This is a special blog from our Deputy Chief Observer Why Do We Need Security Bikes? In the course of the 2004 Athens Olympic Marathon, on-course security consisted of a rotund local policeman riding a push bike at the head of the race. A former Catholic Priest, Father Cornelius Horan, […]
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Saturday 18th September was a beautiful autumn day, with lovely temperatures and bright sunshine, which was perfect for the Royal Enfield open day at Sycamore Motorrad. PECAM were invited to be the ride marshals for the demo fleet test ride programme throughout the day. PECAM members manned the stand to […]
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Monday 13th September was the first European wide Project EDWARD day. EDWARD stands for Every Day Without A Road Death, and shares its road safety aims with VisionZero. VisionZero is a government initiative to reduce the number of road users who are killed or seriously injured. At Peterborough Advanced Motorcyclists […]
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The first of the regular twice per month social group rides this September was to an old favourite in the village of Medbourne. Medbourne nestles in the Leciestershire countryside, fed by excellent roads from all directions. The cafe is in the heart of the village and sits behind the Nevill […]
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The September 2021 Motor Cycle News (MCN) Festival of Motorcycling had been delayed 18 months due to the Covid pandemic. This year we were amazed at the numbers of motorcycling enthusiasts who attended the weekend, and we were told that even the Camping had sold out. Most manufacturers were present, […]
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MCN FOM route familarisation ride took place instead of the regular 2nd Sunday of August Social ride
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Saturday 7th August saw the latest Slow Speed session run by PECAM at the runway at Alconbury. This is now a very popular and standard part of our annual curriculum of training for both associates (not yet passed their test) as well as full members. Slow Speed skills diminish without […]
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Sean’s Visionzero Success Sean Wilkerson successfully passed his IAM Roadsmart Advanced Riders Test and became our first successful candidate of the new Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority (CPCA) Visionzero supported training initiative. Visionzero Support for PECAM’s IAM Roadsmart Training Programme Visionzero is a broad and developing programme of initiatives that […]
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Seven Go Riding Today’s rideout successfully completed! On this ride I was joined by six other PECAM members and after a turbulent start we got underway from Eye Services and headed towards Thorney. We Explored some excellent Fen roads and passed through numerous Fenland villages up to Holbeach St Matthews […]
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We had only 3 responses to the [internal message board] post for the regular summer 3rd Tuesday social ride to the Old Ferry Boat Inn at Holywell, so I knew it was going to be a small gathering. Then one dropped out, making it smaller still. The weather looked awful […]
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