Article tags: weather

1. 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

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

... on people’s lives, and the fact that it’s made me a better rider. When I am duty some of the riding I do is at times of the day and night when I would normally be tucked up in bed, and also in weather ...

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

... weather took a sudden change for the worse and it became very foggy (there are a lot of waterways and lakes in that part of the county). I had to slow down dramatically to deal with the conditions and ...

4. Happy Birthday to The Flying Crane
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

... 31,440 meaning that it has done an average of 605 miles a week — made all the more remarkable because the bike was taken off the road during the snowy weather in December and January. During the past year ...

5. 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 ...

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

... just before Christmas in freezing weather. Andy's longest Freewheelers ride was carrying a CD-ROM from Southmead Hospital in Bristol to the Queen Anne's Hospital in Birmingham. He didn't pick up at Southmead ...

7. Interview with John Cooper
(About Us/Interviews with Freewheelers Volunteers)

... (and what bikes!!) with the possibility of using “Blues and Twos” as a civilian. How could it be get any better for a committed biker? Bad weather and difficult riding conditions are challenges to be planned ...

8. JOGLE
(News/The Flying Crane Blog)

...  During the trip Mike and Andrew faced all kinds of weather including rain and strong winds that threatened to blow them off the bike. The last leg however, through Devon and Cornwall, was marked with ...

9. Interview with Jason Phillips
(About Us/Interviews with Freewheelers Volunteers)

... reassuring to see patients that are very anxious to receive whatever we are asked to carry and know that it has made a difference. Anything else you want to add? We can be out in virtually any weather ...

10. Avon Tyres help Freewheelers
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

... at Keynsham will service Freewheelers’ duty bikes as well as fit them with the brand new rubber. “We do around 80,000 miles a year in total as a charity and we’re doing that all year round, in all weathers,” ...

11. Our Service to the NHS
(About Us/About Freewheelers and the Service We Offer)

... storms, or other extremes of weather. Our riders are a hardy bunch that operate in all but the very worst weather, so we ask for your understanding if we are unable to operate for rider safety reasons. ...

12. Record breaking collection at Weston Beach Race
(News/Older Freewheelers EVS News)

Freewheelers EVS would like to thank visitors to Weston Beach Race for their generosity following a record breaking collection of £2,143 — an increase of 35% over 2006. A combination of good weather ...