Two world records were smashed at the Ace Cafe London on Sunday. The cafe claims it was the biggest all-female biker meet and the largest all-female ride-out.
Organisers Nimisha Patel from London and Sherrie Woolf from Wales report that 618 ladies attended the Ace Cafe between 9am and 3pm on Sunday and 251 participated in ride-outs.
The old record was 221 women with 190 bikes, set in Australia in September of last year.
Organised rides to the Ace Café took place from Oval Motorcycle Centre in South West London and Wollaston BMW in Northampton.
Patel told BDN: “First, a huge thank you to everyone who got on their bike to be part of such a memorable event. Without your input we wouldn’t have reached such a successful record of 618 awesome women on Motorcycles!
“We are completely delighted with the support from the biking community for this event. The atmosphere was wonderful with many new friendships being made, and old friends being reunited. The comradery and positivity was so overwhelming that another event will be planned for 2016, so watch this space!”
Proceeds from a charity fund-raising raffle will go to the Hospice of the Valleys, also supported by the event’s co-sponsor, the Circuit of Wales.
Karen Cole, Safety and Training Director at the Motorcycle Industry Association (MCIA), said: “Forty per cent of people who took a free ride with Get On programme were women. Get On made it easy for women to try motorcycling for the first time. Social-media has surely played a part in bringing women riders together in the past few years. The proliferation of female biking groups on Facebook has meant women riders can easily find friends to ride out with locally. As a result, small informal groups have been springing up across the country, which obviously helps generate and sustain interest in riding.”