Article tags: rider

1. Can I do anything else to help out?
(Shifts / On-Rota)

Of course you can; We like your commitment You don’t have to be a rider to be a coordinator. We also have several couples in the team where one is out on the bike and the partner is on the phones ...

2. Do I need to have an advance qualification?
(Eligibility as a Rider)

The short answer is yes. All our riders have taken an advanced test. You will need either an IAM or RoSPA Silver pass This will need to have been passed within the last 3 years We may accept other ...

3. How do I know I am on shift?
(Shifts / On-Rota)

Each quarter we will ask when you are not available. Our Rota Manager will then produce a calendar of who is on which shift. At any one time we have 3 riders and a coordinator on shift The Rota is ...

4. How do you keep in touch?
(Shifts / On-Rota)

You will need your own mobile phone. With most people owning a phone this is the easiest and most practical solution to all. As a rider you will receive a call from the coordinator giving you details ...

5. How much time do you want me to give?
(Shifts / On-Rota)

... riders that can only do the weeknights and others weekends due to work commitments. Most fundraising events take place on weekend, but the occasional weekday ones can be quite productive. On average ...

6. How old (or young) do I have to be?
(Eligibility as a Rider)

Our insurers insist on riders being 25 or over. But that doesn’t stop you helping out with fundraising or answering the phone as coordinator.  ...

7. I have just taken my Advanced Test – Why do you want to assess me again?
(Induction)

Our Motto “Riding For Life” is just that. We want to promote safe riding at all times and expect our riders to ride in a manner that portrays a positive image of motorcycling. We do appreciate that ...

8. I have never done fundraising before – what does this involve?
(Fundraising and Coordinating the Riders)

... riders receive a regular contribution from their employer for showing such commitment to a Charity. What you do to raise money is only limited by your imagination and desire to help!  ...

9. What is a coordinator?
(Fundraising and Coordinating the Riders)

This is the person that takes the calls from the Hospitals and tells the riders where to go and can be very rewarding. You do this from the comfort of your own home – the central phone number is diverted ...

10. Where is the duty bike located?
(Shifts / On-Rota)

... the bike and its contents are secure. You will need to arrange handover between the previous / next rider. How you do this is entirely up to the two riders involved. Note that pillions are not allowed ...

11. Freewheeling Humour
(Fun Stuff/Jokes)

... to volunteer to become a rider. If you like what we do then please support us and tell other people. If we make you laugh then click the PayPal Donate button on the right hand side and give us some money! ...

12. In Memory of Iain Woodcock
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

Former Freewheelers volunteer rider Iain Woodcock died in a kayaking accident on December 14th 2011 aged just 33. On Friday December 23rd Freewheelers volunteers, on personal bikes as well as the charity's ...

13. New protective equipment for Freewheelers riders
(Fun Stuff/Videos)

Now that winter has arrived with a vengance, Freewheelers is issuing all of its volunteer riders with the latest in motorcycle protective personal equipment. AwQw_lwcRu0|480|360  ...

14. Interview with Nick Archer
(About Us/Interviews with Freewheelers Volunteers)

... What a great bike! I had that until autumn 2011, when I got the Triumph Tiger 1050 I have at the moment. Also a great bike! What do you do for Freewheelers? I’m a rider and fundraiser. I’m assigned ...

15. Sponsor our Christmas shifts
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

Freewheelers volunteer riders work 365 days a year, which means that three riders and a coordinator give up time with their families to be on duty over the Christmas holidays. One of our riders, Simon ...

16. A late night and over 40,000 miles for PJ
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

Freewheelers volunteer rider Paul recently had The Flying Crane and got called out on a late night run that saw the bike pass 40,000 miles - an amazing distance since the bike was presented to us in July ...

17. Co-operating To Save Premature Babies
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

On Thursday June 16th, riders from Devon Freewheelers, Freewheelers EVS, SERV, and NW Blood Bikes all worked together to get two hospitals out of a difficult situation. An equipment failure at the Oxford ...

