July 20th Ride To Meaghers Grant

I will not be going on this ride.. I have company in town that I want to spend time with so Pam will be doing this ride. Pam sent me a map but it didnt show up in my email account.. Here are the instructions, I will post a map up tomorrow sometime..

From Pam: Checked out Sheet Harbour for the girls' run but it is 1 1/2 hrs each way, not including stopping and chatting of course. So I thought we might stick to an old standard, the Meaghers Grant loop. Meet at Tim Horton's, corner of Main & 118 Bypass. 6 ish...click here

Same place we met last time we did the ride out to Musquodoboit... So if you go to the previous rides you will find the map......

Have a great time ladies and see you next week.......... ~ Janice

July 13th Ladies Ride

Ok Ladies...

Lets do it!... We will finally get to do the South Shore. I know that many are disappointed in the weather and the south shore tends to be a tad bit foggy when there is the slightest overcast prediction from the Weather man. So dress warm for the coastline and we will go to Mahone Bay or Chester. We can decide if we want to go longer once we are out and going. I will be at Tantallon T-Hortons by 6 for anyone wanting to take a ride.

Click here to see where we are going.

See you tomorrow. ~ Janice

Ladies Ladies.. I cant make the ride tomorrow..

Sorry.. I can t make the ride tomorrow night.. the belt on my bike broke.. thanks to construction.. so you will have to do the ride without me.. sniff sniff.. hopefully Pam can still make it .. if not.. please still go on your own.. will be a fun trip. Beth has to work, so maybe we can do this one again further in the season and go on to Mahone Bay instead of just Chester.

Have a great ride.. ~ Janice

Cancelled Monday June 29th Ride

Sorry ladies.. not lookin good for a ride today. After this bout of rain.. Im sure that it will be sunny every coming Monday.:) So hang in there and have a wonderful evening relaxing at home. We all need those days too. I would say the next ride will be the same is this one.. we will make it to the south shore one of these Mondays... June is always unpredictable, so bring on JULY.....

See you next Monday....... ~ Janice

Check this out ladies

All Female Refresher Course Being Offered by Safety Services Nova Scotia - July 27/28

For the first time, SSNS is offering a chance for women to come out and improve their riding skills under the direction of an all female instructor team.

The “Motorcycle Refresher Course” is designed for individuals who have been away from riding for awhile and would like to refine their skills, or took the novice course and want to build up their confidence. It is also great if you have just moved up to a larger bike.

The course will include such things as slow speed and high speed manoeuvres, curves and emergency collision avoidance techniques. You can use your own motorcycle or, for an extra fee, you can use one of ours.

The course is a total of 8 hrs over a Monday/Tuesday evening at a cost of $155. There are twelve slots available.

To register or for additional information and requirements, please go to:

https://campus.safetyservicesns.com/MTP/WaitListERC.php and choose Halifax location.

June 22 South shore ride

Hey Ladies...

Not lookin good for the weather... especially along the coast. I guess we will need to postpone this ride til next week. Same time, same place.. and Rhonda... if you are around we can do coffee. I did hear some positive weather reports today that the weather is not going to be good for this whole week but after the week we are looking at good weather for the rest of the summer... So... I believe!

Makin our Mondays clear and sunny for the rest of the summer..... :) ~ Janice

Canuck Chicks comin

Hey....... great ride last night... I love the nice long ones and it was a beautiful night. I should maybe search out a group ride info sheet and then I wont have to tell everyone what to do everytime... I will just say " Did you read the group ride rules" HA!... as if...

Rhonda is following this blog...........and us as ladies should show some support... If we can follow along and try to connect - that would be a great ladies ride... so lets keep an eye on this webpage..

We will have a ride out the South Shore next week... starting at Tims in Tantallon. Then take a scoot down to Chester........ I think that would be a good ride.. what ya think?

~ Janice

Ladies.. come on out for June 15th Ride...

Ok... same deal as what we were going to do last Monday... we will still stay away from the coastline until it warms up a little more. So lets do the Musquodoboit Harbour click here for the map to show you the route we will be going. We are going to meet at Tim Horton's Main Street this time and from now on I think we will leave that the meeting spot for the rides. And maybe end up in Fall River.. We need to leave at 6:30 sharp so if you want a coffee you should be there by 6 o'clock.

