Another ride night.

[darthandy]

I belong to an "unofficial" club that meets every Wednesday night for a ride through the Peninsula. We've been meeting for the past couple of years and I thought I'd invite any members here who would like to join us.

 

I realize that Marcarl has one on Wednesday nights as well, but Brantford's a bit far to go from here to join a ride, especially since it starts around 6:30.

 

As for us, we meet at the Tim's in Vineland on the North service road and leave at 7:00 p.m. I usually send an email reminder to members on the prior Sunday or Monday and I try to include a link to Google maps showing the proposed route. That way, people know where they are going and can get an idea as to how long they'll be riding. We usually aim for an ice cream stop before heading back home. Rides are typically and hour or so long as we head for the ice cream. The length of the ride home depends on the route taken to get back. Some people have time for a slow crawl back through the countryside while others may need to rush back a bit faster. We don't play road racer or try to set speed records - the idea is to have a pleasant cruise through the back roads (Better scenery) while avoiding highways as much as possible, especially the multi-lane type.

 

If you'd like to try us out, you can send me your email address to receive the reminder or just show up on a Wednesday night.

 

Thanks,

 

Andy

[Marcarl]

So how many come out typically? and how far out do you ride,, do you get to Port? Dunnville? Hagersville?

Our ride destination is usually not determined until we leave, it all depends on who shows up, what time they want to be home etc. ie, if we have riders from Toronto we're likely not riding to London.

[darthandy]

So how many come out typically? and how far out do you ride,, do you get to Port? Dunnville? Hagersville?

Our ride destination is usually not determined until we leave, it all depends on who shows up, what time they want to be home etc. ie, if we have riders from Toronto we're likely not riding to London.

 

It's usually been 4 to 5 riders who are "regulars" and then a few others who occasionally show up. Rides : along Ridge Road to Hamilton; through the middle of the Peninsula to Dunnville; along the Niagara Parkway to Niagara Falls or even Fort Erie (if no one minds getting home late.) and other routes around the area.. This year I started trying to plan and advertise a route ahead of time to encourage more members of the GWRRA chapter to which I belong to come out more often. With a roster of 71 members you'd think that we'd get a few out even in the middle of the week, but while plenty of them come out to the "dinner out" evenings and bowling in the winter, they just don't seem to want to ride - at least not with the group. We've tried to keep rides short enough to have people home by around 9:30, but that still hasn't been enough to coax them out. The chapter president wanted to make the ride a Chapter Event, but I won't do that unless members start coming out regularly. For now, it's just our private, no fees, no dues, no patch riding club. We get together, lie about - oops, I mean discuss our bikes and abilities and then ride to somewhere that has ice cream and then head for home. Since our present "membership" extends from Grimsby to Port Colborne, we chose Vineland as our meeting place as it was more or less centrally located and has direct access to the QEW in case someone is late getting to the meeting site and needs to ,er, hurry a bit.

 

Andy