18. Another Busy Bank Holiday Weekend
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

Freewheelers just broke another record. For the 84 hours of continuous duty from 7:00pm on Friday May 29th to 7:00am on Tuesday May 31st, Freewheelers volunteer riders made a total of 60 deliveries, which ...

19. A map of Mark's weekend
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

On the weekend of May 7th and 8th, our rider Mark kept a GPS track log of his deliveries. Use the Google Maps tool below to view the places that Mark visited.  ...

20. Mileage update - and a challenge for you
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

... was actually 26,833. It is a bit naughty of us for letting it go over 24,000, but it is now the busy time for motorcyclists — the nice weather brings all the bikes out of their winter garages and the rider's ...

21. Challenge Day 11 - Leicester to Cambridge
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... three doors, three gables on each side, and triangles featured everywhere. On arrival the riders paid their respects at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, which has the graves of 3,812 military ...

22. Challenge Day 10 - The Venice of the North
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... was never moved to paint them but they are still worth seeing. The baton for the ride to Leicester was handed over by Stephen Woodhouse, General Manager of the Birmingham Malmaison. Today's riders were ...

23. One Thursday morning
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

... for the call that did not come. But at 2217, the phone call came, and the rider got dressed. Just as he stepped out of the door, the phone rang again. The Coordinator said the job had been cancelled. The ...

24. Challenge Day 8 and 9
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

At the start of the second week spirits are still high. The team is joined by Josh Watts, DGM from Hotel du Vin in Bristol, and Lucy Sartain. The 64 mile route took them along the canal from Nottingham ...

25. Our Sponsors
(Finance/Financial Information)

... from staff and customers during the course of a year. ICU-UCMe supplied our riders with 30 high visibility jackets in July 2006 (Article) BWOC provided us with discounted fuel from November 2005 ...

26. Challenge Day 7 - The Newylweds
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

In Sheffield, the riders were joined by Yuki from Hotel du Vin in Bristol and her husband Ben. They were married just a few days ago and have postponed their honeymoon to take part on the ride. ...

27. Challenge Day 6 - Taming The Snake
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

Day six of the challenge saw our riders cycling from Manchester to Sheffield over the infamous Snake Pass, which includes a four mile climb to a height of 1,680ft — one of the toughest in the UK. At ...

28. Challenge Day 4 - A Different Sort Of Crossing
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... donor centre in Lancaster before the long ride down to Liverpool. En route they stopped at the Pickerings Hotel in Garstang, who kindly gave them free tea and biscuits and let the riders take a picture ...

29. Challenge Day 3 - Across The Pennines
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

On Tuesday May 3rd, day three of the challenge, in the company of Lesley Phillips, Malmaison Leeds Events Manager and Charlie Wilson, Malmaison Leeds Accounts, the riders set off from Leeds for a relatively ...

30. Challenge Day 2 - Leeds
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

On Monday May 2nd, day two of the challenge, the riders set off from Richmond in North Yorkshire. After lunch in picturesque Ripon they arrived at the Hotel du Vin in Harrogate, where they were joined ...

31. Two Record Breaking Weekends
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

Our riders and coordinators are having a well deserved rest after two incredibly busy weekends — so busy in fact that we had to put extra bikes on the road to cope with the workload. At one point over ...

32. Challenge Day 1 - Our Angels Of The North
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

At 9:00am on Sunday May 1st, Mike Burns and Paul Rowe, accompanied by three other riders, set off from the Malmaison hotel in Newcastle bound for Richmond in North Yorkshire. En route they stopped at ...

33. Déjà Vu All Over Again
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... to every blood donor centre in England. During their journey they will be joined by 70 riders and will cross the Pennines three times, covering over 1,200 miles. En route they will stay at Hotel du Vin ...