See you there...... ~ Janice

Sorry... gotta cancel Monday Ride

Sorry Ladies.. Pam and I both forgot we are doing something with Atlantic Bike Week in the Parade Square in Halifax. We have to be there by 4 and it goes on until 8.. so that does not leave us enough time to get a ride in. We are promoting Bikers Down Society.. so its important Pam is there and I will help her out also. So if you all want to join us, its actually a good thing. Its promoting Motorcycle Safety and the Mayor is doing a Proclamation and other things will be going on.. So come join us and we will do the same ride next week.

Pass the word along to any that you have told......... Thanks..... ~ Janice

Ladies Ride - June 8th

Ok how about this trip next week.  If you believe the long range forcast then its gonna be sunny.  So we will still stay away from the coastline until it warms up a little more.  So lets do the Musquodoboit Harbour  click here for the map to show you the route we will be going.  We are going to meet at Tim Horton's Main Street this time and from now on I think we will leave that the meeting spot for the rides.   And maybe end up in Fall River.. We need to leave at 6:30 sharp so if you want a coffee you should be there by 6 o'clock.   

See you there ...... ~ Janice 

Monday June 1st Ride

Hey Ladies..

Sorry Im not up to snuff this week.. Rhonda suggested we do the same ride this week, but go further on to Elmsdale. Suits me fine. So there will be the same stops, Cole Harbour, Bedford Tim's, Playland, then off to Elmsdale ending up at Fall River Tim's and then you are on your own.. should take about an hour and a half from the starting point.. Click here for the map to where we are going.. All ladies are welcome.

Girl Ride May 25th...

How about this for Monday night the 25th of May:

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=4+Forest+Hills+Pkwy,+Dartmouth,+NS&daddr=Waverley,+ns+to:Bedford,+NS+to:Hammonds+Plains+Rd,+Bedford,+ns+to:Hammonds+Plains+Rd+to:Lucusville+Rd+to:Millwood+Drive,+Lower+Sackville,+ns+to:Old+Beaverbank+Rd,+Ns+to:Windsor+Junction,+ns+to:Fall+River,+NS&hl=en&geocode=%3B%3B%3B%3BFWpwqgIdFHYz_A%3BFVYyqwId_8cz_A%3B%3B%3B%3B&mra=ls&via=4&sll=44.73398,-63.624815&sspn=0.210232,0.43396&ie=UTF8&ll=44.771112,-63.579941&spn=0.210098,0.43396&z=11

Meet in Dartmouth, out the Hammonds Plains Rd, cut across Lucasville, Old Beaverbank Rd to Windsor Junction and then to Fall River Tim's. We can pick up at Tim's in Bedford at the foot of the Hammonds Plains Rd too,

Pam's course goes until 5pm so she will probably be pushing it to get there for 6 but should be able to make it. Now all we got to do is hope for good weather although so far the forecast is not great. Pam can't do it the following Monday cause she teaching again but the next 2 Mondays after that are free. So where ya wanna go girls????

Lady Ride Wednesday May 13th.. yippeeee

Hi Everyone, The ladies at Procycle would like to host a ride tomorrow Wednesday May 13th, gathering in their parking lot at 6pm. (550 Windmill Rd. Dartmouth). The plan is to ride in Dartmouth for about one hour and have a stop at Tim's in Fall River for a chat and a beverage on them. Weather is supposed to be sunny and 16 degrees.

See you there.. pass it on to all your lady friends...... ~ Janice

(thank you Peggy)

Are you ready ladies?

Hmmm, the weather is getting warmer (or should be) and the days are getting longer. Thinking about getting on the bike for a quick ride after work? That favorite 10 or 20 kilometer jaunt over some of your favorite local roads? Me too! but first, when was the last time you had the bike out? Given the weather over the last month, you probably haven't ridden in awhile which means you also probably haven't paid much attention to your bike. Before you just stick the key in and take off down the driveway, stop and check a few things out first.

