Welcome to the Club – Peter Germaine Associate Member
Ready!
Peter re-took his motorbike test in 2015 at the ripe age of 65 and is now looking to improve his riding skills with Harrogate Advanced Bikes.
Peter retired from work in 2005 due to ill health, now aged 70-seems to be bike fit now! He has had a varied working career, with a mixture of jobs but the main ones are as a motor mechanic and electronic engineer-should be handy for a few technical tips! Good to see he knows how to pick an excellent bike!
Please say hello to Peter the next time you see him.
Special Guest Stephanie Kovrlije-Store Manager-SPORTSBIKESHOP-Leeds .
Stephanie has kindly agreed to talk to us about Sportsbikeshop and their new and impressive motorcycle gear and clothing store on Regent Street in Leeds.
As usual our January meeting is at the Bilton Cricket Club 7.00pm for 7.30pm start. Before handing over to our guest speaker, I will run through any other business and then make way for Stephanie to tell us all about Sportsbikeshop’s comprehensive range of motorcycle clothing and accessories followed by the Cricket Club’s splendid buffet afterwards.
Happy New Year everyone – Our first mid-week ride of 2020!
Route starts and finishes at Morrison’s in Boroughbridge YO51 9UR.
Meet 9.15am for a 9.30am start.
From Boroughbridge we’ll pick up the B6265, turning left to Little Ouseburn and over the Aldwark Bridge to Linton-on-Ouse. Continuing on minor roads to Authitts where we dog-leg across the A19 to Beningbrough and towards Haxby, turning right on to the Wiggington road (B1363).
After suitable refreshment, from the café, continue briefly on B1363 before turning left on A1237 (York inner bypass). Turn left towards Strensall, following the road to the right and past York Golf Range to the A64 where we’ll go straight across the main road, picking up minor roads and on to Buttercrambe.
All minor roads now, heading northeast before turning Right on the B1248 briefly then left on B1253 to Kirby Grindalythe, West Lutton, Helperthorpe, Weaverthorpe and then left on B1249 at Foxholes and north to the A64.
Right on A64 for about 2 miles then left on the minor road to West Ayton. North on minor road towards Spiker’s Hill, then north east to the A171 and on to Scarborough North Bay for lunch.
Room for a view!
Lunch stop: The Oasis Café, Royal Albert Drive (North Bay), Scarborough YO12 7TY.
After lunch we’ll retrace the route back to West Ayton, then turn Right on A170 to Helmsley and onwards towards Sutton Bank but turning off the main road at Wass Bank to Byland Abbey and Coxwold and then the A19.
Left on A19 then immediately Right to Brafferton , Helperby and Thornton Bridge, then Left to Boroughbridge where the route stops at Morrisons.
Mileage is about 124 miles.
Leader: David Haywood
Tail End Charlie to be anointed on the day.
As I write this, the forecast for is fair with little chance of rain.
I hope you can join us on this first ride of 2020!
Weather forecast good this weekend, so we have a late notice.
Last Sunday of the Decade Ride, meeting at Ripley Car Park at 10-00am.
Barry, I said good weather!Sorry Andrew, you meant this one!
Earlycoffee, via Pateley Bridge, at-How Stean Gorge HG3 5JF. After coffee, over the tops to Leighton Reservoir, Ellingstring, Jervaulx, Leyburn, Grinton, and up Swaledale to lunch at the Kearton Country Hotel, Thwaite DL11 6DR.
After a great lunch, we head over Buttertubs to Hawes, then the moorland road to Oughtershaw, Grassington, to Stump Cross Caverns HG3 5JL where our decade ending ride will finish.
Andrew Pratt will lead this impromptu ride of 90 miles, tail lender to be press-ganged on the day.
2019 is rapidly coming to an end, and alongside dwindling shopping time, thoughts are turning to the possibility of getting out more often on the bike in 2020.
Our new 2020 Ride Out Calendar is available to view on the HAB website alongside our remaining winter meetings at Bilton Cricket Club and, courtesy of John Blanchfield, already scheduled guest speakers.
Have a look at the available dates for our 2020Sunday Ride-Outs. Currently you have a free choice of dates and, if you want to expand your riding experience and lead biking colleagues on the ride you prefer, give it a go this year. Full advice is available on the website, from me or from other experienced hands. For all you brave 2019 first timers please come forward again and maybe do your ride in reverse. Every 2019 ride was new in so many ways, went well, even punctures brought out the best club teamwork and the weather was with us most of the time.
