The overarching philosophy is safety, safety, safety We met PC Hutchings (Northamptonshire Police) from the Northamptonshire BikeSafe team at a comfortable office in Welford. This was ideally suited in relation to where we lived and the intended route. After formal introductions and ice breakers to make the two of us at ease, we ran through […]
My apprehension was completely unfounded I was a little apprehensive when offered a place on a BikeSafe workshop. Having ridden in ‘my youth’ and returning later in life to biking, I was aware that things move on and bad habits develop. As the day of my workshop grew closer, I became increasingly aware that as […]
This allowed the riding day to entirely focus on practical on-road work I’ve been on a number of BikeSafe days over the last dozen years or so, and I’ve never failed to bring something worthwhile away from them. Previous formats have been to have a group classroom session, followed by on the road observed rides. […]
Wednesday March 8th was International Women’s Day [read more] 2023, so to add our voice of support to the importance of equality and the work of an organisation that held it’s first IWD over 100 years ago – we held a ‘women only‘ BikeSafe workshop at Northamptonshire Police HQ, in turn kicking off our Northamptonshire […]
They say training is the best modification you can invest in for your bike It’s a fine, sunny day in early September and I’m riding out to Northamptonshire Police HQ for my BikeSafe workshop. They say training is the best modification you can invest in for your bike. Let’s see. I’m a born-again biker. I […]