Look around and underneath the bike. Any drips, new stains, heaven forbid puddles!? Check the air pressure in the tires. No, just don't look at them, get that air pressure gauge out, bend over (or like me sit on the floor) and really check the air pressure. You do know what your tires should be inflated to, right? While you are down there, run your hand over the tires and look for anything not tire like. You know: nails, nicks and cuts, bald spots, those things. Also check the brakes. No rubbing or loose connections. Chain or belt drive? Take a look and make sure no obvious disconnects.

Okay, off the floor and ready to ride? Not yet. Squeeze the brake and clutch levels. Are they working smoothly? Have you checked the oil lately? By the way, when was the last time you changed it?

It's now time to insert the key...nope, no riding yet. We need to check the lights. Headlight, low and high beam, turn signals and rear light and definitely check the brake light. There are a few members who have a lot more lights on their bikes but we will let them take the next 30 minutes checking them out while we get on to other things.

Time to ride? Not so quick. Are you ready? I don't mean jacket, boots, gloves and helmet but are you mentally ready? You haven't been regularly riding, so you will be rusty in your skills. Just be aware of that. Go through a mental checklist of where you are riding and think about each part of the ride. Any hills, traffic, blind corners, etc.? Get out of your cage driving mode and into that open air, freedom of the road but exposed to everything and everyone mode. Until we get in consistently warm weather, the cagers will not be seeing a lot of motorcyclists on the roads and so will not be looking for you. You have to be the one to be extra cautious. Also, the roads themselves. You know, POTHOLES! Tire swallowing, handlebar twisting, potholes.

Now ready to ride? Let's see, boots, jacket, gloves, helmet and attitude. Good!

Push her into the driveway, turn the key and fire her up. Oooo, nice rumble.

Don't forget the mirrors.

Have a nice, safe ride, Oh, and also have fun.

International Female Ride Day 2009

Women riders are finally being recognized as a significant part of the motorcycling world. Female riders have become the fastest growing market in the motorcycling industry. In 2007, organized by Motoress in Canada, a National Female Ride Day was born. When word went out that the event was going to happen, women across Canada and the US started contacting each other to arrange to ride together on May 4, 2007. They made history. Slated for the first Friday in May each year, plans are to continue and grow the event.

The organizer of the campaign, Vicki Gray is a former European female motorcycle racer, instructor and coach whose been riding since 1983.

The aim of the campaign is to raise female rider awareness, promote those who already ride, while simultaneously encouraging other females to take up the activity," says Vicki Gray, campaign organizer. "The 'day' places a spotlight on female riders," she adds.

She asks women to get on their bikes and "JUST RIDE". No matter what style of motorcycle – sport, cruiser, scooter, dual purpose, street, off-road or dirt – National Female Ride Day aims to highlight the many numbers of females currently active in motorcycling and heighten awareness of female riders, inspiring those who have not yet taken it up.

The International Event which will take place on Friday, May 1, 2009. We women who ride should make sure that on that day, no matter what the weather, we should band together and be out on the roads. That is the only way younger women and others who have never considered riding will see how fun and appealing it is, and they may discover they have a passion for riding too. I was inspired by following a female on a motorcycle one day coming home from work. She handled the bike so smoothly up our curvy roads and I was pretty impressed. A couple of months later I signed up for the MSF beginners’ course.

The event will become larger each year, and is supported by nearly all of the major motorcycle manufacturers. Local small groups may organize, as they did in 2007, as well as more established women’s riding clubs. I wonder if there will be motorcycle parades anywhere that day………

Do have fun!

Great adventure... check it out ladies

Hi Gals... This is from Rhonda... She will keep us on top of what is going on.......

