Harrogate Advanced Bikes Committee meeting 4-6-18

The meeting was held at the Bilton Cricket Social club on the above date and commenced at 19:30. Those in attendance were;

• Paul Dresser (Secretary)
• John Watts
• Peter Smith
• Richard Stembrowicz (Treasurer)
• John Blanchfied (Chair)
• Barry Ring (Ride Coordinator)

Apologies from Bob Hill

Minutes of last meeting were agreed as being accurate.

Matters Arising

No Matters arising from previous meeting.

Training (Bob Hill)

Bob will update training via email as unavailable for meeting.

Rideouts

Monday 11^th Meeting , Barry to send notice and appeal for ride leader. Meet 7 for 7.30 at meeting point to be advised.

Ride Calendar to be updated, Paul and Barry to get together and update the calendar.

Due to clash with Fathers Day it was agreed to move the June rideout to the 24^th.

Possible IOM trip in September to discuss, possibly replace the Sunday ride with a weekend. John Watts to look into availability and dates. This followed a general discussion about longer or more varied rides (Scotland/Wales etc)

July – Bob Hill to lead.

August – John Blanchfield to lead.

September – Paul Dresser to lead to Lake District (Lakeland Motor Museum).

Club Meetings

Currently running Monday evening rides but will need to consider speakers for when we move back in to Bilton.

Finance

Discussed bank balance and available funds. Richard had taken over from Andrew and understood that there was one account with Circa £2500. Consensus was there was another account and this is to be checked with Andrew Pratt (has now been resolved and there are two accounts with a balance in excess of £5k)

Bank Signatories and authorisation to sort. Agreed 4 signatories

Bob Hill, Andrew Pratt, Peter Smith, John Blanchfield

AOB

Paul Dresser to compile compliance guide for GDPR for next meeting

Discussed Harrogate on your doorstep, £480 for ¼ page, agreed not to proceed as expensive.

JB contacted Harrogate Advertiser and spoke to Reporter re our scheme to promote SFL for younger riders.

PJD to discuss publicising the offer via the IAM’s media department and to approach road safety partnerships (Done and social media marketing in place via IAM)

General update required to website which PD will look at and tie in with Barry updating ride calendar. Revised Bio’s required from current committee members and either update or remove the calendar.

Next meeting Monday 6^th August at 7pm

HAB Weekday Ride Out – Change of Date for June ONLY

Please note the next weekday ride out will be on Wednesday 13th June, i.e. NOT the first Wednesday of the month, with John Blanchfield leading.

The ride out in July will revert to the first Wednesday, i.e. July 4th.

Hope to see you on the 13th.

David Haywood

Midweek ride out Wednesday 2nd May

A quick reminder to remind everyone who hasn’t booked for the 2-day run to Scotland that there’s no regular Wednesday ride in May. Midweek rides will return on Wednesday June 6th.

Dear Members.

Just a reminder that our April ride will be this Sunday.

Please arrive at Dragon Road Lorry park (next to Asda petrol station) around 9.15am for a 9.30 am start. I will be leading and Peter Smith will be our tail ender. The ride will be approx. 125 miles.

The route will take us through Boroughbridge and Easingwold for a breakfast stop in Helmsley. Parking is charged here and is discounted if you pay by card.

From Helmsley we head east towards Pickering and turn off North to go through Hutton-Le-Hole and head off over the moors. 

We should arrive in Saltburn-On-Sea for lunch between 12 and 12.30. Parking is free on a Sunday and we will park in the lower car park near the fish and chip restaurant.

The route back will take us through Guisborough, past Roseberry Topping where we will stop at Great Ayrton for fuel around the 80 mile mark. It’s quite a small garage with 4 pumps. We then pass through Stokesley and head towards Helmsley on the B1257. Before Helmsley we turn off and head towards Boltby/Felixkirk  which eventually leads us to Thirsk. We pass through Thirsk and stay on the A61 to Ripon, finally ending the ride at Ripley Castle for an ice cream.

Look forward to seeing you all on Sunday.

Paul

Slow Riding Workshop

Where and When
A Slow Riding Workshop will be held on Sunday 29 April from 9.30 to 12 at Tockwith Airfield accommodated by 3D Motorcycle Training School. The can be found by taking the B1224 out of Wetherby and taking the left turn at the crossroads after Bickerton. The entrance is on the right about ½ mile down the road.

Who Should Attend
Everyone! All members of the HAB includes existing members who have passed their test and particularly associates under training. We all need to exercise these little uses and often avoided skills. There is room for friends or relatives of members who are interested but please inform Bob Hill in advance. We expect several Observers will attend to assist with the training.

What will we do?
We will start with a short introduction about slow riding with some hints and tips to keep you upright in this aspect of riding or moving your bike. We will then split up into small groups under an Observer who will take you round the various set exercises.
Once you have refreshed your slow riding then you will be free to practice on the exercises laid out.
Finally we will hold a short voluntary competition around a slow riding course. Following the workshop we will be organising a short social ride to a lunch stop for those interested.

Facilities
3D have kindly agreed to allow us to use their toilet facilities and have tea and coffee making facilities available. The nearby Carting Track may well be open and if so the Café will be open for the purchase of food and drink. We have indented for dry sunny weather so all should be well on the day.

Questions
If you have any questions about the event or want to receive training on a specific part of riding please contact me

See you all there,

Best Regards,
Bob Hill
Chief Observer
Harrogate Advanced Bikes

For our April evening meeting we have been fortunate enough to obtain a talk by Tony Carter from Hudgell Solicitors. He will explain the litigation process following an accident and the post crash injury claims procedure.

There are proposed changes to this procedure in October which he will explain. Whilst we all hope we will never be involved in these matters we just may, and it pays to know where you stand.

As always when we manage to secure a speaker it is important to support them so please make every effort to come and make it worth their while.’

HAB Weekday Ride Out – Wednesday 4th April

Second time lucky all being well! This is the run we had to cancel in January owing to bad weather:

Meet from 9.00am at Ripley car park (the usual one on the south side of the village) for a 9.30am start.

From Ripley, we’ll head north on the A61 to the Ripon bypass taking the minor road to Norton Conyers just to the north of Ripon. Continue on back roads through Nosterfield, Well and Thorp Perrow before arriving at Bedale.

Coffee stop: Bedale

From Bedale we’ll follow the A684 through Leeming Bar and Ainderby Steeple before turning left passed Romanby Golf Course to avoid Northallerton centre.
Pick up the A167 then right on the B1264 towards Yarm for lunch

Lunch stop: The Pot & Glass, Church Road, Eaglescliffe Village, Yarm

The return journey will head west for a couple of miles before picking up the B1365 south through Stokesley and on to the B1257 Helmsley Road. At Helmsley taking the A170 conventional route over Sutton Bank and on to Thirsk.

From Thirsk we’ll take the A168 to Boroughbridge where the ride will finish at Morrisons.

David Haywood will lead the ride.

Weather looks poor for Monday and Tuesday but brightening up Wednesday with some sunshine and a heady 8ºC.

Looking forward to meeting up again.

David

Dear Members,

We have been keeping a close watch on the weather for Sunday and the prognosis does not look good. There is still a significant chance of snow and temperatures are predicted around -1 to 1 Celsius.

We feel that proceeding with a ride in these conditions is ill advised on both safety and enjoyment grounds so reluctantly we have decided to cancel the ride out.

Look forward to seeing you all at the next meeting.

Paul