BMW Motorcycle Club of Pretoria, South Africa

The 2012 Club rides calendar is available for download!  The calendar may be updated throughout the year, so please check in for the latest version.

Thank you to the Rides Committee for their time and effort to make 2012 a great year full of trips and events!

 Rides Calendar 2012.pdf

(updated 27 November 2011)

The 2011 Club rides calendar is available for download!  The calendar will be updated throughout the year, so please check in for the latest version.

Thank you to the Rides Committee for their time and effort to make 2011 a GREAT year full of trips to awesome places!

 2011 Trip Calendar v1.pdf

(updated 12 December 2010)

Club rides are planned in advance and takes into consideration a number of important biking events through the year.

It occasionally happens that destinations have to be changed or dates moved, so please check in regularly to keep updated!

Download the latest copy of the Rides Calendar below:

• Rides Calendar 2010 (updated 28 May 2010)

How to Ride in a Group

by Brian Cannoo

Updated 5 February 2005

Apart from having ridden with the Pretoria BMW MC Club for four years, I have always been interested in the dynamics of group riding. The basic question is, how do you keep a group of riders together, safe and supportive?
Research on the subject has revealed the use of such diverse systems as CB radio link-ups, leader/sweeper systems and complete free-for-alls.

When riding together, our club has some pretty easy rules:

• Stay behind the leader
• Sweep at the back
• Staggered riding formation
• Never turn until the rider behind you knows you're turning.
• Simple as these seem, observation has lead me to believe that few riders seem to understand the meaning of these rules, and many fail to observe them. Although to many they are simply common sense, perhaps it is not enough to state the rules, but to explain what they're for. How many club members understand the role of a sweep, even when they are acting as sweep?