I wanted to let you all know about an event this coming summer. A friend I met online.. her name is Willi .. is going to travel by bike from BC (where she lives) to Newfoundland this summer. She has a Blog where you can follow along .. here's the link

http://canuckchicksconga.blogspot.com/2009_03_01_archive.html

It's called the Canuck Chicks Conga...Canada Coast to Coast... she'll be meeting up with lady riders along the way and riding with them .. some just across their city.. some longer .. and some all the way.... hence the name Conga. There is a possibility that Doris Maron may join here in Alberta and come all the way east too. For those of you who don't know her.. she travelled around the world on a motorcycle.. her website is http://www.untamedspirit.net/

Willi will be blogging as she travels so we can login and see where she's at and keep up with her travels across this wonderful country of ours. I'm hoping to meet up with her when she reaches the east coast.. maybe in NB somewhere. I'm gonna have to play it 'by ear' and it'll be a last minute thing but if any of you is interested in riding along to meet Willi and ride back with her into Halifax... I'd love to have you join us. Let me know and I'll keep you posted ..

Oh... there's t-shirts too.. ( I designed them :o) .. you can order them online here...

http://home.comcast.net/~tpbiker1/CanConga.htmI

It's not required but would be neat if everyone had one that planned to ride with us ;o)

The color looks very pink but in reality its more like a light purple.. see pic attached of me wearing mine

So .. let me know if you would be interested in riding along.. it will probably be late June or early July.. and I'll keep you posted ...

Rhonda

Ride your bike to work day

I always liked this concept... show those car riders we are around.. and pick a day to fill the city with motorcycles. Wouldnt it be great if we got free parking downtown for the day!... something I have to work on. In the meantime check out this site. Hopefully we can all have a good day for it. June is still a little chilly in the mornings.. but still a nice ride home.

http://www.ridetowork.org/

~ Janice

Women Rider Month

Hey Ladies

Gosh is this winter ever going to get over!... I know we are still shoveling, but the thoughts of spring and getting the bikes is quickly approaching us. Personally I cant wait. For something for us to think about....... check out this site. I know May seems like forever away but it will come fast and we will all be on the road again..... so for the meantime check this out........

~ Janice


http://www.womenridersnow.com/PublicFiles/DepartmentViewer.asp?ArticleID=1148

Ladies Ride - Monday October 13th - Last Ride

From Pam - I think I try to do a girls ride on Monday since the weather is supposed to be nice. I'll start at Tim Hortons on corner of Main St & #7 Bypass (577 Main St) and go out through Meaghers Grant to Upper Musquodoboit where we can have lunch at my friend's restaurant then cut over to Upper Stewiacke and Brookfield. From there we can either travel the highway back or take the old #2. I decided the inland route might be a little warmer. I make a meeting time of 10am with ride leaving at 10:30am since it's about a 3 1/2 hr trip not including stops. I did it a couple of weeks ago and it's a pretty nice ride. Road is a little rough going up over the mountain to Upper Stewiacke but the rest is good. I'm betting that most of the girls have never travelled this route. Bill it as probably the last girl's ride of the season. Here's the link to the map:

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&saddr=577+Main+Street,+Dartmouth,+Nova+Scotia&daddr=HWY-7+to:Musquodoboit+Harbour,+NS+to:Upper+Musquodoboit,+NS+to:Upper+Stewiacke,+NS+to:Brookfield,+NS+to:3290+Lake+Thomas+Dr,+Fall+River,+NS&hl=en&geocode=%3BFRawqgId4n45_A%3B%3B%3B%3B%3B&mra=ls&via=1&sll=44.974514,-63.223572&sspn=0.763582,1.757812&ie=UTF8&ll=44.974514,-63.28125&spn=0.763582,1.757813&z=9

Pam

Ladies Ride - Living Halifax

Hey there ladies

Well the segment is short - but really good. Shows what we do on a Ladies ride and Pam does a great job explaining the safe side of things. I hope everyone is happy with the results. I know it was two hours of talking and filming for a mere hmmm dont know 5 minutes - but they pretty much covered it all.. Amazing how they can cut to fit!... So I hope you all enjoy it.. Look for Episode #9 for the Ladies Ride. Its actually a very interesting web site and I spent more time then I thought going thru several segments and over the winter months I will be back to check out more.. For now...... great job ladies!..

Click here to see the Living Halifax Episode 9.......... and enjoy - til next season - or see you at the Cruise for Kids this up coming weekend.......

