100% Biker – August 2019

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his was the second edition, the last one being held at

the RothFink Lock Up in Caerphilly. Although the

dates are generally the same —usually the second

Wednesday of the month—the bike night moves

around, which means a new venue each time. It’s a

good idea; it makes the bike night different each time as well

as providing trade for a local business. This time it was the

café at the Spit and Sawdust skate park where chef Christian

had even come up with a special burger just for the night.

The place was doing good trade and seems like a nice place to

hang out.

With the threat of rain, there were fewer bikes than on the

previous bike night, but that didn’t dampen anyone’s spirits.

There were young people on skateboards using the indoor

skate park and a couple of really young people doing tricks on

BMX bikes. My mate, Derek, and I watched them for a while,

decided we were probably a little old for that sort of thing

now, and wandered back outside where Chris had just arrived

on his Harley Shovelhead and Sami on her Kawasaki. The car

park started to fill up a couple of Pan chops, a pair of Yamaha

XS650 chops, as well as a few other nice looking Harley

bobbers. Even a big old ’50s Pontiac turned up.

When it started to spot with rain, we decided to make our

way home. I had my wet weather gear with me but I didn’t

think I needed it. How wrong was I... About a mile up the

A470 we hit a wall of water. The joy of not having a front

guard showed its face and laughed at me. It was, by then,

pointless to stop as I was already soaked. By the time we got

to our junction I could hardly see and the water had flooded

my headlight and blew the bulb, so, for the last four miles, I

had to follow closely on Derek’s tail so I knew where to go! But

that didn’t spoil a good event and I look forward to the next

one. For details of the Just Ride bike night, check out http://www.

facebook.com/FTHJustRide on the interweb.

With the summer underway, Chris Hatton and Sami Graystone of FTH,

purveyors of cool clothing as well as owners of some damn fine chopper

motorcycles, decided to hold their FTH Just Ride bike nights once again

FTH JUST RIDE BIKE NIGHT

WORDS & PHOTOS: TONY SMITH

SPIT AND SAWDUST SKATE PARK, CARDIFF, WALES

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EVENT FEATURE FTH JUST RIDE BIKE NIGHT