If you are free during the week, Monthly 1st Wednesday Rides are also available to lead if you prefer. It doesn’t need to be complicated. A destination is all you need, a coffee stop on the way, somewhere to get lunch and a finishing point.
Summer brings longer days and an unwinding ride after a day at work, after checking your cabbages in the allotment or baby sitting the grandkids all day, and with the prospect of fish and chips at the end, an evening ride is a good way to cut your teeth leading a Ride Outfor the first time. Again all you need is a destination, somewhere for some refreshments and a relaxing chat at the end. Summer evening rides usually commence on the second Monday in May and again you have a free choice of dates at this point in time.
Just in case you were wondering and sorry to disappoint anyone hard enough to want a ride on New Year’s Day, but the usual Wednesday Ride Out for January won’t be taking place on the first Wednesday of the month. No doubt you all be recovering from your celebrations of the night before on the 1st so the Wednesday ride will take place on 8th instead.
David or John will be organising the ride and details will follow soon.
For those looking forward to this Sunday’s Ride-Out, “Bedlam to Bedale”, lead by Andrew Pratt with Bob Hill keeping us honest at the back, we have a delightful option of selecting a Christmas lunch at The Platform One Cafe in Bedale.
Please get in touch with Andrew, andrewpratt12@yahoo.co.uk to book ahead. There is no need to book for the standard menu.
Andrews ride’s are always well planned and this one is appropriate for this time of the year so let’s make the last ride of the year a good one!
Last chance everyone for a free lift to the above on Friday evening at Colin Appleyards in Keighley for “An Evening With” Doughie & John Lampkin (see previous post http://www.harrogateadvancedbikes.co.uk/an-evening-with-at-colin-appleyards/).
Trials specialists extraordinaire. Don’t miss out, these evening’s are delightful. Food, chat, bike showroom, some fun and a free lift home. Have a nose around the showroom, the guys at Colin Appleyards know their stuff, and settle down for an amusing chat with a charity auction at the end to tempt you.
Suzuki have some tempting offers as well, so see https://bikes.suzuki.co.uk/bikes/adventure/v-strom-650xt/?utm_source=Gather&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=On%20Road_1000%20off_Q4_2019_Gather&utm_content=CMP-04344-L5Q5&_cldee=YmFycnlhLnJpbmdAZ21haWwuY29t&recipientid=contact-6a4e09736825e511940ec81f66dad7b4-e05136587ec840a3ae71e14c709f199f&esid=5593f47b-b9fc-e911-80ec-c81f66dad7b6
Give me a call 07847 786608 or email barrya.ring@gmail.com for more information.
Join Andrew & Bob on the last Sunday ride of 2019, a shorter one this time, of 100 miles having regard to early darkness, and cooler weather.
We shall meet as usual at 0900 for a 0930 start at Asda Lorry Park, Dragon Road, Harrogate.
Heading along the A661, to the bypass, then east onto A59 to Green Hammerton, left to Aldwark Bridge, then north east through the villages of Crayke, Brandsby, & Hovingham, to Beadlam Grange, Beadlam YO62 7TD, near Helmsley, where you can stock up on Farm Shop goodies, Christmas gifts, and marvellous “Hog Roast” rolls or just have a coffee. https://www.beadlamgrange.co.uk
West now to Helmsley, then north to Hawnby & over the moors to Osmotherley, & on to Brompton, Yafforth, then Bedale where we shall stop for lunch at the Platform One Cafe, DL8 1AW. https://platform-one-tea-rooms.business.site/?utm_source=gmb&utm_medium=referral
After a great lunch we have a short run south, via Thorp Perrow & West Tanfield, to Ripley, where our ride will finish. Anyone for ice cream?
The weather forecast for Sunday looks pretty good so see you then.
It’s that fun time of the year again! Harrogate Advanced Bikes annual Christmas Quiz. Get your team together for a night of questions you could, and should, know the answers to. Form a team of three on the night with the chance of an exotic prize!
This year, as ever, Quiz Master Doug Masterton will test us again with a well prepared list of awkward questions, games and other challenges. Working together pool your knowledge and pit your wits against former HAB chairman Doug, and opposing teams for top place.
Friends and partners are welcome, so bring along your biking mates too and make it a great evening. Our last chance for a club social evening this year and as usual a splendid buffet will be provided by Bilton Cricket Club.
Meet at Bilton Cricket Club 7.00pm and get your team together for a 7.30pm start as usual.