~ Janice

Sunday September 21 - Ladies ride

Hello ladies

The Wednesday night crew has extended an invitation for a nice long ride to the valley. A day ride would be awesome, since it gets dark so quickly now.

They would like to extend the invitation to any lady riders that may be interested. Check out the attached facebook entry and just comment here if you would like to go.. or accept the invitation on facebook.........lookin good for me so far........... ~ Janice

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=29874200753

Ladies Ride to Chester on Sept 18th

Anyone interested in doing the Chester Ride from Tantallion - The ladies will be leaving at 5:30 tonight. And its looking real good weatherwise.

So if any are interested _ Peggys Cove loop this Thursday,Sept 18th... again leaving Tims in Tantallon around 5:30.

One of the girls is new.. still has her 'Cinderella' licence.. and the group may need to be back to Tantallion befor dark - that is the reason for the early ride. no need being out much after dark with new riders on country road anyway. Safety always come first.

So if you would like to come along........... be there no later than 5:30.

See the pics from last ride to Chester click here.

Ladies Weekend away

Pam wants me to let everyone know that the weekend away at Tatamagouche is off. Of course she has Marc - who is still in the hospital. And with the bad weather we have had..Ida had a flood out at the cottage..so this up and coming girl weekend is cancelled.. sorry about that.......

~ Janice

Great ride on Monday night September 8th

What a perfect night to ride along the eastern shore through Lawrencetown. We all met up at Cole Harbour Tim Hortons and rode down to Porter Lake for a stop over and a quick coffee. We also picked up Marsha (?) gosh I wish I could remember everyones name!!.. and off we go along Three Fathom onto Lawrencetown back to Cole Harbour for a good night chat before we all went home. We missed Pam's presence that is for sure - Pam is running around gathering up all the pieces of the accident she experienced with Marc. Marc seems to be doing better - I havent seen him since day one, but Pam tells me he is doing better.. One operation down, one more to go. So no ride night for Pam.

We are going to look closely at the next few rides, the nights are getting dark very quickly and its not good to be out of town when the sun is coming down.. Those little deer love to cross the road at that time... So not a good idea. We were also tossing around the idea of a ride on Saturday or Sunday to the valley where its is usually warmer than in town.. So stay tuned and I will post something if and when we decide........

Great ride, great ladies........ til next time... ~ Janice

September 8th - Ladies ride

Ok Ladies... Monday night might be SUNNY if you can stand it!.. and should be a good night for a ride. if you are up to it, new rider - or just want to get on your bike and go... This is it!... I am going to give you the address and time this time around.... I am always in such a hurry to get something up on the site that I miss the important stuff.. so here goes


Time: 6:00 - 6:30 meet at Tim Hortons Cole Harbour in Forest Hills by Shoppers Drug Mart and Canadian Tire.
Leave time : 6:30

If you miss having a coffee at Tims - then we can stop in Porters Lake for one.

Back to Cole Harbour Tims at approximately 8:00 - 8:30 It gets dark so quickly now that we are going to keep the rides down to an hour from here on out.

So hopefully we will see you there.... here is a map for you to see where we will be heading..

Click here

Start address: 920 Cole Harbour Rd Dartmouth, NS, Canada
End address: 920 Cole Harbour Rd Dartmouth, NS, Canada

Start at: 920 Cole Harbour Rd Dartmouth, NS, Canada

1. Head east on Cole Harbour Rd toward Otago Dr - 0.7 km
2. Turn left at Forest Hills Pkwy - 2.7 km
3. Turn right at HWY-107/HWY-7/Main St Continue to follow
HWY-107/HWY-7 -
4.6 km
4. Turn left at HWY-7 - 17.0 km

Arrive at: 5228 HWY-7 Porters Lake, NS, Canada

5. Head east on HWY-7 toward HWY-207 - 0.2 km
6. Slight right at HWY-207 - 0.3 km
7. Turn right at HWY-207/Marine Dr - 17.3 km

Arrive at: Lawrencetown, NS Canada

8. Head west on HWY-207/Marine Dr toward Maple Dr Continue to follow
HWY-207 - 16.1 km

Arrive at: 920 Cole Harbour Rd Dartmouth, NS, Canada