Royston & District Motorcycle Club will lead Sunday’s ride leaving Stevenage Old Town at 11:00.
Club members can meet at Tesco Royston leaving for Stevenage at 09:45, or go directly to Stevenage for the ride briefing at 10:30.
Ride leader for RDMCC is Richard Cassidy.
The route will take approximately one hour and is shown on the gpx file and map below.
A presentation by Julie Emmitt from Bike Trac about motorcycle security.
Wednesday 1st October, 8 p.m. Whaddon Village Hall.
On Wednesday evening we were visited by Julie Emmitt from Bike Trac who gave an interesting talk on bike security.
A couple of quick take away points:
Use a disk / shackle lock through your chain and sprockets rather than a front disk. Much more tricky for the ‘little darlings’ to remove (and messy).
Use a ground anchor on a wall and leave slack in the securing chain. Harder to get a purchase on than if it’s taut or lying on the floor.
Use ‘sold secure’ products.
Not all tracking products are equal. Do your homework.
So thanks to Julie for giving us some food for thought – and hopefully what’s ours will remain ours.
Here are some links that may be useful:
https://www.bennetts.co.uk/bikesocial/news-and-views/news/2025/uk-motorcycle-theft-stats-crime
https://issuu.com/alltrac/docs/motoguardian_issue_2 https://issuu.com/alltrac/docs/motoguardian_issue_3_rgb_pages_v2
Based out of Silverstone in Northamptonshire, BikeTrac has developed its own technology and now protects thousands of machines. The team proudly boast a recovery rate of over 90% and have recovered over £10m worth of stolen machines in this time.
The BikeTrac story is one of two halves and one that on first inspection would seem to be a simple story of a large organisation developing a new product. But the creation of BikeTrac stems from two individuals who had a passion for both bikes and technology to create the product and service we know today.
See the rest of the story on Bike Trac website: Home | BikeTrac
Wheels at the Woodman, The Woodman Inn, Nuthampstead SG8 8NB. Saturday 15th March 2025 9am – 12pm.
Alan Evans will lead a ride from Tesco Royston to The Woodman. Meeting at Tesco for 10:00hrs departure.
Wednesday 2nd April, 8pm, Whaddon Village Hall.
Presentation: Making the World’s Best Crash Protection.
Presented by Stef Cook and Tim Banks of GB Racing.
They will give a brief insight into GB Racing, what they do and why it works so well.
Also why you do not need to be a racer to benefit from their products.
On Wednesday 2 April about 30 members of the club welcomed Steff Cook, from Baldock based GB Racing, who presented a talk on engine protectors for motorcycles.
Steff outlined a brief history of the company and described how the protectors, made from a mixture called Long Glass Fibered Nylon, are manufactured on site in Baldock. With an extensive history in racing at British and World Superbike levels Steff illustrated his talk with both videos and examples of ‘tested’ products which are able to protect engine cases (and other areas of the bike) at speeds well in excess of those legally permitted on UK roads.
Overall a very interesting evening.
We used to say ‘it’s as easy as falling off a bike’. Steff has demonstrated that there’s a real art and science to it!
Report by Guy Moody
Here you will find information about recurring events & events that may be of interest to club members.
These events are scheduled to take place during 2026 but do not have an organiser / leader, from RDMCC, to ride to the event.
If any club member would like to take over the planning / organisation of RDMCC involvement with any of these events then the event can be transferred to the planned events section of the website.
A Social Evening at a venue to be announced via the WhatsApp group on the First and Third Wednesday of each month. During the summer months there may be a pre-meeting ride, if so the details of the ride will be sent to club members via WhatsApp.
Bike Stop Stevenage, 1st Sunday of each month during the spring / summer months. These rides are led by local bike clubs including Royston, Stevenage & Oakley. If Royston lead further information will be sent via the WhatsApp group.
2026
RDMCC Annual Dinner, The Old Bull Inn, Royston, Friday 27th March.
RDMCC Annual Show, Wednesday 17th June. Eternit Club 17:00 onwards.
Show profit donation decision, Wednesday 24th June. Eternit Club 20:00
Show Shakedown, Wednesday 1st July. Eternit Club 20:00
Club Concourse & Charity Presentation, Wednesday 22nd July. Eternit Club 18:30