over/undertake me so close I can feel your tassels.

Pillion next time.

Yes with so many bikes and people trying to keep up at lights etc there was some close riding.... If you do another ride see if you can get a couple of bikes you know to ride behind as backstop giving you some space

Could have done with another couple of cops closing intersections as we went through as well

I would like to see some of the pics taken front the motorway bridges etc, but I have no idea if it was just joe public taking them or someone organized doing it

[Grashopper]

Was a good day. Ended up eating sausages skwered on my knife.

I don't think I'll ride in it again or the pink ribbon one (which ive heard is bigger) as for some reason having an L plate means ride my ass even closer, sit in my blind spot or over/undertake me so close I can feel your tassels.

Pillion next time.

Next time you shouldn't have a L plate anymore. Not sure if that was the problem though. It was pretty ok around me. There was one guy who was zipping around a bit so I was never really sure where he was or where he was going to be next, next to me, in my blind spot or in front of me but everybody else was pretty relaxed.

I would ride it again if I was in Auckland. When is the pink ribbon ride?

[Gremlin]

I don't think I'll ride in it again or the pink ribbon one (which ive heard is bigger) as for some reason having an L plate means ride my ass even closer, sit in my blind spot or over/undertake me so close I can feel your tassels.

Big rides like this do have potential for a lot of danger. You're riding in close quarters usually with a lot of strangers, you have no idea how they ride, or how they will react to any given situation. Maintaining a safety bubble and being ultra aware of your surroundings is crucial. Also keep an eye as far into the distance as possible, so you get warning when things suddenly slow down etc.

I would ride it again if I was in Auckland. When is the pink ribbon ride?

13 October. AMI Netball centre, St Johns. WIMA are the organisers, but no idea why the website isn't up to date: http://www.wima.org.nz/pages/Pink_Ribbon.php