34. Where's Nick?
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

Many of you will be familiar with the Where's Wally puzzles. Here's a new version called Where's Nick. While he was on duty at the weekend on The Flying Crane, our rider Nick, who lives in Keynsham, used ...

35. Roads closed….everyone out for a run
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

Apologies for the delay in posting this blog entry - it got lost in my email inbox. Freewheelers volunteer rider Jason, who lives in Paulton, was on duty during the Bath Half Marathon on Sunday March 6th. ...

36. A late night in Swindon
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

Apologies for the delay in posting this blog entry - it got lost in my email inbox. Freewheelers volunteer rider Bill, a retired RAF officer and flying instructor who lives in Chippenham and now teaches ...

37. The Flying Crane reaches 20,000 miles
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

On Friday when The Flying Crane was taken over by the next rider on the rota, Alan who lives in Yate, its mileage was 20,216. That is a lot of miles in a short time for a bike that was brand new when All ...

38. Meet the riders
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

Readers of this blog might not have seen our interviews page, which has profiles of some of our volunteers. Two of them are riders of The Flying Crane. Andy Smith (pictured right) has been riding ...

39. The new boy and The Flying Crane
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

... day at school or the first day in a new job when I went to collect the bike from James the previous rider who very kindly spent some time showing me around the bike so I would know where to find everything  ...

40. Southwestern Housing Society donates £500 to Freewheelers
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... not only it’s own tenants and tenant groups but also agencies and other organizations working in areas where they have homes. Doug Harding, a volunteer rider for Freewheelers, works for Southwestern ...

41. Saving lives isn't always blue lights and sirens
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

Earlier this week the diligence of one of our riders may have helped save a life. Arriving at the house of a patient discharged earlier in the day, and getting no response at the door, rather than — ...

42. Check Out The Flying Crane Blog
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... Flying Crane and its riders have been up to, together with statistics on mileage, deliveries, fuel used, and running costs. Although we are writing the blog for the children at All Hallows we don't mind ...

43. Dave gets a kiss - a typical weekend on The Flying Crane
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

This weekend, Friday 28th to Sunday 30th January, our volunteer blood bike rider was Dave, who lives in Longwell Green on the eastern edge of Bristol. This is what Dave had to say about his time on The ...

44. Freewheelers scoops £3,000 prize from NatWest
(News/News about Freewheelers EVS)

... then vote. All three charities are winners but for the Freewheelers volunteers it is obviously an extra special time.” Jason Phillips, a Volunteer Rider from Freewheelers said ‘Hospital patients don’t ...

45. Riding Hints
(Fun Stuff/Jokes)

These aren't jokes so much as truisms. Funny or not, they are valuable lessons for any motorcyclists. The two most useless things to a rider are the braking distance behind you and nine-tenths of a ...

46. A very busy Christmas
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

... as our rider was just too busy. As you can imagine the hospitals were incredibly grateful for our help. Our riders were kept fed an warm with offers of tea, cakes and chocolates as they made their collections ...

47. Freewheelers' Mel to star in Channel 5 Emergency Bikers
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

On an icy Saturday in November, Freewheelers rider Mel Rowbottom spent the day being followed by a film crew from production company RDF Television, who were shooting footage for Channel 5 TV series Emergency ...

48. November update
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

... Freewheelers' volunteer riders split each week up into two separate shifts. The weekend shift runs 24 hours a day from 7:00pm on Friday evening right the way through to 7:00am on Monday morning, as well ...

49. About Freewheelers EVS
(About Us/About Freewheelers and the Service We Offer)

... substances such as blood and tissue samples Statistics that show how our service has grown over the years How you can volunteer to help Freewheelers as a rider, telephone coordinator or fundraiser ...

50. Ridesafe offers training to new volunteers
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... runs from the off-duty list, Paul's primary objective is in helping with the all important Rider Training, both for prospective and existing riders. Ridesafe has undertaken to help in training new volunteers ...